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Show Davis Cup Issue Up Again. American lawn tennis players freely express doubts as to a challenging team being sent to Australia for tho Davis International cup this year. Three Important reasons are responsible responsi-ble for this practically unanimous opinion In the first place, William A. Larned, national champion and ncstor of tho courts df this country, has expressed ex-pressed himself as disposed to retire permanently from the game. It Is also probable that Frederick B Alexander and Harold H. Hackctt, national champions cham-pions in doubles, will not be seen together to-gether again as a pair and are likely to default their holding of the championship cham-pionship at Newport in August. Lastly, tho all Important matter of nufilclcnt funds necessary to defray tho expenses of tho American team's Journey Jour-ney to Australia may not be secured from tho treasury of the United States National Lawn Tennis association. Tho project has been suggested of repeating re-peating the experiment of sovcral years ago by raising tho necessary money by subscription. Such a method was not highly successful at that timo and Is genprally frowned upon now. |