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...victory over Germany set the stage for a Davis Cup challenge round in which the U. S. had a better chance than it has had since 1927, when Cochet. La Coste and Borotra beat William Tatem Tilden II, his dear friend Francis Hunter and William Johnston. Even supposing that Cochet was as good as ever, of which no body who saw him lose in Wimbledon's second round could be quite sure, the rest of the team was almost certainly weaker this year. Captain and Reserve Singles Player René Lacoste, who has been trying to make a comeback this year...
...haired Maurice McLoughlin was obviously a "comet." Sad, sly little Henri Cochet, with rings under his eyes, is a "wizard." Tilden, tall, thin, dramatic, made an almost funnypaper contrast with William Johnston, short, thin, efficient: they were "Big Bill" and "Little Bill." Last week the galleries at Wimbledon, after watching some tennis as great as Wimbledon ever saw, felt around for a nickname for its exponent, a lanky, lazy-looking California boy who had come over to play in his first "world championship...
...without vehemence, the way he won his other early matches. He slouched about the grounds, sprawled in locker-room chairs, apparently forgetful of the fact that he was the U. S. singles champion and therefore the most exciting entrant in the tournament with the possible exception of Henri Cochet, who was put out in the second round. When all the other U. S. players including Sidney B. Wood Jr. the defending champion, had been eliminated, Vines strolled out to play his semi-final match against Jack Crawford of Australia...
...Wimbledon last week, every one wondered who would play Henri Cochet of France in the final. They stopped wondering in the second round when Cochet, playing a sleepy match against an unseeded Englishman named Ian G. Collins, lost...
...Henri Cochet: the French men's singles championship: 6-0, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, in the final against George de Stefani of Italy; at Auteuil...