BUDGE DEFEATS VON CRAMM

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 13 September 1937, Page 6

BUDGE DEFEATS VON CRAMM

-AMERICAN MEN’S SINGLES TITLI-

SIGN OR IT A LIZANA WINS WOMEN’S EVENT

[United Press Ansocmuou-Hy Electric Telegra nh -Copy right 1 FOREST HILLS, lltli September. In the filial of the American national tenuis cliainpioiisliips, mens singles, J. Ii Budge beat 0. von L'ramm in five sets. Senorita A Lizana beat Mile. J. Jedrzejowska in the final of the women’s singles. Details : MEN’S SINGLES Semi-finals: (L von C.rainm beat R. L Riggs, 0-6, u-d, 6-7), 6-3, 62; J. D. Budge beat F. Barker, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. Final: Budge beat von L'ramm, 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. WOMEN'S SINGLES Semi-finals': Mile. J. Jedrzejowska beat Miss 11. Jacobs, 6-4, 6-4 ; Senorita A Lizana beal Miss D. Bundy, 6-2, 6-3. Final: Senorita Lizana beat Mile. Jedrzejowska, 6-4, 6-2. The greatest crowd in the history of American tennis besieged the gates and I offered eight in ten dollars lor tickets priced at 2 dollars 75 cents. Thousands were shut out. Ihe packed stadium, with a capacity I crowd of 14.0C0, saw one of the most thrilling matches in memory. Budge’s three 6-1 sets do not truly reflect the play. Von Cram battled valiantly, but Builge was iusincible. Von Gramm was brilliant in the second set, serving and I smashing viciously and winning after a | series of bristling* rallies. Budge recovered in the third set, driving and vollyI ing flawlessly. Von Gramm cleverly mix!ed lobs and deep cross-court drives in the fourth, lie was slightly tired in the fifth and was unable to cope with Budge s sweeping drives. Senorita Lizana won without trouble, !countering Ante. Jedrzcjowska's hard | hitting attack by means of a topspin i backhand and baffling dropshots. ! After the presentation ceremony in the crowded marquee, Senorita Lizana fainted and did not revive until carried to the clubhouse, where strychnine was injected.