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...final round, the winner to challenge the U. S., present holder of the Cup. The Australian menace is felt to be more deadly than the French. The latter, winners of the European Zone tests, landed in Manhattan last week in the persons of Réné LaCoste, Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon and Alain J. Gerbault (famed rather for crossing the Atlantic last Summer alone in a small sail boat, than for his tennis...
After a lusty wrangle, Jean Borotra, the oldest French boy, subdued Rene LaCoste, pulled out the men's singles plum. "Vinnie" Richards, feeling better, joined with Francis T. Hunter to sit on R. Norris Williams and Watson M. Washburn (Harvard graduates), until they cried "Down" in the doubles...
Rene Lacoste defeated Jean Borotra for the Christmas cup in covered court play offered by the Sporting Club of France, score 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 3-6, 6-2. In an interview he attributed much of his success to his American trip of last summer. Said he: "I didn't know what tennis was before I entered those American tournaments...
...Waseda University, is described as a " sensation" on the courts of the Orient. His euphonious name completes an exotic array of players who will contend in the Davis Cup lists this year. The following are culled from the rosters of the French, Indian and Japanese teams: Henri Cochet, Jean Borotra, Lacoste, Fyzee Ramaswami, Ranga Rao, Jaga, Mohan Lai, Zenzo Shimidzu...