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Show TENNIS TITLE GAMESARGUED Nations Have Difficulty m Arranging Prelims for Davis Cup The Da is cup committee of the 1'nltcd States Lawn Tennis assbclation will meet Mondaj evening .April 24, to consider a number of important problems that have developed since the draw for this event was made on M uch 17. In accordance with the regulations for this contest, the I'nlted Stated Informed 8.11 the 14 nations that challenged of the outcome of the draw, notified them of the dates set for completin gthe various rounds and added its own recommendation, based on careful study of the draw, that the early rounds be played In Europe. Since then 14 nations, some of which are separated as widely a.s they can be and still remain on this earth, h l been - iblinc t" one another In an effort to schedule their matches. This exchange of Ideas lias broufih' forth several novel suggestions. Canada has proposed that some method ol seeding the draw be adopted for another an-other year. The "Westminster Ga-Isette" Ga-Isette" has come forth with a similar ! proposal its recommendation being 'that this seeding be don on a conti-Incntal conti-Incntal basis so that neighboring com-jpetitors com-jpetitors "ould play off nnd only tho J winner he required to do much traveling trav-eling . In Frunco the music hall comedians have found something sufficiently suf-ficiently novel In the idea of a match I between Hawaii and Czecho-Slovakla t write a song about It and there has even been comment on the strange twist of fortune that brought the Philippines against Spain in the first I round, which Is perhaps worthy of comment when the events of 1898 ar-? recalled LF.SMi For DIPIiOMATS I All Ikls mAPA.liar ...... I, ... ...j tV.A really Important Influence which the l':ivis - 1 1 1 ronfst exercises on International Inter-national relations .for it Is a matter ot some Importance to have 14 nations in every quarter of the globe eo-operat-in gto bring a contest of such scope to a successful conclusion There Is nothing facetious In the comment that the Genoa conference might pro!.'i-bl pro!.'i-bl take a leaf from the experience of ihi- tennis-playing nations, to provo What can really be done when the to co-operate inspires tho countries that are trying to work out a common problem. Receipt by the National association of a cablegram from the Aumralasian association that Its team, including Gerald L. Patterson, James O Anderson Ander-son and Put O'Hara Wood, is leaving soon for the Jolted States by way of Europe, promises iu clear up one of tho problems that complicated the schedule for the upper half of tho draw. It now appears that most of those matches can bo played in Ku-rope. Ku-rope. for with Australasia's team there, the to phaif can be played through to th fliidl round, with the possibility of only two defaults. Hawaii ma not bo able to Mend Us ream cleOT to Prat,-u as the CzecJio-Slo akiaji association has requested, and Canada may decide not to send Its representatives acros the Atlantic for the match against Prance Even though these two should default. however, the interests of most competitors will he served by having tho matches played in Europe so that now seems tho likeliest outcome. out-come. JP IS WORLD GADDER. So far as the lower half of the dra" Is concerned, much depends upon Ichiya Kumugao, ' who threatens to be-coroe be-coroe ilie cham'pion globe-trotting tennis ten-nis player of the world He reached I Lpan about the middle of April after having been on the way home since llaal fall, vis Europe. , If he can leave Japan In time to roach Enxland so as to play there before the nd of June 111 is liki-ly th.il Japan will send its team to Europe, in that case the lower .', t'f matches would work out to the flna round with a minimum of traveling travel-ing for the other nations concerned There. Is of course, a portability that Kiiniagao might not bo ablo to get 0 Bngland but could still come to the United States .in which case some of Lhe matches may take place here Cablegrams havo been went to the lapaneoe association n-nuestlng statement of Kumagae's plans at the earliest possible moment. The devol- pmenta Irom these .messages anl 0 7 Others that have been exchange,! will jSje discussed by the Davis cup committee commit-tee tomorrow night. |