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...toured the U. S. and South America with a British team, winning the Argentina championship. The next year he reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon, defeated Sidney Wood and Jean Borotra in Davis Cup play, beat seven of the first test players of the U. S., was defeated by Ellsworth Vines in the semi-finals of the U. S. Singles...
Last year in the final of the U. S. Singles at Forest Hills, Perry met Jack Crawford who held the Australian, French and All-England titles and was expected to add the U. S. title. When Crawford lost that match and when Ellsworth Vines turned professional shortly afterward, Perry became indisputably the best amateur tennist in the world. Since then he has beaten Crawford five times. After defeating him in the Wimbledon final this year, he put the finishing touches on his record by beating both Sidney Wood and Frank Shields in the singles match of the Davis Cup challenge...
While U. S. amateur tennists were preparing for Forest Hills last week, professionals were holding their National Championship in Chicago. William Tatem Tilden II was abroad, practicing for the World's Championship next month in Paris. In the semifinals, Ellsworth Vines, who has this year earned some $50,000 from the game, was beaten by Hans Nusslein of Germany. In the final, Nusslein beat Karel Kozeluh of Czechoslovakia...
...York, May 24 Ellsworth vines of Pasadena, cal., and Bill Tilden of Philadelphia, today defeated the two French aces, Henri Cochet and Martin Plaa, in opening play of the final round robin in the Eastern Professional Tennis Championships...
...great deal of interest will center around the number one match between S. Ellsworth Davenport III '34 and Hugh Lynch '34 of Princeton...