Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-22
AND THE DAVIS CUP.
&c BILL TnDEN has been

ING BILL TnDEN has been
in a number of dramatic
4 spots since he began to
manipulate a, tennis racket
20 or more years ago, but he has
come to the climax of them all
this week.
AS conqueror of the field at
Wimbledon he has chance to be
the leading factor in bringing the
Davis Cup back to this country
when the situation looked to be
on the hopeless side a few months
ago. It was not until Big Bill
started storming his way through
European courts from italy to
England that any one conceded
the United States even an out
side reach for the bowl that
LacoSte and Cochet took away
some years ago.
This chance developed extra pos
sibilities when Cochet ran into series
of sour spots before and during VIM
bledon. Since then Cochet has been
hard at work in a battle to regain his
old touch and timing, and the ultimate
destination of the cup depends largely
upon his return to form.
Tilden's entry into the battle lines in
creases public interest enormously. 1t
adds the old human touch Of the vet
eran near the end of the road making
one more stand, just at the spot where
he looks to be near his best. Ttlden is
still the outstanding personality in ten
mis-. where his great record and his long
series of arguments and debates have
always kept him in the readiness and
have either made friends or enemies in
the big galleries that come to watch
him play. There Is nothing negative
about the lanky Philadelphian. He has
them for him or against him, but never
watching from a neutral sector.
Elements affecting the next Davis
Cup contest are far from being set and
settled in advance.
If Tilden does, can Lott add third VIC
tory?
Granted that Cochet is back with his
old stuff, good enough to win both sin
giles matches, can Tilden and Lott both
beat Borotra, great competitor, who Is
still playing his share of high-class ten
mis-? If each side gets away with two
of the four singles matches, how about
the doubles?
Tiiden is better than he has been
since 1926. George Lott is playing the
best tennis of his career. And yet a big
part of the story swings around to Henri
Cochet, one of the great tennis players
af all time, who suddenly ran into
slump two months ago. Borotra beat
him for the Belgian title. One of the
Belgian entries carried him to five sets
at Wimbledon in the first round. Will
nier Allison Of Texas beat him in
straight sets trifle latter, and ALI
son, in turn, fell before Tilden. The
little Frenchman had fallen far away
from his old heights. Whether he can
work his way back is something that
will not be known until the matches are
played It is somewhat improbable that
Cochet within few weeks can scramble
up from the depths to be the Cochet of
1928 and 1929, when he was supreme.
Tennis runs truer to form than al
most any other game. The better man
nearly always wins in flve-set test.
But Cochet's once established and
known form has been out of gear for
some weeks, and when this happens 1t
Is largely guess as to how far he can
come back, what improvement he can
make You have the situation where
one known quantity, the most impor-
tant of the lot, Il suddenly turned into