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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...
...before the matches started that she would probably have to play. Incredulous, Sarah Palfrey said, "That's fine." Before she had time to grow really alarmed about her responsibilities, she found herself on the stadium court at Forest Hills, serving against saucy, snub-nosed, left-handed Peggy Scriven. After the match was over, 6-3, 6-1 for Sarah Palfrey, she explained how she had done it. "I stopped thinking about how I was going to hit the ball and thought about where I was going to hit it." Because Alice Marble, a muscular California girl who had tired...
...Yard Run--Won by Scriven, Andover; second, Hudner, Andover; third, R. N. Bryan '23. Time...
...Very few people know about the character or the service performed by the Signal Corps. A country might have a very efficient and large army, but if the signal corps was neglected, the other branches would operate under an almost impossible handicap. Brigadier-General George P. Scriven has aptly termed the signal corps 'the nerve system of the army...