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...captain of the U. S. Davis Cup team, was up against a tough question. The U. S. team had just managed to beat Germany in the interzone final (TIME, July 29). In the doubles, after match point had been called against them five times, Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn had nosed out Baron Gottfried von Cramm and Kay Lund in five long sets. Next day, Allison had, as expected, won his singles match against Heiner Henkel and Donald Budge had amazingly defeated von Cramm. This gave the U. S. the right to play England in the challenge round...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Aug. 5, 1935 | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

Captain Wear pondered for a whole day. Then he chose Allison. Since England's Fred Perry could be counted on for two singles points, America's Budge for one and the U. S. doubles team of Allison & Van Ryn for another, the crucial match was Allison v. Austin. When the draw was announced, it became clear that Captain Wear would not have to wait long to have his decision tested. The crucial match was the first on the schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Aug. 5, 1935 | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

...doubles team, possibly weakened by the effects on Allison of his match with Austin, came out to play George Patrick Hughes and stocky young Charles Raymond Davys Tuckey, making his first appearance in a Davis Cup match. Instead of winning in three sets as anticipated, Allison & Van Ryn lost in five -6-2, 1-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3-and it was England's Cup for the third year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Aug. 5, 1935 | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

...Davis Cup campaign lies in the fact that Germany and England each have one singles player who can be counted on to win two matches. Last week, experts expected that Germany's Baron Gottfried von Cramm would defeat both Budge and Wilmer Allison, that Allison and John Van Ryn would win the doubles and that Allison would beat Germany's No. 2 player, Heiner Henkel. The outcome might therefore well depend on the first match, between Budge and Henkel. A small gallery watched Budge nervously fumble through the first three sets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Davis Cup, Jul. 29, 1935 | 7/29/1935 | See Source »

...Davis Cup team, Sidney Wood, Frank Shields, George Lott and Lester Stoefen. Experts wondered how o rate the chances of Berkeley Bell, once No. 9 but now No. 18 in national ranking, who has won nine tournaments this season; of youthful oldtimers like John Van Ryn, Wilmer Allison, Bryan Grant and Clifford Sutter: of the latest batch of promising youngsters like Donald Budge, Gene Mako and Frank Parker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tennists to Forest Hills | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

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