Evening star., 1936-06-10
JAUNT TO BRITAIN
IS TAKEN At LOSS
Players Sent With Proviso
That They Return for
Biq u. S. Events.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

N EW IO1h, june lU.-1 ne
nj condition under which the
U. S. L. T. A. has staked its
defeated Davis Cup team to an
oversee journey to England for play
in the British championships at VIM
bledon is that the players return in
time to participate in all the impor-
tant tournaments on grass in this
country. This. of course, is good news
to Seabright, Spring Lake. Southamp-
ton. Newport and so forth.
The free trip accorded Messrs. Al
lison. Bulge, Mako and Grant is pro-
vided from the Golfers Of the national
tennis organization. 1t purely and
simply is gift, since ~ccs.TAefe- is no
chance of getting any of the~money
back. Wimbledon does not divide her
receipts among competing nations.
Which brings up the point of eco
nomics. Aside from its sporting as
poets. the defeat of the U. S. A. by
Australia involved rather an impor-
tant financial connotation. The U. S.
L. T. A. drags down no money out OF
Europe this year
Misses InterzOne Coin.
FAILURE Of its team TO win its way
to Europe means the loss of a
share OF receipts of the European in
terzone final, which. had it been held
in England, with Germany and the
U. S. A. involved. would have meant
fair sum OF money. And, of course.
had the American team worked its way
into the challenge round, the treasury
OF the United States association would
have been pleasantly enriched.
AS 1t is, the u S. L. T. A. will have
TO be content with a share of the
proceeds from the Germantown match
and the September national doubles
and singles for men and women.
You do not have to talk more than a
few minutes to any one OF the men
who administer national lawn tennis
to grasp the fact that the play of the
American team at Germantown was
depressing in its effects upon the au-
thorities
Why did We send the team abroad?"
said one official. replying to a ques-
tion. Why, I suppose TO season them
And heaven knows they need it. They
need something, that is certain"
Blow Their Opportunities.
HE WENT on to point out that, in
every one of the zone matches
against Australia, American players
left the court with lead of two sets
to one in all but the first match and
the last. that between Bulge and
Quist. in which the Australian OBJ
viously made no effort to win
With the matches seemingly in
hand" the official went on to say, the
players either tightened in an attempt
to sit on their lead or got cocky and
obliged with some fancy stuff. In
either case, I don't know when 1 have
been so disheartened at a tennis tour
nament"
The future outlook? 1t relates to a
search for singles partner for Bulge.
The young red-headed Californian
gives indubitable evidence that he is a
second Tilden. a second Vines in pros
pect. But look where our tennis au-
thorities may, they see no one to sup
plement him. And quite obviously
Bulge alone cannot win singles
matches for a team. Allison is 80 now,
and all his playing perspectives must
lead downhill.
On the horizon are half a dozen
young players, but all of them are
three and four years away. The imme-
diate future is dark for American lawn
tennis prestige, gentles all. it is dark
indeed.