U.S.A. TENNIS TITLES

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19119, 14 September 1936, Page 8

U.S.A. TENNIS TITLES

PERRY AGAIN CHAMPION EXCITING SINGLES FINAL MISS JACOBS BEATEN (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) FOREST HILLS, Sept. 12. F. J. Perry and D. Budge, and among l he women Miss Helen Jacobs, reached the finals in the United Stales national tennis championships. Under the handicap of a cut finger, Perry encountered considerable difticults against Grant, but finally won—(i—4, 3—6, 7—f>, o—2. Budge defeated Parker, (i —4, 6 —3, 6 Miss Helen Jacobs beat Miss lvay. Stammers, (5—4, fl —4. Miss Marble defeated Mrs. Pedersen, o—l,0 — 1, o— l. . LONG, GRUELLING MATCH. Perry won the national singles championship for the third time to-day, defeating Budge, 2 —6, o—-2, B—(s, I—6, 10—8, in an exciting match which lasted 2hrs. nOmin. As the score plainly indicates, the tide .of battle swung from one to the. other player. It was a long and gruelling match and (he partisanship of the 13,000 spectators for Budge, with cheering and groaning at improper times, greatly annoyed Perry. Although Perry won, Budge scored 28 games to Perry's 27, and 187 points to Perry’s ISO. la the fifth set, after Budge had broken through the Englishman's service in the eighth game, to lead 5—3, the prospect of an American victoyv brought the crowd to a high pitch of excitement. Here, Perry tightened, and with a remarkable display of slashing tennis, won three straight games to lead 6 — 5. The American again rallied and forced the battle to 7 —(l and B—7, and, although several times he reached match point, Perry always beat back the threat and finally crashed through to a 10—8 victory. NEW WOMEN’S CHAMPION. In the women’s finals, Miss Marble sprang a surprise, defeating Miss Jacobs, 4—o, 6—2, 6—2. If she had won it would have been Miss Jacobs’ fourth consecutive American championship, and her disappointment was keen. After a shaky first set, Miss Marble, who lmd been out of active* tennis for two years because of illness, played a strong and steady game, which the defending champion could not successfully counter.