RACQUETS CHAMPIONSHIP
AMATEUR TAKES THE TITLE FIRST TIME IN SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 11. (Received April 12, at 2 p.m.) D. S. Milford, amateur champion of England, won the world’s racquets championship at the Queen’s Club, defeating Norbet Setzler, the American professional champion, 15-4, 15-4, 15-9, 15-2. This is the first time an amateur has won the -championship since Sir William Hartdyke won it 75 years ago.
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Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 10
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70RACQUETS CHAMPIONSHIP Evening Star, Issue 22620, 12 April 1937, Page 10
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