SERVICE TO YOUTH

Charlie Paddock still continues to break records after reaching what seems a ripe old age for an athlete and big league managers do not hesitate to trade a flock of rookies for one veteran player, but in one sport at least youth will come into its won this year. The Davis Cup team as announced for the first matches with Mexico on April 6 marks the coming of another generation in the game. After holding the cup in America for years, the famous trio of Tilden, Johnson and Williams have dwindled to but one, and Tilden alone must head the youghful team that will attempt to regain it. Jones, Allison, and Hennessy are the newcomers and while another veteran, Hunter, will be added later, the predominance finally passes out of the hands of the old guard.

What the chances of the team with its influx of young blood will be against the French champions is another matter. The present titleholders are as young as their new antagonists and far more experienced, and they have beaten Tilden, still the greatest American player. Probably at least another year of tournament play will be needed to even up the odds. As for the old-timers, they have the memory of many a brilliant victory to make up for any lapse from prominence.