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...money which he made from serving as a ball-boy to buy himself a tennis racquet. In 1919, not having touched a racquet for five years, he lost a five-set match to Washburn; since then he has not lost any match which he wanted to win. Lacoste, Cochet, Borotra, Tilden-these he has not played because they are, so to speak, amateurs. Kozeluh is a small brown man, as flexible as rubber, as quick as a squirrel; he speaks English badly; he is 32 years...
Four of the eight matches in the third round were upsets. Hunter beat "Bounding Basque" Borotra, 0-6, 5-7, 6-0, 6-4, 6-2. Australian Jack Crawford eliminated John Van Ryn, Princeton star. Brugnon beat Dr. King who had slumped after his match with Hennessey, Disconcerted, Cochet captured three out of four listless sets from menacing Mercur...
...deciding match of the international tennis exhibition series, last week at the Germantown Cricket Club, was between Jean Borotra-Jacques Brugnon of France and George M. Lott Jr. John Hennessey of the U. S. Borotra killed more U. S. lobs than he made errors; and that was the way the French pair won the match...
...faster singles, Henri Cochet trounced Lott and Borotra was extended to defeat Hennessey...
...Jean Borotra ("Bounding Basque") & five other French tennismen came on the France, seeking U. S. titles. M. Borotra will also seek a U. S. market for an improved gasoline pump of his own invention...