THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
MONDAY, JULY
26,
1937.
HARE AND
RECORD
FIRST
SET
IN CHALLENGE ROUND TIE
(By "Veritan")
Haro's pulsating first set with Budge which was carried to 28 games before Budge won it, was the high spot of Saturday's play in the 1937 Challenge Round of the Davis Cup between Britain and United States. It also raised considerable discussion as to its uniqueness.
Records go to show that although It is the longest set ever played in e singles match in the Challenge Round. It takes second place to the 1923 Challenge Round doubles match between J. O. Anderson and J. B. Hawkes of Australia and W. T. Tilden and R. N. Williams of United States.
These four players were engaged in one of the most astonishing games of all time. The first set went to Tilden and Willam 17-15, the second to Anderson and Hawkes at 13-11, the third to the Australiana at 0-2, and the fourth and fifth Americans at
16-3, 0-2,
6-4,
to tho
and
BUDGE MAKE DAVIS CUP
H. W. Austin (left) and Baron C, von Cramm caught by the camera during their sami-final match at Wimbledon.
Forest Pay £10,000,
Austin Looks Hopeless Against Budge After His Queen's
Club Rout Says Perry
Wimbledon Day By Day
Austin
HISTORY
Beaten By von Cramm
BUDGE BEATS PARKER IN WIMBLEDON'S MOST BRILLIANT MATCH
(By II. S. Scrivener)
Lonzión, July 1. finely, and beat Parker for 0-4 with
D. Budge, the American, and G. a beautiful cross pass to wind up von Cramm, the German, renched with. Thence forward Budge was on the final of the men's singles at top, and made himself safe when he Wimbledon yesterday at the expense resched 4-1 in the fourth act. Con- of F. Parker (U.S.A.) and II. W:dition, I feel sure, counted for a good Austin (Great Britain), respectively. deal in this mutch.
If we ser as great a fight in the finai!
as we saw in the Americans' semi-i
final we should be well satisfied.
DISAPPOINTING DOUBLES
MATCHES
ON COURT ONE
Day Of Doubles
Before these two arresting men's It was not quite such a great match singles took place we had to wait between von Cramm and Austin, but somewhat patiently while a not-too- for all that it was finely played by thrilling encounter in the ladies both men. Von Cramin won by B-6, doubles took place. Only occasion- Neller of them ally does a ladies' duables match rise 6-3, 12-14, 0-1. seemed to possess the verve or the to real heights; this one, in which and Mrs. Andrus, Intense desire to press on to victory Mme Henrolin
though not of the same until the third set was well on lis Arr
(By a Special Correspondent) they woke up to give us nationality, beat Fru. Sperling and Iway. and
Jacobs, not perhaps
quite as a display of really versatile and virile Miss
a pair as their names might
Doubles matches only was the order lawn tennis, and, incidentally, this formidable a third set, ultimately won by Austin lead us to infer, was not one of the at 14-12, took an hour and a quarter exceptions. The score was 7-5, 6-8, of the day on Court 1, and most ex- all itself.
G-2, and but for Misa Jacobs 1 do not cellent matches some of them were. think that she and her partner would Pride of place must be given to the Fru, first in court, in which Miss E. AL BASELINE DUEL
have won the second set.
presumably Sperling was really disappointing. Dearman and Miss J. Ingram, Hard The match began and went on for whereas Mme. Henrotin was doing Cour! champions, and some time as a baseline duel pure and great things nearly all the time. She intended to be Wightman Cup com simple, with both men winning their is a fine exponent of the doubles bluation, beat Miss Dearman's former own services and making beautiful! game. strokes against strokes equally beau- tiful from the other end. Austin Hot nearest to break-through first when te reached advantage on von Cramin's (United Press Staff Correspondent)
service in the seventh game, but they MEN'S SINGLES believe we actually played before had to go on pegging away until von
SEMI-FINAL ROUND Beverly Hills, Cal.
Cramm got out against Austin's ser- Dapper Fred Perry, the Eng-more people.
