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...German exile Baron Gottfried von Cramm: the London Grass Courts tennis championship, No. 1 tune-up for this week's All-England tournament at Wimbledon (in which he is not entered); defeating Ghaus Mohammed of India in the final, 6-1, 6-3; for his first major tennis victory since he was imprisoned by the Nazis for moral turpitude over a year ago. In the semifinals, the onetime German Davis Cupper, now living in Sweden, trounced Bobby Riggs, No. 1 U. S. amateur, 6-0, 6-1. Said Donald Budge, who was among the spectators: "I think Germany made...
...sided scores featured the opening round of the Eastern polo Intercollegiates, as the favorites won in every match. At the same time the Crimson team, which drew a bye in the first round, succumbed by a score of 10 to 6 in a tune-up match with the Ridgewood team of Essex Troop at Newark...
Warner and Potter will carry the 200 breastroke burden for the Green against Jack Waldron and Max Kraus, Neither of the New Hampshire men is outstanding so the event will be a good tune-up for the Princeton meet Saturday, in which Jack would like very much to take a second place...
...quarter-mile will also be some-what of a tune-up for Ostrander, the best Indian 440 man, hasn't done better than 5:24.4 this season. Cutler and Ed Hewitt will oppose him, and our Edwin is going to have to paddle his very best to take second.DAVE STEARNS Leads '42 Tankmen Against Dartmouth Yearlings...
Among the spectators at Longwood was 20-year-old Robert Riggs, Los Angeles minister's son, who within two years has zoomed from nowhere to second ranking U. S. tennist. He had passed up the Newport tournament, last major tune-up before the U. S. championships, in order to scout the Australians. For cocky young Bobby Riggs, who has won 14 U. S. tournaments this year, was smarting under Don Budge's recent innuendo (that, if he were chosen for the Davis Cup team, he would probably lose both his singles matches...