LAWN TENNIS.
TILDEN AND THE CHAMPION ettifr. WILL NOT DEFEND TITLE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 24, IL3O pjn. New York, March 24. The United States Lawn Tennis Association has announced that Tilden will not defend the world title at Wimbledon next summer. The reason assigned is the heavy expense involved in sending a leading American player abroad, and the effect of such a trip on the player. The association added that Tilden is willing to go, but in view of the sharp Davis Cup contest that is anticipated and the fact that Tilden returned in a bad condition from last year’s trip to England, it is considered best that he shall remain in the. United States.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 5
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117LAWN TENNIS. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1922, Page 5
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