Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 71

Final . Pare of Chicago Annexes Boys’ Singles, Scoring Easily Over Strachan, Protege of Tilden—Big Bill Plays Alonso Today. - By the Associated Press. - NDIANAPOLIS, July 14—Walter Wesbrook of Detroit and John Hen- nessey of Indianapolis defeate® Fritz Bastin and Ralph Burdick, both rapolis, in the feature match of today's play in the thirteenth national clay court tennis championships, in straight sets, 7—5, 6—3, 6—4, thereby winning the right to meet t Robert, of San Francisco, in the final s 1 phia and his protege, Sandy Wiener, in the of Ind W.'T. Tilden, 2d, of Philadel, other semi-final match. Donald Strachan of Philadelphia, Tilden’s other understudy, was out- classed in the final of the boys’ singles by Emmett Pare of Chicago, who Pare, haying a big physical advantage over the youthful achan, pressed it to the utmost, placi that Strachan was unable ta handle them accurately. won, 6—1, 6—2. St George Lott of Chicago, 1932 junior champion, went into the final of this S by defeating Clifton Marsh of Buffale, 6—0, 7—5. Lott will meet David O'Loughlin_of Pittsburgh in the' final tomorrow. O'Loughlin ad- vanced to the final by owsky n's overhead and superior nd strokes took deciding points is feature match of the young- sters Thé® Kinsey: ened by Tilden ably bet turn app nd Wiener. Notice- mwork, ability to re- ungettable placy DE FOREST ADMITS FIRPO | IS NOT READY FOR JACK Br the Associated LLENHURST, N. J., July 14—If L conqueror of Jess Willard, enters a ring with Jack Dempsey, world heavyweight champion, in less than four months, he will be | Mcinnes and Schlesinger are newcomers to world competition. A stepping into a “slaughter house,” Argentine contender for the world title, declared tonight. The trainer of the swarthy “Bull of the Pampus” declared his protege v not yet a polished enough fighter to risk his chance for the world‘ title in a bout with the champion at this time. W irpo needs a whole lot of tralning before he will be ready to meet Jack,” De d. tirely ¢ for have to work much faster than able to now before he goed with Jack. “1 judge he needs about four months® intensive training before even contemplate a Dempsey fight. If he inters u ring with Dempsey in less than that time, he will be enter- ing a slaughter house” said Fifho would leave v or two for a short tour of the middle w d Canada. The Argentine, would make ¢ tr his too him he into a ring se he had to in tos er to Charlie . the Chicago lightweight, who is soon to meet Richie Mitchell, Mil- waukee lightwelght. Informed of an announcement made fn Gran Mich.. today by the Olympic Athletic Club_that Firpo would meet ecither Joe Burke of De- troit, or Homer h of Kalamazoo, in a ten-round no-decision bout in it city the week of July 23, De company I knew he was going to have A few fights out there on his vay to but they don't amount to acros ed with Argentine’s “sec- one time Demp- his thirty who I8 eredit sloped the ond” nd, was at sey's trainer Asked whether his Tat Boyl night ing statement that DEMPSEY-FIRPO BATTLE | ON LABOR DAY IS LIKELY BY SPARROV report that Louis Firpo might sidetrack an immediate bout | h Jack Dempsey and goup against Tommy Gibbons on Labor has been denied by alleconcerned. HE I w whole lat that i reasons fight game. in this fc T chief reaso: much, risk. defeating | of Indianapolis, | were not cven threat- | he should, One has to take pretty much everything said with a grain of salt. But, on the other hand, there are many | doubting that a mceting between the St. Paul artist and the Argentine behemoth will'be held in the near future at least. is that Gibbons would show up Firpo and probably cut him to pieces and this is the last thing the promoters would want, having built up the South American slowly and carefully and without Reached in Clay . KINSEYS TO BE OPPOSED ‘BY WESBROOK-HENNESSEY }Y Kinsey brothers, Howard and omorrow. The Kinseys defeated g so much speed on his drives ments by Tilden and the knack of taking advantage of Big Bill's efforts to cover the whole court were decid- ing factors. Hennessey and Wesbrook gave promise of ‘glving the Kinseys a run| in the final tomorrow in their defeat