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...stands, to jump upon seats, toss cushions, straw hats into the air. Yet that is what a crowd did at St. Louis last week and, curiously enough, its indecorum was too inevitable to be reprehended. For 4¶ sets Champion William T. Tilden II had been playing George M. Lott, young Chicagoan, for the U. S. Clay Court Championship. The former had been a trifle below form, while Lott had played a glittering, trenchant game, won the first set, the third set, and brought the score to 4 all in the fifth and deciding set of the match. Then...
...history,* these gentlemen put their heads together, made up their own ranking list. They removed Watson M. Washburn (placed at Number 6) on the ground that he had not competed in enough tournaments; they expelled Dr. George King from the first ten; set in better places George M. Lott Jr., and Clarence J. Griffin. The first ten now stands: 1) William T. Tilden II, 2) Vincent Richards, 3) William M. Johnston, 4) Howard Kinsey, 5) Wallace F. Johnson, 6) Harvey Snod- grass, 7) John Hennessey, 8) Brian Norton, 9) George M. Lott Jr., 10) Clarence J. Griffin. Rules for Writers...
Early rounds were attended by heavy rain, postponements and several unforeseen results. George Lott Jr., of Chicago, national junior champion, reached the fourth round at the expense of R. Norris Williams (just elected non-playing captain of the U. S. Davis Cup team), Willard Crocker (captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team), and A. H. Chapin, hardy perennial of many title matches. John Hennessey, Indianapolis "cyclone," a player with no national ranking, whipped French Jean Borotra...
Junior Singles?George Lott...
Junior Doubles?George Lott and Julius Sagalowski...