TENNIS CHAMPIONS
BUDGE CONQUERS PERRY POOR DISPLAY BY ENGLISHMAN After his defeat in the finai of the singles in the Pacific Southwest lawn tennis championships by D. Budge last month, F. J. Perry, who recently announced that ho would turn professional, told the young Californian that he would not need to bother about him any more as he was going to retire from amateur tennis. "It must have been one of ray moody days," said Perry, after being beaten 6—3, 4 —6, 6 —2, 6—3. Perry evidently had been thinking over the prospects of touring America with Ellsworth Vines because he was listless in his play and was not the usual dashing player seen on the courts. The Californian triumphed over the listless Englishman after 73 minutes of play. There were 3500 fans packed in the stands hoping to see a repetition of the stirring battle for the United States singles title. Perry's moodiness, however, spoiled the match as a spectacle and robbed the young American Davis Cup star of any satisfaction he might have derived from bis win. Tt was an unfortunate ending to the 1936 series of matches between Perry and America's No. 1 ranking player.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 20
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198TENNIS CHAMPIONS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 20
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