The daily independent., 1937-07-21
Don Bulge Beats Won
Cramm and Grant
Falls to Henkel
BY ROBERT C. DOWSON

BuQge, TO overcome a IWO SeG uc-
ficit and defeat Baron GOttried
Won Cramm of Germany, today
sent the United States Davis Cup
team into the challenge round
against Great Britain heavy
favorite to return the priced ten
mis- trophy to the Western Hem
isphere for the first time in 10
years.
With the match score at %,
and the outcome of the inter-zone
finals hanging in the balance,
Bulge rose to the heights to de-
feat Won C1amm, 6-8, ST., Ga,
6-2, 8-6.
The German net stylist fought
a dogged battle during those first
two sets to keep Nazi hopes alive,
but Budges superior strength
began to tell in the third, and he
ran Won Cramm off his feet. The
Baron rallied again in a final ef-
fort to take the last set. and sent
it into extra games, but again
Budge's sizzling drives began to
hit the corners, and Won Cramm
couldn't handle them.
The Germans had squared the
series at two all when young Hen
ner Henkel overcame Bryan Grant
diminutive U. S. No. 2 singles
player from Atlanta, Ga. Grant
could not cope with the blazing
service of the Rhineland star and
fell Us, 2-6, 6-3, GA. The Dixie
acrobat previously had been beat
en- by Won Cramm in opening
singles encounters last Saturday.
Without the services of Fred
Perry who turned professional
last year, and with only one top
notch player on the British team,
Henry w. Bunny Austin, the
Union Jack is not conceded a
chance Of hold the historic cup.
The Americans will go into the
challenge round this weekend
overwhelming favorites to win the
cup for the first time since Rene
Lacoste, Henri Cochet, Jacques
Brungnon and Jean Borotra took
the trophy to France in 1927 af-
ter breaking the seven-year hold
of the United States.
In today's final and deciding
tilt, Bulge, who swept Won
Cramm from the courts in
straight sets to win the All-Eng-
Ian singles championship, was
slow in getting started. In the op-
ening set Won Cramm outspeeded
Bulge to win the 18th game when
it was deuced 6-6, then cracked
the Americans service in the
next game to run out the set, 8-6.
Games followed service in the
second set until the 18th game
when the German broke through
by scoring a fine lob to the base
line, then a pair of perfect back
ward court crossers.
Donald opened the third set
brilliantly, breaking Won Cramm' S
opening service with less of but a
point. Leading by two games it
was necessary only for Bulge to
hold his. service to win the set
Ga.
Again the American broke Won
Cramm's service to open the
fourth and blazed through to take
the set, 6-2.
The fifth set furnished VIM
bledon fans with one of the great
est battles witnessed on the his
toric court in years. Won Cramm,
regaining some of the brilliance
with which he opened the match,
battled Bulge for every point.
Bulge was at set point, 40-30,
in the final game after fooling
Won Cramm with a backhand
drop shot, but the Baron saved
himself. Bulge was at match
point four times, but the German
pulled out twice with amazing
forehand passes, and again when
Bulge overdrove the baselines.
But the fourth time, the Amer
lean: was not to be denied. He
worked Won Cramm out Of posi-
ton, then whipped over a hard
forehand that the German scarce
ly saw.
Grant was never a match for
the youthful Henkel. The Nazi
junior star outmaneuvered him
easily to win the first three games.
Grant seemed iittery as he won
his service in the fourth, and
Henkel broke him again in the
sixth to lead ST.. whereupon the
tiny Albanian staged a brilliant
rally to win the next four and
square the match at SIS. Henkel
then held service in the 11th, and
cracked Grant in the 18th, with
but loss Of point in each to win
| the first set Us.
The German seemed content to
run Bitsy all over the court in the
second set, and Grant put on a
break Henkel's service in the first,
third and fifth games 10 lead SO.
Henkel took the next two as
Grant began to err, but the Amer
lean held his service on the
eighth game to win, 60.
Henkel merely remained at the
baseline and outsteadied Grant
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