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ART LARSEN— Led three other Yanks into the fourth round at Wimbledon yesterday. Mulloy and Drobny Lose at Wimbledon Four American Men Survive Third Bracket; Yank Women Continue to Dominate Meet By JOHN B. McDERMOTT United Press Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England, June 28.— Favored Jaroslav Drobny, of Egypt, and veteran Gardnar Mulloy, of Coral Gables, Fla., bowed out of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament today in stunning upsets as U. S. champion Art Larsen, of San Leandro, Calif., led three other Yanks into the fourth round. Drobny, the 3 to 1 favorite of the London bookmakers to win the tournament, was eliminated 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 8-6 by Tony Mottram, a lightly-regarded 31-year-old British Davis Cupper who played the best tennis of his spotty career. The 36-year-old Mulloy, who complained of stiffness and was far off his usual form, was bounced by lanky Fausto Gardini, a little-known Italian player, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, in the third round as the mfcns singles field was cut to 16. Advancing with Larsen on a chilly, gray day at the All-England Club were 17-year-old Hamilton Richardson, of Baton Rouge, La., who yesterday eliminated defending champion Budge Patty, of Los Angeles; fifth-seeded Herb Flam, of Beverly Hills, Calif., and sixth-seeded Dick Savitt, of Orange, N. J. Top-seeded Frank Sedgman, of Australia, who assumed the role of tournament favorite after Drobny was eliminated, also reached the round-of-16 at the expense of an American. Sedgman whipped Straight Clark, of Pasadena, Calif., 8-6, 11-19, 6-3. « Of the four surviving Americans from the original 11-man contingent, Savitt had the narrowest squeak as he outlasted an exhausted Kurt Nielsen, youthful Danish Davis Cupper, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 8-10, 6-4, in a gruelling two-hour match. Garrett Bows to Larsen Larsen, seeded third in the tournament, had too much power and versatility for bespectacled Gene Garrett, of San Diego, Calif., a student at the Sorbonne, in Paris, and won without too much trouble, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Richardson rallied after a shaky opening set and walloped Vladimir Petrovie, of Yugoslavia, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, with another brilliant display of his backhanded cross-court placement shots, and Flam gained his third consecutive straight-sets triumph by drubbing Henry Billington, of England, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. The three U. S. women who competed in singles competition also moved up a round. Barbara Scofield Davidson, of San Francisco, defeated Nelly Hermsen, of Holland, 6-1, 6-2, to join defending champion Louise Brough. of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Margaret duPont, of Bellevue, Del., in the fourth round. Miss Brough and Mrs. duPont advanced yesterday. In the second round matches, Arvilla McGuire, of Piedmont, Calif., beat Beryl Bartlett, of South Africa, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, and British-born Rita Anderson, of Los Angeles, downed Ruth Woodgate, of England, 7-5, 6-3. Three All-American teams advanced in mens doubles. Mulloy and Savitt reached the third round with a 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 victory over I. Devroe and Henry Rochon, of France. In first round matches, Patty and Richardson beat Marcel Coen and Adly Shafei, of Egypt, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, and Clark and Hal Burrows, of Charlottesville, Va., defeated Bob Sibert and Roy Wilder, of California, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3. In the first round of womens doubles, Miss Brough and Mrs. duPont began defense of their crown with a 6-1, 6-3 triumph over Mrs. Molly Blair and Jean Trower, of England; Beverly Baker, of Santa Monica, Calif., and Nancy Chaffer, of Ventura, Calif., beat Helen Fletcher and Patty Ward, of England, 6-1, 6-2; and Mrs. Davidson and Betty Rosenquest, of South Orange, N. J., topped Janet Morgan and Miss P. L. B. Gardner, of England, 6-2, 6-4.
