DAVIS CUP FINAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 178, 28 July 1913, Page 5

DAVIS CUP FINAL.

AMERICA IN THE LEAD.

A WIN IN THE DOUBLES. DIXON'S POOR FORM. o*7 Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 26. In the match between J. C. Parke and Maurice McLoughlin for tho Davis Cup yesterday McLoughlin was below tournament form and made many mistakes in ground shots.. Poor returns were frequent on his part. Parke used excellent judgment. He adopted Wilding's backhand return of service. In the first set each won his service tmtil 9—s in McLoughlin's favour. Then Parke's service lost its potency. "PARKE'S REVENGE. The Irishman managed the American's sen-ice well in the second and third seta, but finding the fourth gone beyond recovery saved himself for the fifth set, which was an exciting one. McLoughlin squared the games at five all. Parke won his own service and then captured McLoughlin's service, winning the match, and incidentally getting his revenge for his defeat by the Californian a week or two ago. The match between Williams (United States) and C. P. Dixon (British Isles), was strenuously fought out. The visitor took the first set after a great tussle at B—G. DIXON TIRES. The second set went to Dixon at 3—6. In the third, where Dixon, who is a "man of heavy build, was visibly tiring, the Englishman could secure only two games, the set going to the American accordingly at G—2. Dixon made, an effort in the fourth set, which he took with tbe loss of only one game. Williams, however, as in the match against Rice (Australia) pulled himself together for the last set, which he annexed at 7 —5. Dixon's display was disappointing and uneven. He bblundered badly and served 13 double faults. FINE DOUBLES CONTEST. In the doubles on Saturday, McLoughlin and Huckett defeated Roper Barrett and Dixon, 5—7, 6 —l, 2—6, 7 —5, 6—l. Hackett's slow service, contrastingg with McLoughlin's, disconcerted the Englishmen at the opening. Later Dixon's and Barrett's tactical experience and their regular playing on Hackett, the weak spot, promised a victory. Dixon was weak in the second set, and Barrett brilliant in the third.

The Englishmen were within a stroke of winning the fourth. McLoughlin, serving with great power, and once breaking his racquet, saved brilliantly. There were many long volleying duels.

In the fifth set, Dixon was volleying finely, but Barrett was less steady than usual, and lost both his services. McLoughlin won the match with a love game.