AUSTRALIA TO MEET CUBA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 63, 14 March 1936, Page 4

AUSTRALIA TO MEET CUBA

FIRST ROUND DRAW 1 GOOD TENNIS EXPECTED By the Davis Cup draw, made by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Percy I Vincent), at the Mansion House, Australia is called upon to meet Cuba in i the first, round. It is hoped to play the tie in the (,'nite-d .Slates. Following is the draw:— American Zone.—Cuba v. Australia. Mexico v. United States. European Zone.—Monaco v. Holland. China v. I’rance, Spain v. Germany. 'The following have byes: Norway. Belgium, Austria, J’oland, Yugoslavia.' Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Greece,, Argentine, Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, and Switzerland. The Australia v. I’nired States tie should he a great match, with the result i in dount until the final rubber. It is not believed that Australia will | have any difficulty in entering the zone l final against the United States. Thcj Cuban team is not a strong one. The United States will not have its [ usual easy task in the American zone.: especially if Quist is in good torm.j says S. N. Douse in the Daily Mail. Pointing out that Norway, Belgium, i Austria, Poland Yugoslavia, Czccho- ! Slovakia, Monaco, Holland, China and 1 France constitute the. top half of the; European draw, The Times tennis, writer expects France, which, since! losing the Davis Cup, has always fallen I foul of Australia, now to have a longer run, with Czechu-slovakia as its strong- j est opponent. Germany has the best chance in the I lower half of bhc draw, with Sweden its strongest opponent. Led by von Cramm—if the second 1 string has appreciably progressed —the challenge round is not beyond Ger-1 many ’s powers. AMERICAN HOPES HIGH WHAT HELEN WILLS-MOODY THINKS. CONFIDENT OF VICTORY. The Olympic fire isn’t the only thing burning these days in the sports world of America, says the Christian Science Monitor. America’s hopes of recapturing t'he international tennis Davis Cup —just a flicker the last couple of years—ha> grown into a man-sized flame fanned! by recent developments. Fred Perry, who is the backbone of 1 Great Britain’s cup-holding contingent J still is bothered by the mishap he sustained when he fell in the first set of his semi-final match against Wilmer Allison in the American championship last September. For a couple of years experts have been singing the swan-song of Australia’s Jack Crawford and his defeat by Adrian Quist in the final of the Australian championship makes it seem his competitive sun is slowly and surely setting. In themselves those developments are viewed as hopeful signs by American court enthusiasts. Perry and Crawford ■ constitute the main barriers in Uncle | Sam’s path to winning the cup this' year, aithougii Germany witii von 1 Cramm may figure mere formidable and dangerous than ever. But that’s not ail. Joe Wear, nonplaying captain of the American 1935 j team, which went down to a 5-to-O de- j feat before Perry and Bunny Austin,' sees an American victory without any ! contingency on the truth of the reports- i of the status of Perry and Crawford. ■ ‘‘Allison’s straight-set victory over l Perry last year wasn’t a fluke’’ said j Wear. “I’m a great admirer of Perry but I say in all fairness that he was ; doomed the day he met Allison—the 1 fall notwithstanding. “Strange as it sounds, 1 believe that' Allison, at 31 years old, is just arriving’ at his full powers. I confidently expect! he’ll do a great deal better at Wimble-! don this year, also, there’s every reason to expect Donald Budge to continue to show improvement. J. have a strong hunch Allison and Budge will turn the trick this year.’’ The final touch to the roseate picture is furnished by an artist. Helen Wills Moody, who should know, picks America to win next summer. .She’s not swayed by patriotism, cither. Like "Wear, she’s counting heavily on Allison and Budge, with more emphasis on the young California red head. “I can’t tell you why,” said the seven-times winner of the Wimbledon title, “but I think the United States will win. ’ ’ Less positive, although likewise 1 motivated by one of those “strange feelings,” is George Lott, veteran of many an international campaign, now a professional