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Show America's Famous "Bills" Begin Defense of Trophy ' AS 7 BIO BILL TILOIN. "; i LITTLE, SltU JOHNoTON. NEW TORK. Aug. SI Tha two aa of Arharloan tennla William Johnaton. world a champion, and William T. Tllden. title holder will hold ' Unci Ram front Una of defonaa today a gal net Australia in the flrat twn match of lb Davis cup challenge round eorlea at th Vat aid Tennla club. Foroat Hllla. Johnaton will foe Jam O. Anderson, tho Auelrallan ehamplon, and Tlldon will oppoa John B. Hawk In th Initial alnglee encounter. Th American alar, auprcm in international play for tba laat four yaara. ara favorite to win, but tnnl ax porta regard th Antipodean aa formidable challengers becaua of tb Improsalv form they bar shown so far In thla country. Tha Johnston-Anderson match will be played first, follow 1mm-diataly 1mm-diataly by th Tlldn-Hawka eontoat- Hawka and Anderaon. tha draw for th aerie revealed, alao will rapraaant Auatralla la th doable mstah Saturday, hut tb Identity or th American combination atltl remain a myatarr. with th prabablUtr that Ttldeat and VI noon t lUehard. laat yeeu'e team, will b ehoeea. Ther I a polbllty, however, that R. Korrls William a. captain and fourth member of th United State team, will b lctd to pair with Tllden. Th two Ingle match) closing th cup play. chdul4 for Monday, will bring Johnaton agalnat Hawk In tb first contact and Tllden against Anderson la tb second. Tbi yar' ehallen-ga round, marking tho climax of th lghtnth mtrnational con teat for tha Davie cup taxm ehamptonahlp emblem, will b tb third In four year in which tb Unltad State and Auatralla hav been contestant. Incidentally. America' chief hope thl aaop rest In th hand of th aama two player Tllden and Johnston who brought th trophy back from th Antipodes In lilt, and have aucceea-fully aucceea-fully defended It alnc then. Japan waa rpll4 In th challenge round of 1111. but Auatralla again eame to th for laat season, only to lo, four matches to one. In the deciding aerie with thla country. Auatralla and America each hav won th Davie our. ts time elnoe It wa flrat competed for In. ItOS. Tb Brltlab lalo won tb cup flv tlmaa. Auatralla la th etrreiver this yaar of a record field of seventeen nation that atart4 llmlnatlon play arly In th ummr. Undr th son ystm. In operation for the first time. Franca emerged victor In Europe and Australia won Ita way to tho top In th American area. Th Ansao carried off th honor by four match ato ona in th final lntron oont t, playd at Boton. |