BUDGE ON TOP

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 49, 20 November 1937, Page 16

BUDGE ON TOP

LEADING TENNIS PLAYER VIEWS OF NORMAN BROOKES • There is no doubt in the mind of Mr. Norman Brookes, president of the Australian Lawn Tennis r Association, Melbourne, that Budge, the American, is No. 1 in the world tennis rankings, says the Herald. Mr. Brookes and his wife passed through Auckland from Los Angeles recently, accompanied oy Miss Dorothy Bundy and Miss Dorothy Workman, two Californlan women tennis- players whom he considers should before long be in the front rank. At the present time von Cramm and Henkel,* both Germans/ are in Japan, but towards the end of this month they will leave for Australia. Sirhilarly, Budge and Mako have arranged to catch the Monterey on her next trip south to arrive at Sydney on November 29, in time fbr the Victorian tennis championships ahd to give a few exhibition matches. Both Budge and Mako were nearly exhausted with playmg, said Mr. Brookes, and would welcome the spell of a sea voyage. It was not likely that they "would play in New Zealand, and wlien they left Sydney by the Monterey on February 4 they would make an uninterrupted passage to America, As the Australian tennis championships did-not finish uhtil the end of January, Mr. Brookes said, it would be impossible for them -to. break their journey at Auckland. Moreover, they would raed a good rest before' the tennis :..ason began again in their own ccuiitry. "I promised the American Lawn Tennis Association that I would do my best to see they we.re not over-played or subjected to too.-much travel," he added. Promising Players Miss Bundy, who is 21, and Miss Workman, who is 23, are two-of the leading junior players in the United States, for whom great _ futures as tennis players are forecast by Mr. Brookes.- They played exhibition games at the Stanley Street courts while in Auckland, and attracted a' great' deal of' attention. Misses Workman and Bundy played a friendly match against the Aucklanders, N. G. Sturt and A. D. Brown. Three sets were decided, the home players being successful, 6-1, 6-4,- 6-3. Sturt and Brown were in good form

for so early in the season, the latter's overhead work being especially good. The visitors were out of touch a .'.ittle, but improved considerably as the play progressed. Features of Ihe ladies' play were that they adopted the same stylc as men and liit equally as hard, In spite of their splendid volleying, the visitors w,ere often unable to copc with many splendid placements by their oppo'ients. Miss Workman had a particularly fine service, being fairiy fast and accurate, wliile her volleying was n treat to watqh. Miss Bundy was strjng onthe forehand and her ground shots were more effective than those of her opponents. A combined set was played between Brown and Miss Workman and Sturt and Miss Bundy. All the players had found touch by this time "and ihe whole set was marked by spJer.did ralbes, both at the not and- on. the backlinc. Brown and Miss Workr.wn won, 6-2. . The play was watched.by Mr. N'»cman Brookes and officials of the Auckland Lawn Tennis Association. - Tennis in Family * Dorothy Bundy is a talcnted young player of great possibilities, and it would not be surprising if she soon repeats her mother's successes in winning the championships of England and the United States. The Bundy family has sport, and particularly tennis, in the blood.( Mrs. Bundy's three sisters were famous in sport. Thomas C/ Bundy was doubles champion of the United .States with Maurice E. McLoughlin in 1912, 19l3, and 1914. And Dorothy Bundy's eousin, "John H. Doeg, won the United States singles chkmpionship in 1930.