The Washington times., 1935-07-06
HURLS RACQUET.
!. HIGH IN AIR
ON WINNING
Rushes Across Court to Grab
Helen Jacobs Hand After
Taking Seventh Title
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reached under her own power, so
completely exhausted was she.
She had given her very all,
but once again it wasn't enough.
Only once, in all their meetings
through the years, has she been
able to defeat Mrs. Moody and
even that victory was clouded by
an unfortunate default.
For Mrs. Moody, it was un-
doubtedly the greatest trump of
her career. For, defaulting to
Miss Jacobs in the American
championship, the former was
forced out of competition by an
injured back until six weeks ago
when she suddenly announced
her return, sped for Wimbledon
and won when few gave her bet
ter than an outside chance.
Her seventh triumph even gave
her a tie with Mrs. Dorothea
Chambers for the Wimbledon
record and carried her beyond
another rival, Mile. Lenglen, who
had won the title six times.
Moreover, Mrs. Moody Silenced
utterly and forever those critics
who openly had claimed that she
defaulted two years ago because
''she couldn't take it," Mrs. Moody
not only took it" today; she
gave it in a manner most astound-
ing, for when she entered the
eighth game of the final set, her
cause seemed hopeless and even
her friends were murmuring their
pity.
Then-The Miracle
Her legs seemed suddenly weary
and spent. The pace on her serve
was lacking. She was being out
hit, out-fenced and completely
dominated by this girl from the
other side of the net whom she
had learned not to care for in a
deep and abiding way.
No longer faltering, Mrs. Moody
suddenly frightened up her game
with amazing rapidity to take the
eighth game and give her fight
ing chance. Not a great chance,
true. For she was trailing at 5-3
and couldn't apparently hope for
more than the bare possibility
that she could win two more and
thus carry the issue into deuce
games. II
But when she won the ninth,
the gallery, suddenly sensing
climax in the tenseSt of all center
court rivalries here, rose up with
a whoop and was audibly pulling
for Mrs. Moody in the tenth.
The ninth was won after a long
deuce rally, Mrs. Moody calling on
everything she had to smash Miss
Jacobs into submission. The tenth
was an easier battle, for this time
Mrs. Moody's ultimate victory
seemed assured.
Jacobs Near Exhaustion
It was Miss Jacobs who was
tired now. In fact, on the verge
of exhaustion from chasing those
hot, fierce, almost vindictive
drives from corner to corner.
Nevertheless, her attempted
rally at this point was something
beautiful to see. But it was a
vain attempt, Mrs. Moody, sensing
her triumph now, absolutely re-
fused to yield an inch as she bat
tied the other through deuce and
then won the twelfth and last in
another deuce struggle.
AS this game was about to be-
gin, Miss Jacobs seemed some
what dazed, for the referee had
to remind her that it was her
turn to serve.
The first delivery was "let."
Then the second caught Mrs.
Moody out of position and she
was unable to return it. The next
was aced "on the second service
and Miss Jacobs friends began
to take heart.
However, it was not to be. Mrs.
Moody hadn't waited for health
and vigor through two years
of California sunshine, enduring
meantime the gibes of her critics,
just to yield now when success
seemed assured.
ShA outhit Miss Jacobs to win
the third point and finally brought
q great forehand down the side
lines to take the score to deuce.
She netted the next, giving Miss
Jacobs the vantage but again
clipped the corners with her drives
to bring the points back to deuce
again. Then, after deuce was
called thrice, her pounding of the
rival base line brought its ulti-
mate reward, Miss Jacobs sue
cumbing to errors on two of the
most important points in tennis
history.
For one whole set and part of
the second, it seemed as though
Mrs. Moody's patience must have
its ultimate reward, for she won
the opening game of the second
set.
Jacobs Gains Strength
But just when all looked rosy.
the stout heart of Miss Jacobs
responded nobly. Placing and
parrying with beautiful precision
She went into the lead at 2 to / |
by taking the second and third |
games; then after Mrs. Moody
had carried it to Sail, Miss
Jacobs rushed through the three
final games to carry off the set. |
Mrs. Moody seemed weary, but |
after a brief rest, came back to