Evening star., 1951-07-04
McGregor Fights Way
To Wimbledon Final !;
SaviH Battles FIam
by the Assoeiafsd Press
WIMBLEDON, England, July

Ken McGregor, husky Austria.
lian Davis Cup star, reached th'
final of the mems singles in ths
All-England lawn tennis cham.
lpionships today by defeating Erik
Sturgess of South Africa, Ga
I3-6, 6-3, IS.
His opponent in Fridays decid.
ing match for the championship
was to be decided in an All-Amer.
lean duel between Dick Savitt o1
Orange. N. j., and Herbie Flan
of Beverly Hills. Calf, which fol.
lowed on the famous Center
Court.
On the basis Of their play hert
|so far. there is little to choose
between the 24-year -old Savitt
and the 22-year-old Flam. Neither
had been expected to reach the
|semifinal.
Both Spring Upsets.
But both sprang tremendous
|upsets, Savitt licking the Ameri-
can champion. Art Larsen, and
Flam beating Frank Sedgman. the
No. l Australian player, in the
quarterfinal. &
Flam perhaps is the steadier Of
the two, although not as force
full. Savitt. husky former cap
tain of the Cornell University
team. can powder the ball. Flam,
a crew-cut collegiate-look
youth, plays a relatively soft game
in America In re-
cent years.
The Americans had been roofing
for Sturgess to win, figuring him
as an easier opponent in the final.
McGregor has been erratic, but
when he is on his game, there
aren't many players in the world
who can beat him. His service
alone can tie up his opponent.
In the women's division, the
semifinal is going to be an all
affair. But that's old
hat. For the last four years. the
girls have monopolized
the semifinals.
The last two representatives Of
Britain were dropped from the
yesterday when Louise
Brough, defending champion,
whipped Kay Tuckey. ST. 81,
6-3, and Shirley Fry eliminated
Mrs. Jean Walker Smith, 8-6,
6-4.
Beverly Baker Wins.
Beverly Baker and Doris Hart
were the others to advance. Miss
Baker gained her bracket at the
expense of the American cham
pion, Mrs. Margaret Osborne
DUPONT, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, and Miss
Hart moved on by defeating Nancy
6-3, 6-3.
Miss Baker will play Miss Hart
and Miss Brough will 60 against
Miss Fry in the semifinals.
Miss Hart and Miss Fry reached
the semifinals of women's doubles
soday by defeating a British pair,
Jean Quertier and Miss Tuckey,
s-3, 6-1.
Miss Brough and Mrs. Dupont
followed with a 6-1, Ga win
over Mrs. Walker-Smith and JOY
Mottram Of England, 6-1. 6-4.
A third semifinal berth was
filed by Mrs. Barbara Scofield
of San Francisco and
Betty Rosenquest of South ORANGE.
N. j., as they defeated Peggy Daw-
SON Scott and Betty Wilford Of
8E6, 6-1.
Other results yesterday:
Mems Doubles.
Gardnar Mulloy. Miami and Dick
Iavitt, Orange, n J., defeated Brenden
II. e-4 tauarter- -hnaD.
dSseated Bernard Destremsu.l
rance, mad Torsten Johansson. Sweden.
~. 3-6. 81. 6-2 (third round).
Jaroslav Drobny. Egypt, and Eric stur-
ess. South Africa. defeated J. W. Cav
horne morn .ns ss ,lhisd ,hbiisd9nR,nsd 9onad Australia
Gianpi CuceI: and Rolando del Bello,
taly. tay. defeated Hal surroEs, Charlottes-
,alif, 6---4, 7--5, 16--14 third round) i
nd Bulge Patty. Los Angeles, defeated
Tiadimir Cernik, Egypt. and M. Matous, |
killed. Czech. 8-6. 4-6. 0-7. SIS. Cd
third round).
Mixed Doubles.
Sven Davidson. Sweden. and Miss FryI,
efeated Narath Kumar, India, and Peesy |
lawson Scott. England. Ga, 6--1 Fourth 4
Gene Garrett, Los Angeles. and Joan
hilbert. Britain, defeated Michael Delo-
,rd, Britain. and Arvilla Mcclure. Fled
lont. Calf, s-6. 7-6 tthird roundl.
Ken Mcoregor and Mrs. pu Fons de-
10 Fourth round).
Frank Sedsman and Miss Hart de-
lated Two. Rinkel and Mrs. NJ. A. Schmier,
SO. 6--1 Fourth round1. I
Armando vieira,. Brazil, and Mrs. Bar
ara Scofield Davidson, San Francisco, de.
lated sgd Levy, South Africa, and Maria |.
Teiss, Argentine, 6--2. 11--9 (third
3und). ID