Show L U. U S S. S PINS HOPES ON EAST WEST WOMEN IN WIGHTMAN NET SERIES LL oI l v. v f 4 MRS MOODY HELEN JACOBS f TO LEAD YANKS ON FRIDAY r r. r Mrs l Harper Miss 1 Morrill Compete in First Series British Team Ready By Herbert Barker Associated Press Correspondent NEW YORK Aug 4 A F A The Th United States Lawn Tennis association tion has decided to pin its s hopes fo foan for foran an American vie lc vic vic- to tory in the Wight Iman man cup mat matches at Forest Hills ri day on six players split b be e- e evenly r- r f. f lU lUv v. tween the we wes s t tY 1 Y- Y l an and d t the h e east t f. f fJ J 1 Mrs H Haze Hazel a z e 1 IJ Hat Wightman Wightman Wightman Wight Wight- man of or Boston f will lead the team the other m me mem members embers em- em m- m bers of which will wll be H e 1 e n Will s Moody Moody of San Helen Helenh h i Jacobs of Berke Berke- ht I ley Cal Mrs Mrs Lawrence A. A Harper Harper Har Har- per of Oakland Cal Cat Marjorie Morrill Mor Mor- rill rUlof of Dedham Mass Mess and Mrs Manon Marion Marlon Ma Ma- non rion in Jessup of or Wilmington ton Del Through a strange combination o of circumstances only two members of the team are represented on the nati natiOnal national na na- na- na ti nal ranking list prepared on the basis of play in 1930 Mrs Harper is the No 1 I ranking player and Miss Morrill the No 2 but none of the others appears on the list of the 32 leading women stars The a answer nS er of course lies in the fact that Mrs Moody and Miss Jacobs the natural No 1 and No 2 pla players ers were not ranked after the 1930 season because of insufficient data COMPETE IN INITIAL SERIES Two members of the team Mrs Harper and Miss Morrill never ne before have participated in the Wightman cup mat matches hes Mrs Moody on the theother theother theother other hand has been on every Amer Arner- scan ican team since the series was In Inaugurated in- in d in 1923 except in 1926 when illness kept her out of ot the competition com corn petition Miss Ja Jacobs has been a member of the squad annually since 1927 Mrs In 29 27 and Mrs Jessup In 1924 and 1926 The order in which the American players will participate in singles and doubles will be announced to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow night and the draw for play against the the British players will be revealed re at the same time The BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish team consists of Betty Mrs Eileen Bennett Mrs Dorothy C. C Shepherd-Barron Shepherd Phyllis Phyllls Mudford ord and Dorothy Round Of the five Lve singles mat matches hes that must be played Mrs Moody and Miss Jacobs are virtually certain of taking taking tak tak- ing ng care of or four The filth fifth probably will be played either b by Mrs Jessup who Is staging a remarkable comeback comeback comeback come come- back this year or Mrs Harper Miss Morrill and Mrs Wightman probably probably probably proba proba- bly will appear only in doubles the latter probably teaming up with Mrs Moody MRS MOODY 1 HAS BRILLIANT RECORD Mrs Moody has compiled a remarkable remarkable re- re record in the seven years she he has ap appeared ared on American Wightman cup teams Over that periOd pe period pe- pe nod she has won 12 singles matches and lost two and aided in three victories vic ic vic vic- torteS tories in doubles as against four de de- de feats Her only defeats In singles occurred oc occurred occurred oc- oc In the 1924 contest when she was beaten both by Kitty McKane now Mrs L. L A. A Godfree and Mrs B. B C. C Covell In straight sets Against these two defeats she can point to three victories apiece against Mrs Mr Holcroft Watson Joan Fry and Mrs Godfree and one win apiece over Miss Mrs Clayton and Mrs rs The Wightman cup has been up f for r competition eight years ears with each country winning four times Umes England won at Wimbledon last year 4 mat matches hes to three The series consists of five lve singles mat matches hes and two at doubles |