LAWN TENNIS
DAVIS CUP CONTEST.
UNITED STATES TEAM. NEW YORK, August 18 wnr T ' Tilden > W - M - Johnston, R. N. Bdhams, and Francis T. Hunter will lie the official United States team for the Davis Cup contest. » JAPAN v. CANADA. THE SINGLES MATCHES. . , r OTTAWA. August 18. At Montreal Yoshiro Ohta (Japan) defeated Crocker (Canada), 6—4, 3—6. , 8 ’ 6 V 3 ’ - in tlle °Pening match of the singles play i n the American zone of the Davis Cup. Wright (Canada) defeated Harada (Japan), 6—3, G—3, S G. JAPAN BEATS CAN?DA. OTTAWA, August 19. JTarada and Toha (Japan) defeated right and Crocker (Canada) in tho Davis Cup Doubles, G-3, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6, 10-8. JAPAN TO MEET FRANCE. . . QUEBEC. August- 20. At Montreal Wright beat Ohta, 6—3 o—4, 6—4. Harada defeated Crocker, 7—5, 6—o 6—o, and Japan thus qualified to meet r rance in the Davis Cup preliminary.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3832, 23 August 1927, Page 60
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146LAWN TENNIS Otago Witness, Issue 3832, 23 August 1927, Page 60
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