Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
WOOD AND SHIELDS |
ENTER NET FINALS
Latter Seriously Injured De.
feating Borotra-Perry
Also Badly Beaten.
By the Associated Press.

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BY the Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON STADIUM, England,
July Prank x. Shields fell ct the
net today in the fourth set of his semi
ANAL match with Jean Borotra Of
France. in the Wimbledon tennis cham
pionships and had to be helped on the
court.
The injury appeared to have been
more painful than damaging. as Shields,
a few minutes after the match. appeared
to walk on the injured leg without Diff
flculty.
The American Davis Cup young
ster, defeated Borotra. to make 1t an
all-American hnal. The scores were
rs, 3-6, Ga, Ga.
VIII Meet Ciassmate.
Shields will meet his former Roxbury
School classmate, 20-year-old Sidney
B. Wood. jr., In the finals Saturday,
Perry of Great Britain, As, Ga. 81,
60, in the other semi-final match.
Shields himself is only IL and was
playing at Wimbledon for the first time.
Gill Aussem, Germany's ranking
woman tents player, won her way to
the semi-final round by defeating Miss
Payot of Switzerland, IS, Ga. 81.
Her victory gives Germany two places
in the senli-finals, the United States
one and France.
The veteran French doubles team OF
Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon de-
feated the Japanese pair of Jiro Satch
and M. Kawachi. As. 90, SIS, 6-4,
to enter the semi-finals. They will play
Shields and Wood tomorrow.
George Lott, jr., and John Van Ryn,
the other American doubles pair. de-
feated Gregory Mangin of Newark, N.
j., and Pierre Landry Of France in the
quarter finals of the mems doubles,
60, 90, rs. They will play the win
ner Of the match between @. p. Hughes
and Fred Perry of England and Nat
Farquharson and Virgil Kirby OF South
Africa in the semi-fnals.
The victory brought the possibility
of an all American final In doubles as
well as singles. with both American
pairs in the Seni-finals.
Fraulein Hilda KrahwtnKel, the other
German player, will play Miss Helen
Jacobs of Berkeley, Calf, in one semi
final match tomorrow, while Miss Aus
sem plays Nine. Rene Matthew OF
France.
Shields Takes Lead.
Shields served first and ran the score
to 40, one of the points being scored
with an ace BorctrA won q point, but
the American won the game as his ball
tipped the net cord on a return and fell
safe.
Borotra came flashing back to win
his own service at love. and then broke
through the service Of the American
youngster for another love game to
make the score 2-l in his favor. Shields
steadied. with Borotra serving. and took
the Frenchman to deuce. but Jean
finally won. to lead 81. Shields double
faulted to make the score 15-all in the
, fifth game. and the game finally went
to deuce. After having the advantage
three times Shields sent across what he
thought was an ace and started for the
other court. The umpire called 1t out.
Unperturbed. Frank served his second
ball for an ace to make the games 2-3.
Shields got his cross-court back hand
to working and broke through Borotra
to even the count at three games all,
then won his own service from deuce to
lead, 4-3. Shields had Borotra at
40-l5 in the eighth game. but fell
making a return and Borotra finally
the match again.
Shields took lead of So, serving
two aces in the ninth game, but Borotra
took the next from Is to make it all.
Shields won his own service to lead,
6-5, and they started the twelfth game
with Borotra serving an ace for the
first point. He also won the next, but
a fine angled shot just across the net
by Shields made 1t 30-15 and he sent
another Of the same kind to draw level.
The game finally. went to deuce, with
Borotra making Shields q present Of the
game and the set by serving q double
fault for the deciding point.
Shields opened the second set by
winning his own service at love, but Jean
30 and make it one game all. Shields
foot-faulted in the third game with the
score 40, but won the next point to
make it 81 in games. Borotra won
his own service to draw even and then
went ahead as Shields had wild streak,
double faulted and drove outside. Be-
rotra double-faulted twice in the sixth
game and Shields won to make 1t Sail.
Borotra. passing Shields three times
and crashing a timid lob. won the sew
enth game to lead, 4E3. Shields be-
came wild and almost lost the eighth.
On his own service, Shields ran the
count to 400 In the ninth game, but
Borotra pulled 1t up to deuce, took the
advantage and won the game and the
set, 6G3, when Shields put the deciding
point into the net.
Shields took the opening game of
the third set from Borotra on the lat