"It was amazing the number of thanks to a timely volicying G. VON CRAMM (Germany) beat II.
out to watch effort, at 8-6. ex-people who
turned Net home receipts for League lish tennis monarch who
world amateur Ellsworth and I play our 70 matches In the second sel von Cramm won J. D. JUDGE (U.S.A.) beat F. A. PARKER £8,743. This changed his games amounted to
gure alone is £1,250 less than the crown for tall stacks of folding in this country and on the continent. Austin's service for 4-3, and held his says that if he had At Liverpool n enpacity crowd of lead to go out at 6-3. His service money, sum spent on new players.
Lincoln City have signed Joe another change he'd do it all 11,000-niest of them never had seen was stronger than Austin's.
tennis before-packed a football fleld
Austin got a 2-0 service lead in the Clare, left winger, from Norwich again-only sooner.
and set in the rain for two hours third set, but after that they kept on HUGHES and C. R. D. TUCKEY City. Clare scored eighteen times
taking games against each other until The dark-haired star explained he waiting for the skies to elear."
The reason lis in twenty-two matches for Norwich had tried the professional game and last season. Formerly with Margate, found it good. Specifically, he and account-have been
Lose £6,750
Forest losing!
An expenditure of over £10,000 But the most remarkable singles match in the history of the competi-a record for the club-on transfer tion was the 1905 match between fees last season was mainly respon- B. C. Wright of United States and sible for Nottinghaun N. E. Brookes of Australia. Wright £6,750.
-7. 12-10, won 12-10, 5-7, United States qualified to meet the British Isles in the Challenge Round, when America was soundly beaten. One of the longest sets in Davis tennis was in the singles between Cup Anthony Wilding and A. II. Lowe in 1014, when Wilding beat the English man 16-14 after winning the first two sels at 6-2, 6-1. This was in
By Jack Guenther
9TH DAY RESULTS
AUSTIN (G.D.). (U.S.A.), 2-0, 6-4, 04, 0—8.
MEN'S DOUBLES
FOURTH ROUND
partner, Miss N. M. Lyle, and Miss B. Nathnil by 6-0, 4-6, 7-5. Miss Dearman and Miss Ingram were con
and one vincing only in patches,
that room could not help wishing сом could be found in one of the paire for Forest Hila for Miss A. M. Yorke, who is still the best woman volleyer Win Europe.
12-14, 4-1.
Much of the volleying in this match was bad in timing and in aim, though Miss Nuthall's ovcheud work in the second and third sets must be exempt- ed from any such criticism. The first set was suspiciously easy for Miss Dearman and Miss Ingram, and took
than
a quarter of an hour. They for Miss Lyla their troubles began, found her driving range, Miss Nut- hall ceased to be passed on her fore hand with any regularity
by Miss Deurman and Miss Ingram, though her lobbing length Improved, was steady at close range, and snatching ot the kills.
the final round of the European who paid Accrington £2,300 for his his opponent, Ellsworth Vines, found said, is because bank | Austin went out at 14-12, having had t.. Hecht and R. Menzel (Czechoslovakinnother two games, and 597
Zone.
Another very extended match was signature.
in which J. C. Gregory of that Britain beat W. Robson of the Argentina In 1028 by 10-12, 13-11, 0-3,8-0,
'Hare'e brilliant resistance to Budge Saturday considerably stimulated British hopes of success In the present Challenge Round series. The countries finished all
on
A
117
and G. MAKO.
F. Nakano and J. Yamagishi, hent J. Jamain (France) and C. van took Perry four match-paint chances cartier.
Metaxa (Austria), 6-3, 4, 6-2.
D. 21. player It is almost inevitable that are an F. 11. D. Witte and G. CRAMM. It good to the extent of an even must make his best showing every reaction must happen to the winner HENKEL ON ED. BUDGE half million dollars. This sum was
as his last gaTURE
von Cr
Cramm won the match with the collected from approximately 650,000 time he walks on a court, and he is of a set of this kind, and sure enough
PROFESSIONALISM'S
the WOMEN'S DOUBLES loss of only one more game. square on the Arst day's play, and persons who watched them in three much importance is attached to this countries.
convinced the future of pro- same, I thought that Austin stood up
FOURTH ROUND to this crucial test remarkably well, afternoon's doubles.
