Forest Hills, Aug. 2
After nearly a week of postponements, owing to rain, the secon¢ semi-final in the United State women's singles tennis champion-hip was Played off this afternoon, in sunny weather. A' huge crowd was present to see: the elimination of the last British chal ger, Miss Dorothy Round, by Miss Helen Jacobs, the holder, in three hard-fought setts, at 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Miss Jacobs reasserted "herself in the third and final sett, winning easily Reuter, Forest is, Aug, 20.
Miss Helen cobs beat Mrs. Moddy in the final f the American women's lawn tennis championship singles to-day. The match had an, unsatisfactory' ending, Mrs, Moody being forced to retire when the score was 3-0 against her in the third sett. Miss Jacobs won at 8-6, 3-6, 2-0.
During the second sett there were two angry demonstrations by' the crowd of 3,000 excited spectators. In the seventh game, a partisan of "Mrs, Moody called "out" against a stroke of Miss Jacobs, at which there was. great roar from the crowd. The Tinesman agreed with the umpire that "hall was in play. A' similar istration occurred in the following game, when a ball of Mrs. Moody's, which' struck the Tine, wa claimed by her opponent's supporters to have gone out.—Reuter.
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