Joseph Kipwis. 10U1 I, street. I
AMERICAN TENNIS TEAM
DEFENDS CUP SIXTH TIME
| Ry the Associated IVb.
NEW YORK. September fi. N'etmen of the United State* will at-;
tempt this year *, t retain tlie coveted Davis Cup for the sixth
consecutive time after having successfully defended the trophy
I over thN longest period in this history of the international team
competition.
N’ot only have the "big four" of American tennis—William T. Tilden. ’
| William M. Johnston. R. Norris Williams and Vincent Richards—survived;
| the challengers of the world's leading raccpietnten front foreign lands, but
! they have vanquished their foes in the challenge rounds so decisively as
to leave no doubt of United States supremacy.
; Since the "two Bills" —Tilden and ]
; Johnston —brought back • the trophy j
' from Australasia in 1928. only two;
matches have been lost in tite chal
lenge rounds of the succeeding five
struggles. In 1922, Tilden and Yin- ;
cent lost their doubles en- !
counter to Gerald Patterson and Pat
O'Hara Wood, while America's only
singles defept In six years came the |
following season when Johnston !
bowed to Janies O Anderson in a
grueling five-set struggle.
I . S. Won First.
