1935-07-27

DOROTHY ROUND

(BY H. W.

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The rise of Miss Dorothy Round to fame and success, if

As meteoric as that of Perry's, has been as steady and as sure.

In 1930, in the columns of "The Evening News," I wrote "On the horizon there has arisen a bright new star-Miss Dorothy Round-, who shows every promise of taking a leading place, in the already brilliant constellation of girl players."

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Nineteen hundred and thirty is not so very long ago, and that promise was very soon fulfilled, for not only did she take à leading place among British players, but In 1933 she fought a titanic battle with Mrs. Wills Moody in the Anal at Wimbledon."

And in 1934 she achieved the distinction of being the first Eng- lish girl to win Wimbledon since the success of Mrs. Godfree in 1926.

EARLY SUCCESSES

Miss Round first came into pro- minence in 1929. Successes early In the year, brought her into the front and she went through the usual food of Umelight which heralds the arrival of every new star M'ss Round's private e ceased to be private, its most, in- teresting features were at once published for the edification of the great sports-loving British public. What did we learn? We learnt, rather surprisingly, that Miss Round

Sunday 'School teacher; that she lived at Dudley; that she would not play tennis on' Sundays; that she learnt her ten- nla at home largely through practising against a wall"

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In the lnstrated papers we saw many photographs of her, photographs of a typical English sports girl. quiet and modest, with a perfect athletic gure denoting speed and strength.

ALL THE STROKES

overboosted reputations? How ten have they been weighed down by their premature rise to fame, worried by the glare of publicity, of all eyes focused upon them, feeling that everyone ́ex- pects them to do great things be- tore they are fully equipped with experience and strokes to do so. before their game is fully matured?

M'as Round has escaped all this. She has gone steadily on her way, acquiring experience, consolidating her game, until her hour struck; and at Wimbledon last year ahe won the crown which, was the re- ward of a champion's ski.

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1935.

LAWN BOWLS

To-day's Matches

HOME CRICKET RESULTS

Double Century By Worcester: 200 (B. W. Quaife 96

Kilner

A great many 'very interesting Lawn Bowls Matches are down for

London, July 25. decision-during the week-end. but A score of 238 by Norman Kilner unless weather conditions which and 101 by Santall, coupled with are most unfavourable at the good bowling by Hollies gave time of writing, improve. the Warwickshire an easy victory over lawn bowl's league will once again. "Worcester. be held up..

The South Africans secured an The teaths and Axtures for to- eight-wicket win over Northumber- day are:-

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not out) and 198 (Hollies 8 for 61).

Warwick: 519 for 7 dec, Kilner 238,

Santal 101).

The South Africans beat Northumberland by 8 wickets Northumberland." Northumberland: 198 (R. J. Crisp

6 for 41) and 222. Africans: 323 and 101 for 2:

MITCHELL UNFIT

London, July 25.

LOCAL HOCKEY

Association Holds Meeting

I. S. BASEBALL

Rain Interferes

New York, July 25.

of the baseball The majority Mr. E. W. Hamilton, who pre-matches in the major leagues ta- sided at the second annual meet- day were postponed on account ing of the Hong Kong Hockey As- of the rain. No game sociation held in the Church Hall

was played is the of the St. Andrew's Church, yes-American League while the fixture terday, said that he had every between the Boston Braves and satisfaction in stating that the

Cincinnati Reds, In the National land. Crisp, who will doubless

year under review, had been Championship, was postponed. share in the attack against Eng-

very successful one. As the an land In the Fourth Test on

nual report and statement of re- Saturday, came out with An

counts had been in their hands average of nearly seven

A Mitchell, the Yorkshire bats- runs

for some time past, he would not apiece for half a dozen wickets.

man, has announced to the Eng-give a lengthy speech 25 there The following were Reuter's Hish Cricket Selection Commitee was very little he could add to the score details:-

that he is unfit and will not be report. He would propose how Warwickshire beat Worcester-available for the Fourth Test ever, that the annual report and shire by an Innings and 121 runs

Match against the South Africans statement of accounts be

taken at Worcester,

at Old Trafford on Saturday. as read, and on the proposal of L. C. C. Garthwaite, seconded by Mr. P. Singh, the report was adopted and carried unanimously when put to the meeting.

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In spite of the fact that Miss Round has been playing competi

C. Summons J. Hoosen Ive tenn's for over six years. It L.C.R. SouлA has so happened that. I have only H. Beer played either with her. or against | U. M. Omar her once-in the final of the mixed doubles at Wimbledon last

year. when, as she and her partner plled up the games against my partner and myself, I began to have doubts about that kindness of heart which up till then I had always been cer- tain she had possessed!"

A TENNIS VAGARY

It is curious, that two players of the same nationality, even if of different sex, should have met on a tennis court only once in six years, but it is one of thase vagaries of fortune which

bring you into contact in the first round of a holiday tournament with a member of your local club whom you have been playing every even- ing of the summer, and which brings you into contact continually with certain opponents, while cer- tain other players scarcely ever Cross your path.

It is strange, for instance, that on the three occasions that Frank Shields has played at Wimbledon, I should have played him in the round of the last eight, while it was not until the seventh tourna- ment, in which Von Cramm and I played (in six of which either he or I were the winner) that we ac-

Such photographs were bound to

· arouse a desire to see Miss Round herself, to see her in action play- ing the game which had broughtally played against each other.

her fame.. Once having seen her play, it needed no unusual fore- sight to prophesy for her a great future.

Her movements were graceful and her strokes were as graceful as her movements. They flowed from her racket with that appar- ent ease which is only seen in players of the highest class. Nor was any stroke missing. Each and every one was there, sound and well-nigh perfectly produced-a service well placed, if not especially forceful.. splendidly controlled Backhand and forehand drives: and unusual volleying powers for a giri.

Miss Round was in many ways fortunate to "arrive" at a time when there were in, England many fine players on whom to test her steel and sharpen her weapon.S. She did not need to travel abroad to find opponents worthy of her. There in England, if not the actual reigning champion, a teath of girls superior to any other in the world.

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But the one occasion on which IA played against Miss Round would

have been enough to have con- vinced me of her outstanding skill had she not, only a short time be- fore. proved herself, by the win of the singles title, the outstanding woman player in the world. It is interesting that she and Perry. who started their first-class lawn tennis career at much the same time (though perhaps Miss Round had a slight start on Perry), who look so very much alike. should have been crowned champion, at Wimbledon on successive days.

Since her victory last year Miss Round seems further to have con- solidated her game, and was, f anything, playing even greater lawn tenn's at the end of last sea- son than that which brought her victory at Wimbledon. A damaged leg muscle has unluckily somewhat cramped her style this year, but fortunately it has now recovered.

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WHAT SHE ESCAPED How often have players in the past been acclaimed before their time and been unable to live up to grace,

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