"Never seen such a bunch of cowardly Germans before" - Jules van Dongen shares remarkable story about tournament in Las Vegas

Jules van Dongen was recently active at a tournament in Las Vegas. However, it was not a success and, according to him, that was mainly due to the German team.

Van Dongen participated with an American team in a large tournament in Sin City. "There were about 4,000 players in total and the tournament did last a week, with all kinds of different events," Van Dongen told the podcast 'Double Top'. "In the international tournament, we played against Germany, Spain, Belgium and Canada, among others. In that tournament you played with four men in two pairs against each other and afterwards also four against four. There is no prize money to be earned, you play purely for the honour of your country."

"We won against Spain and Canada also had to compete," Van Dongen continued. "The last match was against Germany. We won one double and played the other tie. So the match four against four had to bring the decision and at a 4-4 score we were allowed to start the very last leg. Suddenly, however, the Germans threw up their hands because, according to them, we had started in the wrong order."

What then happened, according to Van Dongen, chaos ensued. "We called the referee and according to him there was nothing wrong. However, the Germans refused to budge and refused to continue playing. A lot of discussion ensued and after a while the referee thought it had been enough and walked away."

"I can speak quite a bit of German and took a moment to let those men know what I thought of their performance. I have never before seen a bunch of fifteen cowardly Germans trying to win a game in such a way. They really did everything in their power not to continue playing."

Van Dongen even received a message afterwards from one of the Germans. "He said they were not cowards, but that they did not have a good command of the English language. Well, then they shouldn't have come here to play," the Dutch American concluded.