of Bastian and Burdick today. Bur- dlek’'s decisive overhead game was off and Ba volleys were inac- ourate. ¥_played brilllantly and was ulded by’ Wesbrook's decep- tive volley shots and smashing over- head, drives. The feature match of tomorro play will be the final of the men's ingles, which will seo Tilden meet- ing” Manuel Alonso, the Spanlard. po, South American THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 15 1923—SPORTS SEC Left to right: J. O. Anderson, J. B. Hawkes, I. D. McInnes and P. E. Schlesinger. Jinfnie De Forest, trainer of the i Firpo would not fight Dempsey on Labor day; as has been reported in New York, De Forest said that was a matter Firpo would have to declde; for himself. “Firpo _is his own manager,” said| De Forest. “My advice, however, would be not to meet the champion | that soon.” Rickard i Surprised. | By the Associated Press | W YORK, July 14.—Tex Rickard, boxing promoter, who s negotiating with Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, sey and world's early 1 “the | Argentinian would entér ughter house” if he entered a ring with “Dempsey in less than four months. “I cannot understand it he said. “Only yesterday DeForest told me Firpo was ready and able to meet any one in the world." Rickard declared he was not han- | dling Firpo's interests, but was nego- ! tiating with Kearns for a Firpo- Dempsey fight soon. othing arranged today.” he sserted, “but on Monday we expect come to a definite agreement.” Asked whether Harry Will or another opponent was plated for Dem Rickard that Firpo had been the man discussed Whather Boyle's Thirty Acres or another spot would be the scene of the battle, and the picking of the date— probably Labor day—were also to be decided on Monday. it was understood. | MCcGANN.. i ! Not that a denial means a | i Were Tommy to make a show out of Firpo in a fight—which would not draw a bumper throng anyway—the prospective battla between Dempsey and Luis. which jast could safely be * million-dn gate go flco. As it happens came near doing well enoush against the champion to hurt the titleholder's drawing power. h all In all, every at i Firpo has heen the point where financial champion, for: into day. way vou look brought up to he is prim¢—from a standpoint—to meet the and unless something un- en happens, will be thrown the ring hereabouts on Labor Never Will Be Boxer. They that Firpo should have more time In_which to develop. In the opinion of the writer he has de- veloped as far as he is going to. He fs not a clever boxer, and all the Jimmy De Forests in the world will not make him one. As for teaching him to use his left, the progress made to date does not {ndicate. that he will ever be able to use it. Dempsey learned to hit with his port-side mauler, but Dempsey Is an intelligent chap who is quick to pick up things. At that Kearns ticd his right arm to his side for a period of several - months when Dempsey boxed against his partners. That was all right for Jack, but If Firpo's. right were tied to his side he would have to use his teeth and feet or else get out of the ring. None of the experts seem to dis- sent from the opinion that Dempsey should be able to defend his title against Firpo. Firpo {s a man who comes in all the time and a man who bores is made to order for the cham- fon. Again, Jack is always at his est againgt a bigger man. since he hits upward naturdlly and his most powerful wallops come that way. Firpo's chance would be to take all Dempsey could send and swing his right time after time. Then if Firpo could stand the plastering he would get and be strong and vicious through the twelve or fifteen rounds, he might take the title. But on paper, at least, it certainly looks as though Dempsey’ should be able to outpoint Firpo with ease, even though he did not have the punch necessary to put him to sleep., 3 (Copyright, 1923.) [ TULSA WANTS FIGHT. ¢ TULSA, Okla, July 14.