GRANT BEATS CRAWFORD

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20001, 28 July 1939, Page 9

GRANT BEATS CRAWFORD

3EABPJGHX TOURNEY AUSTRALIANS IN DOUBLES (Kloc. Tel. Oopyrk-M- l.'nifoil Press Assn.) (Reed. July 23, !) a.rn.) NEW YORK, July 23. In the Se-abright tennis tournament Grant defeated Crawford (Australia!, o—3, 4—C, 6—4. The .stroke analysis showed that Crawford made twice as many earned points but 22 more errors. Crawford and Quist defeated Edwards and Bickel, 6—2, 7 —5, entering the quarter-finals in the doubles. Make ar.d Spirin' advanced two rcan'd.?, defeating C :?•"i ar.d Alice in i'hc second round. 3—G. 7 —5. C —3, when thc-y were a point from defeat. The elimination of Riggs by a comparatively unknown player, Frank Guernsey (Florida), 7—5. G —4, and Cooke’s elimination by a 17-yeal’-oiJ Californian. Jack Ramer. G —3. G -4. cast a gloom over the American Davis Cup selectors. Other seeded players who fell by the wayside included Mulloy, who was defeated by McNeill, 7—5, 7 —5. and Wood, who was defeated by Hunt, 7—5, 7 —5. Sabin defeated the Czech Davis Cup player, Hecht, 3—G, 6—l, G—3. Parker defeated Shields, 6—2. G--2. Doeg defeated Ru.xby, 7 —5, G—4. In the mixed doubles Crawford and Mrs. Rice Johns:.'.:- defeated Edwards and Miss Woifonden ( California). 6—2. (» —4. Crawford has joined the Americans who are complaining about the long nap on the 1939 United States ball. Holding one by the “whiskers,” Crawford told a grinning circle: “This thing I need s shearing. All this fuzz slows it up, so that you can't get a good whack at it.” The Australians and Rigg and Cooke have joined in declaring .that the new ball is harder to control than the English, -being too heavy and absorbing moisture fre.n the turf ar.d making ••put r.way” sirots impossible.