Official Organ of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association 



THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1905. 



The International matches for the Dwight 

 F. Davis trophy will be history by the time 

 this writing reaches the press. The contests 

 start at Wimbledon on July 8 and continue 

 there until July 15, then move to the Queen's 

 Club, London, and conclude there on July 24. 

 In the first tie America was to meet Belgium, 

 but the Belgians announced their default, giv- 

 ing us a bye. We therefore play France in 

 the first tie while Austria and Australia play. 

 The winners in these contests meet to deter- 

 mine which shall have the right to challenge 

 England for the trophy. 



The Americans, as they approach the test, 

 seem to be in the best of playing form. Their 

 showing in the preliminary games in which 

 they have appeared has indicated a condition 

 far advanced above what was shown prior to 

 their departure for the other side. This early 

 good form was quite as unexpected as it was 

 gratifying. If continued it buoys the hopes 

 of the American advocates to the highest 

 pitch. In the latter contests at Wimbledon 

 they did not do so well as at London, where 

 the playing of Holcombe Ward in the singles, 

 and of Beals Wright with Flolcombe Ward in 

 the doubles, has been especially excellent. W. 

 A. Larned has displayed some of his old-time 

 brilliancy on occasions and some of his er- 

 ratic tendencies as well, while Clothier's work 

 has been uniformly up to his best standard. 

 We thus enter the crucial test with nothing 

 to excuse our failure save the superiority of 

 the other teams. 



CONFIDENCE SEEMS JUSTIFIED. 



Nothing has been shown by either France 

 or Australian teams which would justify the 

 expectation that either would defeat our 

 team. There is no reason to anticipate dis- 

 aster in this, so that every one on this side 

 looks to America winning her place in the 

 final matches with England. 



The estimate formed at the time of select- 

 ing the team to play abroad need not be al- 

 tered from anything that has developed since. 

 There is every reason to hope that Ward 

 and Larned will be successful in both their 

 single matches against England's second 

 string. If either can win the important game 

 against the English first choice, the match is 

 won. leaving Ward and Wright in the 



doubles in reserve. The form shown by the 

 double pair has led to the opinion that they 

 have an excellent chance to win as well. 

 However the matches may terminate, it is 

 safe to say that there will be no reason to 

 regret the sending of the team — that it will 

 acquit itself creditably. 



The departure of the team abroad has made 

 way for the second flight players to star in 

 local tournaments. The competition in the 

 Southern championship was the first of the 

 bigger tournaments to be completed. Since 

 then the National Women's Pennsylvania and 

 Massachusetts State championships have been 

 played, the Metropolitan, the New England 

 and Gulf championships and several state 

 tourneys, beside some interesting local tour- 

 naments. The results of all these games have 

 been very interesting. 



MISS MOORE IS CHAMPION. 



The most important tournament of the lot 

 is the National Women's Championship, 

 which was decided in Philadelphia at the end 

 of last month. The title went to Miss Bessie 

 Moore, who showed great improvement over 

 the caliber of game she played in the last 

 year's championship, when she was runner up 

 to Miss May Sutton. This year the contest 

 narrowed down to a contest between Miss 

 Moore and Miss Homans, and although Miss 

 Moore won the first and third set easily, Miss 

 Homans gave her a hard fight for the second 

 set of the match. 



There was some good tennis shown by both 

 players, as well as by Mrs. Clarence Hobart, 

 who, paired with her husband, beat Miss 

 Moore and Edward B. Dewhurst in the 

 mixed doubles. The Hobarts won this con- 

 test in straight sets and played much better 

 tennis than the national champion and the 

 University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania 

 state title holder. Clarence Hobart showed 

 something like his old-time form, and the 

 pair altogether performed as well as mixed 

 double pairs ever do and quite above the 

 average. 



Dewhurst and Colket, the two who met in 

 the finals in the men's singles, also played 

 high-class tennis. Colket won the first set 

 after Dewhurst had twice seemed to have it 

 won by a score of 10 to 8. In the second set 

 he forced an extra game before losing 5 to 7 

 to the champion, but in the third and decid- 



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