—J. F. Pro- thero, & band leader, and J. F. Reichle, a theatrical manager, have telegraphed Jack Kearns, offering $500,000 for & Dempsey-Firpo fight, to be staged in Tulsa on Labor day, GIBBONS ASKED TERMS FOR FIGHT. WITH FIRPO ST. PAUL, Minn, July 14—Tommy | Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight boxer, tonight received a telegram from Tom O'Rourke, New York match maker, asking the local fighter if he would’ consider terms for a bout with Luis Angel Firpo, .of the Argentine, who Thursday night knocked out Jess Willard. Gibbons, who recently stayed fifteen rounds with Jack Dempséy, heay: weight champion. at Shelby, Mont., sald he was willing to meet Firpo, but his angwer would await the re- | turn here form Montana next week | O Rodls, manager. Eddie Kane. O'Rourke suggested a date in Sep. tember. Tomorrow night Gibbons will start a fourteen-week vaudeville tour. BOXER K. 0.’S HIMSELF WHEN HE MISSES RIVAL NEW ORLEANS, July 14—A varia-| tion of that rare occurrénce In pugiiism ' —the knocking out of a boxer by a blow delivered by himself—has been reported from Monroe. La., where.! Ewgll Paul of Lawton, Okla., put him- | self to sleep long enough for the refetee to count tén and award the decisfon to his opponent. It was a scheduled twelve-round bout with Grady Franklin of Shreve- port, and the feature of the evening's program. The first round had been under way less than two minutes when, breaking out of a clinch, Paul aimed a healthy right swing at Franklin, Paul failed to register, lost his balance, and as he fell his chin struck Franklin’s knee. The Oklahoman was unconscious when he reached the floor and Referee Ken- neth Elliott counted him out BIG INCOME TAX HITS KEARNS AND DEMPSEY HELENA, Mont., July 14.—In addi- tion to the $22,4i8 the government collected on the sale of tickets to the Dempsey-Gibbons fight. July 4, $115.- 679 will be collected in Income tax, C. A. Rassmusson, collector of inter- nal revenue for Montana, announced Of this sum Kearns must pay $38,633 and Dempsey $77,146. 3 total pevenue The government's from the flxht‘ fight concessions, training camp admisslons and per- i3 §$140,000, compared to total gate receipts of approximately $201,000, Rassmusson stated. | New Bill McGuire, one of the hitters the ' Bast Potomac ®olf cou nd Eddie Tipton are after the marathon golf record Monday morning at duvbreak. he record is now held by Rudolph pan of Cleveland, who last week played holes en one-half hours. four hours ir t Park played almost 1 and the High- shorter East Potomao Park Nink: ire and Tipton wiil be starte rss A and course C and alternat Quring the long grind. This them from losing time in ach other to putt on the gree the pro art oft with '3 has arranged for a ers and caddies things s easy i 1 | ) to| us possible for | Dis lked twenty-one miles he- he ny only took a dish of macaroni. Afte that he stuck to milk and orange He took over 1,100 strokes In making his record and never was above forty four for nine hol, ger Loetter for the men broadeast by radlo KEARNS MUST PAY. GRIT FALLS. Mont., July 14— Judgment by default has been entered against k K Jack De T W E favor of Donald. n h preliminary in the heavyweight event here will have speed- WHITE VS. MITCHELL. NEW YORK, July 14—Charley White, Chicago lightweight, and Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee: been matched for contest next Wedn, York Velodrome. arrived to complete his training for the bout. RICKARD AND KEARNS DISCUSS BIG BATTLE NEW YORK. July 14 —Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, and “Tex” Rickard today took up tho matter of arranging a fight for the heavywelght champion early in September. While It was believed Lu‘s Firpo would be Dempsev's op- ponent, this was not definitely de- cided upon. The discussion did not go past the tentative stago and the meoting was adjourned until Monday, when it was expected tho _auestion meet Dempsey would be settled. 3 rlo's Acr T | Aldrich, i O er Sror i be b he of | Mo E. B Byle, Mid City, defeatet Helen another snot would. be the scene of the battle and the picking of the date, probably Labor day, were also to be dectded. RESIGNS AS MANAGER. WORCESTER, Mass. July 14.—Fd- die Eavrs, who recently resigned as manager of the Worcester team. has igned with the Toronto Inter- nationals. 