London, July 3.
IE fates to-day conspired to spoil what promised to be one'
of the greatest Wimbledon singles finals ever witnessed and enabled Fred J. Perry, the holder, to become the first man to win the crown for three years in succession since H. L. Doherty won the title from 1902 to 1906 inclusive.
Perry took only 40 minutes to defeat Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, in the fin winning by 6-1, 6- The German player was seized with a cramp in his right leg shortly before the start of the muscle in his right thigh.
Thereatter, he limped about help-essly, either netting or returning the ball out of the court, making Perry's fosie an easy one, The German, although in great pain, pluckily con-{inued, though frequently helplessly. beaten and unable to reach Perry's shots, The match opened very promisingly, the frst game going to deuce ten times before being decided, At the fend of the match, Perry declared that he had never played better in his Motor Accident Baron von Cramm suffered a shock in a motoring accident on his way to the courts and was not in a ft condition match, and then he strained a third successive year, to-day teamed with Miss Dorothy Round won the mixed doubles championship. In the final they met the American team, Donald Budge and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, who gave them a terrify battle and took the first hard-fought set, 1-0. Perry. and Miss Round, bya supreme effort, turned the tide in the second set and won it" 7-5. The final. set found the Americans still challenging their opponents with a fast, smashing game but they were unable to maintain the ace and the British team won the deciding set, 6-4—United Press.
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