New Britain herald., 1927-08-27
TWO OPPONENTS LEFT FOR HELEN
Miss Wills Stands as Dominating
 Figure in Tournament

Forest Hills, N. r.. Aug. 27 F1 Only two opponents today stood be- tween Miss Helen Wills, 21-year-old California tennis ace. and a fourth American women's championship that will carry with it undisputed supremacy in amateur ranks.
 AS the result of the downfall of the defending champion, Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory yesterday, Miss Wills stood out as the dominant fig ure among four young survivors in today's semi finals and ruled strong favorite to regain the heights she held from 1923 to 1925.
 In an California match today Miss Wills was bracketed with Miss Helen Jacobs, both from the same tennis school and same town, Berk- eley. In the other semi-final Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chapin conqueror of Mrs. Mallory, was pitted against the youngest and last Of the English stars, 16-year-old Betty Nuthall. The Chapin-Nutha match was schedul- ed for 2 p. m.. and the Wills-Jacobs contest at , o'clock.
 Miss Wills overwhelmed Miss Ja- cobs in their only previous match this year, played at Manchester, Mass, . few weeks ago. On the form they have displayed so far in this weeks tournament, the former champion seemed certain to repeat for while she has won four straight matches convincingly. dropping only II games in eight sets. Miss Jacoos has been hard pressed twice, first by Eileen Bennett of England and again yesterday by the New York veteran, Mrs. Edna H. Roeser, be- fore winning three sets. 6-s. S-6, e-2. the .troking of Miss Jacobs in this match did not compare with the sweeping shots of Miss Wills that crushed Req Bouman, champion of Holland, 6-1, 62.
 There was less to choose between the other two semifinal opponents, Mrs. Chapin and Miss Nuthall. both the heroines of stirring victories yes terday. Mrs. Chapin, fifth in the na- tional ranking, rose to the greatest heigth. of her career in downing the eight times champion, Mrs. Mallory, in three exciting sets, 6-S, 1-6, 6-4. while Miss Nuthall thrilled the gal lery with an uphill fight to victory over Miss Goss at 4-s. 7-5. 6e.
 Mrs. Chapin upset Mrs. Mallory with the same resourcefulness. and stroking versatility that had over ! thrown Miss Joan Fry of England the day before but her fighting quail ities have been no less conspicuous than those of young Miss Nuthall. The English girl in outlasting six older and more experienced coun- try women, has handled herself with the cool assurance of veteran.
 Handicapped occasionally by her underhand service, which she dellV- CTS from eight to ten feet back of the baseline. Rounding Betty" has more than offset this by dashing and we'll controlled assortment of ground strokes. carrying pace scare l ly less forceful than those of Miss Wills. In the pinches, Betty has proved confident and resourceful, es- pecially by the way she pulled out ten of the last twelve games of her match with Miss Goss.
 Where only Miss Nuthall surviv- ed the quarter finals of the singles all seven of the British players re- mained in the doubles combination. One of them. Miss Eileen Bennett. was paired with Helen Jacobs for a postponed third round match with the only remaining American com bination. Mrs. Chapin and Miss Goss. Three all English teams were in the semi-tinals. thus assuring in- ternational rivalry in the doubles final on Monday even if the singles develops into an all American af- Ct