THE DAVIS CUP.
AMERICANS LOSE FIRST GAMES. Electric Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. The much-talked-of event, the Davis Cup, was commenced at Lancaster Park to-day, in the presence of some 3500 spectators. The matches were Brookes v. Wright and Heath *v. Lamed. The former match produced tennis such as has never before been seen in New Zealand, but Brookes’ magnificent volleying enabled him to defeat Wright by 3 sets to 1. Heath, the Australian, was not expected to seriously dispute Larned’s claim, but, to the amazement of everyone, he defeated the American by the same margin as Brookes had won, by 3 sets to 1. The scores w'ere :
N. E. Brookes (Australia) defeated Beals Wright (America), 6 —3, 2—6, 6—3, 6—3. R. W. Heath (Australia) defeated W. A. Lamed (America), 2—G, 6 —l, S 7—5, 6—2.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4131, 2 January 1912, Page 5
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136THE DAVIS CUP. Pahiatua Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 4131, 2 January 1912, Page 5
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