| Show FRENCH MENACE MENA CE THREATENS THREATENS-IN TENS IN NET PLAY PLA Y Spirited Con Contests tests Loom In Cup Play Yankees F Face e Big Task Tasi In Defense of Noted Trophy Dy fly ART CARLSON MEW YORK Au Aug AmerIca 6 4 has h 11 won on on the Da 1 cup em of ot the tb teAls champion champion- elp hip of o the th world orld six lx straight sea na sons son or ever since the th lank lanky Dill Bill Tilden first became becam this country bIggest figure In the th lame game ame Durin Busing this span pan Uncle Un l Sammy boy b have hav v dropped just two m matches tche in 30 10 Patterson and Wood of or Au Aus Australia trails whipped Tilden and Rich Richards ards In the th doubles double dou les In U while JImmy Anderson not another her Anti beat at Johnston the th follow rollow leg year r I r rIn In the th four tour other annual clashes America has scored cored two on Australia nn and once one each Japan Japon and nd France In hort short most mOlt ot of the th challenge o rounds have han been enl nothing more wore than thaD a rout for tor the American TILE THE FRENCH MENACE This year ear however hoever thing thine hook 1001 different Americas America live nta tive ue ore ar Quite apt to find a real tussle on hand hands when they de- de defend defend d fend their honors honor at the th German town German town ton Cricket club Philadelphia early In tn September Such n an eVent Is Li likely providing the th Inter Inter zon zone Jone play terminate aa a expected Across the th Atlantic thiro thero ther ag again ln looms a n French menace just aj as It did a a year ur ago alo lo Only this thIli time time Its its it's ft a much larger larter one with Lacoste Borotra and ald Brugnon will also aliO l o come corn Henri Cochet may my furnish the th punch needed overthrow the Americans heard a great deal of tho ho playing ability of ot Lacost and ho- ho Bo Borotra during the th tb last lut two seasons In the th Davis Davia cup battles battle a year A ago O both bolh bad ad the th talented Tilden on the brink of ot ide defeat at only to nave navea a characteristic Tilden rally to beat b them Laco t and Donora were hailed as a fUture great following those stirring mitring s exhibition j ABut A But over In sunny Prance Franco a as the tho poets poet say many consider Cochet an even better bet Cochet hu has been playing sensational tents Unis all season lenson hs He been stepping along fast showing loWing Improvement each ench I timo out and Is a feared en entry IT In jamboree I IMPROVING EVERY EIty cut YC With three flirt such lIuch uch youthful sIana stars sIan a as s Lacoste Borotra and Cochet not to mention the capable Drug non Bruc-non non representing Prance France America un Can T II feel slightly silently alarmed re- re regarding re garding the tb retention of ot the Davis trophy For or If It France Franc reache re chell the lenc chal-lenc thai lenee round and nd nothing short abort ofa or of ora ofa a startling upheaval of ot the dope dore can keep her out Tildon Tilden Richard Richards Johnston Williams et at al al are atO ar cere certain tam tain to find the th going colB gain I much tough touch er tr than they have hav run up ag against In the Iho th last lut few seasons season The Th French entrants or of Bru Brugnon non every reaching a hither higher standard of or t play lay with lIh each tach tD l The lads wearing the colors colon of ot this country arent aren't getting any better beHer In fact the they seem lum to be b gradually lippig w 1 wWilliam Williams William h ha has l been playing top tov- topnotch top notch notch tennis since 1111 1911 hal ha been ben rated with the tho th premier ince UI Tilden since ne 1619 and anet Richard since 1121 JUl UI It no ond r Ih then n It If the AmeriCan n representatives representative are art going back They y cant can't hold to the exacting pace forever YOUNGER BLOOD NEEDED I wouldn't be tx surprised d It Ir some ot of the th younger r crop of pIa player like Eddie Ch Chandler Alfred Chapin and George Lott LoU carr carry the destinies ot of this country In the 1110 International classic within another year ear or two A I Is bound to como come corn sooner or later New and younger you Deer blood will shortly be b needed 81 Six successive world titles Is II I something to boast about bout They cover a long lone reign In these thue day days when hen champions champion whether IndIvidual Individual us ual o or group croup dont don't remain on OD top very Ion long lone Of ot course Dural America tars stars may mayone mayone one a again aln rise ris to the tho th occasion and crush cruh another challenger But Dut I wouldn't bo be b Ita startled rUed it tc the th present Davis Davia cup regime were ero stopped this season euon with Ith the th French turning a atrick atrick trick they failed to put over last year 00 |
