Evening star., 1935-07-21
.TROUNCES HENKEL
IN ERRAT|C MATCH
Rain Checks AIIison's Tilt
With Won Cramm-CroWd
Is Angered by Delay.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

II
wv WIMBLEDON, England, July
NA/ Red-headed young
| wv Donald Bulge, scared
v stiff" by his own admis-
sion, but nevertheless able to set
tie down and play grown-up tennis
when really threatened, got the
United States away to a running start
by whipping Germany's equally
| youthful Heiner Eenkel before rain
washed out the other half OF today's
Davis Cup competition.
After scrambling around for three
sets Of tennis that looked more like
q prep school match than an inter-
national duel of ranking players,
Bulge outscored Henkel, IS, lie,
6-s, 6-1. Thus he posted the first
point for America in the interzone
finals, the outcome Of which decides
England's challenger.
Wilmer Allison, the Texan, and
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm, Ger
many's No. man, then sat around IN
their tennis clothes for more than an
hour, waiting In vain to start the sec
ond singles match. 1t rained steadily
most Of that time and the center court
was kept covered. Then, when the
downpour ceased, there wasn't enough
| time left to play more than a set or so
and the team captains agreed on a
postponement Of play until Monday.
Delay Anglers Spectators.
THE carry which means putting
back the doubles until Tuesday
and the final two singles matches
until Wednesday, prompted q large
Saturday crowd to let loose wholly
| unexpected demonstration Of annoy
ance. Evidently irritated by failure
to see the days feature match, after
so long a delay. spectators not only
heaved cushions, but actually lit
tered up the historic turf with bar
rage Of teacups and saucers.
1t was an unprecedented outburss
by British tennis onlookers, who
generally have no difficulty restraining
their emotions. The scene was more
characteristic of an American base
ball crowd than o British sports
gathering.
As for the one match completed, the
less said about it from a technical
standpoint the better. Bulge
obviously suffered from stagefright ir
his Davis Cup debut on Wimbledon
turf. Henkel though equally erratic
proved q tougher proposition than the
American anticipated. The young
German, had he been able to capital
ize set point in the tenth game oi
the prolongued second set, might have
upset the Californian.
AS IT was, Henkel eventually
"A dropped this set and although
he pulled out the third he was out
classed in the final chapter. After
fight talk" during the rest period
from Capt. Joe Wear and his team
mates, Bulge cut loose with his dead
lest bolts in the fourth set, sending
the young German scuttling for the
storm cellar. The redhead reeled OF
five straight games and yielded only
II points.
Both got q lot Of bad tennis out
Of their systems in the first thret
sets. Henkel outfumbled Bulge ir
the first set. The German had lead,
in the second and third, but made
good only one Of his chances to win
He muffed an easy smash in the tenth
game Of the second set, for set point
while leading, 40-30.
By actual count, there were q
service breaks, including in sue
cession and IL all told in the third
set. This probably set a record fol
Davis Cup play. Bulge not only had
his delivery broken q dozen times, but
he was frequently baffled by Henkel'i
chop strokes and soft 'fioaters."
Meanwhile the Californian's nor
mally trenchant backhand was err
ratio and he did not combine any
thing resembling accuracy and power
until the final set.