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...Detroit last week the young, sanguine U. S. tennis team won the American zone Davis Cup preliminaries by taking five matches from some torpid Cubans (Ricardo Morales, Herman Uppman, Gustavo Vollmer). The youngsters-Wilmer Allison, John Hennessey, George Lott, John Van Ryn-then sailed for England, there to team with William Tatem Tilden II and Francis T. Hunter. This U. S. sextet will play the winner of the English-Italian European zone finals for the privilege of meeting France, possessor of the Davis...
...until the penultimate frame that the auburn-topped sophomore got into any real difficulty, however. Peterson started the downfall with a single to left, and took second on Caristen's second hit of the day. Wilmer flied out, but Prager walked, filling the bases. Walker's hit scored Peterson, but on the same play Prager was caught off second. At this juncture, Howard Whitmore '29 was sent in to quell the Quaker bats. He was greeted by Becker's single to right, which was responsible for the last Pennsylvania run. Slaughter was out when his bunt on the third strike...
...State & Mrs. Frank Billings Kellogg, of St. Paul. Other Minnesotans present, with their ladies, were Sumner Thomas McKnight (banker, realtor, expert on criminal pardons & paroles), John Sargent Pillsbury (flour-"Eventually. Why Not Now?"), President Donald John Cowling of Carleton College at Northfield. Also present was Dr. William Holland Wilmer, ophthalmologist...
...extended Lott to five sets last week before Lott turned Van Ryn into a pillar of fault, ran out the match, won his first leg on the Newport (R. I.) Casino singles cup. The same afternoon Lott, paired with John (California) Doeg, bested Van Ryn and Wilmer (Texas) Allison in the doubles final. Lott may play freshman tennis next spring at Brown University, which last week admitted him to its rolls...
Added to the duties of Walter P. Chrysler was the presidency of Dodge Bros., Inc., on the resignation of E. G. Wilmer...