TENNIS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 15 August 1921, Page 4

TENNIS.

* THE DAVIS CUP.

AUSTRALASIA v. DENMARK.

WIN FOR AUSTRALASIA^

BY CABLE—PBBSS A S3OCIATION—COgEMIUHT' NEW YORK, Aug. 12.. At Cleveland the first match, showedl that Peach was the superior court craftsman, and his placement was. superior. Tegrier's ground stroke* were very poor, Peach playing a back eour.t game throughout the match, rhe first set started out as a battle of services, but the Australian finally broke through.. Tegner tired in th«? nest set, and Peach had an easy time. The Dane staged a brief recovery in the last set, but Peach's back court! and placement work was too much for him. Anderson was too fast for Ingerdey m the second match, and youth conquered. Anderson" outstroked and outplaced the veteran Dane, whose footwork was extremely slow. Ingerslev'srecovery in the last set was remarkable; he won five games before Anderson recovered and won. At Cleveland, Anderson and Todd* (Australasia) defeated Tegner and 7 Hendrickson (Denmark), 6—3, 6—3,. 0~~2. . The Danes were hardly the equals of" the Australasians.- The losers alsoworked under the disadvantage oF never-having played on grass courte, and therefore they constantly mis-.-judged shots and were unable to accommodate themselves to the easy bquncmg balls, and in attempting to* aFilth^ £ un. of the tvLTi they bounded the balls into the net. i!i.The- / üß*ralaaians f. win promotes, them into the final, as they will meet; the winners of the India and Japan match at Newport on August 25, 26 and 27. The -Japanese are expected' to win, in which case -the Australasians' task at Newport will not be Eneasy one. " . Tilden, .Johnston, Williams, an* v Wasnburn have been chosen to represent the United States in the challenge round of the Davis Cup.