Retro time: Perry versus Von Kramm

[gzhpcu]

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=5979

[gzhpcu]

Funny you should mention that Davis cup tie.... just received "A Terrible Splendor" by Marshall J. Fisher. It is all about the Budge - Von Cramm match and all the historical events around it...
And, oh yes, I misspelled "Cramm"...


Here is an article from the SI vault on Von Cramm:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1138011/1/index.htm

Tough to find a video on the match though....

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Ooops... looks like I have Gonzales on the brain...

[stotty]

Jumpy little clip that one, Phil. Still you can get the gist of how tennis was back then. They played to a packed house at Wimbledon back then too, like nowadays.