Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-23
IAsseclated Pressl

NEW YORK, June %. With the
Davis cup International tennis sche.
duIe completed beth the National as.
ISOLATION and the clubs allotted pre-.
| urinary and challenge rounds are
making elaborate preparations for
handling the matches and the thou
sands of spectators expected to wit
ness the play. II the English and Aus.
tralasian teams reach the final round.
as is generally predicted, there will
be almost as much interest in the
match between these two nations. to
be played at Longwood club On Au-
gust 6, Z and s, as in the challenge
round at Forest Hills. Long Island,
the following week. With this in view
the Boston club is preparing to seat
close to six thousand spectators and
the West Side club will almost double
these figures for the series between
the United States team and the chal-
lengers which will decide the 1914
winners of the trophy emblematic of
the worlds tennis championship.
Interest in the International play
viii not cease with the Davis cup
matches, however, for the members of
the English Australasian and German
teams, il the latter come to America
at all will all play in the national
championship tournament at Newport
during the week of August 24-29. With
Brooks, Nilding, noust, Dunlop.
Parke, Lowe, Barrett, Dixon and other
foreign stars competing In the singles
against McLoughiin, Williams. Wal
lace Johnson Touehard, William
Johnston. Clothier. PeIl and other
leading American players who will en-
ter at Newport, the national cham
pionship tournament Is certain to at
tract record assembly 70 the Casino
courts. f. So -. -. .. -. -
That this will be the case is clear
~ indicated by the demand for reser-
vations even at this early date. De-
spite the fact that the seating capacity
at the Newport courts will be greatly
Increased it is apparent that the de-
mand for tickets will exceed the sup
ply. The boxes surrounding the grand
stand were completely sold out
a. month. ago and additional
stands are being built to provide for
the thousands who are expected to
witness the all-star matches to be
played on this court. ~@r1l F. r
Additional rows OF temporary seats
will be placed In front of the grand
stand and two new stands will be
erected, one at each end of the cham.
pionship playing turf Tie east stand
will also be widened 5y the addition
of rows of seats at top and bottom and
when the alterations are complete 1t is
expected that more than COCO specta.
tors can be accommodated around the
star court of the Casino grounds. Dur.
in the early rounds many of the other
courts will be occupied by prominent
American and foreign players and it
| is not unlikely that should the draw
distribute the leading players evenly,
an attendance full equal to that at
the Davis cup challenge round will be
present en- certain days. -. LIS q.
) While rapid progress is being made
in the matter of accommodating spec
tators at these matches the same can
not be said of the assembling of the
players who will form the teams OF
the leading entrants. considered as
nations. Australasia is to date the
emily competitor with It's team formed
and practicing as whole. In view