HONOUR AT STAKE
DUEL CHALLENGE ISSUED TO BOROTRA. PISTOLS PREFERRED. [United Press Associdiidhr—By Electric (Received 10 a.m.) PARIS, June .26. M. Didlier Poulain, tennis expert 'of the newspaper “L’Auto,” confirms a report that he challenged Jean' Borotra following a lively exchange of letters dealing with Borotra’s refusal to play in the Davis 1 Cup singles, although he was playing in the WimbledOn singles. Borotra, in a letter to “L’Auto” said: “M. Poulain, with an evident lack of good faith, wrote that rcould not play five sets. What I wrote was I could not play five sets on hard courts.” ,M. Poulain states that the challenge Was made simply on professional grounds. “Borotra is a fine fellow, but we must have the right to make such technical criticism as we think fit.”
Borotra, interviewed in London, said he had not received M. Poulain’s challenge. “These matters in France are subject to a code of honour, which the majority of Frenchmen respect,” he said. “Unquestionably I must do likewise, because I am not prepared to change a word or comma of what,l wrote. I might choose pistols, as I expect I have the choice of weapons” Asked whether he fenced much, Borotra replied: “Only a few times in the last 10 years.”
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1935, Page 7
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