Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1937, Page 18

SPORTS SECTION he Sy Stae WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 27 Wes Ferrell Bags Two for Nats : Budge, Pressed, Gets ]Yet Split PINCHFLY, SINGLE Yt in Bunnine_| Trio Tied at 144, Three More HARE BOWS AFTER British Netman Gives Yank a Scare TOPPLE BROWNIES Stroke Back as Chicago Open Send Over Big Runs in 6-5‘ Games—Appleton Rescuer as Linke, Chase Win. BY FRANCIS E. STAN, By 8 Staft Correspondent of The star uly 24.—Wesley Ferrell two separate paths from the bull-pen to the diamond today and led the Nationals to a double- header t over the St. Louis mnny part of it is that neither will any credit in the big book of pitching records. With one out in the eighth inning of the opener and Buddy My lessly waiting at third base, Ste The score was tied at Wes' bat sent Myer racing across for a 6-to-5 victory. Pilot Bucky Harris chose the seventh | htcap again to ex- | inning of the n ploit the versatility of his handsome hurler. With two out and Joey Kuhel fidgeting on second b he waved Ferrell from out of the pen to bat for Rookie K Chase. The was tied at 5-5 and the second me Wes came through. He de- livered a whistlin to center to score Kuhel in an er Appleton Saves Both Games, APPI ETON playved a less spectacu- lar, but equally noble part. The piano-playing pite wound up each game by carrying the torch for a couple of guys who were not enouz L with the ini i hile he was sitting on the bench and contemplat- ing his failure to stand prosper Chase also was given his first major league pitching victory while trying to get his ears u ned. No, Linke and Chase were not important boys today. to hold those slender nominated Appleton seconded the motions. Facing Diamond alias Oral Hilde hastened to acquire a 5-10-0 lead for the roly-poly Mr. Linke in the fi game. In the second leads. and Ol' Pete Enemy No. 1, the Griffs Mel Almada with one out cessive singles by the Dixie twins, Buddy Lewis and Cecil Travis, sent the Mexican speedster across. When Al Simmons inserted a long fly Le: also scooted over the plate for a 2-i lead. Hildebrand apparently learned no lesson from this rally, for in the fourth, again with one out, he walked Rick Ferrell. to boost the count to 3-0. Too Much for Linke. IT WAS okay with the Nats, too, when Hildy walked Buddy Myer to start the sixth. Rick Ferrell singled Buddy to third and when Bill Knick- erbocker muffed Linke's roller, Myer gcored. A sacrifice by Almada and Lewis’ long fly also scored Ferrell and made it 5-0. That should have been but it wasn't. Hildebrand, who shut out the Nats with two h and started a free-for-all fight the last time he faced them, was put right suffi back in the ball game a couple in- | nings later and it all happened like this: With one out in the Browns’ h, Beau Bell singled and Knickerbocke: doubled him home. Linke then un- corked a wild pitch, putting Knick on third, and from there he scored 8s Travis was throwing out Rollie Hemsley. That cut the score to 5-2. The next inning found Mr. Linke hanging on the ropes for fair, Sammy West singled with one out and Joe Vosmik promptly doubled him home. Harland Clift obligingly struck out, but Bell smacked the first of two home runs for the day into the distant stands in right-center and tied up the game, 5-5. It was this displa that Myer led off , plus the fact Harris to start wig-wagging to the bull pen. He ordered Rick Ferrell to sacrifice Buddy to third base and then asked Wes for a long fly. He Bot it. Browns Can't Hit Pete. APPLETON stalked from the pen after that and held that lead with a tenacious grip. Pete did not give up A hit to the Browns in the remaining two innings. The nightcap was cut from the tame heroic and sacrificial pattern. Thanks to the wildness of Julio Bon- etti, the Browns a double by Travis, Washington gave Chase a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Then the Browns countered in their half on singles by West and Vosmik and & fly by Clift. The Griffs bounced right back in the second, with Myer and Walter Millles opening with hits. Chase whiffed and Almada popped up, but Lewis doubled both across and, presto, # was 3-1. Chase could not hold this lead. A home run by Tommy Heath in the St. Louis second made it 3-2 and in the third the Browns pushed across the tying run by a less spectacular, but effective method. Thus the count remained at 3-3 until the Washington fifth, when the Griffs put together five hits in a