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Show I Tilden Is Silent on Prospects It , X ILL TILDEN, captain of America'! 1028 Davla cup tennis squad, x r believes "the only way to train fur tennis la to practice" and Is ' accordingly putting his Idea Into effect among the candidates for the International competition team. Z J "The boys don't need a nurse to tell them what time to go to bed t and what to eat, all they need la common horse Bense,N Tilden de- I T dared when asked whether, as captain, be would Institute training f it rules for the first tennis training squad ever assera-bled assera-bled In the' United State Thus the leader of the ! eight American Davis cup teams dispelled an Idea t of many observers that Tilden would put Into effect new the- X orles on how a racquet wlelder f should prepare for Interaction. I al competition, f Tilden Is muklng no promises Z of what the 1928 team will do T toward recapturing the cup g squad ever assera- is the leader of the ""f as dispelled an Idea f Rochet, Borotra iii ."i j ling confidently 'It ? srork early and f ' t Tilden In the f J 1 s and dressing - 'ft V, '-I t was taking no y-Ll-! J s contracting a ? V" ccordlng to the itlon disclosed l'h players of the ? Ij 'VV places. Tjy W J roncis Hunter. w J M John Hennes- lu" t .r if ' fS I taken to France by Lacoste, Cochet, Borotra J and Brugnon. He is merely smiling confidently X and starting the candidates to work early and t continuing late, I The only point stressed by Tilden In the f drill was getting to the showers and dressing after play was completed. He was taking no I chances of any of the candidates contracting a t cold. A check of players on hand, according to the t ranking of the Tennis association disclosed X that five of the first ten ranking players of the f nation are competing for team places. X The first ten are: Tilden, Francis Hunter, J George Lott, E. Manuel Alonso, John Hennes- sey, John an llynn, Arnold Jones, John Doeg, Lewis White and Cranston. Holman. Tilden, Bill Tilden. J Lott, Hennessey, Jones and Doeg are on hand, I In addition to Edward G. Chandler, Harvard law student and former ? intercollegiate title holder; Wray Brown, sensational St. Louis player; J WUmer Allison, Intercollegiate champion; Frank Shields, national Junior champion, and W. F. Coen, Jr., protege of Tilden. Alonso Is not eligible for the Davis cup team, since his borne Is Spain. X - |