LAWN TENNIS
DONALD BUDGE INJURED WENT TO SLEEP AT WHEEL MATCH WITH VINES ABANDONED LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27. Donald Budge, the United State., tennis star, was cut and bruised when his automobile overturned thrice and hurtled into a ditch when he went to sleep at the wheel while en route from Oakland to a rendezvous where he was to play an exhibition match with Vines. The match was abandoned. Budge refused medical aid. ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS NORTH ALLOTTED TO NEW PLYMOUTH VON CRAMM unlikely to VISIT N.Z. [ Per Press Association. ] WELLINGTON, Oct. 28. The secretary of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association (Mr. H. N. Burns) has announced that the North Island championships will be played at New Plymouth from January 5 to 8. The South Island championships will be played at Easter on hard courts. He also said there was very little chance of getting Baron von Cramm, who will be visiting Australia this season, to play in New Zealand. Efforts will be made, however, to get Budge and Mako, who will also be visiting Australia, to play exhibition matches in New Zealand.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 5
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183LAWN TENNIS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 257, 29 October 1937, Page 5
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