DAVIS CUP TIE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 161, 26 July 1937, Page 4

DAVIS CUP TIE

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r> ' • 1 ■ England and America EacE Win a Single AUSTIN BEATS PARKER

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LONDON, Jnly 24. In the final Davis Cup challenge tie at Wimbledon, Budge defeated Bare 13 6 — 1, 6 — 2, and Austin defeated PaTker 6 — 3, 6 — 2, 7 5. Austin, who has a reputation for not losing the first match in the Davis Cup challenge xound sinco Britain won the trophy, opened confidently against Parkcr. He captured Parker's service in the eighth, and won the first set 6- 3. The match was chiefly a battle of orthodox driving in which Austin was superior. Nevertheless the Englishman, although lackiug a really effective smash, won many points by^ forcing Parker out of position and killing his returns. Austin took the second set 6 — 2. Parker, who "never reproduced his form in the Wimbledon ehampionship, made a ■ betteT fight in the third set. Although , Austin had many lapses, he led 4 — 2, dropping two match points in thc tenth game. He took the twelfth after double-faulting and two deuces. The Englishman 's uuexpectedly easy „ win was due to the exploitation of his ability to outmanoeuvre the American. The tall left-hander, Hare, making his first appearanee in the Davis Cup, played magnificently in the first set against Budge and won many service points, including aces. Ho frequently outvolleyed Budge to lead 3 1. Budge evened 4 — 4. Hare won Budge 's service to love and had a chance for the set but volleying wildly he dropped his own after which, in a series of hard-fought games, many going to deuce, each held1 his service until the score was 14 — 13. Hare, always being behind, saved severn], set points and Budge, despite his good form, was unable to capture Hare's service until the 28th game when the Englishman, tiring, double-faulted three times and lost the set after five deuces, 15—13. The set occupied 65 minutes and is oue of the longest in the history of the Davis Cup.' . The Englishman 's bolt was apparent-->. ly shot, and the crowded court, which had been rapturously applauding Hare's courageous fight, subduediy watched Budge coolly take a 5 — 1 lead and capture the next set in 12 minutes, 6—1. Although Hare in the third fought three games to deuce and once held his service to love, Budge, exploiting his speed, cannonhall shots, and his whole armament of strokes, went on generally untroubled to take the match with a final ace. ^