Evening star., 1937-07-27

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he and Mako scored over F. H. D.
Wilde and c. R. D. Tuckey yesterday
set the stage for Parker and the Mil
waukee youngster took full advantage
Of his dramatic opportunity to clinch
the cup American tennis aces vainly
have sought for 10 years.
Takes No Chances.
After Parker had handed the tall,
left-handed Hare an astonishing drub-
bing. Budges final with Austin became
merely an exhibition
But despite the fact that the pres
sure was off, the Oakland Calf ace
was in no mood to spoil his unmarried
record. Stroke experimentation cost
him the second set, but thereafter he
kept Austin under full control.
incidentally that second set was
only the fourth Bulge has dropped all
year. He lost one to Parker in the
semiflnals of the all-England cham
pionships and dropped the first two in
his spectacular five-set match with
Baron Gottfried Won Cramm in the
lnterzone finals.
The huge silver trophy. about the
size Of cart wheel, was brought out
on the center court and placed on a
table draped in the Stars and Stripes
and the Union Jack
Cup Handed to Pate.
Her highness the Princess Helena
Victoria, stood beside the trophy. AS
the crowd rose. the princess lifted the
cup and handed it to Walter L. Pate.
captain of the American team. and
then shook hands with members of
both teams
Taking it easy for the first time
since the start of the interzone finals,
Bulge lost his first four serves, but
rallied to take the opening set. He
was trailing at 2-5, but broke through
Austin's service in the eighth, tenth
and fourteenth games to pull it out
Of the fire.
Austin Breaks Foes Service.
Austin broke Budge's delivery in
the third and ninth games for his
winning edge in the second set. Bulge,
after winning the fifth and seventh
games at love, began experimenting
with his shots and finally lost out to
Bunny's hard-hit and well-pla ced
drives.
Bulge won the third set, "a, for a
lead of two sets to one
Bulge really started racing around
the court in the third set. He took
the first five games with the loss of
only points. He served three aces
for 40 lead in the sixth, but eased
up and let Bunny pull out the game
Austin took the seventh on service
and broke through Bulge in the
eighth. Then the Briton took the
ninth with the loss of only point
before Bulge decided to 60 to work
again. Then the American ace won
the tenth game at love for the set
Bulge Takes Match.
Bulge came out for the fourth set
with his arm around Austins shoul-
ders and suggested they trade rackets.
Bunny, who uses strange, stream
lined weapon agreed, WhereupOn
Bulge broke his service in the open
ing game for 10 lead.
After that first service break by
Bulge. games followed service until
Bulge finally broke through again in
the ninth for the set, 6-3, and the
match.
Evidence of the informality of the
closing match was forthcoming when
the two friendly rivals midway through
the final set suddenly stopped play
ing, went over and sat on a rail and
had cup of tea together, to the great
amusement of the crowd
Parker's victory, gained under SEN
sational circumstances, gave the
United States its third, and decisive,
point of the flve-match series. One
more singles match, between Don
Bulge, Oakland, Calf, red-headed
ace, and Henry Wilfred Dummy Aus
tin, remained to be played, but this
became merely an exhibition.
Parker, the decided underdog as a
result Of his sad showing against Aus