The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-20

Roberts, has been requested to come
east early in July. Here they will be
joined by Lindley Murray and H. l..
Hahn, who have been playing bril-
liantly in the east for some weeks.
The eastern contingent, including
Williams, Wallace Johnson, Touchard,
Pell Dabney, Niles, Alexander, Leroy,
Church, Hackett and others, have been
playing for some weeks and when the
two squads join forces the u. G. L. T.
A. officials will Immediately begin the
work Of trying out the players in va
rious tournaments in order to gauge
their present ability for cup defense
purposes.
Somewhat similar conditions pre-
vail in England with the first rounds
but a few weeks away According to
the draw, the English team must meet
Belgium at Folkestone July 1873, and
winning play France at Wimbledon
July 11-13-14. England should sur
vive these rounds even though the
team selected for the matches did not
represent British topnotch tennis
strength. For the play in this coun-
try, however, England must have the
best combination possible in order to
have a fair chance against the Aus
tralasians, and toward this end little
has been lone. Beyond appointing a
subcommittee Of three to organize a
series of double trials at Wimbledon,
the International committee has taken
no definite action in regard to the in
ternational team. One or two players
have been unoficially advised that
they may be selected, but hat is as
far as the committee has gone. What
is needed, according to English writ
ers, is that the committee should con-
centrate a team which Is physically
sound; a team which is young enough
to stand the searching strain of five
sets in the hottest weather, and yet
old enough to AVE had adequate match
play experience; above all, a team
which is versed in modern methods Of
attack and has some Of the strokes
necessary to combat them. J. G. Parks
in his form Of last year merits instant
selection; F. G. Lowe in his form Of
this year deserves the same tribute,
and A. Kingscote should be included.
While English tennis players are
preparing to invade the states Ameri-
can amateur sportsmen are crossing
the cea bent on more international
contests for which 1914 has already
established a record. The Harvard
second varsity crew sails today for
London to compete in the English
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preceded by the Union Boat club
eight cared crew for the same purpose.
To voluntarily offer to row against the
best oarsmen of England requires u
preme confidence on the part or Amer"
lean crews yet the sweep swingers are
outdone by the Haverford college
|~cricketers who are today setting foot
on English soil for a playing invasion
against the leading school and club
teams of that country.
Haverford college, which is famous
for its cricket teams, has sent playing
combinations to the home of cricket
four times in the past eighteen years
and has always made a fair showing
against English school and club play
ers despite the fact that the Ameri-
can collegian is far more at home on
the baseball diamond than the cricket
crease. The initial invasion was made
in 1896 and was repeated in 1900, 1904
and 1910. AS in past years the squad
will consist of thirteen members and
seventeen games will be played be-
tween June 25 and July %.
An idea of the rapid advance of ayi-
alton abroad can be gained from IN
nouncement that France is about to
erect an elaborate system of aerial
sign posts for the guidance Of private
and military aviators. The system,
which has been outlined by the Aero
club of France and adopted by the
War Minister is extremely simple, and
the signposts, which have in reality
the form and aspect of a table, possess
from a military point Of view the SON
siderable advantage of being easily
and promptly suppressed in case OF
war. Indeed, the metal trelliswork of
which they are made, measuring 81
feet, q 1-2 inches by 15 feet, s inches,
and standing on metal legs about 8
feet high, can be turned upside down
by one man without difficulty. These
sign tables, as they may be called,
are to bear only two fglreas each