dizzy inning and were lucky to get two runs. And it happened like this: ‘Travis, first up, singled. Then Sim- mons rammed a hard drive that struck ‘Travis, automatically retiring him. Johnny Stone tripled Simmons across and Kuhel singled Stone home, mak- ing it 5-3. A single by Myer followed, but Millies and Chase ended the weird inning by going out and leaving two mates stranded. Enemy Gangs on Chase. ‘HAT also should have been suf- = ficlent, but the Browns suddenly ganged on Chase in the sixth and tied the score as a result of another homer by Bell. It was Vosmik who promoted the Pete Appleton wore | Ferrell | stalked out of the bull-pen and walked | to the plate to bat for Eddie Linke. | but a moment later a prodigious fly from | score | 6-to-5 victory. | the | Somebody had | Harris | | Fe cf After Linke fouled out, | ni Almada and Lewis singled Rick over | Hoeser! 1 the guy | the Washington | eighth with a double, that inspired | starting pitcher, and | | 1 | GENE SARAZEN Has 144 at half-way mark in Chicago open tourney to be cven with two others for the lead. He put together a pair of 7 —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. 1$3.000 victor's share of | only | pace at 147, with the 36-hole stretch Golf Moves Into Final Stage BY WILLIAM WEEKES, Associated Press Sports Writer. HICAGO, July 24—Squire Gene Sarazen of Brookfield Center, Conn, and George Smith of Chicago, a pair of well-established professionals, and Harry Adams of the younger set, reached the halfway post of Chicago's big money golfing race today, running head and head. After another long day of touring two sun-baked Medinah Country Club courses, the trio shared the lead at 144 strokes, but with plenty of danger at their heels in the quest for the the $10,000 purse. One stroke back were Horton Smith, Ky Laffoon and Jim Foulis of Chicago. Another lick farther to the rear was Bud Willlamson of Fort Wayne, Ind. National Open Champion Ralph Guldahl, who suddenly warmed up to a brilliant 71, after taking a 76 yes- terday; Harry Cooper, who went to the post favored to win the rich pot; Henry Picard of Hershey. Pa.; Charley | Penna of Chicago and Phil Greenwald, young pro from Madison, Wis., were three strokes off the leaders’ Tun coming up tomorrow. Adams Has Sizzling 30. DAMS, a stocky youngster who quarterbacked a foot ball team on which Red Grange played at Wheaton, Tl turned in the prize round of the Good News Doubled (First Game.) AB. R 1 [ T T ooH cd for Linke LOUIS. inning Hilde- | | brand showed the poor taste to walk | and suc- | | > 010—6 3007 s batted in—Travis Simmons. Lewis Hemsiey. Bell (3). W. s—Stone. Hildebrand cerbocker. Vos Sacrifices on 1 ebrand. 3; Siruck out—Bv Linke. Hits—Off Linke, off “Appleton. none in Hildebrand. 11 in & Wild pitch in 1 inning D! ‘pitcher—Linke. Losing 1 Umpiry off , 12 in 2 ine : off inke Dpitcher— Hildebrang ston and Dineen 55, (Second Game). WASHINGTON AB. R. amade cf [ 5 o o A L 0 | doub ol ol 0 ol ‘:i 0 0 0 DaABEATL ied for Carev in ninth. °d for Trotier in nintt Washineton 120 020 100—8 st 111 047 000 20 on bases a: o 2 by —~Off Chace. 1 3 nnings rotter. 1 in Bonetti. Win- Losing pitcher— Mrssrs. Johnston_ Di- Time—2:15, Official 851 neen and Kolls paid attendance— rally by singling. Clift lined into Simmons' paws, but Bell lined into the fins of an unidentified fielder sit- ting in the right-center pavilion and trotted around behind Vosmik. Be- tween them they scored the tying runs. Thus was the siage set again for. Wes Ferrell when Kuhel opened the seventh with a single. Myer sacri- ficed and left it up to Millies, but the little catcher's best effort merely was an outfield fly. It was not until Harris gave Wes the green light that Kuhel was moved off second base. Then, with another 6-5 lead, Ap- pleton staged his second march from the bull-pen to the box. And again he was bad news to the Browns. MAJORS SCORING LATE. Jack Doyle, New York betting com- missioner, reports his sheets show more runs have been scored in the major leagues this season with two men out than in any other year. Minor Leagues International. 6 Jersey City, 2—5. 6; Newark, 4. Baitimore, () '3. Rochester. 2. American Association, Columbus, &: Lowisvilie, 4 Minneapoli K Milwaukee. Southeastern Association. Nashville, 14: Atlanta, 4 Chattanooga. 6; Knoxville, 1, Pacific Coast. Missions, 3: Beattle. 0. San Diexo, 8: Oakland, 6. New York-Pennsyjvanis, Wilkes-Barre. 