New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-13

| international match. All those who
play the game will appreciate the just
| ness Of the Australasians' stand. and
the committee hopes that the great
body Of spectators will also heed the
plea.
their sides and made many spectacu
lar shots.
The days playing ended with an ex-
hibition match between Stanley n.
Doust, Of the Australasan team, and
Wallis Myers, the representative Of the
London Field" on the one side, and
A. W. Dunlop, the fourth Australasian
player, and r. b. Powell the Canadian
Davis Cup representative, on the other.
Doust Plays Brilliantly.
Doust and Myers took the first set
at So. Doust, in particular, shining
brilliantly at the net position, from
where he pulled off several spectacu-
lar cross-court strokes that earned en-
thusiastic applause from the gallery.
In the second set, after taking
lead of three games =, to love, Doust
and his partner let up in their fast
work for space and Dunlop and
Powell, with a rain of clever place
ment shots, pulled up even before the
opposing pair could find themselves
and take the seventh game. The Aus
tralasian- Canadian pair then ran out
the last two games and the set, at
Ga
Powell was very effective with his
smashing, sending the ball hard and
deep to the other side Of the net
Dunlop, while scoring several spectac-
ular shots. was less reliable at critical
moments than his partner. Myerss
came was erratic, although at times
he scored clearly on passing strokes
between Dunlop and Powell.
Thomas c. Bundy, Of the American
team. was the only member OF the
defending forces who was at the west
Side Club yesterday, and ne dlo not
appear on the courts. This was re-
e,arded as peculiar. in view of the fact
that Mclaughlin, Williams and Kari
Rebr. the other members of the team,
were spending the day on the waters
of Long Island Sound as the guests OF
Harry Payne Whitney and r. u
Wrenn.
Plan Campaign on Yacht.
At the suggestion Of wrenn, it was
said. the three Davis Cup players were
taken on board Whitney's yacht early
in the afternoon, and final conference
was held as TO the plan of campaign 70
be pursued in the internatlonal
matches. oo,-
uittee Of arrangements has put the
lawn tennis prophets up IN the ar Al,
though Bundy has been allowed
the advantage of almost continuous
practice with Mclaughlin for the last
two weeks. and il has been virtualiy
admitted that he will pair win !he
Californian when Brookes and Wlldlhg
appear for the doubles match to-moI-
row, the action of the committee IN 40,
hitting Behr to this final mapping ous
az fhe plan of battle has started the
whole guessing machinery working
again. ..oa
Silence. deep and abiding, continues
on the part of the committee as TO me
makeup of the doubles team. To ada
TO the air of uncertainty, II is known
that a man very close to Wrenn lald
q wager with friend yesterday to the
effect that it will be Behr and not
Bundy. who will appear tomorrow as
McLaughlin's mate.
The Importance Of to-day's matches
is fully realized by the opposing teams,
for the moral and mental advantage or
getting in the first punch" is not to be
eainsaid, quite aside from the physical
advantage accruing to the victor.
williams Primed for Battle.
Perhaps the struggle between VIII
Jams and Wjlding, the first OF the att
ernoon, will attract the more attention:
Williams is primed for the battle OF
his life to-day, and the fact that ne Is
20 meet Wilding. rated by many eX-
merits as the greatest player the game
has ever known. will not bother him IN
the least. The Harvard student does
not know the meaning Of stage frlgnt
and will proceed TO 60 about the WORK
in hand lust as though ne were playing
a friendly match with club mate.
Upon more than one occasion, when
great things hung in the balance, Will
Jams has allowed his opponent to run
into a lead that looked overwhelming,
only TO come from behind and finish to
a brilliant victory.
The Harvard man has never played
Wilding nor Brookes before, and ne IS
liable 10 find them different opponents
than c. p. Dixon and J. c. Parke, the
Englishmen, whom he faced at Vim
bledon last year. Gibraltar itself IS
not more steady than the great Wild
ing. and this very factor may prove the
undoing of Williams. If the man from
New Zealand gains a two-set advantage
over the American, he is not likely to
relinauish his grasp on the advantage
or let down in his playing.
A heavy burden rests upon the
shoulders of the youthful Philsdel-