YO
PERRY'S THIRD
CHAMPIONSHIP
Von Cramm Injured After First Game
SUCCESS OF WILDE AND HARE IN DOUBLES
(BY A WALLIS MYERS)
Wimbledon's chief prize, King George's Cup and the men's singles championship, remains in British cus- tody, and F. J. Perry is the holder for the third succes- sive year.
But this record for the New Wimbledon, though redounding to the credit of the maker, was achieved without the customary ovation from a 35,000 gallery, without the customary struggle, and with Baron von Crumru, after the opening set, physically out of action and unable to run.
It was a disappointing finish to a final that promis.
ed so much.
Fate has been unkind to many Wimbledon competitors this year. The victims of muscular strain have been many.
Austin
stretched
with Von Cramm.
Wilmer Allison. champion. arrived
last
when, September
in his match against Allison, he had fallen and sustained a painful in- ternal injury.
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WINNER
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The Aga Khan confirmed the statement by "Hotspur" in "The Daily Telegraph" that his famous stallion Blenheim, winner of the Derby in 1930, was to be sold to a United States syndicate. The sale was completed yesterday.
Mr. William Dupont, Junior, and his sister, Mrs. Marion Somerville.
descendants of the founder of the great Dupont de Nemours Powder largely interested Company, are
in the purchasing syndicate.
The Aga Khan added that the under £50,000. price is a trifle. He considers that this is a good figure. since Blenheim is nine years old. whereas Windsor Lad. sold by the Maharaja of Rajpipla to Mr. M. H. Benson for the same amount two years ago, was only a three-year-old.
statement The
that he sold Blenheim because he already has sufficient horses of the Blandford blood was also confirmed by the Aga Khan. He expressed the be- let that Mahmoud, this year's Derby winner, of which Blenhelm was the sire. will prove as fine a stallion as Blenheim has been.
since there WAS final.
b's riding Not a sign of petulance or dis- muscle in the French champion-may to the vast and eager Ame rican crowd when, an obviously ship a month ago and had to re-
wounded man, he continued to tire before a prospective match
These great players are the end. great gentlemen, too.
Seeking a cause for the glut of casualties this year one is inciled tr find it. Arst in the increasing nervous strain of modern lawn tennis-one big match after an- other in an atmosphere of public Borotra's
in the tens'on-and, secondly weather changes of the present week that have made mobility on a damp surface more hazardous
the American In England from New York suffering from the same accident. Gene Mako, Bud- zes partner in the doubles, tore a muscle in his chest and had to re- ttre frem Wimbledon. Zappa, the cheery Argentinian, slipped and Borotra went d'slocated his arm. into hospital on Thursday night. having torn a leg ligament, which was "patched up" for the French and more stressful on the bodily man to play in the doubles yes-system. terday.
Finally, a cruel stroke of for- tude, one of the best-trained athletes, the German champion entered the Wimbledon wärd, al ready full up. Von Cramm's in- Jury- torn muscle in the thigh -came in the second game, when h was serving.
Von Cramm then realised, as told me afterwards that some thing had "gone." The perfect Eiversary, anxious to give Perry the full fruits of victory, he con- cealed his handicap as long as was humanly possible.
A. SUGGESTION
I offer respectfully suggestion ts the committee of management that they might lessen the physi- cal demands on the players by divorcing the doubles from the singles..
matches.
an all-Britis':
Hare and Wilde were the first tr make our pulses t'ngle. They de- reated the French ex-champions, Borotra and Brugnon, in four sets They were favoured, no doubt, by unfortunate accident. but their combined skill and con- fdence was such as to merit suc- cess in any event,
Was
WILDE AT HIS BEST
Frank Wilde
the ch'et architect of triumph. His value to the side was Illustrated by the fact that he did not lose a single "service game, and that four "áti these service games were won to
"love.
His service returns on both wings had venomous purpose be hind them; repeatedly he caught the incoming volleyer at his feet: then overhead he was even more destructive than Borotra, and that is a b'gh tribute.
COATES'
·GALLANT
RECOVERY
Beats Grimmitt In The Semi-Final
HIGH STANDARD
OF BOWLS
His characteristic but valuable spirit of fighting back in spite of facing tremendous odds was again displayed by A E Coates of Craigengower C.C. when he re- covered magnificently to beat A.
W. Orimmits; a former title holder, in the semi-finals of the open singles lawn bowls championship.
DOUBLE WIN FOR SHORTER DRIVES CHALLENGE
YANKEES
No Changes In League
BASEBALL RESULTS
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New York, July 26. The following were the results of to-day's Major League Baseball encounters:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Cincinnatti
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10
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Walker, Goodman "and" Myers hit
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• London July 8,
A new type of golf ball, the ob- ject of which is to cut down ap- preciably the distance it can be driven, ib contemplation.
