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After the first day's play, officials discovered that the Prentice Cup, which the American's had captured at Wimbleton in 1954, was missing. At first the cup's absence was called a mere misplacement, but as the series progressed alarm increased. At the end of the final day, the cup was still on the missing list, although tournament officials were confident of its return in the very near future...
...Wills' terrific forehanders with a sting that made a huge gallery rise to cheer her. The match, however, could have only one outcome; the score of her de-feat was 6-3, 6-2. While this was occurring, Mrs. Lambert Chambers, Mrs. Bundy's opponent in the Wimbleton finals in 1905, 1906, 1907. put out Miss Marion Williams of California, 6-1, 6-4. Miss Joan Fry, 19-year old Wimbleton (England) finalist, was no small fry for Miss Mary K. Browne, three times champion, second in the national ranking, who went down, in a sensational upset, before...
Next day Miss Kathleen McKane, Wimbleton winner, played a nip and tuck match with Miss Elizabeth Ryan. When Miss Ryan took a tuck in her skirt, Miss McKane helped herself to a nip from a glass under the umpire's chair, pulled out the victory, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Miss Goss and Mrs. Mallory won; Miss Wills ended the hopes of the precocious Fry. In the doubles, Miss Goss and Mrs. Jessup put out Miss McKane and Miss Colyer, the English Davis Cup pair who had been favored to reach the finals...
...American Women's Tennis Team contending at Wimbleton, London suburb, for the Wightman Cup, was decisively beaten by its British sisters...
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