New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-12
williams to Meet Wilding
in First Clash on
Courts Tomorrow.
NJOUGHLIN NEXT
WILL FACE BROOKES
orestiou as to Whether Bundy
or Behr VIII Be on Doubles
Team Worries Experts.
Ry FRED HAWTHORNE.

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,1s;.c Of . o'clock. and Maurice +.
,'Inprhlin vs.. Norman +. BrookeS, AZ
e'clock. is the order ia which the
,s,.ricans and Australaslans wlll race
- o.her tomorrow afternoon on the
- courts OF the West Side Tennis
I'm al Forest Hills. Long Island,
- the first day Of the international
,..n tennis matches for the Davis Cup
Starts. -.
pohert n. Wrenn, George 7. Adee and
gsnrv ". Slocum, Of the committee OF
.,rsneements. the names having been
ar;ften on slips OF paper. tossed into
bst and then drawn forth blind
by an outsider ..-...
- ne International series as the piece
AZ resistance. with the Williams I'd
70 hattie as the appetizer, on the
orening dav, and now that the an
,,nnc,ment Of the draw has been made
,yblic the entire lawn tennis worlo
riu argue, pro and con, as 20 whether
W;u{sms will be able to vanduish the
s-sst Wuding. and II the sensational,
,mpetuous Mclaughlin viii offset the
vopderful skill Of Brookes, the great
sst Of court generals.
Task Set for Mclaughlin.
=, is pretty generally conceded tina;
Mclaughlin will have 70 encompass
,be downfall Of both Wilding and
Rrookes. IL America is 20 keep the now
fsmols bowl first offered as q prize
for the worlds greatest players Z!
Dwight +. Davis, fourteen years ago
In addition IL is felt that young
Williams will have to do his share oy
defeating either one Of the wonderiul
men from the other side Of the worlc.
The defenders Of the trophy are n9t
believed 70 stand more than an OUTSIDE
chance Of defeating the foreigners III
the doubles match on Friday.
Speaking Of the doubles, the air OF
r,vsterv regarding the man who VIII
he pjcked to back up Mclaughlin WIS
thicker and more opaque than ever yes
terdsv. When Wrenn was asked II u
was true that Bundy had been CHOSEN
bv his committee in preference 10 Mar
Behr. ne expressed his regrets 70 the
writer. but said he positively could
not make an announcement as TO the
makeup OF the pair VINO viii represent
this country before tomorrow:
evil you deny that Bundy has been
selected" Mr.. Wrenn was asked, and
In reply the man wko is virtual mead
al the committee said he could not
even do that. He went turther ana
said that he would not deny that he
already knew the makeup of the dou-
blcs team.
In connection with this air Of pro-
foprd secrecy il is worthy - Sote that
Rundy was paired with Mclaughlin
when Hackett and Alexander went on
the courts 70 act as trial horses yes
tsrdav afternoon. Berd was sitting on
The clubhouse stand. but ne was not
in plavinc attire. nor did he swing
racquet at any time during the after
noon
Bundy Target for Critics.
Audible comments were heard on all
edes as TO the poor showing made by
Bundv in the practice, and many per
sens voiced the wish that Alexander,
PoU Hackett, G.. Carleton Shafer or
several other men less known to fame
had been chosen as the Californa
champions running mate in preference
10 Bundy.
T. might be limited that Bundy has
been rather numerically criticised
throughout the season, and that ne has
not received a fair opportunity Inc
answer is that BuRdy, after his hrst
week or two Of practice, knew his own
limitations. knew that he was Tar from
his best and that he was not OF inter
national calibre.
II the best interest Of the game were
the fret and only thing 10 be consld-
cred and the successful defence Of the
eup the abiding thought with everybody
eoneerned. would il not have been
graceful act on the part OF Bundy' re-
sHzine mis- own shortcomings and the
desperate need of strong partner TOT
Mclaughlin, 70 have stepped down anu
out and suggested TO the eommlttee
that some other man with oetter Chains
be chosen for the place?
To do such a thing would require
large amount of unselhshness anu
craftsmanship, but IN Just Ihat rat,o
would it prove TO the world that buhoy
held the interests Of America prestige
on the lawn tennis courts above any
co,siderstions for himself. The same
yseso-i,c applies to Mclaughlin, who
is credited with being largely response
Bic for his partners presence on the
Davis cup team. .... -,
A. the time for the supreme test on
the courts approaches closer TO the
hour when the referee calls flay. AZ
porest Hills tomorrow all the men
eoncerned in the international struggle
are getting close TO that fine edge that
L calculated to bring out the best that
is n them.
Wilding Shows Up Well.
Rrookes and Wilding again took the
elyhbouse court and went through, a
lie practice for almost an hour. Wild-
INC, particularly, showed marked I'M
nrovement over his work on Monday
snS has apparently recovered his mar,
velious ability TO drive me S pan nara
-" Cans Of establishment came from inc
Two Hundred spectators seated IN the
stands as the Australssians exensn 5eS
drive for drive, smash for smash ana
yoilsv for volley. Brookes made ms
strokes more perfectly than did the
Jew Zeslsnder. and he brought mem
or with speed from all positions IN the
court, but Wilding held him closely
using little more strength wheh
smashing and showing wonderful agh-
ily in protecting his base line