Sport: Davis Cup Routine

Mexico's record in international sport is neither long nor glorious. At tennis, it consists of the annual beating which the Mexican Davis Cup team receives from the U. S. Last week the four young Mexicans selected to take part in this ceremony arrived in Houston, Tex. to tackle Wilmer Allison, John Van Ryn, Donald Budge and Bryan ("Bitsy") Grant.

The surroundings at Houston's swank River Oaks Country Club were novel. Not so the results. Daniel Hernandez, a freshman at the University of Mexico and his country's newest star, made Grant scramble but the best he got was one set to Grant's three....

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