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♦ ! t . t 1 i * . j k 1 , ; J * i 3 * j - j I i ; c I - I I 1 3 I , i. . I » i, 1 3 t i _ r e e in a u e - e • s t s s o e i- e e e e n All Seeded Yanks Win at Wimbledon Four Others Also Advance Into Third Round; Maureen Continues Painful March By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England, June 25.— U. S. champion Maureen Connolly, fooling nobody but herself, painfully stumbled into the last 16 of womens singles in the Wimbledon tennis tournament today, while nine American men reached the third round without the loss of a single set. All seeded U. S. men now are in the round of 32. They are defending champion Dick Savitt of Orange, N. J.; Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, Pa.; Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif.; Gardner Mulloy of Coral Ga- bles, Fla., and Budge Fatty of Los Angeles. Miss Connolly, the 17-year-old U. S. titleholder from San Diego, Calif., playing with a sore shoulder, was joined in the fourth round of womens singles by defend-fc ing champion Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla.; Patricia Canning Todd of La Jolla, Calif., and Dorothy Head of Alameda, Calif. I The other seeded U. S. women — former Wimbledon queen, Louise Brough of Bev-3 erly Hills, Calif., and Shirley Fry of Akron, j Ohio — also scored easy victories but are one round behind the rest. Ignores Trainers Advice "Little Mo," ignoring the advice of her [ coach, Eleanor Tennant, to withdraw from the tournament, went to the hospital this morning and reported happily that doctors j said her ailing shoulder was "only" a case of fibrostitis and would not affect her play. Miss Connolly then went out before a packed stadium of 15,000 and demonstrated that she definitely was handicapped, al-; though she managed to beat Angela Mortimer, a mediocre British player, 6-4, 6-3. The pert California girl missed one over- I head smash by a foot and blasted several J other shots out by yards. Her main weak- i ness was in her overhead game. I It was a performance that dropped "Lit-j tie Mo" from top favorite among the bet- I ting gentry to fourth behind Misses Hart, Brough and Todd. Meanwhile, while a crowd of 29,000 swarmed the Wimbledon grounds in hot, humid weather, nine of the 10 U. S. men that started the third days play advanced to the third round. Of the five seeded Americans who won, J 37-year-old Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Ga-y bles, Fla., had the toughest time. Mulloy, I seeded tenth, was given a workout by 17-j year-old Ken Rosewall of Australia before winning, 9-7, 6-3, 8-6. Defending champion Dick Savitt of Orange, N. J., who is seeded fourth, whipped Gerald Oakley of Britain, 6-1, 6-4, 8-6, and Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, the top-ranked U. S. player who is seeded third in the tournament, trimmed Ernst Bucc-s holz of Germany, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4. Sixths seeded Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., beat Geoffrey Paish of England, 6-2, 8-6, 7-5, and 12th-seeded Budge Patty of Los Angeles defeated Leon Norgarb of South Africa, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3. Golden Eliminates Walton Among the unseeded American entries, Grant Golden of Wilmette, 111., beat IIow- ard Walton of England, 7-5, 6-1, 6-0; Har-e ry Likas of San Francisco eliminated Luis Ayala of Chile, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4; Straight Clark of Pasadena, Calif., walloped Ivo Rinkel of Holland, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1, and Irvin Dorfman of New York downed Douglas Scharenguivel of Ceylon, 6-1,6-1, 8-6. The only American beaten in mens singles was Gene Garrett of San Diego, Calif., who lost to Torben Ulrich, Danish Davis Cup player, 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Top-seeded Frank Sedgman of Australia whipped Basil Katz of Southern Rhodesia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2, and second-seeded Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt won over Bobby Wilson of England, 6-0, 6-1, 6-3. Advancing to the fourth round of wom- ens singles along with Miss Connolly were defending champion Doris Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., Pat Todd of La Jolla, Calif., and Dorothy Head of Alameda, Calif. Miss Hart eliminated a fellow-American, Baba Madden Lewis of Newtonville, Mass., 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Miss Todd trimmed Joan Curry of England, 6-2, 6-2, and Miss Head shut out Frances Walter of England, 6-0, 6-0. In second round womens singles match- es, three-time former champion Louise Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., blanked Peggy Chandler of England, 6-0, 6-0, and Shirley Fry of Akron, O., beat Evelyn At- wood of New Zealand. 6-2. 6-2.
