Japan has defaulted to Italy in the Davis Cup Lawn Tennis competition owing to her inability: to arrange a team Mr. Kumagae, who recently returned to Tokio, is unwilling for domestic reasons to journey abroad although his employers had consented to his going.
Mr. Kashio, Japan's third string, is unable to be spared from business in New York for a trip to Europe. Besides Mr. Shimidzu, no other players here are of Davis Cup calibre.—Reuter.
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