Word: tildenized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Germantown Cricket Club, Philadelphia, the contest for the famed Davis Cup stood even with two matches for the U. S. and two for France after William T. Tilden II had lost to Rene Lacoste 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Out ran William Johnston, famed Davis Cup defender, only hope of the U. S. team. He would show that U. S. stamina could whip French flabbiness...
...championship. Famous William Johnston, San Francisco, stepped off the train out of practice and teamed with Richard Norris Williams. Once they had played doubles together before; to win the Norwood Tournament in England, 1920. Spectators watched them narrowly, since only they could dispute with William T. Tilden Jr., Germantown, Pa., and Francis Hunter, New Rochelle, N. Y., sly shotmakers, the honor of playing doubles for the U. S. against France in the approaching Davis Cup matches. They won early matches easily against unknowns, improving with practice. Their first ardent opposition came in the semi-finals against young George M. Lott...
...other bracket of the semi-finals Tilden and Hunter were careless in the first set, lost it 5-7 to John Hennessey, Indianapolis, and Lucien Williams, Chicago. Tilden and Hunter tightened up, ran the match out easily...
...Tilden and Hunter then took the National Championship: 10-8, 6-3, 6-3. Tilden served eight aces; Hunter, one; Williams, one; Johnson, none. Tilden last won a doubles title in 1923 (with Brian Norton). Last year Williams and the then amateur Vincent Richards beat Tilden & A. H. Chapin in the finals...
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