With this end in view, members of the Special Committee of the Royal and Ancient Club met re-
the presentatives of
golf bäll manufacturers in Loudon this
week.
The R. and A Committee be- lieve that they have found a solu- tion of the problem of limiting the ball's excessive flight without interfering with the pleasure "of the golfer.
Manufacturers will submit their reports, and it is probable that 1.the
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Pittsburgh
van Mungo pitched Brooklyn
B
3
3
5
A
7
1
3
8
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Joe Medwick hit a homer.
10 4 Boston
Wally Berger hit a homer,
B
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The match was played yester day on the Football Club green, the score being 21 shots to 20 in Coates's favour after playing 23 оnе time. Grimmitt heads. At was leading by 13 shots to Ave
started badly, while Contes Grimmitt at once settled down to score on the first four successive heads. This gave him a lead of Pittsburgh six shots to nil At the Afth head, Brooklyn the C.C.C. bowler seemed to find." his green at fast and scored three St. Loule shots, followed in the next head by a single. Fate was evidently playing against Cbates on the next head, when he allowed Grimmitt to score the possible Grimmitt bowled his last wood in this head with Coates having the first shot. The former intended to take this shot away, that he connected his wood with another of Coates's. which took away Coutes's shot for him to register his "4". Despite
"bowled on at a good length and this unfortunate outcome, Coates at the 14th saw himi only being led He went by 14 shots to nine. nto the lead by some excellent bowling, when at the 18th he too scored the possible.""
At this stage, both players were paying with their usual calmness, although it was evident that the wo of them bowled with the greatest care.
St. Louis...............
Martin. Joe Medwick and Davis hit homers. Boston
5 / 11 Cuccinello hit a homer.
Chicago
2
Walter pitched.
4: 7 Witney hit a homer. Philadelphia
2
1
18 Chicago
23 Galan, Warnecke. Alleri, Hack: and. Demaree (2) hit homers. Philadelphla
3 12
. Dolph Camill hit two homers.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
2
12 13 New York
Dimaggio, Lou Gehrig and Tony Lazzeri hit homers. Chicago
Coates went into the lead at the 19th head. He had 19 shots to his credit while Grimmitt had only 15. All seemed to be over with Grimmitt, but the veteran was undaunted, and he came with even aner bowing in the 20th head than Coates, who at this stage of the game was bowling at the same standard of play which earned him his recovery, Grim-Washington mitt scored singles on the next
3
8
1
0
11 15 Lou Gehrig hit a homer.. New York ..... Chicago.........
Zeke Bonura hit a homer.
The plans adopted in Ameri- sa to, I believe, the benefit of the standard of play, and it might, I think. be considered here without impairing the spectacular quall Les of Wimbledon or preventing a'
Hate's best was not seen until fortnight's feast of attractive
the critical fourth set, when h's Perry owes his three champion-interceptions were very timely and two heads to take the lead which St. Louis...... 1 COULD NOT BUN"
ships to his own skill and ardour. his service returns consistantly had been taken from him for so good. He had his lapses in how but I doubt whether he would the third set. but these may be
The 23rd head opened with "I dia not appreciate
20 shots to 19 serious it was." he said. "until. have gained them if he had ex-forgiven him.
since his spirit the score
Grimmitt's favour movement. no doubt aggravating posed himself to the diversion and
but It was anybody's game, my complaint. I found that extra physical strain of doubles never flagged. The lefthander.
Coates had the upper hand and could not run for the wide drive matches interpared between his closed many familiar loopholes for
scored two shots to win, and to nor turn on my hips in my usual singles.
enter the final for the first time. way.". Batt
Crowd The huge expectant gathered for the match of the meeting two great players. were ayrst mystined. They saw the Keyed-up, rampant Perry serving like a demon and hitting winners on the drive and volley,"
CAVE NO SIGN OF PAIN But the German respondent, though he gave no outward sign to the gallery of any impediment or pain, and though he answered a friendly enquiry by Perry a they crossed over after the "that art with a smiling asturente that nothing was wrong, was, for all practical purposes, out of the hunt.
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"It is significant that Von Cramm quite normally, of course: for he entered for the two events, like many others was required by the exigencies of the programmes to play a 'long' and 'exacting doubles match against Allison" and "Vän Ryn on the evening before he met Austin in the singles.
After he had beaten Austin and on the same day there was an- other set in the same doubles con- test waiting for him
AMERICAN'S ́ ADVANTAGE Donald Badge, one may also point out in this connection, was out of the men's doubles prema- turely, through the injury, of his partner, Gene Mako. I have lit- The match in short, was over tle doubt that he gave Perry a after that arst long game, with sterner and closer Bght on that 1ts three net-cords and its two account.,
Allison did not improve" bis double faults a fierce, fluctuating .game, conducted at high tension. chances by the mixture of singles and a joyous game since it seem-with doubles, and the effect of
ed to presage many more of equal their combination on the Austra- Intensity to come.
lians was reflected in the disap- pointing display of Crawford and Quist on the day after both had down in the companion gone event.