"It is a pily I didn't turn profes-fessional tennis will lie in the small There is every possibility of the
He has certainly MMR MATHIEU and match eventually depending upon sional sooner," Perry added. "It has owns and cities that have not had a showing no visible signs of much draw 17,000 people in Madison justified his selection as the fourth the outcome of the final encounter Improved my game 15 per cent. Oh chance to see a topnotch match. We wear and tear.
yes, those figures are conservative.
Garden, but that was mainly seeded player, and has proved him- Square between Budge and Austin.
because it was the thing to do.
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BRILLIANT DEFENCE
ing force in the Davis Cup this year.
D. Budge beat F. Parker in a fine He looks for his former team to lose the cup, with the United States fight by 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1. The merit of the escounter lay in the fact that even bet to win it.
"Don Budge can beat Gottfried Von both men, as soon as they were once Cramm on American courts, and the really at grips, drove with a supreme- will trounce Budge on con- ly good length, volleyed with con- Baron tinental footing. This match will summate skill, and yet managed to determine who will
over the extricate themselves from really tight cup," he said. "England's sole hope places by some of the cleverest defen-
looks sive play ever seen. Bunny Austin, but he hopeless after the way Budge pellsh- ed him off at Queen's."
Was
take
H. K. F. C. DENY CURIOUS RUMOURS
(Dy "Veritas")
Persistent rumours have been going the rounds to the effect that the
YORKE
THIRD ROUND
MISS A. 31.
Miss E. M. DEARMAN and
7-.
J. Miss
CHANGING LEADS
Un
From this points onwards Mise In- INGILAM (G.B.) beat Miss N... Lyle gram and Miss Dearman were fight- and Miss D. Nuthal (G.D.). 60, 46, ing for their lives. After losing the A net cord on
lead (GB) beat Mme, C. Bockner and and 3-4 in the final.
ad gave Mim M. Heeley and Miss D. E. Round second set they were behind at 1-2
Countess de la Valdene (France). 7, which they gained a 3-4
encouragement, G-1, 7-3
them badly needed MA EL. McOstrich and Miss J.
Saunders (C.B.) best Miss N. D. Brown and their finishing spurt in the and Mias R. Jarvis (G.B.), 2-0, 6-1, eleventh and twelth game was obe 10.
D. J. Andrus (USA) and Mme. 8.
of the best things they accomplished. Another three-set match developed Henrolin (France) beat Miss I. 1. JACOBS and Fru. S. SPERLING between Miss D. E. Round and Miss (Denmark), 7-3, -8.2.
M. Heeley and the Comtesse de la Mrs. M. R. King and Mrs. J. 1. Phunan Valdene and Mme. C. Boegner. The
(G.B.) beat Mrs. F. M. Strawson and Airs, I. S. Uber 10.B.), 4, 4—5, {m},
F. JAMES AND MISS STAMMERS.
MISS
Parker, in particular, was at times Invincible, and it is a great tribute to Budge's confidence and steadfast- ness that he hardly even faltered in MIXED DOUBLES his stride. Ils passing shots
such an
against accomplished volleyer as Parker, were his chief asset, particu- larly the backhander across from left to right, which is a sure winner if perfectly executed, but otherwiso
often a loser.
FIFTH ROUND
first-named pair won again at 7-5 in this would Kthe final set. Possibly
have been over in two sets but for the incredibly bad start made by the
English girls-two points in the first needed some ex-. three games and hilarating rallies in the fourth garne, D. BUDGE and Miss A. MARBLE which they won, to get them going. (U.S.A.) beat Tuckey and Miss Scriven. Then they went ahead to 4-3, but
0-2, 0-2.
FOURTH ROUND
could not hold off a counter-attack, the French pair winning in the twelfth
I doubt whether anybody knew C. 1. D. Turkey and Miss M. C. Scriven game on the fourth set point.
that Budge had gained the mastery after taking the third set until he forged ahend to 3-1 in the fourth by winning Parker's service on a double fault; but that fourth game was the turning point of a real test match.
PARKER PRESSES
It was, to say the least of it, dis-
No. 1 in the draw lose the Arst set
Hongkong Football Club is following concerting to see the player "seeded" the action of Club de Recreio and at 0-2 to No. 8; but my own view
not entering a
next season.
years.
team in the senior
might prove of value later on which!
