Navratilova backs Serena 
06:31 Jan 22 2013 from Sport24.co.za
...and Chris Evert. However, she remains some way off the 24 majors won by Margaret Court, followed by Graf on 22 and Helen Wills Moody on 19. "In tennis terms, Serena is still very young," Navratilova said. "At her age, I think I had played twice as many matches....
http://www.sport24.co.za/Tennis/AustraliaOpen/Navratilova-backs-Serena-20130122
Serena the conqueror 11:45 Sep 09 2012 from PerthNow
...grand slam win for Serena Williams and doesn't she know it. Source: AFP Apart from Smith, Williams only trails Graf (22), Helen Wills Moody (19), Martina Navratilova (18) and Chris Evert (18) and has no plans of ending her relentless pursuit any time soon....
AP Sportlight 01:22 Aug 25 2012 from Buffalo News
...- Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title when Helen Wills Moody defaults in the third set because of back and hip pain. 1939 - The first Major League Baseball game is televised. NBC-TV broadcasts a doubleheader at Brooklyn's...
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article1021871.ece
AP Sportlight 12:17 Aug 15 2012 from Buffalo News
...Mays. Chapman suffers a fractured skull and dies the next day. It's the only field fatality in major league history. 1924 - Helen Wills Moody beats Molla Bjurstedt Mallory again, 6-1, 6-3, to win her second straight singles title at the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association...
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article1005441.ece
List of Wimbledon Women's Singles Champions 04:25 Jul 07 2012 from The New York Times
...beat Brough 6-2 6-4 1945-40 No tournament held 1939 Alice Marble (U.S.) beat Kay Stammers (Britain) 6-2 6-0 1938 Helen Moody (Wills) (U.S.) beat Helen Jacobs (U.S.) 6-4 6-0 1937 Dorothy Round (Britain) beat Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Poland) 6-2 2-6 7-5 1936 Jacobs...
AP Sportlight 12:56 Jul 03 2012 from Buffalo News
...the heavyweight title. The fight almost bankrupts the town of Shelby, Montana, which borrowed heavily to stage it. 1930 - Helen Wills Moody wins her fourth straight singles title at Wimbledon with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Elizabeth Ryan. Moody would go on to win...
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article932530.ece
AP Sportlight 03:01 Jul 01 2012 from Buffalo News
...winning the singles, the men's doubles title with Gene Mako and the mixed doubles crown with Alice Marble. 1938 - Helen Wills Moody wins her eighth and final singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Helen Jacobs 6-4, 6-0. 1966 - Billie Jean King wins the first...
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article929992.ece
Straight Sets: As Wimbledon Approaches, Crime Novelists Hover 09:58 Jun 23 2012 from The New York Times
...Chalmers said, “mostly about the old pro teaming up with the fresh faced kid and they win the club tournament.” In 1939, Helen Wills Moody, one of the world’s top players, wrote “Death Serves an Ace.” “Once more we have murder and mystery on Centre Court,”...
Straight Sets: As Wimbeldon Approaches, Crime Novelists Hover 07:15 Jun 23 2012 from The New York Times
...Chalmers said, “mostly about the old pro teaming up with the fresh faced kid and they win the club tournament.” In 1939, Helen Wills Moody, one of the world’s top players, wrote “Death Serves an Ace.” “Once more we have murder and mystery on Centre Court,”...
