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...Frank Kukuljevic, Ferenc Puncec and Demeter Mitic, Yugoslavia Davis Cup tennis team: the European Zone Final; defeating Germany's Henner Henkel, Rolf Copfert and Roderich Menzel (onetime Czech Davis Cupper); three matches to two; at Zagreb, Yugoslavia. During the doubles match, while Henkel & Menzel were beating Puncec & Kukuljevic, Yugoslavian spectators, resenting the appearance of Menzel on the German team, booed "Back to Sudetenland!", raised such a rumpus that the Germans hired a bodyguard to protect their Anschlussed star. By winning the European Zone Final, Yugoslavia qualified to meet Australia (unless Australia loses to Cuba) in the Interzone Final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Aug. 7, 1939 | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

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