New-York tribune., 1920-12-25
Cup Defenders
And i. S. Team
Ready for Play
Tennis Stars of Two Coun-
tries in Good Condition
for the Series Next Week
By Fred Hawthorne

The United States and Australasia
are in readiness for the opening day
of play in the great international avn
| tennis matches for the Davis Cup, to
begin next Tuesday afternoon on the
turf courts at Auckland, New Zealand.
William 7. Tiiden I'd, William NJ.
Johnston, Watson M. Washburn and
Samuel Hardy, team captain, who will
attempt to bring back the cup to this
country, are reported to be trained to
the minute and ready to go on the
| courts.
A cable received yesterday by the
United States Lawn Tennis Associa-
tion from Hardy stated that the Amer
lean team was in perfect condition and
| confident as to the outcome. The eli
mate in New Zealand, contrary to fears
in this country, has enabled our team
to round into wonderful physical trim
The defending team of Australia ians,
led by Norman Brookes and Gerald
Patterson, Is also reported to be in
readiness for the struggle.
Hardy stated that the order OF play
and the final selection of the players
who will meet in the four singles and
one doubles match will not be made
known until Monday, under the
twenty-fourh hour clause governing the
matches. Every reserve seat for the
three days of play has already been
sold, which means that the capacity OF
the stands will be taxed to the utmost
while America and Australasia strug-
gle for the worlds team honors.
Youngsters in Tourney
II they are convalescent from the
Christmas dinner by that time the
boys who are scheduled to begin play
in the annual national indoor junior
and boys tournaments will go into ac-
tion at 10 o'clock on Monday morning
on the board floor courts Of the 7th
Regiment Armory, at Park Avenue and
y-seventh streets.
1t is remarkable the way these tour
naments are growing in scope each
year. On Monday there will be forty
one Juniors in the singles and twenty.
one in the boys event, more than ever
contested before in these fixtures.
think it is one of the most encourag
ing features of the game in this coun
try, for it means the very foundations
of American tennis.
Vincent Richards, of Fordham Uni
versity, the present junior champion
will defend his title next week, and i
will mark the wonderful youths las
appearance indoors as junior, fol
next year he will be over the age limit
There is no other entry in the list wht
looks to have a chance with Richards
who has won the national title for the
last two years in succession.
To Oppose Boy Champion
Richards first match will come ir
the second round, when he meets Nor
J ton Bernstein, boy champion of 1918
This is liable to be the defending cham
pion's closest match, for Bernstein j;
quite remarkable little player Some
Of the other prominent entries in the
juniors are Charles NJ. Wood, boy title
holder of 1919; Jerry Lang, L. II
Rouillon, Harvard; Paul Hicks, Yale
Arthur Reynolds, Fordham; A. B
Sheridan and A. L. Hopkins, Yale, and
Parke Cummings, Harvard.
The draw for the junior singles fol-
lows:
Second round (frst round byes)-D. r
Rradley vs.. L. Merchant; J.; J. Tucker VS.
Pickells; NJ. II. Ruger vs.. Jack Martin
c. H. Names VS. Ernest Kuhn; George
Case vs.. Arthur Orth.
First round-Jesse SOM vs. Valentine
Gress; c. NJ Wood jr.. vs. Paul Hicks
Jerry Lang Chapman 1aff. j. K Rob
l.. Rosenthai: X. c. Fay vs.. A. X. Glore
Arnold Bradley va. W NJ. Aydelotte; Jacl
Cronin vs. Arthur Reynolds. A. b. Sher
dan John Pollock.
Second round, lower half (frst round
byes)-J. J. Blust winner Of sheridan
Hopkins w. r. Hicks VS.. A. Eustein; Nor
, ton Bernstein VS.. Vincent Richards; Eu
gene Stein vs.. Willis Gels: c. G. Hurd VS.
!: Parke Cummings.