Evening star., 1937-06-27
GERMAN SPARKLES
AS HE BEATS MAKO
Moves With Three American
Stars to Quarter.FinaI
Play at Wimbledon.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer

w WIMBLEDON, England, June
26.-A crowd of 25 900
" " swarmed over Wimbledon.
filling every stand and
choking passageways today as the
weeks vital play in the ALL England
tennis championships
Completion OF the fourth round Of
mems singles found three Americans.
two Germans. two Australians and
one Englishman qualified to play the
quarter finals Monday There seemed
nothing much more certain in the
! world than that Americas red headed
| Don Bulge would meet Baron Gott-
fried Won Cramm of Germany next
Friday for the championship relin-
quished by Fred Perry.
| These two have shown such tire.
mendous superiority over the feld
nobody else is even being mentioned
in the same breath with them. Won
Cramm. in overwhelming Gene Mako
| OF Los Angeles. 60, 60, 6-3, In q
fourth round match, looked just about
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| in trimming Ladislaus Hecht Of
Czechoslovakia
Won Cramm in Fine Fettle. :
THE German needed only II min.
utes to polish of the first set
and. hitting more severely than q
year ago, moved through the next
| two without being extended at any
point. Won Cramm had the situation
so we'll in hand at all times that he
seldom moved up to the net. Mako'S
charges to the forecourt invited dis.
aster, for four times out OF every
Ave, the baron passed him with
perfect shots down the sidelines.
! Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin Of
England and Jack Crawford of Aus
tralia gained ridiculously easy pas
sage into the quarter finals, but
Heinrich Henkel, second-ranking
German. had dour struggle on his
hands before he could subdue the
rising young British southpaw.
Charles Hare. e-4, 'e. 3-s. SO,
6-3.
British tennis fans, as 4 matter
Of fact. feel somewhat heartened
about their chances of keeping the
Davis Cup, after watching Hare
launch ferocious net attack, to win
two OF the first three sets. II he
could sustain a similar ofIense for
three sets, Hare might beat ths
second singles player on any one
OF the three teams still in the run.
ming for the right to challenge Eng
lands cup-holding forces-the United
States, Germany and CzechoslovAkia.
Easy Match for Austin.
IN STRONG contrast to Henkers
troublesome day, Austin crushed
Andre LAcroix of Belgium. 6-2. 81,
SO. and Crawford. the only un-
seeded player to qualify for the last
eight. disposed Of L. Sham OF Great
Britain. 6-4. 6-3. S-6.
Mondays quarter-final round pair
lngs will send Bulge against Vivian
McGrath of Australia, and Frankie
Parker OF Milwaukee against Henkel
In pair OF duels on the No. court.
The center court attractions will
be Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant Of At
lanta against Austin, and Won
Cramm against Crawford.
Meanwhile, play in the women's
singles division moved ahead N
halting fashion, with three of the
favorites. Alice Marble. the United
States champion: Dorothy Round of
England, and the Countess de Ia
Valdene, the former Lili de Alvarez.
qualifying for the fourth round.
Miss Marble defeated Mollie Lincoln
OF England, 81, 60: Miss Round
disposed Of Miss G. Terwindt of Hol-
land, So. So, and the Countess
Valdene won from Alex McCostrch Of
Ireland, 6-4, SO. Miss Round and
the Countess Valdene will meet In the
fourth round Monday when the other
principal voman's singles feature Will
send Nine. Rene Matthew OF France
against Mrs. NJ. r. phyllis Mudford)
King.