Whether the efforts of the British team to consolidate their talent have been going on long enough (that is, whether they" started early enough) to ensure success in the Davis Cup competition will soon be seen, A match against Spain in that country in the first round was understood, from the start, to demand constant team practice, but the Englishnien ought to be good enough to meet E. Maier and his colleagues, even "on foreign courts. If that proves to be the case, Austin, Perry, and company can regard the draw as lucky for them, for Aus tralia, Japan, und South 'Africa, although reckoned in the European Group this year, are drawn in the Tower half, with' the group winners of last year's contest, Germany.
In the top half, the English. will have to meet, among others, Czechoslovakin and Italy. Those opponents alone are not to be sneezed at, Nevertheless, it would not too optimistic to reckon that, once past the first round, England might well reach the final. There, perhhaps. they might meet Australia—a tough proposition. if the latter's representatives are to include Vivian MeGrath, Crawford, and H. C. Hop-men. All three have overcome the great Ellsworth Vines.
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