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Helen Wills Moody: America's Tennis Reader HelenWills Moody: America’s Tennis Champion Genre Build Background Access Content Extend Language Biography • Tennis • Captions • Tennis Terms • Women • Fact Box • The Suffi x Athletes • Defi nitions -ship • Championships Scott Foresman Reading Street 3.4.4 by Martina Williams ì<(sk$m)=bebhfd<ISBN 0-328-14175-5 +^-Ä-U-Ä-U 14175_CVR.indd Cover1 2/28/05 10:36:09 AM Talk About It 1. How did Helen practice to become a better player? 2. Tell someHelen of the Wills details inMoody: the story that helpAmerica’s prove how Tennisgood a Championtennis player Helen became. Write About It 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write three facts and two opinions about Helen Wills Moody that you read in this story. Extend Language The words friend and friendship are related. Friendship is shared by friends. What is the word in this story that is related to the word champion? Illustrations: 2–3 Meg Aubrey. Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. Cover ©Bettmann/Corbis; 1 ©Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; 4 (TL) ©Bettmann/ Corbis, (TR) ©Underwoodby & Underwood/Corbis;Martina Williams 5 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 6 ©Hulton- Deutsch Collection/Corbis; 8 ©Bettmann/Corbis. ISBN: 0-328-14175-5 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. Editorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois • Parsippany, New Jersey • New York, New York 1 2 3 4Sales 5 6 7Offices: 8 9 10 Needham,V0B4 14 13 Massachusetts 12 11 10 09 08 • Duluth,07 06 05 Georgia • Glenview, Illinois Coppell, Texas • Sacramento, California • Mesa, Arizona 14175_CVR.indd Cover2 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 1 2/28/052/28/05 10:36:15110:38:170:38:17 AMAM painting tennis racquet tennis court Helen played tennis almost every day with her father. Helen Wills loved to paint and play tennis. Helen’s father was a doctor. His favorite thing to do was to play tennis with Helen, Helen Wills was born in California in at a tennis club in Berkeley, California. 1905. As a girl, Helen loved two activities: One day when Helen was 14, a famous painting and tennis. She did both almost tennis player named Hazel Wightman all her life. Helen Wills grew up to be a visited the club. She noticed a skinny good painter. She sold her paintings in 14-year-old girl in pigtails who was playing New York City. But painting isn’t what with her father. That girl was Helen Wills. made Helen famous. She grew up to Wightman later said she was surprised by become the most successful women’s Helen’s concentration. Wightman thought tennis champion of her time. that Helen had the makings of a champion. 2 3 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 2 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:230:38:23 AAMM 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 3 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:250:38:25 AAMM Helen Wills hits a Helen hits a serve. back-hand shot. Helen was famous for her power of Hazel Wightman became Helen’s coach. concentration. Other tennis players would They played tennis together four days groan when they lost a point and celebrate a week for hours at a time. Wightman when they won one. Not Helen. worked on many different shots with To improve, she practiced against male Helen. She helped Helen develop a reliable players who were stronger and could hit backhand shot and a strong serve. the ball harder. Every year experts rank the Tennis can be played one player against best tennis players. In 1922, the 17-year-old another player or as doubles, with two was ranked the third best female tennis players on each side. Helen and Hazel were player in the United States. unbeatable as doubles partners. In 1921, Helen won the California State Women’s Championship, at age 16. Extend Language backhand: shot made with the back of the hand facing forward serve: shot in tennis that puts the ball in play 4 5 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 4 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:260:38:26 AAMM 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 5 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:300:38:30 AAMM Helen’s victory over Mallory was the beginning of her becoming the tennis champion of the world. In the next few years, Helen won almost every match she played. In 1924, she won the gold medal Helen Wills Moody won for tennis at the Olympics. From 1927 to the Wimbledon 1933, Helen won 180 matches in a row championship without ever losing. Sports fans considered eight times. her the best woman tennis player who had ever played. In 1928, she married Frederick Moody and changed her name to Helen Wills Moody. In 1923, Wills made it to the United States Tennis Championships in Forest Hills, HHelenelen WWillsills MMoody’soody’s MMajorajor TTennisennis CChampionshipshampionships a part of New York City. She played against Tournament Years Won Molla Mallory. Who was Molla Mallory? Wimbledon 1927 1928 She was rated the best player in the world. Championship 1929 1930 At 18, Helen Wills was 13 years younger 1932 1933 than Mallory. Experts expected Mallory to 1935 1938 easily defeat the young Wills. U.S. 1923 1924 Championship 1925 1927 The experts were in for a surprise. 1928 1929 Wills had no trouble with Mallory. The 1931 match was over so quickly that people French 1923 1929 were shocked. Most tennis matches last Championship 1930 1932 one or two hours. Wills beat Mallory in 33 minutes! 6 7 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 6 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:340:38:34 AAMM 114175_01-08.indd4175_01-08.indd 7 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:370:38:37 AAMM Talk About It 1. How did Helen practice to become a better player? 2. Tell some of the details in the story that help prove how good a tennis player skirt Helen became. Helen changed Write About It tennis fashion. 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write three facts and two opinions about Helen Wills Moody that you read in this story. Extend Language The words friend and friendship are related. Friendship is shared by friends. Helen did more than win What is the word in this story that is related championships. She also changed tennis to the word champion? fashion. In the 1920s, women played Illustrations: 2–3 Meg Aubrey. in heavy skirts that went down to their Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The ankles. These skirts made it hard to run publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. and move around the tennis court. Helen Cover ©Bettmann/Corbis; 1 ©Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; 4 (TL) ©Bettmann/ Corbis, (TR) ©Underwood & Underwood/Corbis; 5 ©Bettmann/Corbis; 6 ©Hulton- decided to play in a light skirt that reached Deutsch Collection/Corbis; 8 ©Bettmann/Corbis. her knees, and other players followed her. ISBN: 0-328-14175-5 In 1938, Helen Wills Moody was 33 Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. years old. After winning that year at All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Wimbledon, she decided to retire. People This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, everywhere felt that she was the best or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions woman tennis player of her time. In 1969, Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025. she was elected to the Tennis Hall of Fame. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0B4 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 8 114175_01-08.indd14175_CVR.indd4175_01-08.indd Cover2 8 22/28/05/28/05 110:38:370:38:37 AAMM 2/28/05 10:36:15 AM.
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