BUDGE DEFEATS PERRY
THREE STRAIGHT SETS SUPE R DATIVE TENNIS OPENING OP SERIES fElec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. March 13. 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 11. I In their first professional meeting J. D. Budge yesterday overwhelmed F. J. Perry, G—l, 6—3, 6—o. Although Perry was below form, his defeat in 49 minutes was so complete that it seems certain Budge will prove the master in their series of 36 matches. Budge played superlative tennis and ran Perry, who defeated him by four matches to two as an amateur, mercilessly from corner to corner. Those who expected Perry's steadiness and guile to puzzle Budge were disappointed. It was Budge's steadiness and craft that told. Perry never broke through Budge's service, but Budge broke through Perry's service seven times. Perry made innumerable errors. He has not played greatly of late, while Budge has just returned from a tour in which he defeated Ellsworth Vines by 22 matches to 37 Perry played brilliantly in spurts, but it was defensive tennis. Budge was so convincing that his claim to world supremacy seemed completely established. The gate at Madison Square totalled only £3600 compared with £9500 for the opening of the BudgeVines tour on January 3.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19886, 13 March 1939, Page 12
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