11: Trenton, 1. Hazleton, 13: Scranton, 4. Elmira, 3: Albany el Toronto, Piedmont. Rocky Mount, 7: Norfolk, 1. Messrs. Kolis. John- | holds Asheville, 6: Winston-Salem, 8. Charlotte. 6: Richmond, 5. Coastal Plains. 6: Kinston. 4, 7: New Bern, 1. ‘eenville WESTERN NETMEN INEASTERN FINAL 'McDiarmid and McNeill Face as Atlantic Sector Is Erased Again. the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 24.—For the third straight year a Western winner of the Eastern clay court tennis was assured today when bespectacled John McDiarmid, the Princeton pro- fessor from Fort Worth, Tex., and Don McNeill of Oklahoma City won therr way to the finals of the cur- rent title play. McDiarmid, top-seeded favorite, was forced to four sets in defeating Elwood Cooke of Portland, Oreg., the | leading Pacific Northwest player, 6—1, 3—6, 7—5, 6—1. McNeill, the Kenyon College racquet-wielder who the national junior indoor crown, breezed through Frank Bow- den of New York, 6—2, 7—5, 6—2, Play Final Today. 'I‘HE\' meet tomorrow for the crown Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles won last year, McDiarmid and Paul Newton Berkeley. Calif ., seeded first est Sut of and Ern- r of New Orleans and Ra sav Potts of Memphis, Tenn., ranked No. 2, moved into the final of the s tournament, McDiarmid and Newton defeated ‘Jnlms Heldman of Los Angeles and George Ball of El Paso, Tex., 6—4. 3—6, 6—3. 6—4, while Potts and Sutter topped Robert Kamrath of Austin, Tex., and Lewis Wetherell of Santa Ana, Calif., 6—8, 6—4, 6—4, 7—5, in their semi-final match, Arthur C. Montell, jr., of New York won the veterans' championship by defeating another local player, S. Jarvis Adams, jr., 6—0, Retains Tennis Title. ASHEVILLE, N. C. July 24 (P)— Archie Henderson of Chapel Hill re- tained his North Carolina open tennis singles championship with ease today by overwhelming Frank Guernsey of Orlando, Fla., in the final on the Bilt- more Forest Country Club courts, 6—4, 6—2. . — ~ o« 4 League Statistics JULY 25, 1937, AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Washington. 6-8: 8t. Louis. §-5. Chicago. 6; New York, 5 (10 innings). Philadelphia at_Detroit, rain. Cleveland, 6; Boston, STANDING OF THE CLUBS. championship | | tention with a 148 trio, & sizzling 37-33—70, 1 under par, for the longer No. 3 course. Two bad putting holes cost him a stroke on the first nine, but a pair of birdies coming home gave him his stroke margin over course figures. His round matched the pace-set- ting 70 scored by Wild Bill Mehlhorn of Louisville, Ky., yesterday. Mehl- horn dwindied away to a 79 today. to drop into a tie with “Slammin’ Sam” Snead of West Virginia, runner-up to Guldahl in the last tional Open battle, who improved on his opening 76 with a 73 Sarazen, almost as busy with his farm as with golf, brought in his sec- ond straight 72, this one over the number one co George Smith, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, whose club duties make his tournament ap- pearances infrequent, matched Sara- zen's figures, 3537, over the route. Laffoon, Horton Smith Ti IIORTON SMITH added a 72 on number one, to a 73; Laffoon did it the other way around, and put together a 72 and a 73. Picard, who damaged an arm aboard ship returning from America’s suc- cessful Ryder Cup invasion of Great Britain, also kicked in with a 70, the third sub-par round of the tour- nament, hauling himself into con- He had plent company, however, with Johnny Re- volta of Chicago, Paul Runyan of te Plains, N. Y.: Jimmy Hines of Garden City, Long Island; Al Espinosa of Portage, Ohio; Fred Morrison of Los Angeles, Henry Ransom of Brvan, Tex.; Bill Heinlein of dianapolis, Leonard Dodson of Sprir . Mo., and Archie Hambrick, jr, of Decatur, Il at the same figure, After the two days of sorting out, 57 professionals who scored 154 or better and 29 amateurs with 159 or lower were left for the final 36 holes tomorrow, Moreland Tops Amateurs. GUS MORELAND, veteran Peoria 1Il, star, remained on top among the amateurs with 149, with the aid of a 75. Two strokes behind him were Dick Price of Wichita, Kans, and Fred Haas, ir, brilliant young- ster from New Orleans. Mildred Babe Didrikson, Texas' great woman athlete, who shot an 86 yesterday, withdrew after going | part way today. Meivin (Chick) Har- bert, the Battle Creek, Mich, ama- teur who won his State amateur title with a dazzling 20-under-par per- formance for 72 holes two weeks ago, got around in 77 strokes for 159 to stick for the rest of the tournament He scored an 82 yesterday, handi- capped by & bit of glass in his left eye, D.CPLAYERS WIN W.VANETTITLES Edith Clarke, Trent, Mrs. | S. K. Rohinson Triumph. Welsh Takes Singles. HITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. July 24 (#)— Barney Welsh of Rockville, Md, a former champion, regained the West Virginia open tennis title today with a straight set victory over George Judson of Phoenix, Anz, 6—4. 