Word: lotte
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...front cover) Frederick John Perry last week blacked his eye on an awning rod bowing to Helen Jacobs, threw a handful of rolls at Lester Stoefen, appeared with a wave in his hair. At Germantown, Pa., George Lott and Lester Stoefen retained their U. S. doubles championship by defeating John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison 6-4, 9-7, 3-6, 6-4. At Rye, N. Y., most of the first-class tennists in the U. S. assembled to put the finishing touches on their games. In the citified suburb of Forest Hills. L. I., groundskeepers rolled, clipped and patted...
...Champion Frederick J. Perry or if Shields could beat England's No. 2 dapper little Henry Wilfred ("Bunny") Austin, the U. S. had a fine chance to win the Davis Cup for the first time in eight years. In the other three matches, it was agreed that George Lott and Lester Stoefen could scarcely fail to demolish any doubles team England could put on the court; that Wood would probably beat Austin; and that Perry would certainly beat Shields. The draw scheduled both crucial singles matches for the first day of the series...
...days later, Lott & Stoefen had more trouble than they expected beating Harold George Newcombe Lee and George Patrick Hughes, 7-5, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7. The forlorn chance that the U. S. might repeat its performance of the week before disappeared next day when Perry beat Shields, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 15-13. In the last match of the series Austin beat Wood...
Everyone agreed that Jack Crawford could be counted on to win his two singles matches for Australia, that Lott & Stoefen would win the doubles for the U. S. That left the issue of the Davis Cup interzone finals squarely up to Australia's Vivian McGrath (pronounced McGraw), the extraordinary 18-year-old who hits backhand shots with both hands and has, at one time or other, beaten most of the world's best players. If McGrath could win one of his two singles, against Sidney Wood or Frank Shields, Australia was almost certain of playing England...
Odds promptly changed to 6-to-1 in favor of Australia. In the locker room a spectator called to George Lott: "It's up to you to get in there and win!" Said Lott: "Yes, but what's the use?" True to form, Lott and towering Lester Stoefen two days later smashed through Crawford and Adrian Quist, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. The fact that Crawford played poorly gave the U. S. team a glimmer of hope that they might still reach the challenge round against England this week...