5 INSIDE GOLF By George O'Neil—— The player should stoop over to- ward the ball, but he must find the point in this stoop that exactly fif his physique. There is no fixed rule on this. Some good plajers stand fairly erect and some wtoop entirely too far. The knees should break a trifie, in order to give bal- ce. The player them must hold this stooped position until the ball has beem hit and the clubhend has pansed through and out after " traighten wup. Straightening up draws the club- head out of its path, xinee ny mo- tion you make with the body has its effect in _shifting the path the clubhend takes. The player will do better, too, if he imagines two lines, one passing through the ball and townrd the green, the other being perpendicular from the clubhead reach. Do blow of the clubhead af have | fifteen-round | sday night at the | White has | breakfast and then|T nd their mileages IR | Mount Pleasan i of “whether | | Firpo. Harry Wills or another would | windsor, Alumnas, €—3. 3 t { Mid City, defeated Heleno | | I | | | H Eé_";‘ Smith, | aoore, Nationals, Mario Menzel, George Washington, INEY RRANCH tennis t has been returned cha paign in si and | team won sixty-one out of sixt successful from evers being maintained throughout the sc than ever hef than in previous Mrs. Winnifre “hampion, honors. | ears. lis, District lividual e Piney the r rank- ing p also had Mi former for atch, Donaldson and Mrs »f the Piney Branch tean at only once le the rexular schednle has bee for the 1son has rney for be held beg There will be W members W bles singley and do Final Standing of Teams, Won. Lost. 81 5 i42 18 24 41 41 2 20 31 28 3¢ 17 @ 1 43 39 40 Piney Branch... Government Hotels ... Alumnae . Results of Final Play, . Piney Branch. defeated Nor- Racqueters, 6—1, Stambaugh._ Pincy Eranch, De Souza. Racqueters, 6—1 Birmingham. Libo.ty. def Piney Branch. t—4. G Maycita ' De Souza, Racqueters, Anna’ Smith. War Department, 6—4. Martha Neal, Government Hotels, Alico Drew. War Dopartment, 3—8, 6—1, 6—1. Franoes Kruooff, Nutional Woodeock, Liberty, 6—0, 0—0, Frances Krucoff, Nationals, defeated Nelds Umbeck, Georgo Wash , 1—5. Estells Ragan, Nationa's, Chickering, George Washington, 7—3, Estells R: Nationals, defeated K. defeated 6—2. ted Mrs. —4. 63 . , Mid City, di ‘Wondcock, Liberty, 6—4, 6—3. s, Chamberiin, Mid ‘City, defes ence Poston, War Department, 6—3, 6—3. Ruth Scott, Mid City, defeaied Mary Bizler, G s Waghington. default. “Ruih Scott,” Mid City, defested Angels Robinson, War Department, &1, 3. Ellzabath Pyle Mid Gity, jorie Wooden, Alumane, 6—, (—1 Elizaboth Pylo, Government Hotels, 6—1, 6—3. Graham, Mid City, defeated Marths jeal, Government Hotels, €—3, 6—I1. Ruby Ruhlma: Ruhlman, Governmont_Hotels, 6—2, 6—2. Rul Hobbs, Racqueters, 6—2, . Mrs. Chapline, 'Mid City, defeated Eva Slater, Government Hotel: 1, 6—0. « Loufse Welchel, Liberty, defeated Mrs. Chapline, Mid City, 2—6, 6—3, 6—3. Clara. Birmingham, Liberty, defeated Mrs. Stons, Mid City, 8—8, 7—5. Lillian Rizey, Piney Branch, defeated Ruth Scott, Mid City, 6—1, 6—4. Vivian McConihy, Racqueters, defeated @rs. Obamberlin, Mid Oity,\6—1, 6—4. Clara__Birmingham. ueters, defeatod ar Department, 4—8, 6—0, Olars Birmingham, Racqueters, defeated Beatrics Woodford, George Washington, 6—4, c—4. Racqueters, defeated h, Rasqustors, deforted Louise Earla Heurich, Racquetors, defeated Lou Perkins, %l:'-‘ionh. G0 6D et usters, defoated Miss 5 esionals, St e ), 6—32, Racqueters, defeated bert, Ra un,“a“f“’ d nis _Talbert, ue feate Hor ™ Aldrich, * Government Hbtels, 63y 2 Fra ‘Walker, Racqueters, defeated Anne Wiles, Mount Pleasant, 61, 6—2. Frances Walker, Racqueters, Alda Doyls, Georss Washingtan, '6—3, Frances Krucoff, Nationals, defested ' V. Clindinst, Liberty, 6—3, 6—4. Marjorle Wooden, Alumnae, defeated Pauling Thomas, Racgueters, 8—6, 0—8, 9—1. Marjorle Wooden, Alumase, defoated Ber- tha Collins, Nationals, 6—4, 6—1. Norma Windsor, Alumnse, defested Anne 'aungfhmnt‘ 6—2, 2—1, default. Doyle, George' Washington, defeated Marjorie Wooden, Alumnse, 6—0, 6—3, MISS WILLS TO PRIME FOR TENNIS CAMPAIGN NEW YORK, July 14—Miss Helen ‘Wills, seventeen-year-old tennis star of Berkeley, Calif., has arrived in New York to prepare for a campaign of more than two months on, eastern courts. The young western girl is to be picked, it is reported, for the Ameri- can team, which will oppose four British women stars in_an lintern; tional