LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 128, 30 May 1914, Page 16

LAWN TENNIS.

It is regarded as a foregone conclusion, says an English oxchaeiige, that America, England, nnd Australia will fight out Uie Davis Oup. Good' as many of tho Continental players are, they are uot quite up to the standard of the best men produced by the English-speaking races. Rig amateur tournaments on the I Itiivieera hay. shoivn that they eeannot win against Wilding, Brookes, or Lowe. They turn out some very wonderful lady players, but their men are just short of top-notchere. Brookes has , wtill to regain that mastery of the court which made him champion of the world a few yeai. ago. Wilding easily de- : fpated him on tho two occasions .upon which they met in Cannes. But this I need not cause disquiet, since Wilding j has ibeen in constant practice for several months, while Rrookrs has not been able to measure himself against the first flightcrs for a year. Those who have seen him play tell mc that ho is coininj on with evpry game, and that his stamina seems slightly better than it weas. All of which Is"good news. Dunlop Is plugging away in his character!* tic, steady way, and" S. N, Hount te ateo holding his own In tire very heat company. The Australian team, by comparison with the combination of other countries, Is an alleeslar organisation. I The trouble will be ito decide who shall I pliy in tho doubles. The English atithj oriiles have not yet got beyond cboos- , _»g -Taxie. Their' area of selection em--1 braces first-class old men and conipanj lively unknown young men. They ha.™ mo experienced midway men, UntU I ihe tennis season Is well advanced a nd Hie tournaments have sorted out tbe ■ best players. It Is unlikely that they will ! choose Parke's coHetiguea,