A. R. F. Kingscote and Randolph Lycett, who were
unable to go owing to business affairs. J. C. Parke, her famous
international star, was also out of the game, having retired from
active competition last year. The English team was made up of
Gordon Lowe, Max Woosnam, J. C. Gilbert and O. E. H. Turnbull.
They were accompanied by that delightful author and critic A.
Wallis Meyers.
The English met the Australians at Pittsburgh in July. The latter
won three matches to two with J. O. Anderson, the outstanding
figure of a well played meeting. The tall Australian defeated
both Lowe and Woosnam in the singles and aided in the doubles
victory, thus scoring all the points for his team.
Meanwhile the Indian team had arrived in America and proceeded to
Chicago, where they met the Japanese team of Kumagae and
Shimidzu. The battle of the Orient resulted in a victory for the
Nipponese.
The final round found Australia playing Japan in the famous old
tennis center of Newport, R. I., where the National Singles so
long held sway. It was a bitter struggle, with the Australians
within two little points of victory in two matches they
afterwards lost. Shimidzu and Kumagae took all the singles, but
Kumagae was two sets down to Hawkes and one to two down to
Anderson. Thus Japan in its first year in Davis Cup competition
earned the right to challenge America for the treasured trophy.
It was a marvellous meeting of these two teams.
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