match-at Forest Hills, August 10 and 11, as an Introductory feature to; tha_pational wimen's chariplon: ships, which begin August 18. = - BORG TO TOUR BRITAIN. Aen S R R Mildre® Hauxhurst, nch team. | defeated Mar-| Mid 'City, 'defeated Clara o Mia City, defeated’ Norma | agles which has just ended. standpoint in the history of the circuit, | aeh, defeated Edith —4. i TION. Anderson and Hawkes have | played in other international contests, the former being on the combination which was in America last year, but TWO LOCAL 6OLFERS' | PINEY BRANCH RACKETERS IN MARATHON EVENT} CAPTURE LEAGUE HONORS longest | ipion of the Woman’s League for the cam- ng this n was the most Racketers represent atches. he seas lule. A larger number of contests refore were played, and there were fewer undecided matches | NET MATCHES TAKEN BY WHITES AND REDS| Rackete the Reds, from the Wh 6 matches to 1 le vesterday. Whites, 6: Reds, 1. SINGLES—Mayfield, Whites, s, 6—3, 6—4: Spence, Reds, d ‘Plerce, Whites. ? 8 Reds, won by default. Seld and Ladd, Whites. de- pence, Reds, 6—3, 8—6: ‘Whites, defeated Stiles and Saunders, Reds, 6—3 6—2; Carr Piorce. W won by default, Bluss, 5: Greens, 2. SINGLES—Bates, Blues. defeated Honder- son, Greens, 6—1. 6—3; 0. Howenstein, Groens, defeated Foster, Blues, 6—1, defeated Summaries and and Henderson, Greens and J. L. Carr, Greens, de- fouted Hammond and Mattingly, 6—4, 6—4: McCulloch and Foster, Blues, =nd M. Carr, 7—5, §—8. feated Howenste: 6—4. —4; Bea :U. S. TITLE SINGLES - defented | defeatod | defeated Gladys | jof the U 1 | i | i BEGIN SEPTEMBER 10 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 14 After a conference with the offic S. Lawn Tennis Ass Samuel H, Collom, chairman of the tennis committee of the Gern Cricket Club, announced today the national singles champlonship would start at the cricket club oa Monday, September 10. This was the tentative date set for the opening of the tournament. but a discussion arose as to the ad- visability of starting play on Monday, instead of Friday or Saturday has been the custom in the last two | | years. The fleld this year will be limited to sixty-four players, half the number which started last season and in 1921 This means there will be six days of tefnis, with the semi-finals on Saturday and the final on Monday, provided rain does not interfere. ‘WILL FIGHT IN FALL. LONDON, July 14—The fight be- tween Joe Beckett and Georges Car- pentier, scheduled for July 26. has been postponed to .a date September 20 and October 11. Each of the men is to post a forfeit of £2,000. The Carpentier-Siki bout will not take place unt{l after a meeting between Carpentier and Beckett. Gasoline dofeated Ross | between | SWISS LEAD FRENCH IN DAVIS CUP PLAY By the Assoclated Pres LYONS, France, July 14 —Switser- land scored its second victory to- day In the memi-fi tie of the Davis ecun elimination matches with France by winning the dou- bles match, n and Sautter feated M. Blanchy and Joan Samazeuilh, 8—10, 3—86, 0—2, 6—4,'6—4. In the firnt day of the tie yester- dny, when singles matches were played, Switzerland broke even. The winner will meet Spain in the for the European xone. YANKEE NET TEAM WINS OVER BRITONS NEWPORT. R. L, July 14.—The United States triumphed over Great Britain in the third annual renewal of international interuniversity {lawn tennis matches between the Harvard-Yale and Oxford-Cambridge combined tcams, played yesterday and today. The British team scored 8 points against 13 by the Americans. The Harvard-Yale team won the two iprevious encounters also. In 1921 the |score was 5 to 4, and in 1922 it was 15 to 6, The lead the of five games plled up | vesterday, when eleven matches were plaved. ‘remained unchanged at the énd, as the ten contest games today were cqaally divided. Today's summaries SINGLES. G. M. Wheeler, Yale, defeated Claude Ramaswami. Cambridgs, 6—1, 6—4. i | g5 Fo Hepburn, Oxford. 'defested Alden | Briggs. 'Harvard, 6—2, 6—3, | Yale, defeated Alan 8. Watt, Mjrn, Cambridge. defontsd K. S. . Harvard, 8—s. . 10—8, defested C. .| E." Williams, Yals, Kinpley, Oxford, 6—4, 6—1. 