Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-15

The Australasians. as expected. cap.
tured the doubles in the Davis Cur
series and the Australasians, IL is be-
neved. viii eventually win the cham
pionship. Anthony wilding and Nor.
man L. Brookes. playing beautiful
game. defeated Maurice Mclaughlin
and Thomas c. Bundy, who played
rather poorly. in three straight sets
This gives the foreigners points &c
l, with two more games to be played
As Brookes is TO play r. Norris VIII
Jams. victory for the Australian is
looked forward to. That would give
the visitors the championship by q
single point. as Mclaughlin, who Is &c
play Nildlng today, should carry Of
the honors. Our only chance is for
Williams, who has played only one
match. to come back strong and de-
feat the wonderful Brookes. who has
| played two severe sets and may not
be any too lively on his feet today.
That is our only hope. We must win
both matches today. but we are quite
sure that Mclaughlin will dispose of
| wnding
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Rrookes and wilding outplayed Nc
Loughlin and Bundy in the doubles
and they won strictly on their merits.
Strangely enough, though, Brookes,
the Australasian star, and McLough-
lin. the American star, did not figure
prominently in the good work of the
match. On the other hand, Wilding
played a wonderful game and 1t was
his consistency always and his SEN
sational performance at times that
won for his side. The dashing Brookes
wasn't much at all and the brilliant
Mclaughlin was even worse. 1t was
quite evident that their strenuous
play in the singles the day before
had told on them. wilding also play
ed the previous day but he had an
easy match of 1t with Williams
Bundy was a fresh man and he play
ed a very fine game. If Mclaughlin
did anywhere near as well, the Amer.
leans would have won hands down.
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Brookes knew he was off his game.
and he kept patting Wilding on the
back for his wonderful work. Wilding
was always brilliant. and he stood
head and shoulders over every man
on the court Mclaughlin was really
weak He didn't look well, and he
wasn't bit smart. He failed miser-
ably on easy chances, and he wasn't
sharp at all when the Australasians
directed their attacks at him. Most
of the play, Of course, was sent
Bundy's way, and he did very well.
1t was Mclaughlin who fell down,
and 1t was Mclaughlin on whom we
depended so much. The talk INDUCED
in that Karl Behr would have done
better than Bundy isn't so at all. If
Behr had been In McLoughlin's place
we might have won. Bundy did all
right, but he didn't measure up to
ll1t OllHT ltlipMS DIT all DUH
Brookes and wilding are classy
players, and it is evident that they
can beat our best in the doubles In
singles Mclaughlin can take care of
them, one at a time, but we haven't
another. man who is able to do the
same thing Thus, it looks as if the
Davis cup is to be lost to us. It may
be that the tired Brookes may fall
before young Williams, but that
would be a miracle.
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Oscar Egg, the Swiss cyclist, wants
to come to this country He cabled
Manager Mcfarland, of the velo-
drome, yesterday for a contract, and
Mac" sent him word to come on.
Egg will finish the season at the Vel
odrome and he will ride in the New
York six-day race. This is Just what
MacFarland wants. He would like
to secure three good foreign teams,
and the offer for Egg makes 1t easy
for him. He is almost sure to have
Rutt and Stol, as the German team,
and Verri and Oliverri, as the Italian
team. Now he will endeavor to get
some good foreigner to ride with Egg.
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In a day or two mcfarland will
offer contracts to several of the rid
ers now competing at the Velodrome
to take part in the New York grind.
One or two of the stars are said to
have declared they will not ride. and
at least one of them is said to have
changed his mind. When the time
comes there is sure to be a scramble
to get in the New York race. Jackie
Clark, 1t is said, is going to ride. and
he is to be given a first-class part
ner. ALI Grenda, too, will be signed
up. as well as most of the boys who
rode last year. ALI GouIlet isn't
going to enter and Joe Fogler may
not be starter. He rode with Goul-
let last year. and he may not be able
to get suitable partner this year.
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! Barring some Unforeseen circum-
stances. Frank L. Kramer will retain
his title for another year. The Yam
kee boy is IN great form, and he said
the other night that he was stronger
| than ever. His ride in the record
trial. in which he made the sixth of
a mile in fifteen and four-fifth sec
onds, is proof that Kramer still has
/ his speed. General" MacFarland