The Washington times., 1933-08-29
WILLS RESENTS.
!. HELEN JACOBS
COPYING

DAN CNALNNAONO, Aug. ~
Still stunned at the unexpected
default of Mrs. Helen Wills Moody
to Helen Jacobs in their historic
match at Forest Hills, mutual
friends of the "two Helens," while
stunning the word "feud," today
admitted there existed "a lack Of
close friendship" between the ten.
mis- stars.
There are those who say the
former Helen Wills, in her pig.tail
days, would have summed up her
rival with the juvenile appella-
ton, copy cat"
In checking back .ver the ca
reer of Miss Jacobs, it would seem
that she patterned her life, to
greater or lesser extent, after her
more famous rival. 1t has been
said that Queen Helen" looked
aSkance at these moves.
Always Mrs. Moody has stood
in the path of Miss Jacobs, and
the latter came to look upon Mrs.
Moody as her nemesis. She would
almost scale the heights, but there
was always her rival to keep her
from attaining the goal she
sought.
Significant or not, Mrs. Moody
left the Berkeley Tennis Club
shortly after Miss Jacobs put her.
self under the tutelage of the
noted Pop" Fuller, who coached
Mrs. Moody in her early days.
Followed in Footsteps
After the then Miss Wills had
captured the national junior
championship and moved on to
more adult competition, Miss ia
cobs, following in her footsteps,
captured the same championship.
Oddly enough, Miss Jacobs even
moved into the same Clarcmont
house in which her rival had
lived after Helen No. l had va
Gated it. She went to the same
preparatory school-Anna Heads,
in Berkeley. The same college,
the University of California. She
studied the same subject-art.
But they did belong to different
sororities.
That is the picture, according
to persons who have watched the
two stars for years. Mrs. Moody,
irked by the emulation; Miss
Jacobs, thwarted year after year
by the same rival.
Observers contend that Mrs.
Moody always stepped up" her
game when contesting with Miss
Jacobs, trying to blast her off the
courts. And, until this year, has
always been successful.
Friends of Miss Jacobs believe
she resented being left off a
Wightman Cup squad when Mrs.
Moody was captain of the team.
Friction was reported frequently
between the two girls when they
were on tennis tours.
Voice Criticism
Some criticism has been voiced
in the viciity where both girls
learned their tennis because Mrs.
Moody did not finish the final set
if she possibly could, "just going
through the motions"
Generally, however, her with
drawal was justified on the
grounds that she might have
been permanently injured had
she continued.
Little Bill" Johnston. former
single and doubles national
champion, said:
There must have been SOme-
thing seriously wrong with Mrs.
Moody or she would have stood
up and taken her licking from
Miss Jacobs. You can never
tell what may happen in
wOmen'S tennis"
"Pop" Fuller, who coached
both of the girls, said:
"Mrs. MOOdy's SpOrtmanship
has never been questioned.
She must have had sufficient
reason for defauIting, though
this shouldn't detract from
Miss Jacobs victory"
Howard Kinsey, promi mt
professional:
"If there was any chance Of
Mrs. Moody suffering per-
manent injury, I think she
showed great courage in de-
faulting."
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