Forest Hills, Sept. 24.
A capacity crowd sat here enthralled today and watched J. Donald Budge of California become the first man in the history of lawn tennis to com-lete a grand slam of the American, lish, French, and Australian titles in one year. Budge achieved this distinction by defeating his lifelong friend and companion, Gene Mako, in the final of the U.S. singles championship tournament, The scores which etched Budge's name into the roll call of Sportsdom's honour were 6-3, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1 Budge mercifully tempered his play in the match today. With a smile on his freckled face and a laugh on his lips he magnanimously permitted his lifelong friend to take the second set Of the match. The loss of this set, while having no bearing on the out-ome of the match caused Budge to unselfishly sacrifice the glory of winning the Wimbledon and Forest Hills championships without the loss of a single set.
His victory today set at rest all recent rumours that illness was causing him to slip, and definitely established beyond all question that he is the greatest tennis player in the world today, amateur or professional.
Nichol, with rounds of 82 and 83 on Saturday, surprised the spectators yesterday with the way in which he followed in the champion's wake to overhaul K, M, Cumming, second at the start of the day's play, and R. F. Kirby, who occupied third position, (Cumming, playing a forceful game found that the handicap of being six strokes behind the leader was too great and his returns yesterday were 82 for the morning round and 85 in the afternoon's play, giving him a total of 322, the third best score, R. F. Kirby, a Durham Light Infantry officer, lost his position as third man when he went round in 84 and 83 yesterday, J, A, Grubb (fourth) with rounds of 76 and TT being' above him. 4 The final placings were: Champion, A, Ricketts; Runner-up, G. D. Nichol; 3rd, Best Score, K, M. Cumming: 4th. Best Score, J, A. Grubb; Best 18 holes on Saturday; K. M. Cumming; Best 36 holes on Saturday, A. Ricketts; Best 18 holes on Sunday, G. D. Nichol; Best 36 holes on Sunday, G, D, Nichol,
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