1 M. Ingrabam, Harvard, defeated A. N. Oxford, 6—8, 8—7. DOUBLES. |, Williams and Jomes, Yale, defeated Hep- iburn and Lowery, Oxford and Cambridge, 16—2, 6—3. |, Hépburn and Lowery, Oxford and Cam- bridgs, defeated Pfaffmann and Wheeler, Harvard and Yale, 6—2, 68, | Kingsley and Wilder of Oxford defeated Pfaffmann and Wheeler, Harvard and Yal | 6—0, 6—4, Watt and Ramaswami, Oxford and Cam- bridge dafezted D - bridge.. cate: usne and Ingrakem, H !POTOMACS WILL ENGAGE PENNSYLVANIA RED CAPS | Wa Potomacs will' clash with vania Red Caps of | New Y - s afternoon at the | an League Park. The vl g 1 Teported to have one of the Qe est colored teams in the coun- shortat of the the past en. last season's Howard Univer- H 4 to display their | res for the Red Caps toda! Two new glab artists dded to the Potomacs' staff, i | ing to Manager Taylor. Guisentanuer, | jone of the newcomers from the K:m»[ Monarchs, will oppose the Boston three CAPITAL CITY NETMEN | | DEFEAT SPRING ROAD Capital C'ty racketers nosed out Spring Road. 4 matches to 3, in the Tennis League yesterday. defeated 64, 75, and Pollard, d_Robinson and Atwood Brown and Bessey, Ca wn and Ruth, a E G—1; Hoover and McGabe, Capitol, defested | Packman ard Younser, Spring Road, 9—7. | 6—1; Eislink and Stauffer, Capitol, defeated |Paul’ May and M. May. Spring Road, 6—3, G4 Brent and Kelley, Spring Road, won by default. PLAY AT LONGWOOD | ROSTON. Jy ! rs from | Union and thre entered the lists ! Longwood bow! [ ship. which win at Chestnut Hill If the “seeded” players survive, the matches to determine R. Norris n 2 Pa. versus Masanosuke fon of Japan; Carl 1, Pa., national’ inter- champion, versus Arnold | Providence, national junior | Zenzo Shimizu, Japan, | awrence B. Rice, Boston, and | . Boston, versus Seiichiro | apan. The three Japanese players—Shi- | mizu, Fukuda and Kashio—will use the tournament as a means of tuning up for the late July international matches with Cana Davis cup; team at Montreal. izu, captain of the orfenta i o dlv | blistered hands, as a result of severe | contests in Rhode Island this week. | The Longwood event inclufles six of the twenty players on the Ameri- can ranking 1ist, but only two of the | first ten”—Wiiliams, No. 4, and| Shimizu, No. 6. W. T. Tilden, 2d. who | won the event last year, will not compete. EGAN WINS ON LINKS. SEATTLE, July 14—H. Chandler! Egan of Medford, Ore., former na- | tional golf champion and holder of the northwest amateur title in 1815 and 1920, won the latter for the third time today when he defeated ' Lee Steil ot Seattle, 6 and 5. WORLD'S LARGEST LINKS. The largest golf club in the world is the Olympia Country Club, near Chicago, 111 It has four 15-hole’ links. 4. —Pighty any states from for tennis of the Tapan have | the historic | champion- | started Monday Mileage Three things are essential above all else for satis- *factory gasoline mileage on your Buick—correct carbureter adjustment, proper. valve seating and good ignition. It is possible for an owner to check these things himself, but more satisfactory to have it done by an expert. STANLEY H. HORNER RETAIL BUICK DEALER 1015 14th Street I tion " with the tests. | young { framboise, Court Dou bles : Davis Cup Tennis Match Stirs Canadians CROWDS SURE TO WATCH PLAY AGAINST JAPANESE Montreal Making Preparations for Contests That Will Be Staged Latter Part of Month. Nip- ponese Team Is Favored. BY SAMUEL HARDY. HE Canadian-Japanese Davis T tracting a great amount of cup tie, to be played July 25, 26 and 27 on the turf courts of the Montreal Ternis Club, is at- interest throughout all Canada. The committee in charge of the arrangements has erected stands to accommodate 2,500 spectators, several hundred others. with additional standing room for Ample space has becn reserved for the non- playing members of the contending teams, for officials of the tournament and for the various members of the Canadian government who have promised their attendance. Already the sale of seats be necessary to utilize ever. proves close the first day. When it became known last March | that Cdnada had drawn Japan in the Davis cup contest, most experts at once predicted an easy win for Japan, Considering the experience that Shi- mizu and Kumagae have had in inter- national play, the Canadians might well have been discouraged at so