Evening star., 1932-06-26
WIMBLEDON PACE
+ SET BY AMERICANS
King and Queen in Record
Crowd of 24,000-Maier
Beats Borotra.
BY FRANK II. KING.


w WIMBLEDON, England,
AN| June 25.-Three Ameri-
' can youngsters, Ellsworth
Vines, Sidney B. Wood
and lanky Frank Shields, paced
the field into quarter-f1nals Of the
mems singles today while Mrs.
Helen Wills Moody and Helen
Jacobs. already in the same brack-
ct of the woman's play, contented
themselves with mixed doubles
victories to close the first week OF
the annual Wimbledon tennis
championships.
A crowd of "a, 900, with the King and
Queen In the royal box. broke all
previous records for attendance in the
big stadium. The mems field held the
center of the international tennis stage
with a pair Of Englishmen, Fred Perry
and Bunny Austin; the japanese, Jiro
Satoh: Jack Crawford Of Australia, and
a Spaniard. Ernest Msier. reaching the
final eight with the Americans.
Wood Beats Mangin.
In the next round Wood, the de-
Tending champion, who was forced 20
eliminate his fellow countryman, Greg
orv Mangin. 6-l, 81. 6--3, today
matches strokes with Satoh with every
prospect of reaching the semi finals.
There, II Frank Shields can beat
Austin. one Of the crack British young
sters, he will have to face another
American. with the winner gaining the
finals from the lower half of the draw.
Shields dropped but one set in defeat
ing the Czechoslovakian, Roderich Men
Eel, in a hard-driving contest, 6-3,
Ga. 1912. 6-4.
The American champion, Slim Ellis
worth Vines, in the top half Of the
draw, will face Maier. possessed of a
blisteIing service, for the right to COR
tinue into the senni-flnals, while Perry
and Crawford battle for the other semi
final position.
Borotra Erratie.
Vines won his place yesterday by
eliminating the japanese. I. G. Aoki,
but Maier caught Jean Borotra, one Of
the French musketeers, In an errat1c
mood today and belted out his victory,
6-3. 6-3, 2-6, GO. Perry nipped
the second American casualty Of the
day. Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex.
ca, 81, E6, 6-2. Crawford elm
mated ]. S. Olliff of England In straight
sets
The experts believe that Vines and
Wood Of the American forces have out
standing chances TO win the title.
While the defending title holder has
been playing the best all-round game
Of the tournament, Vines has been
erratic, making many mistakes on the
Wimbledon grass surfaces, hut he
always manages to pull his game to-
gether when the situation becomes
really serious.
Advanced in Mixed Play.
Four American combinations moved
ahead in the early rounds of the mixed
doubles. The two American title
holders. Vines and Mrs. Moody, paired
to beat Doris Metaxa and Antoine
Gentien Of France, 6-3, 81, while
Allison and Helen Jacobs downed the
British team OF c. II. Kingsley and
Mrs. Kitty McKane Godfree, 2-6.
60, 50. Sarah Palfrey and Mangin
turned back Hans Thinner and Miss
Belzer of Holland, go. 60, as Mrs
L. A. Harper teamed with Ian g. Col
lins of England to advance over Minzel
and Gertrude Sterry Of England, Ga,
6-5
Elizabeth Ryan. an American now
living In London, teamed with Maier
to eliminate Mr. and Mrs. Wheatcroft
Of England. 81, 81.
rdrs. Moody's quarter final opponent
will be Dorothy Round, the English
girl, while Helen Jacobs tackles the
fine German player, Hilda Krahwinkei.