AUSTRALIA AND THE DAVIS CUP

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 168, 20 July 1935, Page 4

AUSTRALIA AND THE DAVIS CUP

JACK CRAWFORD GIVES SOME ADVICE

■’ll to be’ that our best plant for next year will be to challenge in 1 tie American zone of the Davis Cup.'' •lack Crawford told tire Sydney Referee reprcseniatixe after the dLaatious match, with Germany. •‘The point about Hie European zone is that Henkel (Germanx, is on The up grade, xan Cranun already very good; Czechoslovakia has Menzel and Uaska, ami France i- always hard to beat on her own court'- The 1 rcui-li team proved surpiisingly guu-1 this year, and there is no use shutting our eyes to the fact that we just managed to scrape through t against ‘them. “Thus, if we challenge again in Europe, we will have three xvry good teams in France. Germany, and Czechoslovakia to meet in turn. It we go to America, we will have to meet the United States early. If we can beat them, then we are good enough to have \ reasonable ■ nance elsewheie, sup-

I I poking Ameiii-a does not life the Cup | this season. Also, an American zone , entry means only two or three months' | travelling and expenses as against; five | or six months in Europe.” added (Jruw- | Crawford went un to refer to the difI liculties encountered bv the team on 'account of the different tennis balls i Used in the various count rie-. “At Eastbourne, in the Davis Cup lie against New Zealand, Spalding balls were used,’’ hr said. “Then 111 the French championships in Paris we used I- ri n< li-made Slazengers, and used I’rern h Dunlops in tin* Davi< Cup game with France. In Berlin Davis Cup game.-. German-made Dunlops were the rule, and if we had not been knocked out there we would have had Io play ( zecho-slovakia with Slovakian Dunlops, then ever to England to play with SI a z on ger...