6—0, 9—7. The Southwestern star found Welsh's sizzling drives difficult and | after the pair staged a furious first| set, the Maryland ace gave up only | nine points in the second set. Judson took 5—3 lead in the third set, but the new champion evened the count at 6—6, then drove on to win three of the next four games. Edith Clarke Wins Crown. {DITH CLARKE of Washington out-maneuvered 15-year-old Jane Wagner of Cincinnati, 6—4, 6—1, to win the women's title. In the men's doubles, Welsh and Paul Kunkel of Cincinnati squeezed out a victory over Robert Shanklin and Eddie Blickle, both of Hunting- ton. in four punishing sets, 6—4, 9—7, 4—6 and 6—4. Lieut. and Mrs. Stanley K. Robin- son of Washington scored an easy victory over Sara Moore, Washington, and Elmer Rudy to win the mixed TR0 AN ‘erqa@pENId ) ‘azeiua0Iag GAMES TOMORROW. 0. Open date. NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. Chicago. 10: New York. 5. Louis. 20: Brooklyn, 2. Pittsburzh. 0. a, 13; Cincinnatl, 11. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Boston. Philadelphi: o3eo1q puruag Luep CITINEECE S T301.64: 341605 3 __ GAMES TODAY, GAMES TOMORROW. &t L. 2t Bilvn. (2). Open date. .8t 2). Bifie ¥ icago doubles, 6—4, 6—4. Mrs. Robinson, defending women's titlist, paired with Miss Clarke to win the women's doubles. They de- feated Mrs. L. D. Mitchell, jr. and| Sara Moore, both of Washington, | 6—4, 6—3. XX terday. extent in the last two sets. CHARLES EDGAR HARE. He carried Don Budge, America’s best amateur, to a 15—13 set at the start of their Davis cup match at Wimbledon yes- He failed, however, to worry the Yankee to any great —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. N itc Pr . Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. Base Ball. Washington at St. 2:30. Louis (2), Tennis. Middle Atlantic men's tourney, Army - Navy Final, doubles Club, 2 parks tourney, 10. Reservoir courts, Polo, War Department vs. Penllyn Club of Philadelphia, Stevenson, Md., 3. TOMORROW. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. TUESDAY. Base Ball. Chicagn vs. Washington, Grife fith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4 WEDNESDAY. Base Ball. Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. THURSDAY., Base Ball. Chicago vs. Washington, Griffith Stadium, 3:15. Wrestling. Ernie Dusek vs. Jack Hader, fea- ture match, Griffith Stadium, 8:30. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. FRIDAY. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3:15. Tennis. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 4. SATURDAY. Base Ball. Cleveland vs. Washington, Grif- fith Stadium, 3, Tennis. Middle Atlantic singles tourney, Edgemoor Club, 2. Public parks tourney, Reservoir courts, 2, PLANNED BY YANKS Club to Be Taken Over August 1| Will Be Third of Class AA in New York Chain. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 24—The New York Yankees all but completed arrangements today whereby they will gain control of their third Class AA | base ball farm—the Kansas City Blues | of the American Association. An agreement was reached whereby the world champions will purchase | ‘lhe club’s franchise, players and ball | | park subject to certain conditions | which are expected to be cleared up so they can take over control August 1. No details of the agreement were made public. | The Yanks already own the Newark Club of the International League and the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League in addition to several other minor league clubs of lower classifica- tions. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 24.—Naval Academy second class men defeated the Westphal Loan Co. of Baltimore on the local diamond this afternoon by 4 to 1, to take their third succes- sive game. HUNT IS DEFEATED BY AILING ALLISON Vet Ignores Arm Injury to Retire Longwood Bowl. Gil Doubles Victor. July 24— 32-year-old Texas star, recovered quickly after a bad start in the Long- wood singles final today and won permanent possession of the eighth Longwood Bow! by defeating Gjl Hunt of Washington, D. C, 2—f 6—3. 