Evening star., 1951-07-05
1850 Champion
Bows in 7 Sets
AT Wimbledon
Miumi Girl Victor
Over Beverly Baker,
6-3 6-1, in SemifinoI
BY the Assoeiosed Press


Fry, of Akron, Ohio, defeated
Louise Brough, of Beverley Hills
Calf. the defending champion
l6-4, GO, today in the women.
singles semifinals of the All-Eng.
LAND tennis championships.
Miss Fry, who recently won thu
French women's title, was seeded
No. 4 in the present tournament
Miss Brough was No. /.
The Akron girl will meet Doris
Hart, of Miami, Fla, in the finals
Saturday. Miss Hart became fin
alist today by defeating Beverly
Baker. of Santa Monica, Calf.
6-3. 6-1.
Miss Brough had played
throughout the tournament with
her right elbow heavily bandaged
from the effect of torn tendons
and appeared to be far below her
top form.
Game Almost Flawless.
Miss Fry played an almost flaw
less baseline game. Running Louise
from side to side of the court with
deep drives into the corners, she
ran up a SO lead in each set.
Louise rallied well in the first
set and pulled up to As with her
own service to follow. but Shirley
piled into the net to break through
with a series of winning volleys.
Again in the second set she per-
United Miss Brough to rally to
I25, then smashed across the
Iclinchers.
Although she removed the band
lage from her tennis elbcNv" to-
day, Louise still had nittle sting
either in her service or drives. She
served only one ace against her
younger opponent.
Weak Returns Spoil Chances.
In her one good spell in the
opening set, the defending cham.
Ipion made only one error in win-
ming four straight games, but
otherwise her weak returns left
her no chance against the ball.
FOUNDER from the Midwest.
Miss Hart. second-ranking play
Ier in the United States, has fire.
Iquently reached the final both
here and at Forest Hills, but never
has won either of the famous
grass court championships.
Doris victory today was tre-
Imendously popular with the great
crowd which watched the Amer
ican girls battle on the center
court. Miss Baker made a big
hit with English fans by her tri-
|umph over Mrs. Margaret Osborne
|du Pont, the American champion,
two days ago, and there has been
Ia feeling here that Doris was over
due in her long effort to win the
Wimbledon trophy.
Mrs. Du Pont and her mixed
doubles partner. Ken Gregory of
Austria, reached the sefnifinals of
that event with a 6-3. 81 VIC
tory over Geoff Paish and Jean
Quertier of Britain.
Dick Savitt of South Orange,
Dick Savitt of South Orange,
N. j., and Ken McGregor. the Aus
tralian Davis Cupper with the big
service. will give a repeat perform
ance tomorrow in the mems singles
final.
Sun-bronzed Dick and tall, cur
ly-haired McGregor. fought their
way through to the final of the
Australian championship last win
ter. Savitt, former Cornell Uni
|versity captain, won the Austria
|lian title in four sets.
Now the pair-like a couple of
|old friends who haven't seen each
|other in a long time-come face
to face again in the second Of the
big three Of world amateur tennis
tournaments. Australia, Wimble-
don and the American champion
ships form the grand slam.
If Savitt can get past McGregor
in this one, he will be the first
player to win both the Australian
and Wimbledon in the same year
since Don Bulge turned the trick
in 1888.
Both Players Erratic.
/ Both are erratic, so there is little
to choose between them. Nc
Gregor admittedly has the more
powerful service and perhaps can
hit harder. but he lacks expert
ence. Savitt. on occasion, has
shown fine court generalship and
can outfox just about any one
when he's right.
Savitt gained his bracket yester-
day when he polished of Herbie
Flam. 1-6, 1913, 6-3, 60,
while McGregor whipped Eric
Sturgess of South Africa, Ga,
3-6, 6-3, rs.
The triumph was sweet revenge.
indeed, for Sayitt. It was Flam
who defeated him in the semifnal
of the United States National
tournament last summer. He had
no easy time of it. though. For
the first two sets, Flam looked to
have the upper hand, winning II
lof the first 13 games.
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