Wimbledon, June 10.
The United States today took the lead, two matches to one, as the sixteenth annual Wightman Cup tennis series between the leading women players of America and Great Britain opened at Wimbledon.
The United States won a doubles and a singles and lost a singles, Kay Stammers of Britain created a major upset when she defeated Alice Marble, former American champion and recent winner in the important St. George's Hill championship, in three sets, The British girl won by scores of 3-6, 7-5 and 6-3, staging a thrilling rally after dropping he. first set.
Mrs. Helen Wills Moody, making a determined bid to regain her standing as the leading woman tennis player in the world, showed crisp strokes to make short work of Miss Margaret "Peggy" Scriven, 6-0, 7-
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