Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-22
TENNIS TROPHY
The DAVIS CUP
RICHARD NORRIS WILLIAMS
CHAMPION TENNIS PLAYER.
TELLS HOW IT FEELS TO PLAY
IN THE CHALLENGE ROUND.
HE WITH McLOUGHLIN. HACKETT
AND JOHNSON FORMED AMER
ICAN TEAM THAT REGAIN TRIO.
PLY. It.-
nv Associated press.)

New York City. Nov. 22-How if fee
to play in the Challenge round of the
Davis cup, emblematic Of the worlds
tennis championship. is wildly des-
cribed by Richard Norris Williams.
second, who with Mclaughlin. Hackett
and johnson, formed the United States
team that regained the famous troph,
i'll England this season. His story rs
printed in a publication at Harvard
University where he is a sophomore. is
in part as follows:
w were now i'm the Cballcuoc
u with the hardest task before ms.
Six or seven previous American teams
had reached just that point in the last
eight years. but none had been able 10
lift the cup. On the Saturday after we
payed Canada we went down to Folkc.
stone and there spent a couple of ouict
DAYS not talking or even thinking of
tennis. The rest did us 4 lot
good but the strain was gradually tell
ing. NO one can imagine the mental
strain under which we were plavinp
After two long months Of play, Il little
slip, an off day, an injury to a member
or the team, might mean the loss of the
Davis cup. We all full V realized this
but we went into the matches with con
fldence. We were determined to 10 our
best, which was all that America could
ask
"The draw for the Challenge Round
was made on the Wednesday before the
mat"heS were started. Mclaughlin was
to play against Parke at o:3O and |
was to follow against G.. p. Dixon af-
ter the first match was Over. On Friday
morning we took things fairly easy.
Mac had his lunch about 1870 and left
in the car for Wimbledon ut about 80
| had my lunch when McLouehlin eft
and then took things quietly until 2:15
when | followed him to Wimbledon.
when | reached the court | was told
that things were not going our wav. T
then spent the worst hour and a half
one could possibly imagine. I was. of
course, not allowed to watch the match.
ms it is irving on the eyes so | Law down
in the dressing room while the attend
ant came to tell me how things stood.
AT about ) o'c'Ock the sound Of shout
ing and applause announced McLough-
Inns defeat. 1t was a bad beginning for
everybody had expected that Mac would
win Later ! managed to pull the tide
our way a bit by beating Dixon.
On Saturday the publi,. certainly cot
their moneys worth out of the doubles.
1t was without doubt the most exciting
doubles match | have ever watched. Is
pecialy as | was interested in the out
come. | remember when the score stood
2 sets to one, ) to 4. and 1910 Wrenn
the president of our association was
chewing his straw hat. and w. John
son, the fourth member of the American
team. was absolutely unable to light a
cigarette. What was | doing? WE'LL
real Y don't know.
We spent Sunday quietly in the coun-
try and on Monday started on our last
lap. Mclaughlin again played first. and
this time when / arrived at Wimbledon
Mac was two sets up and had Il long
lead i'm the third. The playing was
slightly less exciting than on the prcvi-
Gus Friday. A few minutes later the
cup was won After ten years it was
to come home again. | finished out my
match against Parkc. althoug the out
come would not have altered the fate
of the cup. AS a matter of fact. | lost in
five sets"