sportsmanlike attitude of the British public, make it a unique
privilege to enter the centre court in championship competition.
These things inspire the mind to an almost abnormal keenness. It
is this atmosphere that made N. E. Brookes, Anthony F. Wilding,
A. W. Gore, R. F. and H. L. Doherty more dangerous there than
anywhere else. It is this factor that spurs on J. C. Parke and A.
R. F. Kingscote to their greatest tennis to-day.

The great championship turf at Forest Hills, where the American
Championship is held, offers a unique contrast to Wimbledon.

The age of Wimbledon is its great attraction. It is the spirit of
youth, of progress, of business-like mechanical perfection of
management, and the enormous crowds and attendant enthusiasm that
is the chief attraction at Forest Hills. Fully 15,000 were
present on the closing day of the event in 1919. Orderly,
courteous, enthusiastic, but partisan, the American tennis public
comes out to cheer on its favourite. No people in the world
appreciate visiting players more whole-heartedly and none do more
for their comfort than the American people. It is partisan,
personal, sporting friendliness, warmer yet not so correct as the
manner of the British public, that the Americans give. We have
much to learn from our British friends. Yet I hope we will never
sacrifice the warmth of feeling that at times may run away with
us, yet in the main is the chief attraction of the American
people. It is this enthusiasm that spurs on the men to their
greatest efforts in the National Championship.

The Australian team, Norman E. Brookes, Gerald Patterson,
Randolph Lycett, and R. V. Thomas, who visited the United States,