Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-02
RyAN-BROWNEP PAIR
WIN AT WIMBLEDON
Capture Women's Doubles
Championship-Kinsey
Beaten in Three Sets.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON, England. July 2
Americas lawn tennis stars won one
OF the Wimbledon cha mpionship hon
ors TODAY but lost another. Miss
Mary X Browne md Miss Elizabeth
RYAN captured the womens doubles
final from Mrs Kitty Mckane God
free and Miss Evelyn Colyer by the
decisive score OF 81, 81.
Howard Kinsey. sixth ranking
American play lost to Jean Borotra
the Bounding Basque" at SIS. 6-l,
IS.
The American women's doubles
pair won even more decisivelN than
thew did in the Wightman cup CON
test. in which they defeated the same
opponents. 3-6, e.. Ga.
Americans at Top Form.
The only game taken by the Eng
lish women in the first set was won
on Miss tolyer's service. Inc amer
icans had no difficulty. and seemed at
the ton Of their form in all depart
ments Of the game. Mrs. Godffee
and Miss Colyer were far below the
standard they had set in the matches
leading up 10 the hnais.
The English pair were unable 10
prodnce the clock like teamwork
which featured the playing OF the
Americans. with the result that the
latter found many openings for place
ments or kills.
In the second set the English women
staged great rally 10 win the 1"ur'h
game on Mrs. Godfrees service.
Seventeen exchanges of The ball, with
all the players at the net, weIe
,uired to decide one point, which MISS
placement.
Rorotra Wins by Service.
tinsev and Borotra began their
match before A packed stadium IN
Guiding many notables among them
Lord Rirkenhead, Lord Balfour ana
Margot Asquith.
Porotra took the first set SIS. 1T
was a set in which the opponets
nlayed with their heads s well as the
rackets Only twice did the spec
tacular Basque get TO his faForlte Po-
sition at the net, being kept at the
haselne the rest of the Tune ny NH
sey's lobbing accuracy.
IT was mainly the effectiveness OF
Rorotra's service that enabled him 10
outshade kinsey in this set.
Rorotra opened the first set on ms
own service. reaching 40 love by MS
nsual STYLE of net play before k!hseS
began to pick up off the Frenchmah 5
corners with drop shots. The Amer
lean took FIVE points in a row to win
the game. The Frenchlnan immediate
lv changed his tactics and play see
sawed back and forth until the game
score stood at deuce. All.
The tenth game, which kinseE won
to deuce the game score. was featured
by spectacular playing by the Amer.
ican who picked off the corners OF
the French player with great skill
Rorotra finally managed to reach the
net after the score had gone to e'all
and captured the set, to =.
Stars in Second Set.
The second set started on in much
-he same fashion as the nrst, puI
Rorotra was more accurate WIN ms
nl.cement shots and succeeded In TAX.
ing the set easily, with the loss Oh
only enc game. -. ,.
Rorotra's second set was his hest
performance of the match. and 1t
brought comment from the galleries
tbat he could probably have beaten
onx one in the form that he displayed
Ambassador Houghton was one OF
.hoso who witnessed kinSeyS de1eas
from a committee boX.
Although he was down two sets
Kinsev started the third SET ano.
tiously with a variety OF Wen tilleo
n1acements and chops. Several times
he passed Borotra on me Way ~ ,ne
not For the most part the Frefch'
- - s,ucL close to his base line. con
tan, m drive back kinsey's slices with
5ead,v accuracy and to wait for the
America to commit an error
The players divided the flrst tour =
rames. kinsey capturing the fourth
sf,er Horotra had refused the game
noint offered him by the hnesman :,
poor decision. Kinsey captured the
Ann game on his service, but Borotra
swept through the next four games !.
capturing the set, 6-s, and with II
the match.