Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Jean Borotra finally convinced people that he would not play singles for the French Davis Cup team this year, because he was too old (34) it became easier to see how the challenge round against England would turn out. The weak member of the French team was un doubtedly young left-handed André Merlin, fourth ranking player of France, who had impressed Cochet and Lacoste, the non-playing captain, as more determined than Christian Boussus, who ranks a notch ahead of him. If Merlin lost his matches to Perry and Austin, Borotra and Brugnon would have...
...fifth set, the excitable crowd, well aware that the Cup which France has held for six years depended on the next few games, began to chant "Cochet! Cochet! Cochet!" But little Cochet, dapper and forlorn, needed something more than encouragement. Perry, apparently not tired at all, saw that his opponent was too weary to cover the blazing court. He smashed through five games in a row, making Cochet run as far as possible in every rally. Cochet picked up one game on his own serve but Perry quickly took the next one and" the set, 6-1. In the dressing...
...crowd, nervously exhilarated, began not to cheer but to laugh at Perry's nervous blunders. Merlin, with a strange assurance, as though sure of bringing to pass one of those magical victories that have kept the Davis Cup in France so often before, held up his hand for silence. Working hard now and measuring every point, playing himself slowly back to his best game, Perry won the next two sets 8-6, 6-2. From 1-4 in the fourth Merlin brought the score up to 4-all, then 5-all. Perry, in danger now of slipping back into...
...complete collapse of the U. S. Davis Cup team last week would have been more remarkable if it had not happened so frequently before. In 1931, the same English team even more unexpectedly beat a U. S. side that had Sidney Wood, Wimbledon finalist, and Frank Shields, Wimbledon runner-up, in place of Vines and Allison. Last year foxy Jean Borotra won singles matches against both Vines and Allison to keep the Cup for France in the Challenge round. Explanations for last week's surprise were as numerous as they were inadequate. Most experts suggested that Vines and Allison...
Confident of winning the cup, the U. S. team this year made more elaborate preparations than ever before. In addition to Bernon S. Prentice, non-playing captain, and a trainer to prevent Vines from eating too many cucumbers, as he did a year ago. the U. S. team had a coach: famed Mercer Beasley, who will be tennis instructor at Princeton next fall and whose able book, How to Play Tennis, was published by Doubleday Doran last week. Comment on Beasley's behavior by Colyumist W. O. McGeehan: "All through the match between Vines and Austin he sat like...