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...never stopped until Tilden, gasping, twisted his haggard face into a smile and shook hands with his conqueror-critics will hold forth for some time to come. Indeed, critics and officials alike were so interested in the champion's debacle that they forgot about everything else, and William Johnston and Jean Borotra started their match an hour late. Johnston, the second ranking player in the world, and steadiest member of the U. S. Davis Cup team, won the first two sets with ease, as he was expected to. Then, amazingly, he lost the next three and the match...
...Richards had made a stand, if he had put out the sad-eyed Lacoste, the bounding Borotra, he might have become a national figure comparable to Ethan Allen, Commodore Perry or Red Grange. But the momentum of the French was too great; thinking of Tilden's fall, of Johnston's failure, of Williams' calamity, how could he survive alone? So it was Rene Lacoste who faced Jean Borotra in the final...
Helen Wills: "Last week a fairly intimate picture of me was given to the public in an interview published by Collier's. But the article was ridiculously inaccurate. For example, it quoted me as saying: 'I used to play frequently with William Johnston, who has been nearly champion often enough to get it some day.' Of course it is absurd that I should say such a thing when, as everyone knows, William Johnston was champion in 1915 and 1919. Also, the article had me speak twice of an English player, named Mrs. McKane. No such character exists...
...table beside the court the celebrated Davis Cup caught a waning sun. Its presence was not significant. On the third day of the series the U. S., acquiring the necessary three points, had made sure of retaining it: William Johnston .had beaten René Lacoste, Tilden had beaten Jean Borotra, Vincent Richards and R. Norris Williams had won their doubles match from Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon. But a great issue was in the balance, and Tilden, as he put down the towel and prepared to receive Lacoste's service, was quite aware that this issue might be swayed...
...Johnston and Borotra rounded off the series with a free-hitting match, Johnston gambling all on each drive, Borotra bounding wildly. Johnston...