THREE AMERICAN VICTORIES

Southland Times, Issue 23599, 29 August 1938, Page 7

THREE AMERICAN VICTORIES

Tennis Doubles At Boston

QUIST AND BROMWICH EASILY BEATEN

BUDGE AND MAKO WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) ■ (Received August 28, 6.30 p.m.) BOSTON, August 27. The finals of the United States doubles championships were an allAmerican triumph. Results:—

MEN’S DOUBLES Semi-finals

A. K. Quist and J. Bromwich (Australia) beat H. O. Hopman and L. Schwartz (Australia) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

J. D. Budge and C. G. Mako (United States) beat W. Allison and J. Van Ryn (United States) 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8. Final Budge and Mako defeated Quist and Bromwich 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. WOMEN’S DOUBLES Semi-finals Mme R. Mathieu (France) and Mlle J. Jedrzejowska (Poland) beat Miss _N. Wynne and Miss T. Coyne (Australia) •6-4, 6-2. Final Miss Marble and Mrs Fabyan beat Mme Mathieu and Mlle Jedrzejowska 6-8, 6-4, 6-3. MIXED DOUBLES Third Round Miss Marble and Budge beat Miss Wolfenden and Kovacs, 6-4, 6-3. Mrs H. O. Hoptnan. and Hopman beat Miss D. Workman and S. E. Wood, 6-3, 7-5. Miss Coyne and Bromwich beat Mrs Van Ryn and Alison, 6-2, 2-6, 8-.6. Semi-finals Miss Coyne and Bromwich beat Miss Wynne and Quist 7-5, 6-4. Miss Marble and Budge beat Mrs Hopman and Hopman 6-3, 6-3. Final Miss Marble and Budge beat Miss Coyne and Bromwich 6-1, 6-2. Australia’s Davis Cup hopes were set back by the men’s doubles final, in which Bromwich and Quist played listlessly, never threatening the Americans and disappointing a crowd of 4000, drawn by prospects of a close match.

DEVASTATING FORM The Americans were devastating. Budge was at his invincible best and Mako played one of the best games of his life. Bromwich was adequate but evidently ill at ease and suffering from nervous tension. Quist was far from his best and erred frequently. Neither was able to cope with the Americans’ service. Budge’s and Mako’s ground strokes and smashing were terrific and their accuracy almost mechanical. Finding themselves unable to match stroke fox' stroke, the Australians resorted to lobbing, but the pace on the balls was so great that they were unable to control them.

Perhaps the fewer details of the match written the better, as it was just a ' monotonous notching of American points. Budge and Make took the offensive from the start and the Australians never held the lead. Their best positions were 2-3 in the first set, 2-5 in the second and 1-4 in the third. Long rallies were infrequent. However, the Australians did show flashes of brilliance, but the episodes usually ended in their netting easy shots ingloriously. The match shocked American sportsmen who widely favoured Australia’s chances in the Davis Cup. George Lott, the professional, told the Australian Associated Press that Quist seemed too anxious to guard his backhand, which Lott felt was adequate to cope with Budge’s service. Referring to Australia’s defeat at the hands of Budge and Mako in the men’s doubles, the Australian manager (Mr H. O. Hopman) said he was terribly disappointed. “There are no excuses,” he said. “Bromwich and Quist were just off form. Ido not regard their defeat as a Davis Cup criterion; I don’t think Budge and Mako can do it again.” The sporting editor of The New York Times says that the showing of the Australians was so far below expectations that a suspicion arose in some quarters that they were holding back, like Patterson and Wood did in 1922, and will show a complete transformation in the challenge round. The Australian team is going to Philadelphia tomorrow and the Australian women will play exhibition matches at Newport on Tuesday. WINNERS EXTENDED In the semi-finals of the men’s doubles the first three sets of the match between Budge and Mako and Allison and Van Ryn produced routine tennis, but the final was a classic. The veterans seemed too nervous and treated the champions with the greatest respect. They played defensively and declined to go to the net together. These tactics suited Budge and Mako perfectly. The position was aggravated by Van Ryn’s inaccurate longcourt game. Volleying quietly and precisely, the champions seemed set for an easy win. However, they let up in the third set, which Allison and Van Ryn won. Down in the fourth set, Allison sprang into dynamic activity volleying and driving with strength and superb accuracy. He completely overshadowed Budge, repeatedly winning from balls down the sidelines, or between his opponents. In a hectic 20 minutes Allison took the score to 5-5 and to 8-8. Then he saved three match points. It was a

most brilliant individual exhibition. Van Ryn throughout was the broken reed, otherwise the veterans might have won. BRILLIANT MRS FABYAN The women’s final was a stirring contest in which every point was hotly disputed. The Americans’ retention of the title was the outcome of Mrs Fabyan’s brilliance. Miss Marble was uncertain and repeatedly netted and over-drove at critical stages. Mrs Fabyan, who has held the title six times, rose to great heights, volleying superbly. She covered more of the court than she would if Miss Marble had been supporting adequately. But for this Mme Mathieu and Mlle Jedrzejowska would certainly have won. They played sparkling tennis; Mme Mathieu’s courtcraft was delightful. Mixing her game, she constantly harried the Americans and played them out of position. The Americans lost the first set 6-8 after leading 5-2 and dropping two set points. They steadied in the second set, Mrs Fabyan breaking through at 4-all and winning 6-4. After 10 minutes’ interval the diminutive Mis Fabyan returned with strength renewed and scored with more crisp volleys The final set was won from. 3 all