The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-31
Double Header Wrestling Match Oudr Signed By Ryan
GERlNANY'S HOPES ARE
RUDELY SHATTERED
Froitzeim and Kreuze Believed BE Dark Horses in In
ternationa Tennis Tourney, Defeated in
Their First Two Matches.

Pittsburg, July se.~--Germany
lawn tennis team, made up of otto
Froitzheim and Oscar Ereuzer.
thought by many followers OF the
game to be the dark horse in the RAGS
for the Dwight F. Davis International
lawn tennis trophy, had its hopes 0f
taking away the famous bowl more
or less rudely shattered today when
E'roitzheim and kreuzer were defeAt-
ed in the first two singles matches
by Norman f. Brookes and Anthony
r. Wilding, of Australasia, respective
", ut the Allegheny Country club
courts. The two victories today gives
the antipodeans a commanding lead
in the semi-tinai round OF the tour
nament, for they need to take only
one OF the three remaining matches
to move up to the final round In
which they will meet the British Isles
team at the Longwood Cricket club,
Brookline. Mass, next week.
1t is now practically a certainty that
the islanders will come through to the
final round, for both BrookeA and
Wilding won their t1sales In consecu-
tive sets. and played great deal bet~
ter tennis than they had at Lake For.
est last week against the Canadians
or in practice here. Wtlding ma
kreuzer came together In the OPEN
ing contest and the AustralaslAn took
straight sets without much trcub1O ~
ca, SO, GA. In the nightcap Brook49
finished on top at 1913, 81. So.
About 1000 persons were out 70
see the matches which were begun
at o'clock Shortly after noon. tho
fans began TO gather around the ar0SlA
in clusters and Up to the time th4f
play was called steady stream Of
autos kept coming up the road that
leads through the hills until II remind
ed one of Fifth avenue during the
shopping hours. Small cars large
cars, old and new. were In the parade
and 1t is not remarkable that there
should be SO many of them. for th0re
Is no other way to get to the club
grounds The one remarkable thing
about the crowd was the fact that Il
was there In such size, for the courts
are situated In place that could
hardly be tied for inaocessibility. Most
OF those who saw the match Wefo
real tennis fans, but there were quite
few who evidently were more tn
terested in golf, for there was a GOOD
iy sprinkiing of men and women In
the back rows Of the east stand, which
frequently allowed their attentions 70
he diverted to the links just In back OF
them.
After the greater portion Of the
lEpNa SVt 8fAlEAa All skM0
stands, the minor portion being with
out topcoats or wraps. as the uAse
might have been, therefore quite COM
Portable. for II was pretty cool. Wild.
ing and kreuzer were called to the
battle-ground to commence hostiiitfes.
The combatants did very little limter-
ing up work. and the Teuton won the
service. He started with an ace. but
soon developed streak of wildn&As
that he had taf sod fv9 =
practice during the past week and
dropped the opening game, His un-
steadiness did not stop there, how
ever, and he lost the second game,
too. after it had gone to deuce and
incidentally after he had led at 40-lh.
kreuzer then managed to break into
the winning column by taking the
third game, a short extra point affaar,
but became worse than ever In the
next three games, and dropped thMan
all. gathering in only two points In
the process. With the score III
against him. the German made stand
and took a game, being helped along
considerably by the fact that Wild2g
slowed up. The eighth game weneto
Wilding. who did not even haveasfo
work for his four points and the d8st
set was ended with the score in points
standing at 2s-I7.
The showing made by the German
during the opening set had been v%ry
disappointing to many who md
watched him practice. but they NJ
tributed it in the most part TO the
fact that the young man from the w.
teriand had been unable to get going
and prepared to see him do thinggstn
the second All during the frst ut
O strong. cold wind had been blowing
out of the northeast, and It playad
havoc with the ball any time 1t RS
to any considerable height above he
court.