The Archive · 1938

JAPANESE DAVIS CUP 'TEAM HERE

Japan offered 'Shanghai the frst glimpse of her 1938 Davis Cup team when the: players, passing "through this city, gave a series of exhibition games at the German Garden Club on March 21, Lewis Carson, Shang hat's champion, was invited' to join in the occasion, which drew a fair crowd of enthusiasts, The visitors were captained by Tamio Abe, the 38 years old veteran, Yasumine Kuramitsu, a student Kwansal University and Japan's No. 1 ranking singles player, and Fumltern Nankano of Hosei University are the two other members of the team. These three exponents reached here in the 3s, Terukuni Maru yesterday morning, en route to Europe where they will participate in a series of tournaments in Italy, " German} France, and England, including the Wimbledon Championships, before leaving for New York in the middle of July to compete in the American Zone of the Davis Cup,

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