(thing) by Schmik Fri Apr 27 2001 at 12:21:14
While still an undergraduate at Harvard in 1900, American statesman and sportsman Dwight Filley Davis (1879-1945) donated a silver cup to be presented as a national trophy to that country winning an international championship contest in lawn tennis. The cup still bears his name.

For a detailed history of the Davis Cup, visit http://www.daviscup.org/daviscup.htm.
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