Evening star., 1939-07-02
Smith and Riggs
Struggle With
Handicdps
Cooke Getting Better;
Marble, Jacobs and
Fobyon Garry On
BY SCOTTY RESTON.
Associated Press SPORTS Writer

WIMBLEDON, England, July l.
The United States today qualified
three men and three women for the
final week of the all-England singles
tennis championships But the great
unknown of the American contin-
gent, Gene Smith, the Berkeley
(CaiifJ schoolmaster, tore the
muscles in his right arm and is
likely to be handicapped seriously
when the tournament continues on
Monday.
The Americans in the mems quar-
terminals are Smith. Bobby Riggs of
Chicago and ElWood Cooke of Port
land. Greg. The United States
women who survived to Sle last 16
are the American champion. Alice
Marble; Veteran Helen Jacobs and
little Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabvan.
They are seeded No. /, No. 2 and
No. 8, respectively.
Riggs. still scrambling as he had
been all week, scraped past Eng
lands Ronald Shayes in four sets,
Is, 6-8, 6-4, 6-3. while Cooke,
who is improving all the time SIM
ply overwhelmed John S. Ollif. 81,
6-1, Ga. Miss Marble had more
than her share of errors in beating
Miss B. c. Beazley. "a. 6-3 and
Miss Jacobs overcame a poor start
to beat Miss J. r. Curry. 6-3. 60.
$4,000 See Matches.
Smith and Mrs. Fabyan had won
their brackets yesterday.
Today's tennis on the whole was
not good but it didn't seem to
bother a crowd of around 35 900.
which included Ambassador joseph
P. Kennedy.
The main topic of conversat ton
here now is what's wrong with Riggs.
and this evening for the first time
he admitted that there was some
thing wrong.
Everybody tells me I look care
less out there" said America S top
ranking amateur. Actually I'm
trying harder than ever in my life.
The trouble is, my timing's all off
and I'm trying to steer the ball over.
I've been off ever since I got here.
l brought over whole set of
racquets which weren't my weight
and I'm just getting used to a new
set I've had made up"
Cooke will open the center court
program against Favorite Henry
Wilfred Bunny Austin, the No. l
seeded. on Monday. when the entire
quarter-final round will be played.
The way Elly's been improving he
will take some beating. Austin
didn't look any too good today in
winning from D. w. Butler, another
Englishman, 8-6, 6-4. Ga.
Miss Wheeler Loses Tough One.
Gracyn Wheeler, the Santa Mon
lea lCalif) girl. lost a heart-break-
ing match to Ruth Mary HardWick,
10, 81. Three times she was
within point of winning the second
set, but on each occasion the English
girl beat her with deep drive down
the sidelines.
In addition to Cooke and Austin,
the mems matches on Monday will
send Riggs against Ghaus Mo-
hammed of India, Smith against
Ferenc Puncec of Yugoslavia. the
No. 4 seed. and Franz Kukulievic
of Yugoslavia against Henner Hen
kel of Germany, seeded fifth. Riggs
and Cooke are second and sixth,
respectively
The entire fourth round of Wom-
ems singles will be played. The
matches, in the order of their ap-
pearance, are:
Miss Jacobs VS. Margot Lumb,
Great Britain; Kay StammerS. Brit
ain, VS.. Mrs. Sylvania Henrotin,
France: Mrs. Rene Matthew. France,
VS.. Valery Scott, Britain; Mrs. Fa-
byan VS.. Mrs. Dorothy Round Little,
Mrs. E. G.. MacPherson-G Grant VS..
Miss Hardwick, Jean Saunders. Brit
ain. VS.. Mrs. Hilda KrahWinkei Sper-
ling, Denmark; Peggy Scriven, Brit
ain, VS.. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska. Po-
land: Miss Marble VS.. Mrs A. Half.
France.