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DOUBLES WILL DECIDE DAVIS CUP TODAY'S CLASH ON CENTRE COURT

Gene Mako, above, and Donald Budge, right, will between them probably carry off the Davis Cup Trophy for the United States at the conclusion of the Challenge Round against the holders, Great Britain, which commenced on the centre court at Wimbledon last Saturday. Bryan Grant, bottom, was dropped in favour of Frankie Parker, Wimbledon semi-finalist.

ENGLAND'S

OPENING

BATSMEN

Hutton And Barnett Brilliant

TOURIST'S RECOVER

PUI CHING ASSURED OF CHAMPIONSHIP

VOLUNTEERS LOSE 10 TO 5

BUDGE AND MAKO WILL START FAVOURITES

The Davis Cup Challenge Round between Great Britain, the holders, and the United States, will continue to-day at Wimbledon when C. R. D. Tuckey and F. H. D. Wilde, Great Britain's Doubles pair, meet Donald Budge and Gene Mako the Wimbledon champions, in what is likely to prove the deciding match.

LAST SATURDAY H. W. “BUNNY”“” AUSTIN GAVE THE HOLDERS THE LEAD WHEN HE BEAT FRANKIE PARKER IN STRAIGHT SETS, BUT BUDGE LEVELLED MAETERS BY DEFEATING CHARLES E. HARE GREAT BRITAIN'S SECOND STRING SINGLES PLAYER, IN A TITANIC STRUGGEE, THE FIRST GAME GOING TO 28 GAMES BEFORE THE AMERIC WON, SUBSEQUENTLY SWEEPING HIS YOUTHFUE ENGLI OPPONENT OFF HIS FEET IN THE NEXT TWO SE

(Austraña) 6—2—5—

B. M. Grant (U.S.).. ford (Austraha): 6–0.

Donald Budge (USA)- clash Crawford (Australia) 6

6

To-day's doubles match will mean either success or defeat for the holders, as it is anticipated that Budge will win his singles against Austin to-morrow, while Parker will start favourite against Hare, by virtue of reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon.

DISAPPOINTMENT

Bryan Grant (USA) beat Bromwich (Australia)

Doubles

D. Badge and G. Mako (US) Seat J. Crawford and V. McGrath (Ans- tralia) 75, 61, 86 -

Great Britain suffered their big- gest disappointment when G. P. Hughes dropped out. of the team for business reasons, and thereby broke up a perfect partnership with Raymond Tuckey. This result ed in Frank Wilde, last year's Wim-kel (Germany) 6-2, 6- bledon doubles fmalist, being invit- ed to play.

INTER-ZONE: (FINAL)E Beat Germany 3-2 at Wimbledon

July 17, 19 and 20.

Singles

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

H W. Austin (Great Britain) beat Frankie Parker (United States) 6-3

275

In their recent tryout against the Australian doubles pair of Jack Crawford and Adrian Quist, Tuc Paz Ching have now practically key and Wilde were beaten in four won the Hong Kong Baseball cham-sets! London, July 24. pionship as the result of their vic- England after being in a very

(tories over the Hong Kong Club, and strong position at tea in the Second the Volunteers yesterday. Cricket Test against the New Zeal- In spite of two home runs by D. anders, at Manchester, collapsed Leonard and another by Bowen, surprisingly and at the close of the Volunteers lost to Pui Ching by play on Saturday, nine wickets had 10 runs to 5 in their vital encounter. fallen for 358.

Bowen pitched well in the first two Pleasing feature of Saturday's innings, but was later hit all over play was the form shown by Eng-the diamond. Collier, the Pui Ching land's potential opening batsmen pitcher, started shakily, but improg against Australia. Leslie Hutton, ed later, and struck cut seven- who, following his failure in the ters

to Donald Badge (United States) 13-15, 1-6, Z––6.

The Davis Cup was donated

Bryan M Grant (US): Baron G. Von Gramin (Germa 3-6, 4-6, 2-6. -

D Badge (US) beat Her

Bryan M. Grant (U.S.) s ner Henkel (Germany) 5

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D. Budge (U.S.) beat Baron

von Cramm (Germany) 6-4, 6-2,

Double's

D. Budge and C. Mako (US) beat G. Von Cramm and H. Henkel (Ger- many) 46,

Charles E. Hare (Great Britain) Lost CUBS BLANKED

BY GUMBERTS FINE PITCHING~~

Cincinnatti Swamp

Philadelphia

by Mr. Dwight F. Davis, former Governor-General of the Philip- pines, and was first competed for 1900 when America beat the British Isle

Great

first test, scored a century and as- The Hong Kong Club we sisted by Barnett, who scored 62, able to raise a side in the first ga hoisted exactly one hundred for the and after a long delay managed first wicket.

round up a team, and though beat Hardstaff, Hammond, Paynter by 9 runs to 5, gave a plucky dis- and J. Smith, the later also making play. R. McCall was outstanding British Isles (later Grea his debut, added materially to the with both hat and ball.

total, but the position cannot be

considered as sound, from the point

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149 (Smith

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