Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-23

English Junior Champion, is,
Eliminates U. S. Titleholder
at Wimbledon.

By the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON, England, June o.
Mrs. Molla Mallory, seven times
American national women's tennis
champion and present holder of tho
title, was defeated today in the Vim.
bledon singles by Miss Betty Nuthall,
English schoolgirl player and junior
champion. The score was 2-s, e-s,
Go.
Betty Nuthall won the British tu.
nior singles championship in 1924.
1925 and again last year. Last year
also, paired with Gwendolin Sterry,
she won the British women's hard
court doubles championship. She is
16 years old.
The first set provided some Of the
best women's tennis seen at Wimble-
don this year. Both Mrs. Mallory and
her youthful opponent played force
fully from the baseline without any
slackening in pace or attempting to
so to the net.
English Girl Takes Lead.
Betty took an early lead of Al In
the second set, when the American
champion began showing the strain
of the swift pace. Mrs. Mallory dou-
BILE faulted twice.
The English girl took the first four
games of tho last set by continuing
her campaign from the baseline. Then
she went to the net and volleyed and
smashed for the winning points.
While her youthful opponent was
adopting this offensive, Mrs. Mallory
appeared to be firing, and her drives
lost much Of their sting.
BY going to the net in the final two
games, Betty repeated the tactics
which gave her the second set and
paved the way for her victory.
The start Of the match saw some
of the severest stroking by woman
players within the memory Of veteran
at the base lines and exchanging
scorching drives.
Mrs. Mallory was imbued with re.
lentless energy and stroked magnifi.
Gently, both on the forehand and
backhand. Her drives proved too
much for her opponent, and she took
the set at 60.
Then Betty. showing great tennis
modified her game, slowing
in pace and going to the net. Her
tactics completely baffied Mrs. Nal.
lory from the beginning of the second
set, which the English girl took at
GO, leaving the match square at the
rest period.
Tactics Battle Mrs. Mallory.
Mrs. Mallory began the last set in
determined fashion and dropped the
first two games, only after taking them
several times to deuce. This effort
GO To hnt 10 hA Ia - -,
and the English girl, con.
tinuing to show rare court general
ship, ran out the next four to win the
deciding set at love.
Betty'S victory was q most popular
one with the gallery, but expressions
of sympathy for the veteran American
star were also heard. Mrs. Mallory
smiled gamely in defeat. and tapped
her young conqueror on the shoulder
as she shook hands and congratulated
her.
Senorita de Alvarez of Spain was
the first to reach the quarter-finals Of
the women's singles, defeating Mrs.
Mabel Squire Mavrogordato. 6--3, Go.
Miss Elizabeth Ryan defeated Mrs.
III. C.. Broadbridge, 60, 6--3, and
thus became the first American WON.
an to reach the fourth round of the
singles.
Lacoste and Tilden Win.
Henri Cochet of France eliminated
the last German player from the mems
singles by defeating Heinrich Klein.
schroth at Is, 81, 60. Klein.
schroth made courageous fight
against his strong opponent during
the first two sets.
Rene Lacoste, another Of Frances
Three Musketeers'' and ranked as
the worlds leading player by the
committee, also won his
way into the fourth round by easily
H. G. Macintosh, 60, So,
So,
William T. Tilden advanced another
round in the mems singles, defeating
9. P. Hughes in straight sets, 6-S,
6-4, Go.
Francis T. Hunter Of the United
States defeated Arthur H. Lowe of
England, 60, SIS, 6-3.
Jean Borotra of France eliminated
Edward Riggs, 81, SIS, 1-6, 6-s,
So.
Helen Wills and Elizabeth Ryan,
paired in the women's doubles, defeat.
ed Mrs. Whitley and Miss N. WEIGH,
6--S, 60.