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...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...
...William Tatem Tilden, II, writing for a news syndicate: "I hope to see the [national doubles] title stay here in our country, but I fear that it will go 'down under.' " Racqueteer-Writer Tilden was reporting the straight set victory of George M. Lott Jr. & John F. Hennessey, U. S. netsters, over Frenchmen Henri Cochet & Jacques Brugnon, in the semi-final round. The following day Lott & Hennessey came out on the courts of the Longwood Cricket Club, Chestnut Hill, Mass., defeated the Australian team, Gerald L. Patterson & John B. Hawkes, by the identical score of the victory over...
...Davis Cup, was quoted by the Denver Post as saying that "Tilden probably is guilty of professionalism and should be barred from amateur competition." France retained the Davis Cup because she has three aces, whereas the U.S. has only Tilden. Cochet and Lacoste took turns defeating John Hennessey; it was Hennessey's first appearance on Continental courts, and he gave the Frenchmen a lusty battle, but that was all. The critical match was the doubles: Tilden & Hunter v. Cochet & Borotra. The Frenchmen were not an efficient team; they bumped into each other and let several balls drop between them...
...final and as ever victorious verbal struggle with the Davis Cup committee, Big Bill Tilden and his fellow tennis warriors have sailed to engage in the first Davis Cup matches an American team has played away from home for many years. What the chances are for Tilden, Lott, Hennessey, Hunter and Coen to ensure next year's contest being on American soil will be uncertain for many weeks yet, but for a year at any rate France has the honors. Indeed, for most of the summer the attention of the sporting world will be focused on Europe and the Western...