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UNDISPUTED
Crawford Best Player
DAVIS CUP CERTAINTY
New South Wales, by brilliant play,
Victoria last Saturclay and proved be
yond all doubt unit that the junior of New
South Wales are players of undoubted
wi usted llio '.Motirn-i:ucl:lü_v ' ,Lui- ...-.n
ability.
, 'J*li.i> is more pie a^iii^ .11 view o.' t.ij
Davis- Cup rep. .Is.nUu.i/.i, aa , .1 a.i
appears certain that" Jack Crawford
New .South- Wales Singles Champion,
contemplated «¡lection of.' playoj-s tor 1
»vill-Jio the first .selected. Jf'iiot, lils
performances should çntiUp lilim to it.
Witliout'exceptlon, he is thä best p.ayor
in Au.stialiu to-day, and'han's-mcii, the
bcgiiininii of tho yiar ilefcatoil ev.er-y
player ol' note in Australia. Moon (l}.)(
!.'. Kalms, .ii. p. Curqm.nsis, ,). O. And
er.son, J.'-Willard, li. .Hopman ,llv i-jch
"losinger (¡s'.K.W.)," 'and* io. the recent
conl.iit, Gerald .'tit'oi. dil, .I? Ti. 'Ha.1ylc.-7,
I'. O'l.a.u V, JO ., and K. Cv AVe rtlic.m
(Vu-.), have :.'." mil 11 bei'o.'o 3 ns .''Killi
ii ou.y rui.in.n») to bi- 1*001?'lienv lie
w.ll ia,.; fi'.jru l,i.» L ii'i-unchmen n'.'X't
January to allow its "to ascertain wnu
th.'i- ho is uivto international «tanda.'c.
Not far behind Crawford ' is'JIiirr.\
Hopman, also a iouth. " Th.s
'pliij cr excels in doubles 1 IUJO:Ï
hurd Court»,, a fact that .should
enhance' h,s Davis Clip piospocts; I
porfoiiiiiineiîs in Victoria .vero I'xeelleini,,
and tlie fact that lie hiul Cràwfe)i-a'-;inv
parlneiTd with conslderable-Asiiceons li,
doubles for tile lust few yeitos Khon::*'
bo a bin consideration wli.-n tliei 'lelim
is clioson. ;
'Talun right through, th« New South
'Wales te-ani, .7. Criiwl'oril. II. Hopman, R
Kalm.s, Vi'. .Schîe.smgi'i-, K. O. Cummings,
and Li. Baker, performed* above ' ex-
pectations in dofi'iit ng ' the champions
of Victoria, and showed that New South
Wales Jins come'to thj foie in the'ten-
nis world, especially winn it \Vill tau
remembered Unit the victory by New
Kout li AVitlcs was' the Ilrst they have
gained in Victoria, umcj tho day's of
lilli. '-*-<.
Mr. S. N. 'Doust,' England's cli'imp'.on'
ol yost'iday, commi,'ti(.ng,tipqn the. Keen
rival! > shqvn^in int»rotate same's»"says '
ili.it Aiisiral-a is blessed w11 li'* murty I
ih.in.p'011s, a fact that will make Dav^s- ?
Cup selection ditlieiuU, bul add to 'tho j
i,;epi-i"-t \v,th \vh.chvlli« arrival of the j
team is awaited In'longland. j
Th s y -iir's Davis Cup malclvis will
lu» pia\e»el upon hard courts-a 4H'w'in
novi I nn, but one 'lo A\h!ch Autiti'illiany
playt s are» ai'custpmed.'- The'question
arises whelhiir our tïaifi, composed a
it piobalily will he of' young^but les«
expei-ii-nci'd and seasoned pjayeiy. will
lie» nblo to conquer should the Challenge
round be roachèel. the hiphrspirited,
bounding, enthusiastic';, and clover play
ol tho Krunehmi-ir:
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