Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-29
SHIELDS DEFEATS
ENGLAND'S STAR
American Advances to VIM
bledon Semi-Finals With
Sidney W. Wood, Jr.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated Press.
WIMBLEDON STADIUM. England.
June 29.-Frank X Shields. ranking
American player in the Wimbledon
tennis championships. advanced to the
semi-final round today with a bitter
flve-set victory over w. H. Bunny
Austin. England's ranking star. The
scores were 6-3, 2-6. ST. IS, 81.
Jean Borotra Of France wen his way
to the semi-flnals with a four-set vic
tory over Jiro Satoh of Japan. 60,
6-3. As. "a. He will meet Shields
In the lower half Of the Semi-final.
Sidney w. Wood. jr youthful Amer
lean Davis Cup player. advancer to the
semi finals with a four-set victory over
the British veteran, G. p. Hughes. The
scores were As. Ga, 6-3, 81.
Perry Defeats Van Ryn.
Fred Perry England's last remaining
player in the singles. defeated John
Van Ryn. American Davis Cup doubles
player, 6-4. 8-6, IS, to win the
semi-final berth alongside Wood in the
upper half of the draw.
Miss Helen Jacobs, Americas lone
representative In the quarter finals of
the women's singles, was eliminated
from the mixed doubles with her South
African partner by the British pair of
H. G. N. Lee and Phyllis Mudford,
15-l7 and 1-6.
Mrs. L. A. Harper and Mrs John Van
Ryn, American stars who were elm
mated from the singles play Saturday.
began their campaign for the doubles
title today by defeating the Misses Alex
ander and Watson Of England, Ga,
Sd,
Mixed Doubles Results.
George Lott and Mrs Harper won
from c. G. Eames of England and Miss
Goldschmiot of France 6-l, 6-8, Go,
in the mixed doubles
Mrs Kitty McKane Godfree and
Dorothy Round. Great Britain, defeated
Mrs. Holcroft Watson and Mrs. L. r. r.
Michel, Great Britain, Ga, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michel of England de-
feated the Anglo-American pair of ].
w. Nuthall and Mrs. Van Ryn. ST.
6-3. 81. in a f1rst-round match Of
the mixed doubles
The longest queues of would-be ticket
purchasers ever seen at this stage of
the Wimbledon championships formed
outside the stadium to buy pasteboards.
An estimated crowd of $4,000 was
as Austin and Shields came out for their
match. while 5000 more gathered
around No. l court to watch Wood and
Hughes play.
Wins Uphill Fight.
Shields fought a gallant, uphill fight
to eliminate the hope OF England It
was the hardest struggle he had so
far in the tournament. He had lost
but one set in his previous four matches
and that to the Briton, H. F. David.
All HE matches
straight-set victories.
Games followed service through the
first eight games, with Shields still wild,
only his terrific service pulling him
through. The American should have
won the eighth game, but he jumped
high to drive into the net ball that
would have been far out and this re-
prieve heartened Austin to go ahead
and win the game. Shields also should
have won the ninth, again going after
bad balls. The tenth game was long
deuced affair, with first Austin and then
Shields holding the advantage, the
American finally winning, to make it
Sail in games, with fine placement,
just on the base line.
After being seemingly doomed to de-
feat. Shields came back and at the
finish was running all over his more
stylish but less sturdy opponent.
Austin looked like winner until the
tall American steadied his cratic play
when the score was 5-4 against him in
the fourth set dueced that set, then
won It and blasted the Englishman off
the court in the final, to win 6-l and
three sets to two.
Wood Starts Slowly.
Wood, usually slow starter, wasn't
bothered in, his match when Hughes
won the first set, ga He opened up
in the next to win Ga and then won
as he pleased in the next two, 6-3,
81. He revealed something of his
best form in the fourth set, maneuver-
ing the English veteran around like
the rankest beginner.
Van Ryn went down gamely before
Perry, pulling up each set after a slow
start to make battle Of 1t. The match
was filled with long rallies, the Eng
lish youngster having just the edge Of
steadiness needed to win.