Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-28

i 1858. Australia won it from tn
Y Americans in 1859 and repealed
{ challenges in 1860 and 1866
Y from Italy and in 1862 from
\ Mexico.
j Mckinley, magnificent ir
{ the doubles victory. seemed tt
S have lost his edge when he
dropped the marathon first sci
! to Newcombe in a battle OF
/ smashing services. Newcombt
' cracked through McKinley's
service in the 22d game to
take the set.
Swept Second Set
But Chuck was far from
daunted. The chunky st. Louis
native swept the second set,
rallied from a 80 deficit in a
third set that seemed to take
the heart out of his young
rival, and then crushed him in
the fourth set with a devastat-
ing display Of power and aero
batic retrieving.
After blowing the second set,
the slender, 6-foot Newcombe
raced to a 80 lead. Mckinley
pulled up to "a and then came
a vital decision by the umpire
that helped the American to
victory.
Newcombe was trailing, 30
40. and hit both of his services
out of the court. The second
was not called a fault immedi-
ately. Mckinley went to change
sides and some of the fans in
the capacity crowd of 1000
murmered.
Then the umpire called cor
rection, fault, double fault,
game to the United States"
Mckinley then pulled even
and the pressure mounted.
They each held service until
the 18th game when Butch
made the decisive break
through. Newcombe was down,
0-40, on his service and pluck
lily fought back to 3O-40. Then
he dropped the game on a
double fault.
The s. foot 8, l55 pound
Yank then shot over a series
Of blazers. winning the game
with the loss of only one point.
With victory in sight, Nc
Kinley went to work quickly
in the fourth set.
Only So Minutes
He cracked Newcombe's
shaky service with the loss of
only one point, then broke
through again and led, 40,
before Newcombe held his own
service in the fifth game. The
AusSie broke through McKin-
ley'S service to cut the lead to
Az but that was his last gasp.
Mckinley promptly smashed
his foes service and held his
own to wind it up.
Emerson, a gaunt leathery
Queenslander from Blackbutt
Bush country outside Brisbane,
cut Ralston to ribbons.
Except for an insure service
that cost him a dozen double
faults, he might have ended his
assignment in much less time
than the Sc minutes required,
Only once did RalSton look
like the player who dominated
the grass court campaign in
Australia the last five weeks.
That came in the third set
when, trailing 0-40 on Emer-
sons service. he suddenly came
alive.
RalSton, previously, lethargic
and seemingly frustrated in eff
forts to harness an unruly
game, took on the complexion
OF champion.
Emerson doublefaulted tc
make it 15-40. Dennis belted a
wide forehand that sent Emer-
son skidding futilely across
court. Then he banged a great
topsin forehand for a clean
winner. Now playing spectacu-
larry, he worked Emerson out
OF position and scored a game
cllnching point for the break
American hopes rose when he
went to a 10 minute intermis.
sion trailing only two sets tc
one but apparently on the rise
Five Straight Games
However, Emerson, after los.
ing the opening service in the
fourth set with two doubl,
faults and a pair of volleyins
errors, re-broke Ralston in tn,
second game and then, per,
forming like a machine ben
on destruction, he reeled of.
next five games in row withour
losing more than two points il
any of them.
He broke the American il
the fourth and again in tn,
sixth games. Ralston, shaker
at this stage, opened the sixth
game with a doublefault thel
he showed displeasure when
lineman called a deep sho
good to give Emerson the Leaf
at 0-30. The distressed Ralsto]
doublefaulted at game point
In the seventh game Ralstol
broke Emerson with two sharpl,
hit service returns, a boomin
forehand shot down line an
a neat backhand angle tina
caught the Aussie flatfooted.
But Emerson closed it out IL
the eighth game when he sen
back four of Ralston's fines
services either for clean win
ners or so well placed that tn
American could not handl
them.
The United States now ha
won the cup 10 times since
was put in competition in 1907
Australia has won it 18 times
II 0f the victories aoY1aiy7o ci,,n