LAWN TENNIS DRAMA
CRAWFORD'S FINAL SUCCESS It was a lawn tennis drama of the highest ordor, in which long spells of silence, denoting the thraldom in which 20,000 people were held, were broken by gnsps, wrote nil English lawn tennis critic, in describing the Wimbledon final between J. B. Crawford and H. E. Vines. Excitement spread beyond the grounds and when that mighty cheer came at the finish, newsvendors and others danced a jig. By his great victory for the British Empire, Crawford broke down tho longstanding domination of the title by France and America, which had existed since Gerald Patterson won in 1922. True to tradition, Wimbledon has dethroned its champion, for never at tho new ground has the men's title been retained by tho holder. Play in this match was infinitely better thqn that m any other final, and it will be remembered throughout life by ail who saw; it.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21580, 26 August 1933, Page 9
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152LAWN TENNIS DRAMA New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21580, 26 August 1933, Page 9
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