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DONALD BUDGE'S TRIPER CROWNS RECORD-BREAKING FEAT, BIODE VEL

CALIFORNIAN

BY

WHY MISS ROUND REGA NED

WOMEN'S TITLE AFTER EXCITING DUEL

(By A. Wallis Myers)

London, July 7.

WIMBLEDON is over, its prizes won and lost. The Americans among

the furth

blocked their

SET FORSER TISHI

In the third set all seemed over when Budge had saved his service from love-40 down to lead

Land and hope were the

when Hughes and Tuck

and

gam

for th

them have won six firsts, England three firsts, France one. But this Bu total of 10 includes the two consolation Plate events. The fate of the five championships, by which international prestige is rate do not reveal home players in the same ratio

fourth

ice, levelled

Mako again

Tuckey a

vice, but their service won the match

Last year Great Britain held four titles. This year we hold only one and have another. The United States have captured the two senior events, and produced in J. D. Budge tire weakne

player who has established a record by winning three.

in the

ser

I confess that as I saw the ze

of Hughes key in this department I

for rising ball ent

of course before the Dayn

It has been America's Wimbledon, yet the victory of Miss Dorothy Round, on Saturday, by of Hare and Wilde. There is which she regained the women's singles championship, after the closest final against Mlle. Jedrze tim jowska, champion of Poland, proves that talent and tenacity can still prevail in the home of lawn Cup Challenge Round to consider tennis.

Miss Round had not given her, self much of a thought this year, nor had the popular publicists. Perhaps this is why, moving in "the umpiere'd shade, and seeded No. 7 in the official list, though she was No. 3 in the world's "First Ten," her mind was less diverted and her chance, by sound judges of her game and character, deemed the stronger.

She had not gone great guns this year. Senorita Lizana had beaten her at Bournemouth and Brighton, Miss McOstrich at Melbury. She had got her own back on the Chilean champion at Birmingham, but she came to Wimbledon without any blare of trumpets.

a

RIIKERIORST

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONS

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Holder: Miss H H. Jacobs (U.S.A.) CHAMPIONSHIP

Final

this alternative

BUDGE COMPLETES TREBLE IgEngland. The doubles between Badge won his third title – with

champions of Great Britain and Miss Marble as an able lieutena the United States was, except in The disparity between the cha one set, a one-sided affair. Hughes pion and Yvon Petra, especially on and Tuckey were outplayed by the service return, of which Budge

hands with emphasis. Budge and Mako; the title changed was the complete master, left little

margin

for French hopes. But Perhaps Friday's almost epic Miss Marble, volleying in her last doubles match, in which the Ameri-match in England this year, recall cans survived against the Germans, ed that women were made to give affected spectators and competitors four eyes delight.

tike The Californians played on The two Plate events were divid- Saturday if they knew their ed between England and America. greatest danger had passed; the In one of the best of recent finals, ish came into court with the Wayne Sabin, of Seattle, who press- ory of Budge's disintegrating ed Austin so hard at Queen's Club

the other day, took and deserved. mine-minute the older Plate The younger was

tens scored wo They rallied pluck Budge's openi

(Seeded players in Black Type.) Miss D. E. Round (G.B. nominated) beat Panna J. Jedrzejowska (Poland), MEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Holders: G. P. Hughes and C. R. D. #Tuckey (GB) Final

J. D. Budge and (z. Mako (U. beat G. P. Hughes and C. R. D (G.B., nominated), 6-0, 61

WOMEN'S DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP Holders: Miss F. James and Stammers (GB) Final A. M. Yorke (G.B.) beat Mrs. M

Mme. R. Mathieu (France) and Mise King and Mrs. J. B. Pittman 63, 63.

MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSH

Holders F J. Perry and Miss D

Round (G.BY

RELATIVE VALUES COUNTED Yet, if relative values count at all, the player who had defeated the holder conclusively in their Wight man Cup match at Wimbledon year ago, and on the same court had confirmed this verdict at the Wimbledon just over, was at least a likely champion, and when her J. D. Budze passage to the final without a (USA) Matheu "vantage set in her five rounds was

Men's Tecorded, she herself might justly Sabin (USA) be think her big chance had come (South Afri

Women again

Miss F Lumb

But Miss Round did not play in the final on Saturday-save in sec- tions with the confidence or con- sistency o of earlier engagements.

Jast

st set was

affair the home

iss Freda James, against Margot Lumb found her

best form rather too late.

the second set

arble

R

WHEN LIFE LOOKS GRIM

E

For this decline there were reasons, not of uniform good quality, it held The day was sultry; hot pockets of the s ales evenly balanced until the air, influencing the ball's flight, had very end

invaded the centre court; the top TO US FOR FIRST TIME spin attack of her opponent, who "Meeting the loser in the whirl of had been unbeaten in three succes-Wimbledon after the match, I tend- sive tournaments in England, wased congratulations on her plucky encountered for the first time. fight. She was not thinking of the

HIGH HEART IN CRISIS result. "Oh, I 30

•

I believe that Miss Round's said, "I am going to -strokes and heart for the latter the first time." The

was sorely, needed in the third set only just been fixed,

alone ng those it I wondered silent) competition at Wimbledon this great tidings had year, could ha

survived the er-weeks of disciplined ling fast-f

ted challenge which the big event, Champion offered

the

Tast

And th

hampion

voked her vital

fingt

he wett

Brut

were no

the

she

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