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First favorites to drop out were Helen Jacobs, Anita Lizana and Hilda Sperling. While they were losing to Dorothy Round, Simone Mathieu and Alice Marble, respectively, Jaja was busy beating the weakest sister among the quarter-finalists, England's Peggy Scriven. Two days later, Jaja defeated erratic Alice Marble, 8-6, 6-2, in the semi-finals after being behind at 3-5 and set-point in the first set. This achievement made her a strong favorite to bring Poland its first title in Wimbledon history...
...expression on Jaja's face when she faced Dorothy Round, who had outsteadied Mme Mathieu 6-4, 6-0 in the semifinals, made it unthinkable that she would fail to rise to this historic opportunity. Truer to feminine tennis tradition than to her somewhat unfeminine exterior, Jaja did the unthinkable. The match, as ragged a women's final as Wimbledon had seen since the War, proceeded as though each contestant, far below her best form, were trying to give points to the other. When it finally ended, Dorothy Round, champion in 1934, was champion again...
...summary: HARVARD '39 TUFTS '39 Williams. g. g., Goggin Bradley, r. f. b. r. f. b., Gorman Sheridan, l. f. b. l. f. b., Stratton Macneil, r. h. b. r. h. b., Burden Jacobson, c. h. b. c. h. b., Mathieu Phillips, r. h. b. r. h. b., Boyee, Atlas Mansing, Witkin, Roosevelt, r. o. r. o., Duckworth Hammond, Johnson, r. i. r. i., Ward Johansen, e. f. e. f., Dulker (Capt.) Lewis (Capt.), l. i. l. i., Bellard Harmien, Sinnett, l. o. l. o., Rockwood...
HARVARD '39 TUFTS, '39 Williams, g. g., Dean Bradley, r.f.b. r.f.b., Stratton Sheridan, l.f.b. l.f.b., Gorman Macneil, r.h.b. r.h.b., Burden Lewis, c.h.b. c.h.b., Mathieu Phillips, l.h.b. l.h.b., Boyce Witkin, r.o. r.o., Arnold Johnson, r.i. r.i., Stacey Johansen, c.f. c.f., Dulkerian Harden, l.i. l.i., Delland Sinnott, l.o. l.o., Rockwood...
...bald Statesman Theunis, the official interpreter at the Cannes Conference, M. Georges J. Mathieu, wrote: "I noticed a very remarkable difference between M. Theunis' anger and M. Jaspar's. When M. Theunis was getting angry he used to show a very conspicuous danger signal: the skin on top of his head became bright red. While M. Jaspar, next to him, showed it in his face...