Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-09-04 | Page 6 | United States Retains Precious Tennis Trophy

IN UNITED liE IrE D 0 s STATES rA TATE S RETAINS RE TAt NS PRECIOUS C bUS TENN TENNIS is T TRO R 0 PHI American Pep Proves Too To To Much for Cunning f a I A Of Visiting V. V Net N et Players PI a V r J Im Davis vis Cup W Won m in in Decisive Victory Storm Int Interferes Interferes Inter Inter- feres With Days Day's Play Mile Mlle Suzanne j Lenglen Lenglen V 1 Fails r T to Appear on Account Ac Ac- tic tic- f count of Illness By ARTHUR ROBINSON i Universal Service Staff Correspondent I J H HILLS LS N. N Y 3 The he The Davis Dais most t FOREST r OREST Y Sept cup coup pr precious i trophy troph of its kind in n the world is s Americas y f M j The Thc massed attack of the world upon the thc right of America merica to that trophy has failed It failed precisely at 6 15 this afternoon p ir At that moment a long drawn out match between between R. R. R Norris Williams and Watson M. M Washburn the thc United States and end Zenzo TV representing Japan came caine s s p to au an end Victory for the American c ers was ln by a score oro of 6 2 7 5 G 1 7 t Victory Vic tory over Japan by three matches to one Friday ridy William Tilden champion of ot America and world defeated t i lind iid d William Johnston defeated Kumagae Monday Tilden will mc met meet t nid Johnston will vUI play pay I Vho The rho results will have n no tearing on n the I The outcome will be bo pure purely academic demic In Its significance Tho The cries was waa to to tobe be bo decided b by the best three c matches matcheR out of at five and the tho series was decided tOOn today t 9 The Tho match between the doubles team thunderstorm thunder- thunder ir iwas Interrupted b by a a. hea heavy storm during tho the Intermission between the third and fourth sets sels TORM DELAYS PIa Play was held up for one hour and antl three quarters and as lS the crowd hidden under the stands waited walled for the tho storm to subside the tho of ot tho ele elements blended and finally lost Itself In the vie vie- ic- ic tor tory Song sons of or Williams and Washburn's rackets Lightning flashed In the storm clouds and a no barrage of ot hailstones fell feU Huge awnings on the veranda an of or ortho tho Westside Tennis club were were- torn awa away b by the gale At the fall Call of ot the rain a 11 panoply of ot V parasols opened like lIko a avIne vine of or orm m morning f glories and tho the display attained a prismatic effect In which red reel and white and fOnd biU blue predominated Then later a n. rainbow gleamed med In the sl sky and again ln a i of ot national colors wa was predominant j r 1 On Once co In tho the second set sel tho the Japs were within two points of winning it If IC the they had Shad won on then the two points th the entire com com- L of or tho match would have h been chanted changed But they did not win and the match pa passed sed on to the third set in which the little Japanese streaked about tho court and drove and battered their way through h the defense of ot tho the Americans Williams and Washburn ashburn played lilt like 0 Americans They exhibited tho the national traits which foreigners perceive In us They stormed tho the net leaping high to bring their down on the ball with terrific smashes They volleyed in with trigger like finality and by that method they won CUNNING FAILS Ku Kumaga ngae and on the other hand tried to win by their cunning and alertness But they confined themselves exclusively to tho the back court and their their driving drivIng failed It was thus that the tho Davis cup was saved for America It Is the most precious trophy troph of ot its kind In the world orld and was put Into competition twenty one arB ago Twelve nations have challenged chal dial Americas America's right to It iti One b by one tile the foreign teams engaged In conflict each other r and anel dropped out until b 1 T Japan pan remained And Friday Japan sent its best against William i T. T Tilden and William M. M John- John it n in two singles matches Japans Japan's best failed Shortly after tho the match today It was announced that Suzanno Suzanne Lenglen len wold vold b be unable to take part In the doubles dou dou- bles lIles which had been ech scheduled She was to hav hay with Vincent Richards Mrs May Sutton Bunday and w William E E. Davis During the storm lion however ever er she Bho was tak taken n ill III and her physician clan cian forbade her hel to pla play Stroke analysis First set set set- N. N P. P PO P.O. O. O DF SAE Eps 4 s 4 0 0 13 4 Washburn ashburn 5 S 8 4 0 0 9 S 10 I 1 S 1 0 19 4 3 l 2 5 0 0 8 2 Second set set- Williams 6 7 I 5 0 0 10 10 7 S 8 S 8 6 5 0 0 13 7 7 Kun gae 6 6 g Q 1 1125 12 5 4 1 4 U 0 8 1 Third set set- Williams G C 6 13 0 3 I 19 D 9 Washburn 7 5 2 0 0 9 6 j S 3 3 5 2 1 10 4 7 3 1 0 0 8 3 Fourth set set- Williams 12 8 2 0 1 14 9 Washburn j. j 7 5 5 1 0 15 13 5 lumma ao 6 3 7 0 0 13 3 7 3 8 0 0 Hi 15 3 Recapitulation S Total Total Total sets pta Williams and ashburn Washburn 3 3 24 Kumagae and 1 1 IB jg Stroke analysis a N. N p p. o 0 DF DP Williams 33 33 25 23 0 4 56 29 Washburn ashburn 7 7 25 16 1 0 Ou 44 25 Totals 6 60 6 50 39 39 l' l 1 4 4 i 54 Kum e 25 14 26 3 2 M 54 16 21 9 16 0 0 39 9 Tot Totals ls 46 23 It 44 3 2 93 25