The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-29

New York, Aug. 29-American lawn tennis pIa ITS and officials are al- ready plal4-.ing for the recapture Of the Davis Cup, won by the Australia sian team at Forest Hills, l.. l.,
 through the efforts of Norman F. Brookes and Anthony F. Wilding. With Maurice E. Mclaughlin asa nu- cleus a new team will be organized and a Challenge issued in 1915, provided the F1uropean war clouds save dispers- ed and the international s1Iual1on warrants such action.
 with Brookes and .Wilding unlikely to defend the trophy again ana a
 score of young. American players rap idly rising to the heights aireaoy, at tained by Mclaughlin the prospects tcf regainfns the cup in the next try l is considered bright. Mclaughlin s victories in the recent tournament stamps him as the greatest singles player in the world Because of his youth he is conceded to have at least l a five years championship tenure. What is needed to give the United States a. really representative team is l another player of almost equal singles
 ability and a strong well balanced
 doubles team.
 In addition to sMcIoughl1n ana k 1 Norris Williams End; Wm. M. Johns ton, John R. Strachan, R. Lindiey
 Murray, Clarence Griffin, G. c. Gamer and EAia, -Fottreu, form a squad of
 young 7pIayeds who are rapidly mount ing to the higheste ranks and tbese
 players together, with several otners of more mature experience give, a wide field from which to select. From this same combination a formidable dou- kbIes pair might be formed, although l pairs already accustomed to the nec- lessary team work, like Dean Mathey and George M Church, who surprised the Davis Cup gallery by defeating lDoust and Dunlop, the 9hAustralas1an lreserverists, are available and need Ibut a little polish to make them of Icup calibre.
 Etions of the world keep pace in the l development of young players 1t IS 1 doubtful therefore if the next con I test for this cup will witness the close and thrilling play that developed ID the 1914 struggle. An analys1s or the zlDavisa Cup records for the tournament l shows that the representatives of the I seven nations which participated play ed six rounds consisting of thirty
 matches; ninety-hve sets and nine l hundred games. With the exception
 of the British Isfes-Australassian and the United States -Austra1asiar I matches all the rounds were one sid led. Brookes and WiIding after de Il fauIting two matches to the British iIsIes team won seventy games te tforty-four and defeated the Limited States one nundT0d bWO S1hAOs l to ninety-six In the challenge round the point tables show that McLough1ir defeated Brookes 176 to 14S and Wild ling 121 to e5 Brookes defeated Will Hams 136 to 102 and Wilding won Ill
 to Se. In the doubles Brookes and lWilding defeated McLoughlin and Bun tdy 14S to 130. But nineteen point: tseparated the two nations at the enc lof the play the final score for five
 matches being Australasia 6s7; United
 States SIS.
 The war abroad which envolved
 England has upset the elaborate play
 for the season of amateur and pro
 fessiona1 bouts far more ambition:
 than anything heretofore attempted sbl the British ring promoters Severa 3 new boxing stadiums were under con ) struction, the money being raised by the sale of stock with ticket privil
 eges. In fact there v=as every indica ton of boom in boxing which would :, lnecessitate a firm handling of the sit . uation by those who have controllet : the sport in past years. To this ent : the National Sporting club had plan F ned to cooperate with the army ant t of control to supervise all reputab1 ] matches.
 t The control board had it been form !, cod would have named referees ant
 Ioff1cials whose Judgment could not b appealed from A man would a1s : have been put on the kidney pune