On the lawn of the White House there was a great concourse of Ambassadors, Ministers, miscellaneous diplomats. There also were the President of the U. S. and the Assistant Secretary of War, who really gave the party. For it was Dwight F. Davis, Secretary Weeks' assistant, who contributed the cup, now the property of the U. S., which 23 other nations will try to carry off this Summer.
Never before have there been so many contenders for the cup. Seventeen nations applied to play their preliminary matches...
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