The daily independent., 1937-07-20
AMERICAN TEAM
HOLDS Fl LEAD
OVER GERMANS
Budsc and Mako Play Bril-
lianlIy to Win I'm
Doubles
L. S. Team Favored
Grant Plays Henkel a n d
Bulge Plays Cramm
Today
L. S. Team Favored
BY ROBERT pOWsON

r,;r,bIedon. Eng. July 19.-U'D
,,r;ca.S Two flaming tennis
A., ,,,I,s Donald Bulge and Gene
;C ;,,Eo Of California-rallied bril-
I'll ~ today to defeat Baron
rn,,f,4ed Won Cramm and Han
Wv r HepkeI of Germany, 4-6. 7-5,
0S6 S GA. and give their country a
oormapding ? to l lead in the
navis Cup interzone finals.
The best three-of-five series
r.in he concluded tomorrow with
Bryan BitSy) Grant Of Georgia
nraving Henkel and Bulge playing
Won Cramm. To qualify for the
challenge round against England
,Ts Americans need to win but
ono Of these two matches, and to-
r,chr the betting was to 10 that
,bov would. These odds were bas-'
ID chiefly on Budge'S straight
81 win over Won Cramm in the
4rar ,lund at Wimbledon. Hen
EsI and Grant we're rated even.
II the American team does win
and move into the challenge
round they will be prohibitive ia
vor,reS TO defeat England and re-
GAIN the cup for the first time
since the French won it at Ger
mantown in 1927. England, with
one first class player in the line
up-Bunny AuStin-iS considered
a puShOyer.
The CalifornianS had to rally
slveyb,y TO win today'S critical
doubles test. More than once the
Germans had victory all but with
IN their grasp. After winning the
first set. Won Cramm and Henkel
led 5-3 in the second. were at set
point in the tenth game Of the
third and held a Al lead in the
fourth chapter. But on each of
these occasions Bulge and Mako
lifted their games to a sizzling
pitch and beat back disaster with
laundering vOIlCyS. kills and aces.
The Americans played superbly
a; the start of the first set, and
cracked Won Cramm's service in
fifth game ana held BudgeS to
lead 4-2.
The Germans than launched an
attack Of such severity that the
American pair was completely
SmOthered. and dropped four
games in a row. Henkel was par
,lCU,arly fine in this surge. He was
a killer at the net. hammering
nome vOlley5 that completely split
the opposition. and serving with
a severity that brooked no return.
Bulge lost his service in the tenth
game. dOub.e-faulting with the
score 3O-3O.
The second set was a bitter duel
With games following service un-
u. the eighth game when the Ger
mans again cracked Bulge for a
0-5 advantage With Henkel, one
Of the most terrific servers in the
game. ready 10 serve the ninth
game the Germans looked sure
winners Of the set and, perhaps.
."e match, But MakoS game
.0'AC us magic and Henkel was
os'hea. Gene then held his own
Oei'ery and set was squared. In
spTed 0y this rally, the Ameri-
la"S became unbeatable, storming
''e net 10 hammer winners to all
parts OF the court
Inc Americans broke through
Hv""e. $ service in the first game
y" me third set, but lost the ad-
'"""gc When Mako was broken
II ire second Games then fol-
'o"oc service until the thirteenth
Wien Hcnl;cl again was broken to
s,'1 lAe CallfOrnianS the winning
80. IL" Germans had set point
= ".e tenth game of this chapter
~. d 0Eacc Of perfect volleyS beat
.'1'1 OH. Budge was the mainStay
y, ''.c American in this set. Hrs
a."'1- was faultlCSs, and his SER
Vice wicked.
'"' Germans. refreshed by the
-, minute IntCrmiSSion after the
...'o "o' played fmious.y at the
'. Ok 'u" fourth and swept in
~ d a. lead They couldn't miss
-. -. ...',l- IN this drive. Three of
T 'o.E Games were won at love.
a '..A 'Nn Americans came to life
~ ,,. .."aEcd through five con-
,r '.''' -amcS. in which they pill
'p q points to eight for their
,"".a Hjd2c was unbeatable in
C-.. "''. march to victory. His
- were swift as bullets and
~,' always clipped the side
,'. aud his overhead shots were
,.. " uIt He finished the
'''@.." with a service ace.
TO-. 80 ID" exhibition match Mako
r. o1. with Mary Hardwick of
C..@"d '-'@"d TO defeat Hans Denker of
NJ many and Mary Whitemarsh
D. --,.''-.aad. 4-6. So. 6-4. frankie
rar, r,1. Z. American Davis Cup al
~ I'D ,'. was originally scheduled
6r.. p'"' in this match, but with
r.. saying Il don't care for
~..&EQ ~1,1bro-. e, :.