dif- ficult a draw, but Instead they ex- pr chance of entering their men against a team of the first standing, and the officials in charge of Canadian tennis at once made plans for selecting a team from the best players from all sections of the country. Test Matches Planned. Tt was known that the best material came from the far west and from Montreal, and the committee planned to bring all contestants for the team together at the Canadian national championships. In case the results of the tournament were not conclusive, the committee decided to hold test matches immediately afterward Such a policy was once adopted by the United States Davis cup commit- tee. and I remember very well the many difficulties that arose in connec- We were some- times in as great a quandary after the matches as before. since the better 3 very well be indisposed or ow his true form on the day of the A far better plan is for the com- mittee to exercise its judgment in selecting a team, irrespective of test matches. It is useleds for Canada to attempt to play any of her old Davis cup men slich “as “Schwengers, Foulkes or Mayes. Canada's finest player, Powell, was killed in the war. and it would ‘be un to utilize his co- temporaries even if by so doing €he could win one or two Initial Canada’s wisest policy is to material, men who pla ern tennt d who are along the lines of such Tilden and Johnston “hoose v mod- developing piayers as She should se- her team -from such players as | the Peers brothers of Vancouver and Crocker and Wright of Montreal, The one nossible exception should be La- whose game is bhetter adapted to doubles than to singles. and whose age would be compensated for by his experience in doubles, Have Outside Chance. T believe that Canada has an out- side chance to win against Japan, but only an outside chance. However, her hopes of victory are distinctly Lrighter than they were at first, as the Japanese Davis cup captain, Zenzo Shimizu, has been ill for over a month. and ‘may not be in prime condition by the time of the contest. Furthermore, Japan has not the same team this yvear that carried It into the finals in*1922. Kumagae, last year's captain, is in Japan, and his substi- tute, M. Fukuda, the new champlon of Japan, Is not yet as well rounded a plaver as Kumagae, nor had he ever plaved on grass until recently. The third member of the team, Kashio, is a_sound, cautious player without much speed of stroke, and is not likely to be used unless Shimizu ukuda are unfit to play. either Crocker nor Jeff Peers, the best of the young Canadian players, can be expected to defeat so sound and_experienced a base-line player as Shimizu, a man_who once carried Tilden to five sets, and who, by de- feating Manuel Alonso. once reached the final at Wimbledon. However, it is conceivable that either of them might defeat a Shimizu not entirely recovered from recent illness, It is also possible that an aggres- sive net attack mizht disconcert the Japancse. Howard Voshell. whose powerful service and smashing are s0 well known, twice defeated Shi- mizu in straight sets by running in on every service and volleying while other ‘Americans who outranked Voshell were defeated In base-line duels with the little Japanese. Jeff Peers Strong Player. It seems to me that Jeff Peers has the best chance of any Canadian to defeat Shimizu. He plays the most modern type of game, as he serves both balls hard, takes the ball on the rise and follows in his good drives for kills at the net. He has 1 easy, natural style, somewhat like Kingscote's, but lack of practice may prevent him from giving a good ac- count of himself at the Toronto tournament and in the test matches, 50 that he is not even certain of mal ing the team. There is no doubt, however, that he possesses the game that is’ best suited to defeat the Japanese captain Crocker is a much sounder player, but he is inclined to remain at the base line too much, and here he is certain to be outclassed by Shimizu His best chance would be to add a little speed to his second service and to run in on everything, but it is now too late in the season for him to practice this type of game. Fukuda may prove the weak spot Tailored to Order summer-time fabrics, ed