Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28
VICTORY CHEERED
BY KING AND QUEEN
Shields Wood Given a Scare
in Wimbledon Doubles.
Borotra Theatrical.
BY FRANK H. KING,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

r ONDON, June 27.-Before her
King and Queen and with
IL 10000 fellow countrymen
applauding. Betty Nuthall,
chubby darling of the British
courts, today repeated in decisive
fashion the victory she scored
over Mrs. L. A. Harper in the finals
of the American tennis cham
pionship last year.
Playing with fire that was not to
be denied, Britons ranking woman
player defeated the ranking woman
racquet wielder of the United States,
Ga, 6-3, and moved into the quar-
ter finals of singles play with two other
British women, two Germans, one
French woman, one Swiss and Miss
Helen Jacobs Of Berkeley, Calf.
The Nuthall-Harper match was the
feature of the sixth day Of Wimble-
don play which saw five American vic
tories and two defeats
Mrs. John Van Ryn also lost her
fourth round match at singles to Nine.
Rene Matthew, Frances ranking player,
but Miss Jacobs disposed of Mrs. Kitty
McKane Godfree, twice Wimbledon
champion, 60, 81, Frank Shields
and Sidney B. Wood, jr, won two
doubles matches; George Lott, jr., and
Mrs. Harper won a first round match
at mixed doubles, and Gregory Mangin
OF Newark, N j.. paired with Pierre
Landry of France to win a third round
encounter in mems doubles.
Have Close Call.
Shields and Wood first played the
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G. G. EameS, winning easily, Go, 81.
60. but they almost met a tartar in
the South African paid of P. D. B.
Spence and L. Raymond, finally break
ing through after five dramatic sets,
to win, 81, 1-6, "a, 6-2, 60.
Once the American youngsters threw
aside caution and started playing the
smashing game of which they are ca
pable, they ran over their veteran ad-
versaries.
Lott and Mrs. Harper had real fight
on their hands with H w. Artens of
Austria and Nine. Nicolopoulo of
Greece, but won in two sets, SIS, 6-3.
Mangin and Landry ran over o. G. N.
Turnbull and J. B. Gilbert of Great
Britain, 6-1, IS, 6-3.
The final eight of women's singles,
in addition to Miss Nuthall and Miss
Jacobs, includes Gill Aussem and H.
thleu. OF France; Miss Payot, Of Swift
zerland, and Dorothy Round and NJ. c.
Scriven, of Great Britain.
United States, Britain, Strong.
The final eight of mems singles also
was completed today, Satoh, Jean Bor-
otra and H. w. Dummy Austin win
Shields, Wood, John Van Ryn. G. p.
Hughes and Fred Perry in the final
eight. This lineup gives the United
States and Great Britain three repre-
sentatives each; Japan one, and France
one.
Borotra few over from Paris on an
early morning plane to defeat the Aus
TRAN, Artens, Ga, 60, 6-3.
With all his theatrical effects, includ-
ing his blue heret and his acrobatics,
Borotra remains the idol of Wimbledon
On one of his returns he went sprawl
ing to turf, but recovered in time to
sit up and make winning cross court
volley OF Arten's return, the shot send
ing everybody from the King and
Queen to the ball boys into roars of
laughter and applause. Borotra Joined
IN the laughter as he walked back to
the base line brushing of his trousers.
Austin. the main reliance of the
BRUSH forces, won an easy straight set
victory over Dian G. Collins, fellow
countryman, 6-3, Ga, 60. while
Satoh eliminated Lofts conqueror, II.
G. N. Lee, also Of Great Britain, So,
Ga, 6-3.
Mondays center court program pits
Austin against Shields, and Borotra
against Satoh. Wood will meet Hughes
on the No. court and Van Rvn will
play Perry to decide the four semi
f1naltsts. The first four are in the lower
nan OF the draw and the last four in
the upper.
Play also will continue in the mems
doubles and the mixed doubles Monday,
but the women singles Quarter finals
VIII not go on until Tuesday.