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_ 1 Seven U. S. Women Net Stars Annex Matches at Wimbledon Maureen Connolly Refuses * To Withdraw From Tourney Despite Shoulder Ailment By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England, June 24.— A kids dreams die hard. So 17-year-old Maureen Connolly, who dreams of winning tennis most prized championship this week, winced with pain through her f irsrt match today and then defied her teachers advice to withdraw, lest she permanently injure her strained shoulder. The 17-year-old Miss from San Diego, Calif., who won the U. S. championship last year, beat Barbara Moeller of Britain, 6-2, 6-0, to nead an American surge of seven victories in the opening day of womens play today. But she could hardly make overhead shots because of the bad shoulder. After the match, her discoverer, Eleanor "Teach" Tennant, wanted Maureen to withdraw. "There will be other Wimbledons," she said. "Maureen is young. The doctor definitely advised her to withdraw." But the spirit of youth flared, and Maureen called a press conference of her own. "I wont withdraw," she said. "I feel fine. The shoulder doesnt hurt. I think Ill have to tie Teach to a post tonight and bull-whip her." So Maureen led a group of five Americans into the third round. They had drawn byes and won second round matches today. Two other Yanks won first round matches today, and three were eliminated. In addition to second-seeded Miss Connolly, the Americans winning second round matches were top -seeded and defending champion Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., fifth-seeded Patricia Canning Todd of La Jolla, Calif., Dorothy Head of Alameda, Calif., and Baba Lewis of New-tonville, Mass. Third-seeded Shirley Pry of Akronr O., and fourth-»seeded Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., won first round matches. Trio Eliminated Arvilla McGuire of Piedmont, Calif., Rita Anderson of Los Angeles and Charlotte Decker of Washington, D. C, were eliminated. Miss Hart, who finally won the title last year after years of futile trying, needed only 25 minutes to whiz through Shirley Odling of Britain, 6-1, 6-0. Mrs. Todd lost only two games — and then to beautiful baseline shots — as she licked Miss McGuire, 6-0, 6-2. Miss Head beat Thelma Salo of Findland, 6-3, 6-2. And Mrs. Lewis fought out a battle of long rallies and baseline duels to whip red-haired Elena Lehmann of Argentina, 6-3, 6-1. But Mrs. Brough, who won three stright Wimbledons before last year, was impressive as any as she whipped Pat Lewis of Britain, 6-1, 6-0, in the first round. And Miss Pry was able to down Mary Halford of Britain without losing a game, 6-0, 6-0, although the Akron girl suffered from repeated foot faults and wild drives. Miss Anderson, London born but now living in California, fell to Angela Mortimer of Britain, 6-2, 6-2, and Miss Decker lost to Violet White of Britain, 6-2, 6-4. In the first round mens doubles matches involving U. S. players, second seeded Dick Savitt of Orange, N. J., and Gardnar Mul-loy of Coral Gables, Fla., defeated Trevor Pancutt and Owen Williams of South Africa, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., and Art Larsen of San Francisco ousted Derrick Capell and Bryan Woodroffe of South Africa in a three-hour match, 6-4, 5-7 4-6, 9-7, 6-4; and Irvin Dorfman of New York and Grant Golden of Willmette, 111., beat Peter Cawthorn and Don Tregonning of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2. Third ranked Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt defeated Vanni Canepele and Giuseppe Merlo of Italy, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; fourth seeded Vic Seixas of Philadelphia and Eric Sturgess of South Africa eliminated Howard Walton and Clifford Hovell of Britain. 6-1, 6-3, 6-3; Straight Clark of Pasadena, Calif., and Felicissimo Ampon of the Philippines defeated Steve Potts of Memphis, Tenn., and George Specht of Austria, 8-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Hamilton Richardson of Baton Rouge, La., and Ian Ayre of Australia rallied to beat Alfred Huber and Hans Redl of Austria, 2-6, 7-5, 17-15; Gene Garrett of San Diego, Calif., and stateless Pole Vladislav Skonecki advanced when Harry Likas of San Francisco and Athol Tills of New Zealand defaulted, and Pablo Eisenberg of Maplewood, N. J., and Richard Sorlien of Philadelphia were eliminated by Carlos Sanhueza and Marcello Taverne of Chile, 3-6, 6-3, 8-10, 6-4, 6-3.
