LAWN TENNIS
NORTH OF ENGLAND TOURNEY BARRY BEATEN IN FINAL (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 21 The English junior, Bobby Wilson, beat J. A. Barry (New Zealand), 6-4, 6-2, to retain his title in the North of England lawn tennis championships, at Scarborough, Yorkshire, today. Miss J. F. Burke (New Zealand) won the women’s singles from Miss A. Buxton (England), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the men’s doubles final, Barry and J. F. Robson beat Mark Otway and Bobby Wilson, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. AMERICAN ZONE OF DAVIS CUP (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 21. Mexico took a 2-0 lead over Canada in the semi-final round of the North American zone of the Davis Cup competition yesterday. Mario Llamas, a 22-year-old railroad clerw, seeded third in Mexico, surprised by beating the highly-regarded Lome Main, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3, and Gustavo Palafax, the veteran international, beat Robert Bedard 8-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-0.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27435, 23 August 1954, Page 7
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152LAWN TENNIS Press, Volume XC, Issue 27435, 23 August 1954, Page 7
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