Show National Tourney Proves Americas America's Tennis Is Slipping Yankee Yank c Davis Cup Hopes for 1934 Dimmed as Fred Pe Perry lY Noses Out Crawford in jn Foreign All National Tourney Final NEW YORK Sept 11 UP The UP-The The United States passed out of the world tennis picture over the week After a disastrous European season American players were shut out of their own national championship by Frederick J. J Perry of England who blasted Americas America's Davis CUD CUP hones at n Paris n To the Americans it mattered little who won yesterdays yesterday's final lit at the Forest For For- est Hills West Side club It was an all all- foreIgn final for forthe the second time in he championships championship's year 2 history be- be Perry and Jack Crawford of S. Australia Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford was favored because of triumphs tri tri- in the thc French Wimble Wimbledon don and Australian championships c When Perry de defeated de- de Crawford in five sets 6 3 Jl 13 6 4 6 0 6 1 it was wasa as t a great triumph for British tennis i C enthusiasts fl t h followIng fol fol- lowing Britain's Perry Davis cup victory this year It was the first time an Englishman won von the United States title since 1903 1003 when Hugh L. L Dougherty lifted the cup But Saturdays Saturday's American debacle was more important for United States n n a.- a. tennis fans tans and for officials of ot the U. U S. S Lawn T Tennis association Perry routed Lester of Los Angeles and Crawford eliminated Francis X Shields of New York in straight sets These defeats impressed experts with the fact fact if if the Davis cup defeat did not that not that the American brand of tennis is slipping The U. U S. S L. L T. T A. A Davis cup selection tion Lion committee is faced with one of ot the bleakest outlooks since the trophy was put Into competition When n Crawford and Perry retired for tea at the end of oC three sets yesterday yes yes- the Australian was leading two sets to one and the spectators spectators spectators spec spec- were confident that he would win But in the fourth Perry abandoned abandoned aban aban- cloned his has cautious earlier play and struck out with all his power This hurled Crawford back on the defensive sive she and Perry sprayed his baseline with steaming forcing shots both back and forehand and raked the courts with volleys Crawford Crawford Craw Craw- ford Cord checked the attack temporarily in the filth fifth set but the little English English- man picked up again in the third game and blasted out four more games for set match and champion champion- ship PLA PLAYS YS AMAZING A TENNIS Crawford was bewildered by the uncanny accuracy of Perrys Perry's gambling gambling gambling gam gam- bling shots In this mad rally Perry could do no no wrong He smashed lobs from Crom the baseline as deftly as letups from the net het He played amazing sensational tennis the tennis the only kind of game that could have beaten the calm fluent stroking ace from down under |