[TLS] Former Tennis Star and Secretary of Navy Responds
1 pp. bifolium. 12mo. Secretary of War stationary with stamped War department envelope. March 1st, 1929. Typed letter from the Secretary of War to Grovenor Clarkson in New York City, thanking him for commendation. Dwight F. Davis. (1879-1945) was a founder of the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, later renamed the Davis Cup in his honor. Served as Assistant Secretary of War (1923-1925) and as Secretary of War (1925-1929) under Calvin Coolidge (1925-29) and Governor General of the Philippines (1929-32) under Herbert Hoover. He participated both the singles and doubles in the 1904 Summer Olympics and was inducted into the National Tennis Hall of Fame (International Tennis Hall of Fame) in 1956.
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