Evening star., 1933-08-27
Rest Fails to Help,
.HEY had met seven previous
times in championship play,
i and this was the first oc-
nacinr1 ON rrhich AGicc Innnlnr


THE rest before the start Of the
i final set apparently did Mrs.
Moody's weakening right leg more
harm than good. She moved about
stif1ly and with difficulty. She double
faulted twice in the first game Twice
in the second and third games she
was passed cleanly by Miss Jacobs
low-fying returns, making no effort at
all to reach for the ball.
Having taken only five points in three
straight games and dropped her service
twice, Mrs. Moody walked slowly to the
u1npire's chair. put her racquet down
with an air of finality and turned to
the amazed Miss Jacobs to inform her
that it was all over. The champion
suggested a rest before continuing, but
Mrs. Moody declined and walked quickly
from the court in company with Louis
j. CarrutherS, former president of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association
L just couldn't get to the ball any
more and there was no use Of my con-
tinuing," she tcld Mr. Carruthers as
they went to the club house
Miss Jacobs Is DaZed.
TISS JACOBS, wearing blue-striped
V shorts and still somewhat dazed
by the sudden turn of events.
soon was beaming in response to the
gallery's ovation. She participated in
the victory ceremony, received custody
of the championship cup again and
acknowledged "the happiest moment of
my life"
The girl who has always merely
been Helen the Second" deserved the
full fruits of a gallantly won triumph.
From the outset she played with a de-
termination and resourcefulness that
soon made it certain the seven-times
former champion was in for the battle
Of her life, under any circumstance.
She was equally as steady as
Mrs. Moody from the baseline.
her service was even more effec-
tive and she volleyed or smashed
superbly whenever she had the
opportunity.
Mrs Moody'S backhand proved espe-
cially vulnerable and her efforts to alter
her customary hard-driving tactics
proved boomerang. Repeatedly Mrs.
Moody failed with drop-shots or lobs
because of her lack of control. Even
her forehand held few terrors for the
blond girl who chopped or sliced nearly
every return, and at times had the gal
lery gasping by her agility in keeping
the ball in play.
The match 1UdS marked by
succession of close line decisions.
The most conspicuous incident
occurred in the seuenth game of
the second set, NTH the score
sail in games, lChen point tDdS
onIIoI r10jpef Mrc MOodu TINT
pdlplbly 1cds in her tdDor.
After the spectators protest subsided
and the umpire sustained the lines
mans verdict, Miss Jacobs purposely
double faulted to make the score 1880.
Subsequently, she lost the game in
deuce battle, then the next two games
and the set, as Mrs. Moody applied the
pressure effectively.
Mrs. Moody Shows Grit.
UNTIL she weakened in the final
set, Mrs. Moody gamely withstood
the challenge and forcing tactics
of her rival. Miss Jacobs had set point
four times in the first set before she
won it. In the tenth game, Miss JACOBS
led, 5-4 in games and 40-30 in points
on Mrs. Moody's serice, but the latter
made it deuce and then smashed over
two points to make it sail. Again, in
the fourteenth game of a set that last
ed 35 minutes, Mrs. Moody twice saved
herself at set point before finally
yielding.
When the one-time devastating power
of her base line game failed to pene-
trate consistently Miss Jacobs defense
or confidence, Mrs. Moody had few
weapons left.
She walked off the courts
beaten for the first time since she
lost a three-set battle to Mrs.
MOlIa Mallory in the finals Of the
Eastern championships at Rye,
N. Y, in 1926. That year. be-
cause Of illness, she withdrew
from the nationals.
Since then no American player and
only three British girls had succeeded
in taking so much as set from Mrs.
Moody. Two of these sets went against
her this year. the first in the final at
Wimbledon, with Dorothy Round. and
the other in the semi-finals Of tho
Americana championship with Betty
'Nuthall ~ Sunday.