AUSTRALIA LOSE SINGLES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 114, 31 May 1937, Page 8

AUSTRALIA LOSE SINGLES

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Budge Overwhelms Crawford in Davis Cup BROMWICH NERVOUS

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FOREST HILLS, May 29. Ia the Davis Cup singles Grant (1J.S.A.) defeated Bromwich ( Australig.) 6—2,. 7—5, 6—1, and Budge (U.S.A.) defeated Crawford (Australia) 6—1, 6 — 3, 6—2. It was announced that Bromwich aud Crawford would play the singles anl Crawford and McGrath hhe doubles. Mr. Sproule told the Australian Associated Press that the doctor forbade Quist to play for a week. It, moreover, wa3 not wise to throw too great a load on McGrath as he had not fully recoverei from his Mexican illness. . Budge, breaking through Crawford 's service in the third game took a 2—1 lead which (he improved to 3—1 with a love game. The American's pace now became literally .formidable and he seemed likely to blast Crawford 's racquet from his hand. His services were like canon shots which the Australian a racquet spun anyhere. The American took three games in sucession to win the set 6 — 1. Crawford rallied encouragingly in the second set and led 2 — 1 but dropped his own service and. the next, and the , American pulled' up to a 3 — 2 lead, wiu* ning tbe fifth chiefly on . Crawfords errors. The -Australian evened the score retrieving his service in the sixth. He was now teinporarily on a par with his opponent whose runaway seemed to be . stopped, but Budge won the next three to take ihe set. •Crawford agaiu temporarily rallied in the third and was within a point of breaking Budge 'b service to lead 2—0, but his judgment and distance again > Weut awry and he dropped the next geven points, lost his own service and gave the American a lead of 2 — 1. Budge now went ii}to the lead 3 — 1 and then 4—2 wheu Crawford produced a temporary stubbom resistahce striving desperateiy to retrieve his own service which the American, however, finally broke with a finely-angled placement and was within a game of victory. He was match point tnree times before he could ciinch victory. Crawford fought to the bitter end, but it was not the old Crawford. Bromwich was apparentiy ner.'ous in his tfrst international test game against Grant. He opened extremeiy badly and won only iivc points in the flrst four games, deucing the lifth in the first ahow of resistance. Then he showed a spurt of unexpected brilliance, winning Graat's service and his own, but he quiekly succumbed in the next when the American ran out the set with a love game. Bromwich steadied mcely at the opening of the second, assuming a 2—0 lead, but the Australian won onJy one point in the next three games. His doublehanders lacked distance. He threatened Grant's service in the sixth, but the American pulled it out and led 4 — 2. Bromwich recovered the seventh with exceJlehtly-timed piacements, catching the American flat-footed in mid-coart, but Grhnt forged steadily ahead to 5 — 3, his extraordinary court coVerage enabling him to return almost everything. Bromwich with all his shots tvorkiug spleudidly evened the score at 5 — 5. However, Grant took the next two to love. Bromwich lost the first four games in the iast set, scoring only four points. He won the fifth, but the American would not be denied aud took the set und match. The crowd cheered the Australian 's gallaut figbt. Quist had diflicuJty in gaining permission to leave h'ia quarters to watch the play. He indicated that he may have to go into hospital for a few daysto hasten recnpcration.