Wimbledon, June 29.
IS Helen Jacobs, American holder of the Wimbledon title and first seeded player, was eliminated from the women's singles. championship to-day in the biggest upset of the Tournament.
Her conqueror was Miss Dorothy Round, the British girl who is making a final attempt to win the championship before her marriage later in the year. The score was 6-4, 6-2.
Miss Round will meet Madame Mathieu, of France, in one of the semi-finals, while Mile Jedzrejowska, the Polish champion, will clash with the American champion, Miss Alice Marble, in the other.
Miss Round was in tremendous form to-day against Miss Jacobs, hitting powerfully with her fore and back-hand. She hardly played a wrong shot.
The American's timing was faulty. and she played too defensively
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