LAWN TENNIS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 158, 10 August 1914, Page 2

LAWN TENNIS.

G. M. Simond, the f«nion« rdereyj possibly the best living judge ot form in England, was :r4:ed"his oj»«j« on Wilding v. Doherty at his best. J replv was as laconic :is it was inst • "Wilding would win." Now one™ ders what he would say ii' ' about Brookes?" It is a S reat JJ to sav that Wilding is a greater W. than H. L. Doherty over was, but: 11 ; is, then Brookes, without doubt, a : greatest plaver of the three (coun»» ■ "Huka," of the ■Wellington Doherty has been reckoned ±or 3 _.,; the one and only gem >n the tt crown of England, a man whose JjP .; ority could not be su missed, .Vj hear from that capable judge L ' j that Wilding has at length , re"» the gem from its setting, u 1 <■ that opinion was expressedv Brookes beat Wilding, and it stiU as far as Wilding is eoui-cnicd, o» . the addition, <' but Brookes is the«» of the lot.'' V THE CHALLENGE KOVM^ The four players to represent. United States in the are: McLoughlin, Williams, Bunoj* Behr. Evidently the pahvpvevioi»U nounced for the doubles, Behr has been again weighed in t' ie $ against McLoughlin and Bun( V| t rt National doubles -champions, ana been decided that the latter ar , better pair. Williams has don little in doubles, but is afl»«. second onlv to MeLoughlm m If Behr, however, who has ing great improvement, can reC form of 1907, when he took iy, '°^ i o one respectively in Ids two with Brookes, and with ? ea " jjtH; conquered Brookes and ll ' i \ t Wli<i doubles, it is quite on the cards may displace Williams an tM partment and Bundy in t he .PJJr* M present, however, it seems U»H|il the team will be .McLougbl"> ■ • $ Hams for the singles, and ***%« and Bundy for the doubles, J» the way, is a very respectaw« j player. _i