The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-12
DAVIS CUP STARS TO
REST ON EVE OF TILT
Men Who Run Roller Over Turf
Only Ones Who Will Be
Busy To-day.
RIVAL TEAMS FINISH WORK
BrOOkes. Wilding, Mclaughlin,
Williams and Bundy Are
Ready for Fray.
RIVAL TEAMS FINISH WORK

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"orN Yesterday AFTERNOON on the cham-
plohshlp courts at the West side Tennis
Club in Forest HIS prior TO the big
matches which start to.morrou aud To-
dsy ,u h.. d,, =, 80, a.. IN 80.
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wv NV" WIZ iu'' '"e ro'ie' over
'he 'ur' All -FOUR or tho Australaslan
racket wielders were out at the club
house. bu; only Norman f. Brookes and
Anthony r. Wudinp 90, into ,bcir tors
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I's' N''I "nt'podean team' ana AIRED
W. Dunlop looked the grounds over and
Inspected the ne'S clubhouse. Brookts and
Xildtng went out on the turf and nIaved
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me" "N'u UP 'ne ''H'e III ge'uns accuS-
TONED 70 the courts ana simply tuned up
their Stakes. paying no attention to
scores Their work was considerably
halter than TINT NJ uord,y and ,ho,.
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'"eE w" ~ any VI '"er preliminary
round matches
Brookcs, who slipped and f,a a couple
OF times on Monday protected himself
yesterday by wearing spiked shoes.
rather unusual thing for him TO do or.
for that matter. for any Of the foreign
players TO do He seemed TO like pls ying
| In them pretty well and moved around
the court with more speed and certainty.
While the Australasans were stll
playing on one OF the courts Maurice
T.. Mclaughlin and Norris Williams
came out and emulated the example Of
their opponents on tho adjacent turf
Williams was In exceptional form Al
though no scores were kent the men
played about the equivalent Of two sets
and the Phfladclphian was not far he.
hind the Californian ON the number Of
/ points scored nor was he overshadowed
/ 10 any extent in hrillianrv nn,b ~ tho
| Americans cam. To tho no, freouer,iv
| inpres.ipr tho two ar tbroc bu,d,ed
/ spectators who we're on hand with tho
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nuhdN seems 10 nave gwen All SORTS OF
/ INDICATION AS 10 why haiI benr ana NOT
ne snou'" pay IN 'ne uoup'es WIN NC
iIoughlh' nut IL Is the general impress
sion among close followers of the game
that the committee VIII play Bundy
. rather than split up the national cham
p'on pair Tor an untried combination.
Brhr was out AZ the clubhouse yester-
+ daN put dld moi gtt INTO ms playing
''o'h's' 'h"'epN 'ohnihnng the gcnerhl
. Wpftss'"i tnat ne WI nor play IN the
""Nn''s' t"neIl y. NIthI'' chairman OF
/ ln' laws CUP 'o'niil.''ee 81 ayr ,hseil'htS'
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Mat tn.r,,,ro. prterron, arI No.
I,uon,t, ,srt,,ir -, IN. American ,nrrss
,,iu nlay tho rightc,r ,Ralns, Rronkes
cantair az IN. invaders ON Ssturds,
Wiui1ms and Brook.s viii fgh, il out in
IN. trst tussle Will. Mclaughlin and
Nudlug will ring the Davis cur tourna
mont for mis- wear To- an end. lust now
il looks rs # Mclaughlin should win bot
/ of his matches. while Williams appears tc
have am even chance with the two in
+. vaders
What chance America has in tt.
doubles cannot be said until 1t is know
whether Bundy or Rehr will pll, Rit,
McI.oughliu During pr,i nlu1ry practice
the main thing Rundy has shown Is stead
, brilliant tennis and his stNic ~ dttaci