Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-01
CALIFORNIA HELENS
TO MEET IN FINAL
TiIden Eliminates Borotra
and Today Meets Cochet
in Match for Title.
BY THOMAS T. TOPPING,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

A UTEUIL, France, May 81
~ Americas standard bearers
~ outdid themselves in the
= French tennis champion
ships today, creating an all-Cali-
fornia final for the women'S title
and landing Big Bill Tilden in the
title round against Henri Cochet
for the mems singles crown.
Mrs Helen Wills Moody moved down
Fraulein Cecilie AusScm Of Germany
go, 81, in a match interrupted by
rain, and Big Bill Tilden turned back
his old rival, Jean Borotra of France,
IS, Ga, "a, As, 6-3, but the
biggest surprise was the smashing VIC
tory of Helen Jacobs over Senorita Ella
de Alvarez of Spain to the tune OF
6-1, 60.
Miss Jacobs for the first time since
she came to Europe, gave proof that the
American ranking committee made no
mistake when it selected her as sec
ond only to Queen Helen herself. She
overpowered the highly rated Spanish
player by strong driving, cunning
change of pace and a magnificent over
head game that coupled with unusual
agility and speed at covering court.
Paris fans, leaving the stadium under
the spell of Miss Jacobs splendid ef-
fort, were bemoaning the fact that
Europe must looh - the United States
for a woman player capable Of giving
Mrs. Moody real battle. These two
Berkeley, Calf, girls, playing from
home, will meet at pm. tomorrow for
the title Mrs. Moody has held for the
last two years.
Mrs. Moody FavOrite.
The world champion in her match
signment in her usual businesslike man
ner, apparently caring no more for the
drizzle of rain which fell than for the
few winning shots her opponent scored.
Both players were drenched, and a halt
had to be called in the second set when
the rain increased to a downpour.
Mrs. Moody'S victory, although not
quite as spectacular as that of her
California rival. left her still the ia
vorite to win the title in the minds Of
most of the 10000 spectators present
today.
Tilden again proved that he can gen.
orally handle the Boundin Basque, but
Cochet maintained his position of ia
vorite for the title by crushing Baron
Humbert de Morpurgo of Italy, IS,
6-1, 60.
Big Bill had mapped out a plan
Of campaign which he carried through
without faltering, even In the face of
an interruption by rain which gave
the fast-tiring Basque an opportunity
to .recuperate.
Technique Thwarted.
The American champion played as
though glued to the baseline and forced
Borotra to play the same type of
game. The result was that the bound
ing one had few opportunities to charge
to the net where his smashing and
volleytng talents make him most
formidable.
Intent on keeping Borotra at a safe
distance, Tilden refused sometimes to
take advantage Of opportunities for
hazardous He preferred merely to keep
the ball In play. These safe and sane
tactics made the match less sensational
than some Of the previous clashes
between these arch rivals have been.
Cochet looked decidedly more i'm
pressive in eliminating De Morpurgo in
straight sets, and the little French
wizard will be favored to trim the
American.
Slow starter, Cochet appeared to be
experimenting in the first set. He
had some difdculty dealing with De
Morpurgo's high bounding first service,
but soon found the solution lay in TAX
ing the ball on the rise. His lightning
returns several times caught the Ital-
ian nobleman before he had finished
his service contortionS.
Cochet'S uncanny anticipation baffed
De Morpurgo. The Frenchman always
seemed to divine the exact spot where
his rival intended placing the ball and
was waiting there for heart-breaking
volleys or drop shots.