HRESULT INEVITABLE To describe it in detail is but to tell the tale of an 'nevitable end" Vân Cramm won the second game of the first set and the first gline of the second set. in which Perry helped him by a "double fault
German team. is
the French.
He is not 80
long.
"
The encounter was watched by a fest good number of spectators, whe applauded loudly when credit was
PACE BEATS BRUGNON Brugnon found the hot-pace Bet too by his opponents a little searching. about the court as he was. Bord- tra, too, was surprised into. un- familiar errors by the British at- tack.
fractures French service could not be repaired; the Bri- tish service was inviolate. When Wilde was not serving he was at the net to aid his partner.
• The second doubles, between England and America did not end until the shades of night were falling. Thousands waited to see a hectic clase; the Bishop If Lon- con could not tear himself away.
All four men were at the top of
due.
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RINK GAME In the quarter finals of the open rink lawn bowls champion- ship. a C.C.C. quartette composed. or K. MOmar. AM. Omar, D. Rumjahn and M. Omar (skip)) defeated the K.C.C. Id-F. A Broadbridge, S. J. Haughton, W. J. Geall and R. P. Phillips (skip) by 24 shota to 15.
their form a guarantee tha MISS JACOBS TO
spectacular rallies were in store.
HUGHES AND TUCKEY LEAD Hughes and Tuckey established
REST FROM TENNIS
a two-set lead, breaking through the service of Van Ryn in the vital 11th game,, helped by a doublé fault. But the Americans, CAR TOUR OF BRITAIN
lovers of iong" fights" and in no
(Bpecial Air Mail Service) Way dismayed, retaliated wit..
London, July 7. great ardour. They were up and doing all the time, and, often
Miss Helen Jacobs, looking re- luring Tuckey into a losing postmarkably fresh after her long
Highgate yesterday."
VON CRAMM'S PLANS V You Cramm, with the other tion, took the third set to three.. struggle with Mrs. Sperling at The fourth was a desperate Wimbledon on Saturday, when members of the Jeaving Londen to-day, as pre-affair of 22 games, yielding some she won the women's singles the others were all gathered by viously arranged. for Zagreb, great play on both sides. Allison championship, played in an ex- the champion with
a margin where the German match against and Hughes were perhaps muthibition match in the grounds of widening as the effects of Von Jugoslavia is due to begin on Fri-standing in it. It was. Allison who Bir Arthur Crosfeld's house at
saved the first match ball against Cramm's ailment became more day next.
America in the 16th game, and to his inability
No one can say precisely for a apparent and chase the ball 'more paralysing. day or two whether he will be Hughes who made the winning able to lead his country in that volley-a shot to frame between One's sympathy went out to
the ever resisting Americans, both men to the German for an encounter. If he is hors de com-
To-day's anal may conceivably accident not only quining his bat Henkel and Lund 11 consti-
have a bearing on the selection of chance. yesterday but probably tute "the visiting team. On the
may the British pair for the Day's Cup Imperilling Germany's chance in other hand, Von Cramm the Day's Cup; and to the cham- have recovered sumciently to earn challenge round,
In the women's doubles the plon for the unfulfilment of an point which might make all the
witchampion paks of England and ambition to "defeat a sound op-ifference to the result":
Robbed of a thrill in the singles. Americs will be opposed, and if ponent, at the decisive stage of his
final, the crowd: had a full mea- they see a match anything like a defence.
sure excitement: in the two thrilling as the Wightman Cup I was reminded, when I saw the doubles matches that followed: In encounter to-day's crowd has a
in each case a brilliant British vic- treat in prospect
The result of every final to-day courtly, chivalrous manner. which the German champion contory was recorded,:. cealed his mortintation from the For the first time since 1923 18 open. America is represented. crowd that Perry's demeanour England will have doubles cham-in-three, events, and Miss Helen had been the same at Forest Hills plons. It is much longer atHi Jacobs will appear in two
CHIVALROUS GERMAN
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tember.
It is expected that on a full shot the new ball will effect a reduc- tion of between 20 and 25 yards
In some quarters this is regard- ed as a retrograde step. In others 15 is viewed as necessary to pre- vent the ruin of the game by stretching courses to such an in- ordinate length that golf becomes a test of 'endurance rather than of skill. For the recent Open cham pionship Hoylake was stretched to about 44 miles.
AMERICAN SOLUTION The "fact that. Marcel Dalle- the French champion, magne. reached the green with an kron for the second shot at each of the three long holes measuring from. 511 to 532 yards brought the mist- ter to a climax. Against a strong wind, he reached the eighth-527 yards in two shots despite an up- hill-finish on to a plateau green.
