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Show ENTRY LIST GROWING M DAVIS GUP TENNIS COMPETITEON ANNUAL CONTEST TAKES ON INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR OF OLYMPIC GAMES BY BILL EVANS. No eportlng event has more of the international flavor than tennis competition com-petition for the Davis cup trophy unless un-less it Is the Olympic games. Already eight chaJlengers have notified no-tified the United States officials of their Intention to try to lift the famous fa-mous trophy now in poMcsslon of thlr. ) country. Denmark and India are the Meri to enter the list of challengers. Other countries which ha'xe already com'.-in com'.-in are British Isles, Spain. Australia. Canada, Franco. Czecho-Slovakla and Italy. Rournania has It entry blank on ' tho way. It Is also almost certain that Japan. Belgium and Argentina I will Join the field before the entry ' list closes March IS, South Africa has practically dscld-i dscld-i d not to compete. Lust year South Africa wa represented by Norton , who, It will be remembered. was twice within a point of winning th-Brtttsh th-Brtttsh lawn tennis championship from Bill Tilden at Wimbledon last eummer. In all probability Norton Will play for Britain in tho tournament The Britlhh Dawn Tennis a-HBoemt'.on has a rulo which permits players of ono of Its depondencle. who has been a resident of England continuously for two years, to qualify for th I'.rlUah team. Norton h;H fulfilled ih.c rule, Th prexm e of Norton on the Hrlt-Jsh Hrlt-Jsh team 'with Klngscote will make that squad a very formidable one.) .ir years It h.ap l.een customary for the United States to sprmg some j ' iinv phenom on the tennis world fvor .l urn- most of these players hailed from the coast. Bill Tilden was an exception. It looks very much a If Vincent 1 Richards, despite hit youth, would get i chance on tho Davis Cup team this 1 ye r. If so. if would occasion no great surprise if he was one of 'he outstanding stars of the tennis clas |