New-York tribune., 1919-10-13
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national indoor doubles last March
and were national turf court title
holders Of 1913, played together for
about year, but now the combination
has been severed through mutual con-
sent, and each Will have to seek
another partner.
This is tho time, then, for the
juniors, both boys and girls, to form
their doubles combinations, and stick
to them for the next four or five
years. Can you imagine, for example,
team composed of, say, Richards and
Frank T. Anderson or Richards and
Cecil Donaldson or the latter and
Anderson?
All three Of these brilliant juniors
have the makings Of championship
players. We're they to begin the
season mex. spring as doubles team
stick to it in every tournament, in the
face of victory or defeat-they would
be mighty close to championship
material before any one Of the three
was twenty-one years Of age.
Is such a prize not worth working
past have been formed of material
less promising.
We are going to have need OF a
powerful doubles pair in 1920, when
we send challenging team In quest
Of the Davis cup, be it to England or
Australia. A survey Of the doubles
play in the Davis cup matches since
1900 and in 1918, were American
doubles teams able to win over their
opponents ip, the challenge round.
Holcombc Ward and Dwight +.
Davis trumphed over f. D. Black and
II. Roper Barrett, of the British Isles
just nineteen years ago, and a long
period Of thirteen years followed be-
fore Harold II. Hacxett and Maurice
f. Mclaughlin sent the Stars and
Stripes to the top of the flag pole
again by defeating c. T. Dixon and
Barrett, of the BrIt,sh Isles, in the
challenge and champ pionship round.
On several of these occasions the
United States would have won pos
session Of tn, historic trophy had the
standard Of doubles play been up to
that prevailing in the singles.
The same line of argument applies
in the case Of the girls and women
There have been few really great
doubles combinations among the fairer
sex. Mrs. George w. Wightman, for
merly Miss Hazel Hotchkiss. Miss
Mary X. Browne, Miss Eleonora Sears
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, Miss Marion
Xinderstein and Miss Eleanor Goss
the latter pair the present national
champions, are the most noteworthy
teams Of the last few years. But even
30, they were in every case far above
the average, with no other teams In
the same class with them.
consider Miss Goss and Miss Zin-
derstein the Y.ost promising woman
team that ever played the game in this
country. Both are wonderfully accu-
rate and daring volleyers; both pos
gcss services above the average ir
speed and severity, and their ground
strokes are sound. with many forcing
III - 70 bring the openings at the net
position. At court covering there are
=. men in the game who can get
over the ground quicker. II they re
main paired in the future. look to sec
them retain the doubles title for scv-
eral years.
Let the season Of 1920, then. see q
determination among tho junior play
the land TO concentrate on the
doubles game. 1t has heretofore been
the one weak spot in the lawn tennis
arrnor Of the United States, and IL
should MT be. for 1t is simply Il qucs-
ton Of sinking individuality into team
play.