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Helen Wills Moody, in retirement since defaulting to Helen Jacobs in the final of the U. S. championship at Forest Hills last autumn, was last week reporting the Wimbledon tournament for Hearst papers. To have her longtime rival describe her first victory at Wimbledon was the pleasant prospect which presented itself to Helen Jacobs when she entered the centre court last week to play the final against England's demure Dorothy Round.
When she left the court 70 minutes later, Helen Jacobs had the painful experience of having her dearest ambition completely thwarted by England's No. 1 lady tennist, who learned the game on the lawn of her father's Worcestershire vicarage and refuses to play a match on Sunday. Miss Round won the first set. 6-2. Miss Jacobs won the second, 7-5. There was a moment in the third when Miss Jacobs needed only one point to lead at 3-1. When Miss Jacobs came to the net behind a weak forehand chop and Miss Round lobbed neatly over her head, it gave the English girl the confidence to run out set and match. 6-3.
Delighted and amazed, the crowd including the King & Queen cheered wildly the second British victory of the week, the first men's and women's victory since 1909, the year both new champions were born.
Doubles winners at Wimbledon last week were: George Lott and Lester Stoefen, Elizabeth Ryan and Mme René Mathieu; mixed doubles winners: Dorothy Round and Ryuki Miki.