The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-07-06
JOHN VAN RYN AND
ALLISON Bring i. S.
DOUBLES CONFALON
Americans Win Three Of Five
Titles, England and France
Secure One Each

Wimbledon. July 6.-(F)-New Brit
ish tennis champions crowned in the
Wimbledon tournament which came
to an end today are as follows:
Mems singles-Henri Cochet.
France.
Mems doubles-Wiimer Allison and
John Van Ryn, u. S.
X-Woinen's singlcs-Miss Helen
Wills. u. S.
x-Women's doubles-Mrs. Phoebe
Watson and Mrs. Peggy Saunders
Michel. England.
Mixed doubles-Miss Helen Wills
and Francis T. Hunter. u. s.
X~-Indicates retained championship.
Americas dashing young doubles
team consisting of John Van Ryn and
Wilmer Allison won the British ten
mis- championship In mems doubles to-
day by defeating Rriton's best pair.
j, c. Gregory and I. G. Collins, In
the final.
Set Was Terrific
Allison and Van Ryn won out in a
terrific five set struggle by cor of
Ga. ST. 6-3. 1912. Ga.
BY their victory which was pre-
coded by smashing triumphs over the
best doubles pairs in the world includ-
ing the defending champions. Henri
COchet and jacques Brugnon. Of
France. and Bill Tilden and Frank
Hunter. their fellow Americans who
won this title in 1927. the young
Americans "a lay claim to virtual
world supremacy.
Although comparatively new to big
.time international play. these two
impetuous youngsters. Allison. the
Texan. and Van Ryn. the former
Princeton captain. cut a swath at
Wimbledon that stamped them as one
of the best doubles combinations put
together in recent years and a likely
bet for Uncle Sans Davis cup team
in their event.
No grueling test Of stamina
and courage ver decided a cham
pionship on this historic turf. When
the Scottish English combination of
Collins and Gregory rallied to win the
fourth set at 1910 and Allison showed
signs Of extreme WEAKNESS, many felt
the home team would outlast the
Americans. But in the final show
down it proved to be the youngsters
who had the most strength in re-
serve.
The women's doubles championship
was successfully defended by the
British team of Mrs. Holcroft Watson
and Mrs. Peggy Saunders Michel.
They defeated Mrs. Phyllis Covell and
Mrs. Shepherd Barron, 6-4, 8-6 in the
final round.
U. S. Has Three Titles
Giving the United States three Of
the five British championships. Miss
Helen Wills and Frank Hunter won
the mixed doubles final from I. G..
Collins and Miss Joan Fry of Eng
land, 6-1, GA.
The dark-haircd Van Ryn and his
blond partner from Texas we're prac-
tically unknown at Wimbledon until
they began to play and were general
~ rated below the other two Ameri-
can combinations-Tilden and Hunt
or and George Lott and John Hennes-
Sey.
# any added touch was needed to
make the Americans triumph dra-
matte In the extreme it vas provided
by the breathless five-set match. a
two-hour fight. which lael.y decided
the championship after the outcome
had been in doubt the entire way.
Championship honors in the mems
division were divided between the
United States and France. which last
year captured both of these titles.
Shortly before the doubles match,
Henri Cochet won an all-French
singles final from Jean Borotra by
scores of Ga, 6-3. Ga. America had
two titles of the first three to be de-
cided as Helen Wills easily kept her