The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-07-24
Cup
Netmen Face
British Team
Allison Sends Yankees Into
Challenge Round by
Beating HenkeI.
BIZ United Press

WIMBLEDON, England, July "a
Donald Bulge of California and
Sidney B. Wood of New York to-
day we're named by nom playing
Captain Joseph Wear to represent
the United States in singles in the
Davis Cup challenge round against
England on Saturday. Wilmer ALI
son and Johnny Van Ryn will carry
the American doubles assignment.
In the fifth and final match OF
the German zone finals today, Don
Bulge defeated Baron GOttfried
Won Cramm, O-6, 81, So, 6-S.
By United Press
WIMBLEDON, England, July "a.
Americas Davis Cup team today
earned the right to challenge Eng
land for the historic tennis trophy
when Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex,
defeated Heinrich Henkel, 81, rs,
liz, in the deciding match of the
European zone final with Germany.
Allison'S victory comprised the
necessary third win in the flve-match
series with Germany. AS a result
the fifth match involving young Don
Bulge of Oakland, Cal, and Baron
Gottfried Won Cramm, which was to
follow the Allison Henkel duel, was
reduced to an exhibition status.
Americas other two points were
gained in Budge's singles victory
over Henkel on Saturday, and in
the doubles yesterday, won by Al
lison and John Van Ryn over Won
Cramm and Kay Lund.
Texan Wins Needed Points
The results of play followed best
expert prediction, for Bulge and
Allison were expected to win their
singles matches with the relatively
inexperienced Henkel, and America
was counted a sure winner in
doubles.
Allison, despite his gruelling five
set doubles match of yesterday,
which cost him nine pounds and
brought his weight down to 1851,
defeated the inexperienced Henkel
easily. True, Henkel was at set
point in the tenth game of the sec
ond set, and led most of the way
in the third, but the Texan always
was able to lift his game notch
or two and take points where they
were needed.
Reich Youth Nervous
The first set was no match, and
lasted but IS minutes, as Henkel,
highly nervous, was unable to keep
the ball out of the net.
In the second set, Allison, after
winning the first game, dropped
back to the baseline in an effort to
conserve his strength. The German,
sensing this let-down, moved to the
attack and quickly took lead OF
90.
That ended Henkel's bid, however,
for Allison, deserving the baseline
for a blistering all-court attack,
blazed through the next five games
for the set.
Allison, very weary, allowed the
German to take a So lead in the
third set before he began fighting
He made it As with a glorious
cross-cou backhand on the dead
run, and leveled at sail with q
beautiful net stand
Third Set Is Thriller
Allison did not take the lead un-
til the thirteenth game of the set
when he pushed to 7-6. He dropped
the fourteenth, however, when he
purposely double -faulted after the
crowd had booed him for accepting
doubtful line decision from the
umpire.
Henkel forged ahead when he Won
the fifteenth on service, out the
Texan, fighting now, leveled at Sail
Allison led 400 in the seventeenth
but lost it when the German brought
off a series of beautiful winners at
the net. The Texan served an un-
beatable eighteenth game and then
broke through in the nineteenth
with two perfect lobS and driving
kill The final game was a quick
one as Henkel outed four success
Sive points.