The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 (August 1, 1935)
The high hopes of Australia for the Davis Cup and the English Championships have been dashed rudely to the ground, and the determined play of von Cramm and his team has brought Germany definitely to the front as a world tennis “menace.”
There is, however, another side to the question. The motto “Horses for Courses” has always carried some weight with tennis followers, but this year's play in Europe has clearly shown the necessity for the development of a “standard” court if any true gauging of world tennis leaders is to be arrived at and if there is to be any assurance that the Davis Cup is to be carried off by the best team.
Over two years ago Camille Malfroy stated his belief that von Cramm was the world's best player and the recent Wimbledon tourney showed how close this declaration was to the truth. On the grass courts he played magnificently, and it was not till he met Perry, who came to the contest flushed with success and playing at the very top of his form, that von Cramm's victorious march was arrested in the final of the world's tennis blue-ribbon contest. A month or so before on the hard courts of Germany von Cramm was unbeatable and the German team won from Crawford, Quist and McGrath, the right to meet America in the semi-finals of the Davis Cup. It is very unlikely that the same result would have eventuated if the match had been played on the softer court at Wimbledon. Certainly the Australians were even then showing signs of the staleness and of the disorganisation of their game caused by the changing over to harder courts, which culminated in their debacle at Wimbledon. But even so it is probable that, although von Cramm may have won both his singles, the Australians would have saved the game on courts similar to those they were used to. Crawford's defeat of Perry at Eastbourne revealed the Australian's true form.
It now appears certain that the Germans would defeat the American team in Germany and be defeated in turn by the English holders on the English courts. The point is, however, that a different result would almost as certainly have happened if all the matches had been played on the same type of court. It appears likely that the Germans would beat the English team if the match were to be played in Germany, and I personally still think that Australia would have been victorious this year if all the matches had been played at Sydney or Wimbledon.
The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 5 (Aug 1, 1935) Matumaini makubwa ya Australia kwa Kombe la Davis na Mashindano ya Uingereza yamepigwa kwa ukali, na mchezo wa von Cramm na timu yake umeleta Ujerumani dhahiri mbele kama tishio la tenisi ya ulimwengu. "Motoo ""Mabasi kwa Kozi"" daima imekuwa na uzito fulani na wafuasi wa tenisi, lakini kucheza mwaka huu katika Ulaya imeonyesha wazi umuhimu wa maendeleo ya mahakama ya ""kiwango"" kama yoyote ya kweli gauging ya viongozi wa tenisi ya dunia ni kufika na kama kuna kuwa na uhakika kwamba Kombe la Davis ni kubeba mbali na timu bora." Camille Malfroy amekuwa akisema kwamba von Kramer ni mchezaji bora duniani na mashindano ya Wimbledon yalionyesha jinsi taarifa hiyo ilivyo sahihi. Kwenye uwanja wa nyasi alicheza kwa uzuri, na haikuwa mpaka alipokutana na Perry, ambaye alikuja kwenye mashindano ya mafanikio na kucheza katika hali yake ya juu, kwamba maandamano ya ushindi wa von Cramm yalifungwa katika fainali ya mashindano ya ulimwengu ya mpira wa magongo. Mnamo mwezi mmoja uliopita, kwenye viwanja vikali vya Ujerumani, von Kramm alikuwa asiyeweza kushindwa na timu ya Ujerumani ilishinda kutoka kwa Crawford, Quist na McGrath haki ya kukutana na Amerika katika nusu fainali ya Kombe la Davis. Ni uwezekano mdogo sana kwamba matokeo yaleyale yangetokea ikiwa mechi hiyo ingechezwa kwenye uwanja laini zaidi wa Wimbledon. Kwa hakika, hata wakati huo, Waustralia walikuwa wakionyesha dalili za kukosa utaratibu na kutoelewana kwa mchezo wao, kwa sababu ya kubadilisha kwa mahakama ngumu zaidi, ambayo ilifikia kilele katika kushindwa kwao huko Wimbledon. Hata hivyo, ingawa von Kramer alishinda mechi zote mbili, huenda Australia ililinda mchezo huo kwenye viwanja ambavyo walikuwa wamezoea. Ushindi wa Crawford dhidi ya Perry huko Eastbourne ulifunua hali halisi ya Mwingereza huyo. Sasa inaonekana kuwa ni hakika kwamba Wajerumani watashinda timu ya Marekani nchini Ujerumani na kushindwa kwa upande wao na wamiliki wa Kiingereza kwenye mahakama za Kiingereza. Hata hivyo, matokeo yangekuwa tofauti kama mechi zote zingechezwa kwenye uwanja uleule. "Imeonekana kuwa Ujerumani ingeshinda England ikiwa mechi hiyo ingekuwa nchini Ujerumani, na mimi binafsi bado nafikiri kwamba Australia ingekuwa imeshinda mwaka huu ikiwa mechi zote zingekuwa zimepigwa huko Sydney au Wimbledon."""