CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 19932, 31 July 1928, Page 7

CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS

FRANCE RETAINS DAVIS CUP AMERICA BEATEN IN SINGLES PARIS, July 30. (Received July 31, at 10 s.m.) In tho singles Cochet beat Tildcu, 9-7, 8-6, 6-4; Lacoste beat Hennessey, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3. France therefore wins the Davis Cup. TILOEH'S DEFEAT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. PARIS, July 30. (Received July 31, at 1 p.m.) Tho ground was, heavy and there was no wind. Cochet began aggressively, keeping Tilden running, and he quickly led, 3-1. Tilden then cleverly varied his cross- -lots, and with terrific drives drew level and led, 5-4. Cochet, without being perturbed, was returning Tildou’s fiercest shots, and the American oftener sent tho ball into the net than did his opponent. Cochet, remaining on the base line, frequently passed him beautifully, and three times won from Tilden’s service. The latter led tho second sot, 3-1 and 5-2. Cochet, after a terrific struggle, won six of the next seven games, and deuce was called fifteen times in the twelfth game. The pace was overfast for Tilden, who was unable to hold Cochet in tho third set, despite a wonderful effort. Cochet has never been better. The play throughout was full of thrills, and the not play at times was like forked lightning.

[Until Franco won the Cup last September tho three nations that had won tho Cup were United States, British Isles, and Australasia. Hugo as the Cup is—it irfeasures 17.Jin in diameter at the rim of the bowl—all the available space for inscribing tb© names of tho champion nation and thd players was used by 1919, tho first after-the-war year in which there was a contest. The inscriptions began in 1900, and in 1901 and 1910 there were no contests. It is clear, therefore, that the Cup itself contained room for only fourteen years of inscriptions.]