Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-07-31 | Page 10 | Alice Marble Beats Jinx of Polish Ace by Victory

Alice Marble Beats Jinx Of PolishAce bjrVictory SEABRIGHT, N. J July 31 (UP) Wllmer Allison of Austin, Aus-tin, Texas, anffering with a lame back, defaulted today to Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles in the final round of the Sea bright invitation invi-tation tennis tourney. . SEABRIGHT, N. J., July 31 (UP) A torn ligament in his back may force Wilmer Allison, former national tennis champion, from Austin, Texas, to default to young Bobby Riggs of California in their scheduled final match for the Seabright title today. Allison wss injured near the end of his semifinal match with Frank Shields of Hollywood Thursday, and ths finals, originally scheduled for Friday, were postponed 24 hours. Allison's physician told him ths torn ligament should have at Isast a week to heal, but the Texan preferred pre-ferred to wait until today before deciding whether or not he would withdraw. Alice Marble, blond San Francisco Fran-cisco girl, who was believed likely to lose her national title this year because of three early defeats by Jsdwlga JedrsejoiKska, battled the , - r ' i f Mhss Marble . . . She finally breaks Jinx against Jadwira Jedraejowska to win Seabright tennis title. Polish champion to a showdown yesterday to win -J. 8-7. S-s, and thus ksep Seabrtght's record of "never a foreign tltllst" unsullied. It was the first time Miss Marble has been able to beat the Polish star this year In four matches with her. In the men's doubles finals today McDiarmid and Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland, Fla., meet Elwood Cooke, Portland, Ore., and Martin Buxby of Miami. Ths mixed doubles championship cham-pionship match sends Riggs and Mme. Sylvia Henrotln, France, against Mss Jedraejowska and Jiro Yamagiahl. national men s champion cham-pion of Japan.