New-York tribune., 1920-04-30
rs Shut Out Giants by Score of 3 to al
Urges Giving
Youths Chance
For Cup Team
Throckmorton and Richards
Should Try for Place
on u. S. Tennis Squad
By Fred Hawthorne

These rumors floating around to the
effect that this or that player mas been
selected for the fous'h place on the
United States Davis Cap lawn tennis
team re a mischievous influence and
should not be given credence. The
| tendency must inevitably be to discour-
age the other candidates for the vacant
place and to create the suspicion that
the team is to be hand picked" where
as, quite the contrary is the case
AS matters now stand, Richard Harte,
Of Boston; Wallace +. Johnson. of
Philadelphia, and Charles S. Garland.
OF Pittsburgh. are believed to be the
three outstanding candidates for the
Iourth place on the team that leaves for
England on May 20. johnson and Gar
land were ranked in the first ten" Ia St
season, and Harte was officially invite d
to become candidate for the inter
national tennis team, with the proviso o
that he first "prove himself in series
OF testing matches With other candi-
dates.
Personally, believe that tho do
cision to stretch technical point to
include Harte in tie running was a
wise move on the part of the United
states Davis Cup committee After
all. our prime object in selecting the
! four men who will attempt to bring
the Davis Cup back to this country
IS victory; nothing less will satisfy us.
Outplays Great Tilden
Harte gave striking evidence all las
winter that he is playing better this
year than ever before. and as vet he
appears only on the threshold of his
greatest days in the game. Several
times on indoor courts within the last
lew months, the great Tlden has gone
down IN defeat before Harte's tre
mendous aggressiveness, and that is
ndlcation enough that the Bostonion
~ ~ TO De %ously reckoned with when
'Ac time comes 70 name the man who
Wi vii accompany Johnston, Williams ana
lden abroad.
The report, emanating fron, Philadel
pMa. to the effect that johnson was
oClAclally chosen, has no foundation in
iaC. Excellent and experienced PLAYER
..a' johnson is, he will have to take
ms ms chances along with the other can
dldMes IN the matches that are to i'm
med1lately follow the Church Cup com
petIuon at Forest Hills, on May 21
But the committee that has the selec-
tlon, OF the team in charge could 20
further, IN my opinion, in opening the
way 1or truly satisfying test. There
are nunbe of men so closely matched
win Ial,nd, Hate and johnson that
IT would ppear unwise to arbi .rarly
, rule them out from such a competitive
trial.
Noshell Among Leaders
; One OF these is S. Howard Voshell
tdrmer national indoor champion. who
! pressed Tilten so closely in the North
and South championship at Pinehurst
, early this month. 1t is true that Vo-
, shell only threatened Tilden seriously
IN the second set of that match. but
1t must be remembered that the run
her-up at flehurst was carrying far
more weight three weeks ago than he
@ would be whel in playing condition,
0 and it was just thick of endurance that
Killed whatever chances he may have
o had
! Harold Trockmorton, who lost 10
! Illdcn by han in two sets at Ia
o ll-9. is anothe- who might be con
" sldered The New Jersey player showed
0 more real tennis in those two sets
0 than he ever did before, in spite O.
2 the fact that he had not played in
any tournament OF account in aimos,
year.
3 Vincent Richards appears to have
2 earned the right 10 enter such ar
= elimination contest by reason of hi:
. past achievements in winning nationa
i honors and although his lack Of year.
; might be set up as anargument agains
, his selection over older and more cx
perlenced men. the proof of that coul,
=, only be determined by a round -robir
( tournament such as is Manned
hope that the field viii be broad
oned somewhat IN the hammer | hav.
Indicated