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Show INTERNATIONAL IET IICMEOULEQ Americans and British to Meet Some Time This Month in London. NEW YORK, July. 27. The first International In-ternational tennis match of importance tince the Davis cup series, held in this country in 1914, will be played in England during the present month: The contest, which will be held at the Queens club, London, will bring together teams representing repre-senting the United States and England for the benefit of the American Red Cross fund. The combinations will be captained by C. P. Dixon for England and W. A. Lamed for the United States. Complete details of the matches have not yet been arranged, but it is understood under-stood that the series will consist of from three to five singles contests and at least two doubles. ltis the present plan to confine the play to those experts who are serving with the forces, occupying i government positions or who are " in-I in-I eligible in this respect, due to the age j limit. Lamed, who holds a major's commis- sion in the American aviation service, will have a large number of United States players to draw upon, provided he can secure furloughs for them, several ror-mer ror-mer American champions are understood to be abroad, including Dick Williamt, Peck Griffin. William Johnson, as well as W. M. Washburn. J. J. Armstrong. Dean Mathey. Sidney Thayer and W. Davis. Tn addition to these racquet wielders ! there are undoubtedly others serving with the American army and navy rorces who might be available. The personnel of Captain Dixon's team is not known and it is probable that it has not been selected as yet. There are a number of former English stars to choose, from, however, among the older players, and tho combinations are likely to be well matched when they finally take to the turf courts at the Queens club. If it should happen, as Is likely, that Dixon and Larned are drawn against each other, the meeting will be a renewal re-newal of Davis cup struggles going back some years. L-arned, who Is one of the deans of American international tennis, made his first Davis cup appearance in 1902, but It was not until seven years later that DLxon entered Davis cup play, and, strange to say, he was defeated by Larned in his initial match. Again In ly 11 the same pair met, with a similar result. Clothier and McLoughlin aLso have defeated Dixon In international matches. According to reports from abroad, the enthusiasm of the American and Canadian Ca-nadian soldiers for baseball lias begun to have its influence on the British Tommy, and in pti rcl y Bri tish cam ps th roug hou t Knprland bstseball is the spring craze this year, Al the front, also in rest camps and training quarters, the British privates are taking to Lhe American national game. The principal limitation to the spread of spring baseball is the difficulty of obtaining obtain-ing the necessary equipment. "American baseball has this advantage over cricket and football," says a British Brit-ish correspondent at the front, "namely, that it can be played on fairly rough ground." Another correspondent notes with some surprise that the game as 'il;iye;1 by the Americans and Canadians is ac'ompanled with a good deal of noise. "I don't know whether Tommy will a-1opt he barracking methods which seem to be in essentia! arromnaniment to baseball :'rom tne American and Canadian point I view," he says, "hut If he (Iocs he will -.robahly outdo his comrades from across "lie At.lantic in noise and fervor." |