TENNIS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 16, 2 January 1920, Page 2

TENNIS.

DAVIS CUP.

Sydney, Dec. 24. ■With the Davis Cup shortly to engage attention, tennis, at the moment, has dethroned all other sports in Australia. It is king. Perhaps it is fitting, following so closely after the war, that the 'coveted trophy should be fought for by soldiers —men who have proved their worth on the field of war as on the field of sport. A. R. F. Kingscote, who heads the British Isles _ team, has two things in common with his formidable opponent, G. L. Patterson. Both served with the Royal Garrison Artillery in France, «nd each was awarded the _ Military Cross for conspicuous service. New Zealand is not likely to see King* cote, as his military duties make it necessary for him to leave Australia as soon as the championships are over. Major Lowe and Captain. Beamish, the other members of the English team, will, however, return via America, and as they will spend «, fortnight in New Zealand they are. almost certain to wield the racquet there. In physique the English captain and the Australian - champion are as unlike as water and milk ; the former is a 'veritable bantam, but wiry withal, and the latter, a younger man, something of a heavyweight. Practice is already being indulged in at the Double Bay courts, close to Sydney. If Australia wins—the cognoscenti say it will —it will have added yet another triumph to its big list in the world of sport. Kingscote, who was a Regular Army officer before the Germans Set the world amaze, holds the rank of colopel.