Evening star., 1950-07-09

Todd of La Jolla, Calf, and Geofl
Brown of Australia, 11-9. 1-6
Ga in the mixed doubles final.
The Californian thus equalec
her 1948 feat of winning every
thing she was eligible for.
Louise virtually has owned
Wimbledon since the war. She's
, gone to the finals in singles foul
years out of five and won the di-
vision the last three. With Mrs.
:, Dupont, she's won the doubles
four times out of five. With Tom
Brown, then Jack BfomWich and
now Sturgess she's shared in the
mixed doubles crown the same
ID number of times.
In the other title decided to-
day, Bromwich and Quist defeated
their fellow Australians, Brown
and Billy Sidwell, rs, 3-6, 613,
3-6, Ga, in the long, drawn out
mems doubles final.
Bulge Patty of Los Angeles
tucked away the mems singles
title yesterday with a decisive
victory over Frank Sedgman OF
Australia. This gave the Ameri-
cans three and a half out of 9
possible five titles, about par fol
the postwar course at Wimbledon
Miss Brough's victory over Mrs
Dupont was unexpected only ir
so far as it was one-sided. Wher
the two women met year age
Miss Brough came out on top
10-8, Is, 10-8.
Rests In Second Set.
Today she was vastly superior
She had things all her own way ir
the first set, which she polished
3, off in Is minutes. The second
set started off like a carbon copy
of the first, only with Mrs. Du.
Pont winning the first five games
Miss Brough obviously was coast.
ing in anticipation of a long af.
ternoon of tennis. She fough
back briefly to put the score al
3-5, then bowed without strug.
gle at 3-6.
Miss Brough returned to form
the moment the third set opened
Her service was in high gear, hel
drop shots fell just where sht
wanted them and her passins
shots left Mrs. Du Pont helpless
She raced through the first three
games, lost the fourth after il
had gone to deuce eight times
and then finished her business a
6-1.
Despite the apparent ease with
which it was won, her singles vic.
tory obviously had tired Mis-,
Brough. Mrs. Du Pont carried hel
much of the way in the double.
match as she lost her service foul
times. -3sss.s-=....
What really saved the cham.
pions in doubles was the poor form
of Miss Hart. She lost her serv.
ice four times and her drives flen
the baseline. usually point maker
for the Florida girl, rarely stavec
in the court.
It turned into a private battl,
between Mrs. Du Pont and Mis-
Fry, and although the Akron
girl played well and brilliantl,
at times she was not quite
match for the veteran.
Two service breaks against Mis-
Hart gave the winners the frs
set. Miss Fry and Miss Har
cashed in on Miss Brough's error
to win the second, but Miss Har
lost her service again in the sec
ond game of the final set. an
when Miss Fry lost hers for tn
first time in the match in tn
fourth game, it was all over bu
the shouting.
One Set Goes 20 Games.
The mixed doubles, which didn
start until after pm, brough
some of the best tennis of tn
day. The first set lasted 20 game
as it seesawed back and fort
on fine serving, excellent net pla
and point-making passes dow
the sidelines before Sturgess an
Miss Brough finally pulled it ou
11-9.
1t looked as if Miss Brough an
Sturgess were through when the
dropped six out of the seve
games in the second set. Bu
they jumped to the front earl
in the final set only to find it a
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