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Show Budge Step Nearer U.' S. Net Crown FOREST HILLR N. Y . Sept. 10 (UPI Donald Budge, tha CaUfornia red-head who already haa won three all-England titles, waa only a few lobe and volley from tenni Immortality Im-mortality today. Ha needed but two matchea to win tha American alnglea crown. Victory In the national would make Budge king of world tennla for 137, A atraight-iet triumph would put hla name high en the honor roll of tannia. Baron Mill In Budge meet young Frankte Parker Par-ker of Spring Lake, N. J., today In tha semifinals of the national cham-plonihlpi. cham-plonihlpi. It waa Parker who ruined Budge' no-hlt" match at Wimbledon, taking a act from him in th aemifinal. In today'a other match, Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany, who lost to Budge in atraight aeta in tha Wimbledon finala, meet Bobby Rlgg of Lot Anglea. Von Cramm la favored. If Budge beau Parker In atraight et. he will b favorad to keep hia alata clean In tha final, regardless of whether h meet Von Cramm or RigK. Von Cramm haa had a moat difficult time ataying In the tourney while Budge made tha aeml-! final with th lose of only 22 game , In four matchea. Defrata Hunt Againat Joe Hunt of Lo Angela. I on of Amertca'a moat promUing youngstara. Budge showed the crowd , everything. Ha took th first two t. e-1, -7. In th third h slowed down and Hunt forged Into a 4-1 lead. Then Don turned on tha heat and won five atraight gamea to take , the set 6-4. In th women semifinals, Anita Lisana of Chile and Jadwlga Jedrae-Jowska Jedrae-Jowska of Poland were favored to 1 survive. Mis Llxana meet Dorothy May Bundy of Santa Monica, Cal., who i eliminated Defending Champion Allca Marble In tha quarterfinal, j Mla Jcdraejowska, favored to win the title, facea Helen Jacob of ' Berkeley, Cel., four tlmea national champion. |