6—0, 6—4 After dropping the first set to the vouthful Hunt, former Massachusetts Institute of Technology top-notcher. Allison shook off the handicap of an injured right arm and turned loose all his court strategy to take the next three sets. It was his third Longwood singles title, as he won in 1928 and 1934. Final to Mrs. Van Ryn. I THE women's final mat M an Ryn, Au Tex., sevent ranking woman tennis player, scored a straight-set victory over Helen Pedersen of Stamford, Conn., 6—3, 6—4 Today’s victory disproved Allison's own prediction, the experienced player having presaged his own defeat before the tourney. However, after the match, Allison declared he would retire “until I can't hold a racket any longer.” In winning the Longwood women's singles title, Mrs. Van Ryn made it two out of three against Helen Peder- sen, having beaten her in the finals of this tournament two years ago, Hunt Shares Doubles Title. P-SEEDED Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan and Kay Winthrop, Man- chester, found little difficulty in the women's doubles finals, downing Norma Taubele, New York, and Vi ginia Rice Johnson, Boston, in stra sets. 6—3, 6—4. Allison, teamed with Mrs. Van Ryn in the finals of the mixed doubles, gained a hard-fought victory over Paul Guibord of Melrose, Mass., and Gracyn Wheeler of Santa Monica Calif The men’s doubles final was a fivi set battle. Gil Hunt, teamed with Bob Harman of Berkeley, Calif, un- expectedly dropped the first two sets to George Toley of Los Angeles and Vernon Marcum, St. Petersburg, Fla., | but came back to win 5—7, 1—6, 6—4, 6—2, 6—4. YACHT WINS THIRD TIME. CHARLESTON, S. C., July 24 (®) —Finishing far ahead of its nearest rival, Geechee of Savannah, William F. Scheper's Syndicate of Beaufort today won her third straight race and the series in class A in the annual | Carolina Yacht Club sailing re- gatta. Sopwith in Dark On Cup Chances By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE. R. I, July 24— T. O. M. Sopwith, whose En- deavour II will attempt to lift the America’s Cup, declared at a din- ner of the British Empire Club here tonight that he “did not know"” what chance of success his sloop had. He declared Endeavour “pretty nearly tuned up.” The sloop will sail only one more day before being hauled out for painting in preparation for the races. was Long Shot Thunders Home in Flying Scot beats Eagles Pa. 2 ss by half len gth in Classic Stakes $30,000 Race at Arlington Park, Chicago. Burning Star is third, with Pompoon, the favorite, so far back in t!tél place that he didn’t come within ihe camera’s scope. (Story on 1 Page B-9.) I opyright, A. P. Wirephoto. not | CHOOLBOY ROWE SKS RETIREMEN | Will Quit Tigers for Rest of Year—Arm Operation May Be Necessary. | By the Associated Press ETROIT, July 24—Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe submitted application for voluntary re- | tonight to Walter O. Briggs, of the Detroit Tigers. the application. and of American League liam Harridge and Kenesaw Moun | plete 1t that approval v between Rowe |and the Tigers for the remainder of the 1937 season The Schoolboy, nur g a sore arm wi Monday., May Need Operation. were five hits and five runs. had a share of trouble himse saw the game from the press box. After | the game Cochrane, Acting Manager Del Baker and Coach Cy Perkins p: their heads together. Then Cochrane advised Rowe against trying to pitcl any more this season Both Cochrane and Briggs said they believe an operation is the o way to determine whether Rowe ever will pitch again GOLF STARS FALL INBALK PEAK WAR Ouimet to Sidelines as Field Is Cut to 4. | B the Associated Press. ELVIN VILLAGE. N. 24—Two of amateur golf's most durable campaigners, ex-champions both, fell by the wayside in the second round of the top-flight match play in the Balk Peak tournament today while trying to pol- ish their games for next month's na- tional title play at Portland, Oreg. Jesse Guilford of Boston, who shared yesterday's medal honors, was the first of the champions to taste defeat, the result of a birdie that Chuck Sheldon of Greenwich, Conn., snagged on the nineteenth hole. Max Marston of Philadelphia, who wore the amateur crown in 1923 vears after Guilford was forced to abdicate. was edged out of the com- petition by voung Ed Peterson of Wa- tertown, Mass,, 1 up. H., July Ouimet Gets It, Too. MARK STUART, runner-up for the last two years, overwhelmed Al- lan Ellis of Brookline, Mass, by 6 and 5. Ray Lenehan, the Providence vet- eran, was the other 'to gain the semi- finals against Stuart, with a 3-and-1 victory over Van Ely of Philadelphia. A third former champion, Francis Ouimet of Boston, was upset by Henry Palm of Beverly, Mass., 2 and 1, in the first round play in the second di- vision. Griffs’ Records BATTING. 