Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-31 | Page 4 | Defeated American Davis Cup Net Stars Leave for Home Wednesday

e DEFEATED AMERICAN DAVIS CUP NET STARS LEAVE FOR HOME JI II TILDEN TASTES WORST DEFEAT IN NINE YEARS Big Bill Wins Place in He Hearts of French Fans For Brilliant Fight PARIS JulY 31 The AP-The Americ Amer- Amer ic n Davis cup team sails homeward homeward home home- ward on the steamship loris to- to without the Pavis cup but they carry with wiLls them the respect and ad admiration ml ra Uon ot of French tennis fans tor the gallAnt and sporting battle they put up agaInst the three defending French musketeers f HenrI Cochet Itene Lacoste and andt t Jean Borotra BIG Bill Tilden n the leading American ace and ace producer never er was so popular In France in downright do victory as he Is now In 50 60 defeat His straight set defeat de- de seat feat at the bands banda ot Cochet yesterday yesterday yester- yester day remain In French tans fans fanst t for tor years to come as one oneo o ot t the e battles In tennis tennis ten ten- nis history It was BIg Bills Bill's first straight set beating In his nine years of Davis cUp play but he put Up Jp as gallant galIant a battle as he did In hi his victory over Lacoste Lacost In his first sIngles match on Friday AMERICANS PUT PUTI UP GREAT BATTLE I The picture of Tilden and Cochet after atter their heir bitter battle shaking ands and congratulating one an- an otherS other seemed like the signIng ot of a Franco American peace pact Although taking only one ot of the five snatches matches America certainly was not disgraced for John Hennessey Hennessey Hen Hen- put up a great fight against both Cochet and Lacoste and Illen Tilden Ill Til- den en and Hunter Huntr carried Cochet and Borotra to five sets In the doubles before they yielded We Wa will sura sure be d to welcome welcome wel- wel come you OU next y u Pierre ot the French Davis cup committee told Joseph Wear chairman of the American committee Apparently GUlou Is taking It for granted that the AmerIcans will come through to I. I the challenge round again In i OVERJOYED AT VICTORY Frenchmen Frenchmen were overjoyed at I their vIctory Ve expected retain the Cup but not bY this margin one of of- fici l said Eaid We Vo won the matches we th thought wed we'd lose lobe and lost one we regarded as as already May tb the beat est team win next year