Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-04-21 | Page 4 | America's Tennis Team Meets Approval

I. I AMERICAS AMERICAS TENNIS I TE TEAM M MEETS i APPROVALS APPROVAL S By Jack lack V International News Sports Service Editor NEW NEWYORK YORK April 21 will wm be represented in the prell ar Davis cup I I matches this year by i t best team best team of tennis players ever gotten together on this side side of the A Atlantic Announcement today that the Davis cup committee pf of the Lawn T Tennis association has selected William M. M Johnston Johnston William Tilden iI H and R. R Norris Williams as as members members of the team witha a fourth memo memo-ir r to be chosen later met with popular approval among mong tennis followers In n selecting two national nal champions and a a. former former- champion the cup committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's choice could not Jot be Improved upon Johnston holds the tha national outdoor singlea singles singles sin sin- glea title Tilden l Is II the n national Indoor champion and Williams formerly held the outdoor title The possible Identity of ot the fourth player to be chosen caused no little speculation among devotees of the thenet thenet net game today Some ome went so far as to predict that the youthful Yonkers star Vincent Richards will be asked to complete complete com corn the team I Samuel Hardy the veteran Californian will be be- captain and director of the team Hardy has had much experience in in England Eng Eng- land where he lived for or many years and andis is thoroughly qualified t to handle the American team in its matches against France The Americans Americana will wm sail sall from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York late next month or early In June and will play ln in the British championships championships championships champion champion- ships 21 They will compete compete com corn pete against the French Davis cup team early in JUI July pr probably bably in England