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...chairs in the grandstand, noisily spilled a tray of orangeade. The crowd, largely composed of Parisian Germans and Parisian Frenchmen who wanted Germany to win because it might make it easier for France in the challenge round, was delighted also by the next thing that happened. Baron Gottfried von Cramm, a handsome stocky young German, beat tall, rangy, raven-haired Francis Xavier Shields of New York, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 8-6. This unexpected victory?one more in the record of a team that had astounded tennis critics by beating England in the European zone finals?gave...
...German Davis Cup team (Daniel Prenn, Gottfried von Cramm, G. Jaenecke): the European zone final, for the right to play the U. S.; 5 matches to 0, against Italy; at Milan...
...German Davis Cup team (Daniel Prenn, Gottfried von Cramm, Walter Dessart): European zone semi-finals against England; 3 matches to 2; at Berlin...