Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
u. S. TENNIS STARS
MAY WIN 3 TITLES
TiIden-Cochet Final in Pros.
pect, With Helen Moody
5 Leading Woman.
BY FRANK HI. KING,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

ASSOCIATED PresS sports Editor.
w WIMBLEDON, England, June
M 2S.-When the big canvas
v v cover that protects the pre-
cious turf of the famous CEN
ter court was drawn into place tonight
at the close Of the first weeks play in
the Wimbledon championships, the
names of American players dotted the
final stages of the draw sheets. Unless
untoward events occur next week at
least three 1880 Wimbledon titles are
likely to go to the United States.
And that isn't counting on a possible
victory for Big Bill Tilden over Henry
Cochet, reigning singles champion, but
only on Helen Wills Moody winning her
fourth women's singles title in as many
years, Wilmer Allison and John Van
Ryn repeating their mems doubles tri-
umph of last season, and the new firm
of Mrs. Moody and Elizabeth Ryan TAX
ing the women's doubles crown.
TiIden Has Battle.
The Tilden- Cochet final is in pros
pect tor next Saturday and, although
the tall American was given stiff fight
during some stages of his match today
against Ed Andrews, equally tall and
considerably more massive New Zea-
lander, Tilden's rare gifts for the game
were his allies in tight corners and he
won three straight sets, "a, Ga, 60.
Tilden was the fifth American to
reach the final eight in the mems sin
giles play. George Lott having gained
his niche by beating the South Afri-
can, p. D. B. Spence, 81, 6-3, 10-8.
Spence, a canny veteran, has played
only intermittent tennis lately and
across the net from the Chicago youth
today appeared Sorely in need Of prac-
tice.
Lofts skimming drives and aggressive
tactics gave him mastery until the
third set, when he allowed Spence to
pull up from 4 to l in games to lead
him and play for the set point at SIS
and vantage, but Lott pulled out and
flnlly won the set, 10-6.
Cochet Looks Better.
Lofts game today-and particularly
that of the smashing, hard-hitting AL
lison and Van Ryn in the doubles
was typical Of the American type of ten
mis- seen all week at Wimbledon, tennis
| typified by severe hitting in every type
OF stroke and by every player from
| Helen Moody's effortlesS drives, which
at their strongest all but knocked her
opponents off their feet, to the strong
attacks of men such as Gregory Man.
gin, Van Ryn and Johnny Doeg. Tilden
has power when he cares to summon
it. but the variety of his strokes is his
court strategy, and his deft, delicate
touches still give him unrivaled place
among the Americans as a matinee at
traction for the Wimbledon crowds, but
their wagers are likely to be on the
machine-like Frenchman, Cochet, II the
two meet next Saturday.
What Tilden can do at his best is
question often asked at Wimbledon, but
with Cochet winning through all his
early rounds with ease he is still very
much of favorite despite the great
record of play Tilden has established
IN Europe in the past six months.
! Tilden's next opponent will be j. G.
Gregory, who is Great Britain's only
representative in the final eight, and
If he wins he faces Jean Borotra or
George Lott In the semi-flnals.
Must Beat Allison.
In the upper half of the draw are
Cochet and three Americans. The
Frenchman must beat Allison to meet
the winner of the Mangin-Doeg match.
In the women's singles Mrs. Moody
dominates her half of the draw where
the others are Phyllis Mudford, her
next opponent; Joan Ridley and Nine.
Matthew of France. The lower half
comprises Betty Nuthall and Elizabeth
Ryan, Helen Jacobs and Cecelie Aussen,
the German star.
Only three rounds of the mems
doubles have been played and there are
four American pairs still in the run
ming. The title holders, Allison and
Van Ryn, who whipped the Japanese
pair. Timeo Abe and Takeichi Harada,
today, 6-3, Ga, Ga, have as COM
panionS George Lott and Johnny Doeg,
Berkeley Bell and Gregory Margin, and
Tilden, who is paired with the Dutch
man, Hans Thinner
Mrs. Moody and Elizabeth Ryan,
Edith Cross Of San Francisco and Sarah
Palfrey of Boston also have reached the
third round of the woman's doubles,
while Allison and Miss Cross, Mangin
and Miss Palfrey and the Anglo-Ameri-
can pair, Jack Crawford and Miss Ryan,
are IN the third round of the mixed
doubles.
Mondays play includes Tilden against
J. G. Gregory, Allison against Cochet,
Mangin against Doeg and Borotra
against Lott in the singles.