Union Tailors on premises. ed themselves as delighted at the | B | ies. lored to your individual measurement by our Skill- ts .is large, and it is expected that it will y inch of standing room, provided the contest in the Japanese team. On the other hand, If Shimizu be below par the younger man may prove the stronger. of the two. Tilden considers Fukuda a very good player. He says he is better right now than was Kumagae when he first came to America, and he believes that Fukuda eventually will outstrip both Kumagae and Shi- mizu. He {s a more daring hitter, has a more natural style than Shi- mizu and is a‘fair volleyer. If Canada win ‘eitifer of the |single matches on the first day she will have a very fair chance of win- ning the tie, as her probable doubles team, Crocker and Wright, will have an even chance of winning. The best Canada can hope for is to win three of the five matches, but she may lose all of them. 3 Should Consider Future. The important thing for Canada is not the selection of a team that can defeat Japan this time, since she can- not yet hove in any event to win the Davis cup. but to ‘train a team that will develop ‘within the next few years first-class international playe: It is quite possible for her to a this, as she undoubtedly has the ma- terial and the ambition. Her only real difficulty lies in the paucity of Canadian tournaments. It is only tournament play that counts, and a man should play practically every Wweek of the season in tournaments, jas Tilden does, in order to develop into a great playe Canada is too y ung a country have vet develop ed a long season of tournament play. Besides this, the ountry is so 20 few players re able to travel the great distances botw the towns where the tourna- ments are beld. Furthe dians have little leisure they are hard workers, | undoubtedly the reason have from producing mors The Peers brothers most promising of are unfortunate no tsurnament is also the cass eastern Canadian ada rs of note. of Vancouver, the her western pl in_ getting almo: practice, and this with many of the en. It is trne that wesiern Canadis and the Pacific northwest have a two months' tournament season, but these attract but few outside players, and the contestants, therefore, gain but little experien of varied “styles of play. In eastern Canada there are but three important tournaments, held in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. It is no wonder that young Canadians fail to attain their best form. The obvi- cus thing for the Canadian Tganis Association to do is to send her most promising young players to the United States for our tennis season until | such time as she can develap a tournament campaign of her own. Perhaps, if her Davis cup team makes a good showing this year, the Can dian Association will do as California has done so successfully, and send {her men to compete in the eastern tournament every year. (Copyright, 1923.) LOCAL COLORED NETMEN RANK HIGH ON U. S. LIST ‘Three local colored racketers are among the first ten ranking tennis {players for 1923. as sanctioned by [the American Tennis Association, a { national organization controlling ten- {nis played by colored netmen of the country. In the men's singles are listed jorder of rank, Tally Holmes, vester Smith, 3, and John on, “*The national tennis champlonship tournament tor colored tennis players | will_be held in Chicago, August 2 to 25. Five events are carded, includ ing men's singles and doub nixed doubles and women's singl and doubles. THREE POLO TEAMS TO INVADE AMERICA NEW YORK, July 14—Count de adre's Indian ‘““Tigers” and the Brit- army polo team will be augmented ¥ a third British combination when they come here next month to play in the fall tournaments at Philadelphia and the Meadowbrook Club, according to cable advices recelved by the Polo ciation The third team, to be known as the Hurlinghams,” will include Capt. F. B, est, chairman of the polo committeé of the Hurlingham Club, which is the governing body of the sport in England, and Maj. F. W. Barreft. Capt. Guest, a_six-goal player, and Maj. Barrett, a nine-goal man, are two of the best polo players in Great Brits ain. 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