Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-02
MUCH BUSINESS
FOR Tennis men
Question of ACCESSIBILITY Of Chal-
longing Australians Will Be
Discussed.

Business of far more than usual
importance will be discussed at the
annual meeting of the National Lawn
Tennis Association in New York on
Friday. The question as to the ad.
visibility of challenging Australasia
for the Davis cup during 1919 n the
awarding the national championship
tournament will occupy the attention
Of the delegates for two or three days
The supporters of the Newport and
New York are waging a hot campaign
for the privilege Of staging the ALI
Corners tourney. With the selection
of a club for the annual title play the
Davis Cup situation will be carefully
considered.
Under ordinary conditions there
would be no question as to the proba-
bility of issuing a challenge for the
worlds team championship trophy
won by Brookes and Wilding, repre-.
senting Austrasalia, at Forest Hills,
l.. /, last summer. The European
war, however, has complicated mat
ters and there is much doubt among
the officers of the U. S. n. L. T. A.
regarding the propriety of requesting
international tennis contests at this
time. Similar challeges from the 9TH
er nations represented in the 1914
tournament are ort Of the question.
Serve in Army.
Advices lrcm Australasia would ap-
pear to Indicate that the opinion pre-.
walls in Australia and New Zealand
thai n OF more such challenges will
be received. Apparently the Antipo-
dean association is not counting upon
the requests Of Wilding and BrOokes
for defense of the trophy since both
these veteran players are serving in
British regiments O home guaru
corps. A new quartet of experts is
being drilled for the cup play in the
persons of Arthur O'Itara Wood, Ger
aid Patterson. j. Q. Andersen and A.
B. Jones.
Wood recently won the singles
championship Of Australasia and Pat
terson with Ashley Campbell are the
doubles championship for. 1914. Pat
terson though beaten in the final
singles contest by Wood has the dic-
tfnction Of having defeated Heath in
the tournament in straign sets-a no
table achievement for a youth still
considerably under 20 years of age.
Heath had twice been kustralasian
champion in-19O5 and 1y0-ard
with Wilding held doubles title in
1906 and with Lycett in 1911. Woods
ground strokes on the forehand are
clearly modelled after those of wild
ing ana are full CT force, and he en-
rloys rising ball shots more frequent
ly than any other Australasian play
er except Brcokes. These latter en-
able him to operate with success in
that dangerous one between the base
and service lines. Patterson's
strength, although he is still a school
boy. lies in his service, which is one
OF the best in the world. The tennis
experts Of AusIlasia are calling him a
second McIIough in. His low volley-
ing is capable CT considerable i'm
rHovcment but lis weakest point is
his ground strokes.
tont:!eiing Serm'f regarding the
status of the Olympic games, SEIZED.
uled for Berlin in 1916, continue to
reach the ath.e;:c authorities CT this
country. An american who recently
returned from Berlin reports that the
German Olympic committee has net
abandoned the idea of holding the IL
ternational meet and is still working
on the details ard arrangements for
the games. The Swedish Olympic
committee, on the other hand, has be-
gun distribution Of a fund previously