2b.3b 15 Hr Travis 2 BIEgmE [FEECTES LTS |- PSRN 5 a z o Q R o dazstl Dt . PRt o ] B B CoRDLBRD. 20 ava SEF Guilford, Marston Follow | two | lub officials said Briggs accepted | their 11 go to his home in Eldorado, Ark., | | 1and, Calif,, tied IBGANESETLOSS U. S., British Davis Cuppers Even Following Austin’s ! Win Over Parker. BY SCOTTY RESTON. Associated Press Sports Wr IMBLEDON, England, July 24—The United States and Great Britain, pla; spotty and sometimes 1S tennis in rhyvthm with a m dance orchestra outside inds, split the first two sir matches of the Davis Cup challeng round today Sleek, dark-comp! ed (Bun. A the defending Bri whipped Fra Parker, youngster from Milwaukee, 6 the opening match up voung Charles E H hi ed Henry W of confidently pre= left started regain since France antown, Pa ed v the expe and America’s cap for lifted it at the fi Ger counting defi two poir tors at least dressed in f peared on the courts for the o match. Maybe Parker Heard Music, THEN while Prankie and B two of the glummest guys made about the respective up a s ever seriou After was a suspic Frankie was o for he developed a tendency to be on the wrong side of the court as Austin’s deep drives bounded into the corners As a matter of fact even he music the M aukes THE end of the Schoolboy's season | youngster, named as a replacement 2 came in the seventh inning of | for the first game with the Philadelphia | Atlanta, never had a chance again Athletics at Navin Field Friday. There | the machine-like Austin, whose tennis Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant of reputation has been buil Manager Mickey Cochrane, who has | DS Temarkable exploits in Davis Cup competition, Bunny ran sets without even in the ti in the through serfous diffi d, when Parker rall later stages, the: tion rath superior play. Double-faults Help Budge. T TOOK a service break by Budge in the tenth game to save the red-head from losing the opening set. With that break and the score all even at 5—5, the Californian, obviously far below form. was content to hang on. protecting his own service games, for 17 games in Finally in the twenty- h game, Hare, who was leading 40- served two consecutive double-faults to allo Budge to deuce the e. A third double-fault, a minute later, cost the Briton game and set Budge missed more shots in this set than he usually does in any three. Hare, flashing a fast service and good forehand, kept rushing the net to thump Budge's returns right back at him. In the twenty-first game Budge had to come up from 15—40 to save his service and in the twenty-second, on Hare's service, Budge led 40—0 only to see the Briton rally fiercely to save the game The crowd was so amazed by t spectacle that the women kept squeak- ing up at the wrong times and had to be called down by an official who was mad about the music anyway. Budge and Hare blundered on througk five more games on service before the exhausted Briton finally folded up. Thereafter it was a breeze for Budge who began hitting his shots with his customary speed and accuracy. Hare was 80 weary he could throw up little defense against the Califorian’s power= ful offensive. Set Nears Davis Cup Record. THE opening set came close to & Davis Cup record of 25 years’ standing. The longest set in chal- lenge round singles came in 1914, when Maurice McLoughlin, the great Cali- fornia “‘comet,” took a 17—15 decision in the first set of his match with Nor- man E. Brookes of Australia. In 1934, Fred Perry traveled 28 games before winning the fourth and final set of his match with Frank Shields, 15—13. Out of the first day’'s play emerged the conviction of some experts that this challenge round can't be conceded to the United States unles Budge plays better tennis on Tuesday against Aus- tin than he did in the first set against Hare. Bunny probably would have been two sets up today by the time Don finally got his bearings. “I just couldn't get going,” the red- head said after the match. Except for an excess of perspiration, Parker showed no signs of the ner- vousness that tormented Grant in the interzone final. He simply vas out- gunned by the veteran Austin. After taking the Sabbath off, the teams will return to the courts Mon= day at 3 pm. (9 am. Eastern stand- (See HARE, Page B-8.)