Evening star., 1933-05-28
CATTARUzzA GIVES
VINES HOT BATTLE
Captures Invaders Lone Set.
DeIuge Saves Zoppa From
Defeat by Allison.

- quest by rain, 4 great
United States Davis Cup
tennis team wound up it's
series with Argentina late yester-
day, winning four straight matches
from the victors In the South
American zone and losing their
only decision to a torrential down.
pour that halted Wilmer Allison,
United States team captain, as he
was on the threshold Of a fifth
victory.
Before the final score was written.
however and before the rain put an
end to the proceedings, pair of IN
domitable Argentinians, outclassed but
not outgamed, put on a sensational
back-to-the-Wall stand which finally
resulted in victory in single set by
America H. Cattaruzza over Ellsworth
Vines, great Californian, who holds the
United States singles championship.
Vines, forced to the limit by Catta-
ruzZa in the twin singles contests Of
the final day of play in the American
zone final with the game players from
Argentina, was forced to call on his
best brand of tennis before downing
the agile Cattaruzza by scores of IS,
6--1, 81 and 6-1.
The United States team, by taking
the first two singles matches on Thurs
day. with Vines and Allison as the
spearheadS of the attack, won the series
by taking third straight match in
the doubles on Friday, when George
M: Lott and John Van Ryn defeated
Adriano Zappa, captain Of the Argen-
tine team. and Adelmar r. Eccheverria
in straight sets.
THE final singles match Of the series
L found play halted by the second
heavy shower Of the day, when
Allison had won two sets from Kappa,
third set. The two captains-Allison
for the United States and Zappa for
the Argentine-fnally settled their
match in the club house, deciding in
a conference that the contest would be
declared officially cancelled" rather
than defaulted by either side. However,
Elmer Griffin, the referee, declared the
match defaulted as the lowering rain
clouds, which had earlier flooded the
courts and forced q postponement Of
80 minutes, again opened up. The
team score will go into the record books
as 40 win for the United States.
BY their victory the American Davis
Cup argonauts thus will cross the At
Iantlc about July to meet the winner
OF the European zone without q blemiSh
on their slate. Successfully Mexico.
Canada and Argentina have fallen be-
fore them. and if they win their next
match against the winner of the Euro
pean zone final they will again face
France in the challenge round for the
coveted Davis Cup-premier trophy of
the tennis world
The final matches of the series were
packed with drama, for both Cattaruzza
and Zappa we're In better form than in
the opening singles. Cattaruzza. fiRht-
Ing back like a tiger with the score
20 against him in the opening set,
pulled up on Vines to lead at 5-4, only
TO nave Vines win two games by deadly
placements and unerring cross-court
work to lead at 6-5. At this point the
nrst ralnstorm broke, and within the
short space of minute the courts were
Hooded an inch deep in water. But the
en-tout-cas courts dry out quickly, and
play was resumed, with DR.. Feline a.
Espil. Argentine Ambassador, and a
number of other notables in the eal-
lery; Vines ran out the needed game
quickly.
CATTARUzzA served three successive
~ double faults to lose the first game
OF the second Set-a fault which
cost MIN total Of IS points in the four
sets' or nearly four complete games.
and found Vines opening up his game
and dropping the lackadaisical attitude
which had marked his first-set play.
Hitting the ball with all his energy the
"!ry Argentinian was unable to cope
with the fat drives of Vines, hit with
all the speed and accuracy that has
overwhelmed the worlds best tennis ex-
perts, and Vines quickly ran out the set
to win at 81.
Vines won the first four games Of
the third set, two of them at love. with
cattaruzza giving little notice Of the
change to come. With the score 40
against him. the Argentinian began an
amazing string of shots, taking Vines,s
service twice and running through five
straight games, to make the score 5-4
IN his favor. Then Vines broke Cat
taruzzas service for sail, only to again
lose his own service to give the Argen-
tlnlan the advantage game at 6-5 by
the nets and outs Of the United States
champion Cattaruzza won the set with
the finest display of volleying and driv-
ing seen in the series. catching Vines
several times with booming
drives that criss-crossed the court to
nick the tape. His fight captured the
fancy Of the gallery, and time after
time when the Argentinian dropped a
point groans arose from the stands.
RUT Vines came back after a short
- rest, more serious and de-
termined young man, for the
fourth set. He put on all his burning
speed for the first time, and Cattaruzza,
agile and quick as he was, was unable
to stop the series of sizzling fiat drives
and sharp cross-court angle shots that
broke from the racquet of the Cali
fornian. Against such speed the Ar
eentinian was virtually helpless, and
Vines ran out the set with rush of
II placements. meanwhile forcing the
South American into IA errors. Vines
won the final set at 6-l.
zappa entered his match with ALI
;on with the same determination that
characterized his teammate. Time after
lime the diminutive Argentinian fell on
,he court striving to reach one Of ALI
sons dehcately placed returns. but Al
ison's smooth stroking and all-around
play was too much for him. Allison
Won the first set at 6-2, although many
yameS went to deuce; won the second
et at 6-1 and pulled up from an o.
cad by Kappa to gall, when rain stop
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