Four years ago America tackled the problem of length by standar- dising a ball slightly larger but of the same weight as the British
STAVED OFF
Four Of The Five Tennis Titles
"POSSIBLY MY LAST WIN," SAYS PERRY
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(Special Air Mail Service)
London, July & The challenge of over 30 foreign countries has been resisted by Britain at Wimbledon, home play- ers.capturing tour of the five open championship events.
Only one title went overseas-to singles, America-the women's
which Miss Helen Jacobs' secured at the Afth attempt.
it
- "Pat" Hughes and C. R. D. Tuckey, for the first time in 13 years, recaptured the men's dou- bles for Britain,
Dorothy Fred Perry and Miss Round disposed of Donald Budge. the Scottish-born American, and his partner, Mrs Fabyan. in one most thrilling tests ever of the witnessed on the Centre Court.
of success con- Britain's run tinued when Miss Freda James and Miss Kay Stammers retained their women's doubles champion- ship.
PERRY "GETTING OLD" Fred Perry, speaking on Satur- day at the annual ball in London of the Lawn Tennis Association on his third Wimbledon win drew cries of protest when he remarked, "It is possibly my, last win." Smil- ingly he added, "I am getting old."
Referring to the injury received by Baron Gottfried von Cramm in the final, he said, "I feel I won the championship by the back door, so to speak (Cries of "No.") " "I am very sorry that yester- day's match should have ended as with It did. I sympathise Gottfried.".
Having thanked officials and others, Ferry added
"I would like to thank the peculiar epidemic of injuries--
ball St. Andrew's declined to fall first the Wimbledon throat and into line. believing that the Amethen this year's crop of injuries. rican ball was unsuitable for this About the only thing that could save me next year is, I think, a country.
Helen Vinson. the alm actress wife of Fred Perry, the lawn ten- pis champion, few from Croydon to Paris yesterday. She will sail for Hollywood in the Normandie on Wednesday.
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Kress hit a homer.
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It's estimated that between 10.- 000.000 and 15,000.000 golf balls, of the value of about 290,000. are produced each year.
war."
Washington
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St. Louis
Philadelphia Cleveland
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Goss pitched.
Philadelphia Cleveland
She came to Britain in January, a few months" after her marriage to Mr Perry, and has been engaged in flm work here.
OLYMPIC GAMES BROADCASTS
2(Hong Kong Dally Press", Special?
Mr Perry told a reporter at set How M. Berlin, July 26.
Croydon. "My wife, has engage- The representatives of the Germents to full in Hollywood, but I man Post Offics and Radio recent am unable to leave with her be-
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"Hal Trosky hit a homer.
homers. Detroll Reuter.
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on August 5,
Almada and Foxx (2) hit homers, ly reported that they had complet cause of the Davis Cup and other ed the preparations for the Olym- arrangements in this country, I Boston
pic Games. The technical per-shall be sailing in the Queen Mary sonnel of the Berlin Post Office has been increased by 5,500 persons. The Radio has employed, 200 addi- tional speakers and 800 additional technicians, so that 48 broadcasting countries can make their reports on the Olympiad.-- Trasnorenr News Barvice
Oldest Winner Of Golf Open Dies In Poor-House
(Special Air Mail Service)
London, July 9. -Britain's oldest golf open cham- pion, David Brown, aged seventy- five, died yesterday in a poor- house at Lovereak, withir two miles
the world's supreme golfing title. the course over which he won He had lived in the house for Ave years.
:
Brown was a slater, and a 'man of immense strength when he won the "open" at Musselburgh in 1886. Mr. John Ball (Royal Liverpool), whiner in 1890, ia now the oldest living golf champion.
facings. Miss Jacobs wore a white fluffy jumper and white shorts with a dark blue stripe.
The exhibition is organised an- nually by Sir Arthur and Lady
"This is the last game I shall Crosfield in aid of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre play until I start practising for and Wards and the 4th North the American championships," London Scouts. A number of Miss Jacobs informed a répresenta- other tennis stars, including Five of "The Daily Telegraph." Ferty and H. W. Austin took part 1 am going on a motor tour Miss Jacobs played with LH through Britain and shall sail for Wheatcroft in a mixed doubles home perhaps at the end of the match against Miss Kay Stam- month. Although I was terribly
ly at again mers and J. H. Crawford, who tired after Saturday I am perfect- won 6-3, 9-7-
Among those who watched the offer Miss Stammers created some
interest by her departure from the play were the Earl of Athlone, and wore a pale blue divided skirt and Princess Marie Louise and conventional white costume, She Princess Alice Countess of Ath
white jumper with pale blueHelena Victoria.
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Asked if he had any news of the reported offer from America of a contract to turn professional at a fee of £10,000, Mr Perry Buid. "No. I have heard nothing and I am not concerned."
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