Wightman Cup Contest To-day
United States Are Again Favourites
The Wightman Cup lawn tennis series, which are annually con- tested between the leading women players of Great Britain and the United States, has again arrived, and commencing to-day, Mrs. M. R. King and her British team will try and break the sequence of seven consecutive wins which the American women have establish- ed, when the two teams clash at world famous Wimbledon.
America's singles "players are almost certain to be Helen Wills- Moody, Miss Helen Jacobs and Miss Dorothy Bundy or Miss Alice Marble,
The last occasion on which Great
comeback at Wimbledon, this year. is by 4 matches to 3, Mrs. Holcroft- Britain won the Wightman Cup was in the 1930 season, at Wimbledon, when included in the team.
the home team just scraped_through Watson providing a major sensation by defeating Miss Helen Jacobs in a three sets duel.
STRONGEST EVER ·
FRENCH LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Miss Dorothy Bundy, daughter of the former May Sutton (Wimbledon Win- ner in 1905 and 1907) who came into Last year,
at Forrest Hills, the singles matches will be played by Miss Championships at Boston, United States experienced little difficul-Scriven, Misa Margot Lumb,
the limelight during the American. ty in securing the verdict by 6 matches also the finest woman squash player of Alice Marble, stated recently that she
who is when she defeated the holder,
last year, to 1, Great Britain's only victory being the moment, and Miss Kay Stammers. thought the American team was one Miss recorded in the Doubles, where Kay Stammers and Miss Freda James, land over a month ago, and is conspi-lantic. Miss Bundy was of the opinion pionships were
Miss The American team arrived in Eng-of the strongest ever to cross the Atand
Paris, To-day, The semi-finals in the French Men's former Wimbledon champions, beat cuous for the fact that
Women's Miss Van Ryn and Miss Dorothy Wills-Moody,
Lawn Tennis Mrs. Helen that Mrs.
Cham- Bundy, by the odd set in three.
held here Wills-Moody's is attempting
yesterday. would make a big difference.
inclusion In the Men's event Roderick Menzel (Czechoslovakia) beat Puncee (Yugos- lavia) by G4, 6–4, 6—4, while Don- ald Budge, the Wimbledon, American and Australian champion, easily ac- counted for Pallada (Poland) by 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.
This year, Great Britain have only made one change from last year, Miss Margaret Scriven, the Covered Courts Champion, replacing Miss Mary Hard- wick.
OUR SINGLES PLAYERS Mrs. M. R. King, the non-playing captain, will actually select the British team before to-day's matches mence, but it is almost certain that the
com-
who
THE TWO TEAMS
GREAT BRITAIN Mrs. M. R. King (Captain) Miss E. M. Dearman Miss J. Ingram Miss Freda' James Miss M. E. Lumb
Miss M. C. Scriven Miss K. Stammers.
UNITED STATES Miss Alice Marble (Captain) Miss E. Tennant
Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody Miss Helen H. Jacobs Miss Dorothy Bundy Mrs. S. Palfrey-Fabyan Miss P. Morrill.
In the Women's event Mme. Mathieu (France) beat 'Mlle. Neufeld Halff (France) 6-1, 6-1, while Mme. Lan- dry (France) beat Mlle. Couquerque (Netherlands) 6-2, 6-4.
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