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Trabert Advances in Wimbledon Net Defeats Stewart In Straight Sets Five Other American Men, Four Women Gain Third Round Singles Victories By ROBERT C. DOWSON United Press Sports Writer WIMBLEDON, England, June 23. Tony Trabert, the top-seeded power hitter from Cincinnati, Ohio, hammered out a straight set victory over Hugh Stewart today to lead six Yanks into the fourth. round in mens singles at the Wimbledon tennis championships. Doris Hart, Louise Brough, Beverly Baker Pleitz and Darlene Hard scored straight set triumphs as four U. S. tennis queens swept into the fourth round in womens singles. It was a chilly day but 27,000 swarmed over the All-England Club grounds to push the four-day attendance to 100,000. Trabert, occasionally blowing on the tender palm of his racquet hand, ousted the six-foot, four-inch Stewart of San Marino, Calif., 6-4, 6-3, 6-1. Trabert is a 7 to 4 favorite for the crown. And he hit with such power on the center court turf that fans tittered in embarrassment because Stewart, was so helpless. Budge Patty of Los Angeles and Paris, the only other seeded American remaining in the mens singles, defeated Bobby Wilson of England, 6-4, 7-9, 6-4, 6-1. The fifth-seeded American played poorly but: won when Wilson lost his service three times in he fourth set. Gil Shea, the cocky Presido, Calif., insurance salesman who pulled the tournaments first big upset yesterday by ousting third-seeded Vic Seixas of Philadelphia, eliminated Adrian Quist of Australia, 6-3, 57f 75, 6-3. Shea wasnt as sharp as he was yesterday but didnt need to be against the 42-year-old Aussie. Larsen Uses Lobs Effectively Art Larsen, former U. S. champion from San Leandro, Calif., used lobs effectively to defeat six-foot, three-inch Owen Williams of South Africa, 6-2, 10-8, 6-2. Herb Flam of Beverly Hills, Calif., studied the tactics of red-haired Freddy Huber in the first set and then eliminated Austrias tennis clown, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2. Bob Perry of Los Angeles ousted Staf-fan Stockenberg of Sweden, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. John Ager of Atlanta, Ga., now a student at Oxford, was the only other American man besides Steward who failed to win in the third round. He lost. to Nicolb Pie-taangeli of Italy, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. Second-seeded Ken Rosewall and fourth-seeded Lew Hoad, the chief Aussie hopes, scored straight set triumphs. But unseeded Abe Segal of South Africa cut the mens seeds to six by defeating fifth-seeded Rex Hartwig of Australia, 8-6, 6-4, 6-4. Segal pulled the tournaments second big surprise by combining a high-kicking service with drives into the corners. Miss Hart of Coral Gables, Fla., top-seeded and an odds-on choice to win the womens title, allowed Dora Kilian of South Africa to make all the mistakes while winning, 6-2, 6-1. Miss Brough of Beverly Hills, Calif., seeded second as she bids for her fourth Wimbledon title, shut out Englands Janet Morgan, 6-0, 6-0. Miss Fleitz, the ambidextrous star from Long Beach, Calif., who is seeded third, ousted Doreen Spires of Britain, 6-4, 6-1. Sixth-seeded Darlene Hard of Montebello, Calif., "struggled through half a dozen deuces in the second set to eliminate Ann Shilcock of England, 6-0, 6-4. Dorothy Head Knode of Alameda, Calif., the other U. S. woman in the third round, did not play today. v In the other mens third rounders involving seeded players, Rosewall ousted John Barrett of England, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Hoad defeated Vladimir Skonecki, the self-exiled Pole, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4; Jaroslav Drobny, the Chubby Czech who is seeded sixth while defending his title, defeated Jack Arkinstall of Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 11-9; and eighth-seeded Sven Davidson of Sweden defeated Billy Knight of England, 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3.
