Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-29

WIMBLEDON, England, June % up.
Great is Elizabeth Ryan in American
tennis circles in Wimbledon tonight.
She scored a great victory over Miss
Kitty McKane Godfree, the 1926 VIM
bledon champion, and was the first
American woman to reach the semi
finals on a day marked by two Ameri-
can victories-both by wonderland one
defeat, which was nearly as glorious as
a triumph.
Miss Helen Wills chalked up the Sec
ond American win, but Francis Hunter
went down with colors flying before
the French ace Henri Cochet.
The shadow of i'll luck which seems
to have followed Miss Ryan throughout
the numerous years of Wimbledon COM
petition appears to have been dis
pelled and many already have visions
of an all-American final between the
two Californians, Miss Wills and Miss
Ryan.
Mrs Godfree had the better of the
contest in the first set, where the Scor-
ing followed service for the first four
games. Miss Ryan used the chopstroke
and made more errors than her oppo-
nent and Mrs. Godfree captured the
set, 6-3.
The American player came back very
strong in the second set and II. the
third had things almost entirely her
own way, the match ending 3--6, Cd,
Ga.
The victory of Helen Wills was just
days work for the businesslike Ber-
kelley girl She disposed of Mrs. Pea
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6-3, 6-1.
Perhaps Henri Cochet has never
shown better tennis than he displayed
against Francis T. Hunter today. Hun
ter won the first two sets by brilliant
play. Then Cochet came into action,
and in the last three sets was almost
superhuman.
TildenS cheerful smile, as he
watched his colleague Hunter leading,
two sets love, faded into shock of
surprise, then a gasp of astonishment,
as he saw Cochet reeling off game
after game in the last three sets.
Precious few in the. tennis world
could have beaten Cochet today" said
Tilden after the match "It was a
gloriuos defeat for Frank"
The match ended in favor of the
Frenchman, 3--6, 3-6, 60, 6-2, 613.
Cochet pulled off stunt heretofore
popular with Tilden, losing the first
two, and then Snatching victory out of
defeat. Such is the faith in the repu-
tation of Cochet as the greatest five
set player in the world that many bets
at even money we're made in the stands
when the former little Lyons ball boy
was behind, two sets to none.
The day was devastating Tor British
hopes in the Women'S singles. Betty
NuthaH was defeated by Joan Fry.
The schoolgirl protege had been re-
gardeds as more likely to give Helen
Wills trouble in the semi finals than
Miss Fry.
Rene Lacoste, France, had an easy
passage into the semi finals, defeating
Karl KOzeluh, Czecho-S -Slovakia, with
out the loss of a set, while Jean
Borotra lost his usual. set to Hans Tim
mer, of Holland, before gaining the
right to meet LacoSte.
Thus three Frenchmen and one
American, Iilden, remain qualified for
the seni-finals, and in the Won1en's
singles, two American women, Miss
Wills and Miss Ryan, in addition to
Senorlta De Alvarez and Miss Fry.
Senorita De Alvarez had the hardest
time Of any semi-finalist in reaching
that honor position. Mrs. p. Holcroft
Watson, of England, had the Spanish
girl twice within point of defeat in
the last set. The score was 6--3, 3-6,
'8-6.
Inc defeat of Betty Nuthall by Joan
Fry was something of surprise. Miss
NuthaI's reputation had gone way up
by her victory over Mrs. Molla MALLORY.
the American woman champion, few
days ago. The score was 1-6. 6-3