Evening star., 1925-04-19

VIII make the strongest bid for the
title 1t has offered since the cup left
the Antipodes in 1920. In 1922 both
or them were on the invading team,
but sickness kept Anderson in thS
Adirondacks until the challenge round
and he was able 20 offer little resist
ance to Tflden and Johnston. ThS
following year Patterson was unable
to come over and Anderson captained
the team, defeating William Johnston
in the singles.
Last year Anderson was not on the
team, declaring that he could not take
the time off from his business affairs
unless reimbursed by the Australian
association for his losses in 1923. Tha
association refused TO meet with his
demands, and Patterson came over
with O'Hara Wood. Now the two IA
nous Australian aces are coming back
together and both of them evidently
are playing the best tennis Of their
careers. Anderson defeated Patterson
in the final of the Australian cham
pionship this year and Patterson turn
ed the tables on him, to the surprise
OF the tennis world, in the Davis cup
trial matches held recently. Patter-
sons showing in the challenge round
last year was not particularly good
but the fact that he was able to de-
feat Anderson, who has come to be
looked upon as one of the best three
or four players in the world since his
victory over Johnston. indicates that
he is capable of much better tennis
than he put up in this country.
Anderson to Play in England.
Anderson has received permission
from the Australian Association to
come to the United States by way
of England and will play in the VIM
bledon championships. The oppor-
tunity to meet many of the world s
best players in the English classic
should help Anderson to bring his
game along rapidly. so that when he
reaches this country he will be able
TO strike his best form without any
great delay. Patterson and the other
members Of the Australian team will
arrive on the Pacific Coast, unless
they should decide to go to Wimble-
don also. and probably will start their
training in California, working their
way eastward, while Anderson Will
arrive in New York and start play at
once on turf courts.
John B. Hawkes. is to be mem
Der of the Australian team also, and
if the necessary sum of $500 can be
raised, Pat OHara Wood also will be
sent. Hawkes. played with Anderson
in the 1923 doubles match, in which
they led Tilden and Williams. to !, 4,
in sets and threatened to win the
match until Tilden braced and began
to play the most sensational sort of
tennis. O'Hara Wood forms with
Patterson one of the leading COM
binations of the tennis world. They
defeated Tilden and Richards in 1922
| in decisive fashion, but We're beaten
hxr T. IL.
equally decisive fashion last year
| after losing to the Kinsey brothers in
the national championship.
Two Powerful Players.
With Patterson, Anderson, O'Hara
! Wood and Hawkes.. Australia has two
| powerful singles players and two
strong doubles combinations. The
strongest opposition to the Antipo,
deans in the American zone probably
| will be furnished by SPAIN With
Manuel Alfonso and Eduardo Flaquer
the Spanish would be able to make a
worthy fight, though Australia would
| be the favorite to win the match
should they meet. 1t is doubtful
whether either Alfonso or Flaquer
could beat Anderson on grass unless
Anderson has gone back since his
match with Johnston.
| 1t is not yet certain that Flaquer
will play for Spain. Should he be on
the team his appearance would mark
the debut of another foreign star be.
fore American galleries. Japan prob.
ably will be represented by Zenzo
Shimizu, Sunao Okamoto, Masanosuke
| F'ukuda and Takeiichi Harada.
New Zealand, which will play its
| first matches in the American zone,
along with Spain, is more or less a
dark horse. but it is not expected that
| it will be able to cope with Australia.
A number of good players were dis.
covered in the New Zealand cham.
pionships, among whom We're Oliver,
| Laurenson, Andrews and Bartlett.
Last year F. NJ. B. Fisher and J. c.
| Peacock represented New Zealand and
were put out of the play in the second
round by CZechoslovakia. 1t is ex-
pected that several of the younger
players will be called on this year.
| Canada will have two worthy repre-
| sentatives in Jack Wright and vii
| lard CrOcEer