(G.D.) beat f Collins and Lady
France slumped heavily in the Rowallan (G.D.), 0-1, 6-3. K. Tinkler and Miss M. E. Lumb (G.B.) second set, taking one game only, but beat M. Bernard and Mime. 8. Henrotin in the final the Comtesse de la Val- (France), d
dene, who had recovered, with the aid G. Make (USA) and Panna J. Jeder of a pick-me-up, from the effects of
jowska (Poland) bent K. Schroder
Sweden) and Miss J, Saunders (G.D.). a fall, directed much of the course of
B, 0, 0-1
play and helped her partner to 8-3 D. Prenn and Miss E. M. Dearman (G.B.)
beat I. G. N. Len and Miss E. N. 8. and 30 all, within two points of the match. They lost this game; the next Dickin (G.D.). ———, —————, J. (G.B.) FI, D. WILDE and MISS thanks to brilliant play at the net by Yamagishi (Japan) and Mike B. Nuthall also to 15, and the eleventh to love, GIFTIMARSIL 10.3.1. 0, 0-4.
J.
น
y. FETILA and MME. I. MATHIEU Miss Round, and this proved the
(France) beat H. J. Ititehis and Miss V. finally decisive factor. . E. Scott (G.B.), D. J.
FIFTH ROUND
PETRA and MME. MATINEU beat
Boreira and me. C. 1oegner (France)
مي اسرا
HEAVY ARTILLERY. After this the court resounded with explosive services by R. Menzel and G, von Metaxa, of whose respective partners, L. Hecht and J. Jamain, was by far the stronger.
MEN'S ALL ENDING PLATE Hecht
division of the football league this that Parker should have been given a'higher place was justified. It was noticeable that in this set Budge I am in the position to refute hardly volleyed at all. Probably be of upon his plan this report categorically. Upon en-had decided quiries, I was informed that the campaign, and was content for a while! in the first division and that it is the ever that may be, Parker was press- H.K.F.C. will most certainly compete to indulge in "sighting shots" intention of the club to enter towing hard all through, plopping the 3rd Id. A. §. Collins best G. Young Jamain could not hold his ser- cams into the league as in previous ball boldly into the corners, defending Nicolaidis Billington vice games and it was too much to
beat Collins, 7-5, 6-0; W. Habin himself courageously when he had to beat H. A. Inst. 7-3, 6-4; G., de Stefani expect von Metaxa to shoulder such best P. V. V. Sherwood, Bad, 6-4; N, G. a heavy burden. They were beaten almost The club has secured some new
Farquharson beat E. J. David, 6-0, 3-4, by 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, a defeat players, one being a Scottish amateur and serving finely for his 6-2 win.
Budge was also a service game to Tamain beat it. E. Mulliken, as simple as that of C. R. D. Tuckey boasting a very fine record. He is the bad early in the second set, but
and Miss M. C. Scriven, har court
of champions 1935, a newcomer to the Colony and will got on terms at 2-2, and arrived at
by J. D. Budge play his first football here this com- 1-2 after a long sixth game, which he ing season,
could not improve upon. They were
3rd RdMiss M. E. Lumb best Miss E. and Miss A. Marble. The American level again at 4-4, but Budge, winning, Harvey, 6-2, Bul Miles F. James W.o. Pair seem to have settled down to a his service for 5-4, won Parker's like-Miss R. i, Hardwick, ser Miss B. Noel new partnership of considerable em- beat Miss F. N. 3. Dickin, 7-6, 7-8; Mias clency. They were on different sides wise for 6-4.
M. G. Norman beat Miss P. L.F. Thomson, Several games went against the 6-4, 6-1; Mrs. R. G. Macinnes beat Miss in the final of the American mixed. service in the third set, during which M. Trouncer, 6-2, 6-0; Mr. M. Straw doubles event.
7-5: Fri. E. Hollls w.o. Mmg. 8. Budge had to pull up from 2-3 down. beat Mrs. J. N. C. Couper, 7-8, 46, He went ahead at 5-4, serving very itenrotin, ser.
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mmendations from
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