DAVIS CUP

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1937, Page 7

DAVIS CUP

AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

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MEXICO CITY, April 26. The physician surprised V. B. McGrath, a member of the Australian Davis Cup team, by ordering him to resume practice to see how his thumb felt. After playing, McGrath said it felt all right and he belieces the abscess will disappear without lancing. The team practised for an hour and a-half, during which rain fell for five minutes, but the practice was not suspended. In the doubles, A. K. Quist and McGrath beat J. H. Crawford and J. Bromwich, 6/4; and McGrath and Bromwich beat Crawford and Quist, 8/6. In the singles, Crawford beat McGrath, 6/2, and McGrath beat Quist, 6/3, on a game of deuces. In an interview, Butlin, the Mexican champion for 28 years, who has been daily among the spectators, said: “It is the strongest team of any nationality that has been here. It is even stronger than Tilden’s team of 13 years ago.” BROMWICH ESTIMATE LONDON, April 27. The “Guardian” forecasts that Bromwich will prove a sensation at Wimbledon, and declares the use of both hands will compel his opponents to make lightning adjustments and calculations, and before they have decided whether Bromwich is right or left-handed, the match will usually be over.