New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-10

~'A~ $oAuN iAr SNCl hiION II, here OF a.
At this writing it does not seem pos
s'ble that airy nation among the twelve
chailengers for the famous Davis CUP
Will be able to .wrcst the proud title of
worlds champion from the United
states do not anticipate even q hard
struggle by our team when it takes
the championship court at the West
Side Tennis Club, Of Forest Hills, l.. l..
TO defend the great silver bowl against
the onslaught of the foreign team that
comes through to the final test
Australasia appears as the most
formidable bidder for the cup with the
wizard Norman Brookes and the dy-
manic Gerald Patterson as her leaders,
and Japan and France look like the
next two most liable to make trouble.
II trouble is to be made. Great Britain
IS still apparently in a state of stagna-
ton as regards her tennis men, with no
new players OF international caliber
ready to step into the breach and. take
the place Of the mighty veterans like
Parke, Beamish. Gore. Roper, Barrett
and Rltchle. who are about at the end
of their tennis rope.
Foreign Teams Weak
None of the other teams need be con-
sidered seriously even for moment
one or two of these countries have sur
prised followers of the game within the
last year By putting forward hitherto
unheard of players, South Africa, with
Louis Raymond. for instance, who won
the olympic championship and de-
feated lchiya kumagae in doing so
last summer. Mishu, of Rumania, and
Shimidzu. Of Japan, also played some
sensational matches, but they are en-
captions. and only Japan. with Kun
agae, could form sufficiently strong
team 20 stand d CHARGE against our
best.
Not only are we the strongest of the
tennis playing nations at present, with
Tilden, the worlds singles champion.
and Johnston. the mighty atom of
the courts. standing unbeatable. but we
arc infinitely rich in promise. owine to
the splendid pioneer work done by Fred
Alexander and after him by Tilden and
others
The members of this younger group
are not yet quite ready to take their
places in the front rank OF the coun-
try's stars. but within the next two or
three years those who are destined to
gain the top will be there and then we
SHALL nave ample material from which
10 draw in future Davis Cup and other
international matches. No other coun-
Try is so thoroughly grounded in a re-
crve supply as the United States.
Fine Crop of Juniors
Vincent Richards, national Junior
champion. who has held half dozen
rational titles during his brief court
career land he is now just over eight
cen years of age); Frank 7. Anderson
new national indoor champion; Fred
erick C. Anderson, Arnold Jones, of
Providence; Carl Fischer and Charley
Watson, of Philadelphia, and Herbert
L. Bowman, Of Mount Vernon, are some
OF the more prominent of the younger
players who will soon be making tennis
history
At Longwood a couple Of weeks ago
Tilden told me that he did not see
any one player who stood out prom-
nently as of great promise while he
was in England. Europe or Australasia
Anderson. Of Australia, who was men
toned as possible member of the
last Australasian Davis Cup team;
Alex Woosnam. of England, and p.
Bsugnon, of France. were good, the
worlds champion declared but he did
not consider that any one Of the three
would figure very strongly this year,
at least
This young player. Brugnon. seems
to be developing very rapidly. having
created sensation in his recent ap-
pearance in tournament play on the
Riviera and elsewhere. The foreign
critics compare him to the late Hugh
Laurence Doherty. As there could be
no higher praise it is possible that
Rrugnon may yet be the sensation Of
the Davis cup matches this summer
At this writing it looks as though
Tilden and Johnston would again form
the backbone of our defending team
when the first challenge round matches
are played at Forest Hills on Septem-
Der >. LIN their present form there
would be-no need to call upon any one
else. But should either Tilden or
Johnston suffer an accident or show
signs of weakening before the APP
pointed day | look to see Richard
Norris Williams I'd, former national
singles and present worlds champion
doubles champion, filling the place left
vacant.
Williams has ever been an enigma
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