Show KAPLAN KAPLA IS ON ONE OF FEW CHAMPS TO DEFEND TITLE IN IN 1926 r Former U. U Sm S. Champ Wins kWay Way to Semi Finals s e Event Even t inset insey and an andRya d Richards Victors Again Elizabeth f Ryan Rya and Mary K Browne Turn in n Win I t l m LEDON Eng England and June 29 skies greeted Threatening opening pening of today's matches in bi be he Wimbledon lawn te tennis ent nt Before play started star ed It was jounced that Suz Suzanne nn Lenglen canceled all her tournament d In her as the neuritis her herat acquet arm was still giving reat at pain Cn n the first women's singles etches today oIra Kitty advanced by an easy viey vie vie- over Miss lIIs C. C Tyrrell at 6 2 6 y and Miss Elizabeth Ryan rs larY K Browne Bro defeated Mrs Ch Chambers acid alid Miss E. E Ir H. arve In the women's doubles 6 3 7 l and Miss I Elizabeth Ryan dart I ry I IC Browne the American Americano o tiles bles pair met Mrs Lambert ambers ambers' and Miss E. E H H. Harvey i loth the Americans were somewhat accurate being Inclined to net t or and the English Englis h pair em- em 1 yIng l lobbing tactics took o k t tte he lust st set at 63 6 Piss lIss Ryan and Mss Miss Browne got goto o ng In the second set to win It at aty 2 y Mss Ryan starred at the net shire there were several hot ex- ex fi hinges and Miss Browne also had kills good rhe AmerIcan pair had a h hard rd light to win ruin th the final set In which hey bey started poorly The English Oman led 3 1 after the fourth fourtlY ane ame Miss Harv y tid not play filth th her usual strength but Mrs ambert Chambers veteran Tnt Jent player was effective The won wort the set at 7 5 and match by their su superior ac- ac In driving and th their lr alert alert- ti In seizing opportunities f foi ills irs I Molla J l a Mallory former Amer- Amer n champion won her way Into the finals of the singles today b 1 defeating Miss K Douman Bouman of 1 36 3 7 5 6 Her next op- op will be senorita De Alvarez h he Spanish champIon Miss Rouman Bouman began by winning tji Mallory's service Tire The Amerlan Amerl- Amerl an countered by takIng her et e service Afterward both playing a baseline ng n game Miss Bouman was a the t di r of f th the tw two wf winning the fist fiat set 63 6 Mrs Mallory time nd nd again netted apparently easy hots while her opponent played and accurately Douman piled up a 34 31 lead j 1 the second set before Mrs Irs br Mal Mal- i- i 2 orl r got started The American t ak k the filth fifth game MIss Douman Bouman lIon on errs er- er ors rs Mrs rs Mallory rallied and raged a stubborn baseline fight o 0 vin the seventh and eighth making 4 all She won the ninth on her herOn On nn service he Dutch champion won her serce ser ser- l ce e In the tenth Mrs too took he e eleventh The game point came p the twenty second return of the theall theall all for a placement The AmerIcan hen n ough broke through Miss oIls Douman's Boumans to take the set 7 5 third set was comparatively I v for Mallory and amI she dId L not find It necessary to go to the net netto netto to wIn at 63 6 Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey American pair advanced to the semi finals of the mens men's doubles doubles dou- dou bles by defeating Rees orge Crole- Crole Rees Ree's and C. C H. H Kingsley 75 7 6 3 13 11 and 7 The Americans won the first two IO gai games es but the Englishmen came back stubbornly and took the next three Richards and Kinsey then stormed the net to win tire the sixth game e makin it three The however however took the AmerIcan American AmerI- AmerI can players players to the the small smaIl end of a 5 to 3 game score and strongly Richards and Kinsey d deuced the t e set at 5 all then captured cap cap- the next two games winnIng the set at 7 The second set was not so favorable favorable favor favor- able for forthe the Americans The English English En- En glish players let the first two games drop but then swept through five games before Richards was able to take the eighth after carrying It to deuce five times The AmerIcans however tailed failed to take the set when the British team easily won th the ninth game capturing the set 6 3 me Dille VIas to defeated Mile l in straight sets 6 3 63 6 |