American Badminton Championship 1937

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The US Badminton Championship in 1937 was the first edition of the national badminton championships in the USA. It took place in Chicago in early April 1937 . In the men's singles semi-finals, Ong Hock Sim eliminated Henry Reynolds from Chicago 10-15, 15-10 and 15-8, while Walter R. Kramer beat Chester Goss from Los Angeles with 15-4 and 15-6. Kramer received a silver bowl for his title win, which was named after the 1878 New York badminton pioneers Bayard Clarke and E. Langdon Wilks .

Final results

discipline winner finalist Result
Men's singles Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Walter R. Kramer Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya Ong Hock Sim 15-10, 15-4
Ladies singles Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Bertha Barkhuff Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Wanda Bergman 11-4, 11-1
Men's doubles Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Don Eversoll Chester Goss
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg 		Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Donald Richardson Philip Richardson
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg 		15-11, 15-3
Ladies doubles Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Bertha Barkhuff Zoe Smith
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg 		Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Helen Gibson Wanda Bergman
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg 		15-6, 4-15, 15-7
Mixed Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Hamilton Law Bertha Barkhuff
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg 		Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Walter R. Kramer
Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Mrs. Ray Casey 		13-18, 15-8, 15-8

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