Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-30 | Page 7 | America Hopes to Retain Cup

AMERICA HOPES TO RETAIN CUP GUP Johnston Concentrates on National Title Events I NEW YORI YORK March 29 Further Further in indication in- in in-I in that America is preparing for the hardest fight light It has had in re recent re- re re-I re cent years In defense ot of the was seen toni tonight ht In announcement by the United States tates Lawn Tennis as association association as- as association that William M. M r Johnston veteran Californian will concentrate his ills 1924 campaign on th the national title events and the international contest for the tho team trophy This follows William Villiam T. T Tilden's recent recent re re- re cent assertion that since the player- player writer rule bars bals him from the pies he will center his efforts on play In this country and is taken talen as definite definite nite assurance that the tile burden of cup defense again will follow the tho two Bills who brought It back from Australia Aus Aus- Australia in 1920 and have figured chiefly in retaining it ever since Last season Johnstons Johnston's campaign abroad during which he won the tile worlds world's hard and turf court titles had its effect on his stamina in both the Davis cup and national title ments meats in both of which he met defeat There was some feeling that the di di- di tive Californian who won national titles title in 1915 1916 and 1919 and has been up runner-up to Tilden for the past four foul out years had struck the tile downward path I but buthis his plan of action this year is ex expected ox- ox to find him as formidable as ever Johnston will follow an Innovation this season by attempting to put on weight before starting active campaigning cam cam- In former season it has not been for him to lose from fifteen if- if teen to twenty pounds during a hard season While in one match last year he was said to have lost seven pounds