INTERNATIONAL TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 18

INTERNATIONAL TENNIS

■SOUTH -AFRICA AKD^THE DAVIS CUP, *

South' Africa will make its fifth appearance in the Davis Cup international team tennis -championship play durin" the1 coming summer, says the "New °i rork kvemn>; Post." .The 1924 challenge came m the form of a, letter from C S . Varman, acting secretary, of the South' Alncan Lawn Tennis Union. Mr Varman, in his letter, stated, "Will you kindly accept this as a notice under tho rules that SSouth Africa desires to compete m the Davis Cup contests (European zone) this year." ' The entry of South Africa in Davis tAip competition is not a novelty ulthough this association has not been us frequent a challenger as some of the natwi]S- and other colonies of the British Wire, -Ihe initial challenge was made m 1911, when South Africa was drawn against the United1 States, and, due to the long journey involved, felt obfr^d 16. default. Two years later the game association re-entered and played against Canada and was defeated three matches to one. lv 1919 the South Africans lost to tho British Isles four matches to one. The following se asou they were drawn, against Holland, and lost three matches to two after a series of mtersting contests. . The South African players at that tim» Raymond. Wmslow won from J C Van Lennep in.straight sots of 6-3 6-4 6-4 vanquished Xool, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5, thus, se curing an even break for South Africa in the four singles matches. The doubles proved tbe winning eyen of the series, for Van Lennep and Kool won from Wins low and Raymond, 6-2, 7-5, e4 It is not known at this time' whether fo&'pfay. Playel' S fig-™, intt.