Evening star., 1953-07-05
Hoad and RoseWalI
Score Only Aussie
Victory in Doubles
BY the Assoelotsd Press

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WIMBLEDON, England, July
4.-Maureen Connolly. Califor-
MAS little queen of tennis. won
q battle of baseline sharpshoot-
ing today from her traditional
foe, Doris Hart. to take her sec
ond straight Wimbledon singles
championship.
Little Mo did the job in
straight sets, 8-6., IS, but the
championship didn't come easy.
Her Coral Gables FlaD oppo-
nent, senior in experience by
about 10 seasons, fought for
every point and placement and
got in some beauties of her own.
The victory-with $4,000 Brit
ons looking on-was the 10th
straight won by an American
girl at Wimbledon. The last ma
tive to win this title, which prac-
tically every player calls "the
worlds championship" was Dor
othy Round in 1887.
Only World War II inter-
rupted the steady flow of Amer
lean champs.
The independence Day motif
got started yesterday when Vic
Seixas of Philadelphia whipped
Kurt Nielsen of Denmark in
straight sets for the mems
championship.
Australians Win Doubles.
Except for the mems doubles
title which went to the 18-year-
old Australians, Lewis Hoad and
Ken Rosewall, Americans swept
everything in sight.
Miss Hart. the worlds foremost
woman doubles player, shared in
both the women's and mixed
doubles championships.
In women's doubles, she gained
q measure of revenge when she
and Shirley Fry of Akron, Ohio.
treunced Miss Connolly and
Julie Sampson of Pasadena,
Calf. Go. Go. The victory re-
ouired only 25 minutes. The
Hart-Fry team yielded only nine
points in the first set and II in
the second in one of the most
one-sided finals ever seen at
Wimbledon.
Then Miss Hart teamed with
Seixas to beat Miss Fry and
Enrique Morea of Argentina in
the mixed doubles, 81, rs.
Third for Doris and Shirley.
The doubles victory was the
third straight at Wimbledon for
the Hart-Fry combination. The
two also have won the United
States and French doubles titles
two years in row. In addition,
Miss Hart now has had share
of the mixed doubles at Wimble-
don three years in row. and in
the United States and France
two years straight. She won the
other mixed titles with Frank
Sedgman of Australia, row pro-
fessional.
The top-seeded doubles team
of Hoad and Roosevelt beat their
countrymen, Rex Hartwig and
Mervyn Rose, Ga, IS, 4-6,
IS.
Miss Connolly piled up an un-
precedented collection of titles
the American, British, French
and Australian National cham
pionships. Those titles make up
what is known as a grand siam,
and now she has won this Brit
ish championship second con-
secutive time.
In defeating Doris. Maureen
had her toughest match ever"
Miss Hart. who the British prob
ably respect more than any other
American player, made great
fight on the center court.
Miss Hart ST. UnderdUs.
Miss Hart won here in 1881
but she was a 5-1 underdog to-
day in odds and few fans Seri-
ously expected her to take even
one set to extra games.
Maureen gave great credit for
her slow, scientific massing of
points against Miss Hart to Harry
Hopman, the hard boiled little
man who captains Australians
Davis Cup team.
He helped me with my vol
leys very much. I've got lot to
thank him for" she said.
Maureen's ability to get about
quicker plus a slightly more &C
curate long backhand shot gave
the Californian a slight edge.
BY staying on the baseline at
least 95 per cent of the time,
Maureen followed Miss Hart's
usual script. Neither player
moved in often and the gallery
got a real treat of oldtime, long
hitting tennis.