Evening star., 1950-08-27
Schroeder and MuIIoy
Lose in Five Sets 10
Bromwich, Sedgman
BY the Assoeioted Press

tennis team swept TO lCS Chlro
straight victory over this Nation s
stars and clinched the interna-
tional trophy.
With more than 1000 thrilled
fans at the West Side Tennis
Club sitting in on the kill, John
Bromwich and Frank Sedgmaa
completed the rout with a tingling
f1ve-set win over Ted Schroeder
and Gardnar Mulloy. The scores
were As, Ga, 60, 46. and
1t was a humdinger of struggle.
Two more singles will be played
tomorrow. but only for the record.
The Aussies were congratulated
and told the cup was theirs, in
a lively ceremony on the stadium
court Immediately after they quit
knocking our lads around today.
AS the challengers captured
both of yesterdays singles with
out loss of a set, thanks largely
to the sensational play OF a
youngster named Ken McGregor.
the count in sets tonight stood
at 90 in their favor. Such de-
cisive margin of victory could not
have been imagined before the
series began.
Can Match U. S. '46 Feat.
If they win both Of tomorrow's
singles, the boys from Down
Under will match the feat Of the
American team which snatched
the cup from them in the first
postwar matches at Melbourne in
1916. The next challenge round,
incidentally. will be played at
Sidney in the winter of 1851.
The hero of today's clincher
was one of the pair of Australians
who last won the trophy by de-
feating the United States at
Merton in 1899. "Old John"
Bromwich. at 80, still is the
worlds most gifted doubles
PLAYER. and he demonstrated his
wizardry to the satisfaction Of
today's crowd.
The two Americans put UP q
better fight than had been ex-
pected. They slugged it out toe
to-toe in many an exciting rally.
At times it looked as though
they might even win. But in the
end, Bromwich, with his court
"savvy" and his soft returns and
miraculous saves, slammed the
door in their faces.
Bromwich's Play Decisive.
The youthful Sedgman probably
brought more roars from the
crowd with his slashing volleys
and overhead smashes, several OF
which bounced high into the
stands. But it was his veteran
partner who did the decisive work
in the clincheS.
In the first and fourth sets.
which they won, Mulloy and
Schroeder struck out fiercely at
everything they could reach. Even
from the back court, they poured
soaring shots at their opponents,
and they did all right at it. They
forced Bromwich into netting
eight times in the fourth set, a
tremendous number for him.
But when the final set came
around, Bromwich again had
they playing pit-pat in the fore
court, and at that game they were
no match for the pair who won
the National doubles title last
week. The Aussies broke Mulloy's
serve, in the third game and then
ran it out on their own deliveries,
though Sedgman twice came with
in a point of dropping his in the
eighth game.
In all the five sets, Bronwich
lost his awkward looking service
only once. That was the first time
he served. The Americans could
not break him again, and only
once forced him to deuce. Sedg-
man, after making 10 of the Aus
sizes II outs in the opening set,
settled down to play fine, steady
tennis and to complement Brom-
wich perfectly.
Lost To Better Team.
Schroeder made a gracious talk
over the public address system
when it was over. saying he and
Mulloy had lost to better team,
that the victory was we'll deserved
and that sit couldn't have hap
pened to nicer bunch of guys"
The Australian players made
point OF giving their non-playing
captain, Harry Hopman, his share
of the spoils. They said his coach
ing and master -minding were
largely responsible for the vic
tory, and they could have been
right. The last time he captained
an Aussie team was in '39 at
Merton. He hasn't missed yet.
1t was Hopman who "discov-
cred" the 21-year-old McGregor
only two years ago and in that
short time has developed him into
q player who might completely
dominate world amateur tennis for
years to come. The experts say
nothing like him has come along
since Don Bulge Is years ago.
Two winters ago, McGregor
acted as bellboy for the Jack
Kramer Bobby Riggs professional
troupe when they played at Mel
bourne on their world tour. He
wanted to see how the big boys
played the game.
If the two captains follow the
original pairings, McGregor will
play Tom Brown, jr., in tomor-
rows final single. Sedgman and
Schroeder will meet in the other.
There will be a yell from the
ticket buyers if McGregor doesn't
play. Hawkers at the stadium
gate today were yelling, Buy a
program with a fine picture of
Ken Mc(SreOor - M ona oro,,,S