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...world's beauty spots is now a picture of black desolation. A forest fire broke out on the French Riviera between Toulon and Cannes. Eight people are reported dead and the damage "ran into millions of francs." All danger is now over, the Mistral (northwest wind in Southern France) having died down...
...fire broke out in the Forest of Fontainebleau outside Paris. Owing to energetic measures to prevent the spread of the conflagration, the situation was reported to be well in hand, and, apparently, there was no danger to the historic Palais de Fontainebleau (a home of Emperors and Kings of France) or to the American colony at Barbizon (once the home of Robert Louis Stevenson...
...Norris Williams, 2nd, were chosen for the U. S. 1923 Davis Cup Team. These four successfully defended the cup last year, were respectively first, second, third, fourth in the 1922 national ranking. Williams was named team captain?presumably by reason of seniority. The Davis Cup matches take place at Forest Hills, L. I., Aug. 31, Sept. 1 and 3. The challenger, Australia, defeated three other teams in the American zone, then defeated France who had won from eleven others in the European zone...
...plenteousness that fell to the fortune of Mrs. Molla Mallory are ended. The years of championship famine are upon her and the herald of their coming is Miss Helen Wills. Miss Wills acquired the national singles title by overpowering Mrs. Mallory in the finals of the matches at Forest Hills...
Newport. The lustre of tennis week at Newport was dimmed by the absence of Champion Tilden and W. M. Johnston and by the sputter of fairer fireworks in the women's nationals at Forest Hills. The matches most talked about were the default to Vincent Richards by R. Norris Williams when within a point of victory* and the subsequent defeat of Richards by Harvey Snodgrass (latest California star) in the semifinals. Howard Kinsey dislodged Snodgrass and took the title at 6?4, 4?6, 6?0, 9?7. With his brother, Robert, Howard Kinsey also secured the doubles championship...