The Archive · 1939

Polish Ace Brings Off Startling Upset

Beats Much-Fancied Henkel — In Davis Cup

Warsaw, May 20.

The second singles of the Davis Cup tie between Poland and Germany produced a startling upset today, when Tloczynski, of Poland, defeated Germany's leading player. Henner Henkel, 6-4, 6-8, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

In the first contest Roderick Menzel, the Sudeten German, took the measure of Count Bavorovski by 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4.

Mr. Bloomfield, the English referee in charge of the match, telephoned to London today for a ruling when the German captain, after he had announced his team, attempted to substitute another for Henkel The Davis Cup Committee, after declaring that Poland were certainly within their rights in claiming a walkover, appealed to them, in the interests of sport, to renounce the right, which they did after a meeting of the Polish Lawn Tennis Association The doubles match will be staged tomorrow.—Reuter.

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