Evening star., 1935-07-28
Budge Is Undaunted.

Bulge Is Undaunted.
RUDGE, the freshman" member, in
sisted on being aggressively
confident.
I'VE are not beaten yet" he said,
determinedly.
Non-playing Capt. Joseph Wear,
obviously crestfallen, echoed the
freckled youngsters sentiments, but
could not get anybody to take him
seriously. Desperately he recalled
how America lost the first two matches
to Australia in the 1884 inter-zone
final and then swept the next three
to gain the challenge round.
ut can be done again." he said
grimly.
Allison. however, hit the nail on the
head and came closer to outlining the
situation in few words. He said:
1T looks as though all can do is
come close to winning"
Just like last year, Americas singles
representatives tried hard and fire.
quently aroused unbounded hope IL
the breasts of several hundred sup
porters scattered in the big stand.
One colony of Americans in fact at
tracted much attention by concerted
cheering as Allison came within two
points of beating Austin. But in the
end both the invading players and
the cheer leaders wound up behind
the same eight ball.
Players Rest Today.
THE rival players will rest over the
Sabbath, resuning the interna-
tional court conflict Monday, when
the doubles teams will get into action.
Uncle Sam will be represented by the
veteran combination of Allison and
Johnny Van Ryn of Philadelphia op-
posed to George Patrick Hughes and
C. R. D. Tuckey. The American tan
dem team is favored in this encounter.
The concluding singles will be played
Tuesday with today's lineup reversed.
There were few willing even to sug-
gest that Allison and Bulge would
take both remaining singles, although
Bulge possibly will subdue Austin.
The famous Bunny" who intro
duced short pants to big-time tennis
and made them stick. did not look to
be a world-beater against Allison. He
was lucky to win after the 31-year-old
Texas veteran led, 5-4, in the de-
Gliding set and was within two points
of victory.
But it was the Texan who cracked
at the crucial point, while the society
favorite on the opposite side Of the
net stood firmly for England. ALI
son, like Helen Jacobs in her thrill
ing Wimbledon final against Mrs.
Helen Wills Moody, can remember
one easy kill, which If he only had
bunted back over the net instead of
into the mesh, probably would have
crowned him with glory.
Allison Assaults Net.
THE first four sets were played at a
fast clip, which obviously sapped
much of Allison's strength. Starting
the deciding chapter, he summoned
all the physical reserve at his COM
mand. He fell fat on his face max
ing sensational placement to win
the seventh game and go ahead, H3,
and then he took things easy to re-
cover from the effects Of the fall and
permitted Austin to square the match
at 4-all almost without struggle.
Allison won the ninth game, CATCH
ing Austin fiat-footed with a beauti-
fully gauged lob and then had won
two Of the first three points Of the
tenth game. when he cracked wide
open. After a few exchanges Austin
returned weakly setting up the sim
plest kind Of kill for his American
rival. He swung at 1t nightly and
the ball landed in the net. This fail
lre infuriated the American and he
brought his racquet down hard on
the net. PLAY was halted while an
official went out to measure the height
Of the net.
With Austin leading 6-5 In games
and 40-3o, Allison muffed another
set-up, which gave the Briton the
final point. He did the same thing
with the ball-tried to drive it
through the mesh. This time, though,
he showed consideration for the net,
bringing his racquet down peevishly
on the turf instead.
Bulge q Year Away.
a FTER watching Bulge, the crowd
was Just about convinced he Is
just about q year away from beating
Perry. Perry himself shared the opin-
lon.
In stroke equipment the youngster
at times looked superior to the cham
pion, particularly in the great second
set. but he lacked the guile and
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