European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes sunday july 7, 1963 Mckinley conquers Stolle to capture Wimbledon Crown Wimbledon a Charles Chuck Mckinley 155 pounds of muscle and Bounce brought the Wimbledon men s singles Crown most glittering prize of the Amateur Tennis world Back to the United states Friday with a thrilling 9-7, 6-1, 6-4 Victory Over unseeded Fred Stolle a Flaxen haired Bank clerk from Sydney Australia before Princess Margaret and18,000 other fans. Tony Trabert the Cincinnat Sailor was the last american born stir to capture the title for Amer Ica 1955although peruvian Alex Olmedo who played for the the Davis cup won in 1959. Mckinley thus became the firs Champion to take the title without having met a seeded player along the Way according to United press International. On the other hand Stolle could have become the first unseeded player in history to weather was perfect sunny with no wind to hamper the play ers. In other matches Friday Darlene hard of Long Beach calif., reached the finals of the women s double Sand mixed doubles. In winning Mckinley 22, broken australian stranglehold on the title that had lasted three before he swept Home he had to endure 40 minutes of battering from Stolle that would have made a lesser Man Wilt under the , 24, stands 6 feet 2m inches. Mckinley is 6 inches Shorter and for the first 14 games of the match he was reeling under succession of Hammer blows. Stolle served like a dream volleyed with crispness and author Ity and was almost impassable atthe net in the Early stages and it seemed Only a matter of time be fore Mckinley would crumple under the Strain. But fourth seeded Mckinley mathematics student at Trinity University carried a Chart of the court around in his head. His Powers of recovery were Superb and he seemed to sense the open spaces even when taking a photon his Blind Side. For those first spine tingling 14games, it looked an easy bet on Stolle eventually breaking through and sweeping the Chunky Little american aside. He was winning his services with almost contemptuous ease but Mckinley was al ways fighting Back and Stolle was never Abe to get in Complete com Mand. Then so suddenly it took the capacity crowd by Surprise it was Mckinley who swept through giants Edge falling cards on killer s Lith inning hit san Francisco up Chuc Khiller whose batting average had fallen to .185 at game time cracked single in the Lith inning that gave Jie san Francisco giants a6-5 Victory Over the St. Louis cardinals Friday night and Plum meted them to their sixth straight loss. Jose Pagan opened the Lith by singling off loser de Bauta 3-3then went to second on Harve Kuenn s sacrifice. Hiller then ripped a solid single into Center Field for his second consecutive hit of the contest. 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But now Stolle pulled himself together. He was never the dominating Force he was at the Start of the match but at least he tightened his game sufficiently tomake the Little american fight hard for every pulled up to Deuce twice in the third game of the third set but a Mckinley smash followed by a Steep drive that Stolle sent just Over the sideline kept the american in front at 2-1. Then with the score 2-2 and Mckinley serving Stolle had his one and Only Hance in the match of getting a break. Despite two Vantage recoveries in the style Mckinley has made his own Stolle got to Deuce by almost pushing the american Over the Baseline with a Power drive banged Over another that Mckinley volleyed into the Netto get the advantage but lost it at the receiving end of two of Chuck Best class services. With Stolle striving desperately for another break and Mckinley warding him off without any difficulty games went with service until Mckinley led at 5-4. Then he went straight in forthe kill on the 10th. A zipping return that Stolle netted and two vicious kills at the net brought him to match Point and he bang Dover yet another Power drive that Stolle could t hold properly forthe match. Mckinley came off the court with a big smile on his face and lumps of skin missing from his right Elbow and right hip. That was the Price of flinging himself about the court for retrieving shots that had the fans roaring., i never Felt really confident of winning the match until Fred put that last shot into the net Mckinley said. I was a bit nervous but no nearly so nervous As when i played Rod Laver in the final two year Sago. In a big match like this each Man starts off trying to get the continued on Page 22 Wimbledon Champ Chuck Mckinley first american male Winner since 55
