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How Kay Stammers Entered Women's Final
A Brilliant Display Against Mrs. Fabyan: Miss Marble's Triumph
London, July 7.
1940 WINTER GAMES
Berlin, July 19. Japan has announced her intention of participating in the Fifth Winter Olympic Games to be held next win- ter in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
This brings the number of nations enrolled up to five, the others being Amerien, Canada, Norway and Italy,
After a match which began at 2 o'clock and finished-Trans-Ocean. nearly four and a half hours later, England gained a place
in the Wimbledon finals yesterday. Miss Kathleen Stam- of her drives. A manlike overhead mers defeated Mrs. Palfrey Fabyan, of America, by 7-5, helped in the capture of Mrs. Fabyan's service game for 5-2 and 2-6, 6-3 in a contest which was interrupted four times then the battle was at its hollest. by rain.
The actual playing time waş an hour and a quarter. The fourth interruption lasted 2 hours and 10 minutes, and few thought play would be resumed at all. Even the officials had almost despaired of further play, and they would probably have sent round the "No more play to-day" notices at 6 o'clock. But a few minutes before that hour the drizzle stopped.
STROKE OF LUCK
Mrs. Fabyan punished some weak second services, vind-surged up to the net on her own service. So excellent was her anfleipalton that her racket seemed a magnet to the bull, and although she moved swiftly about the court, she never appeared to have to hurry. At once the tarpaulin covers were worked almost to perfection. With
She drew level at 5-all, and if a removed from the court and not only it she raked the corners of the net-cord stroke, one of many that her was this match finished, but Miss American's court, clipped the side-top-spin forehand luckily gathered, Alice Marble, of America, joined lines with deeply angled cross-court had not come to Miss Stammers' aid Miss Stammers in the final by one shots, and occasionally found the in the next game, she might not have of the quickest victories ever record-narrow opening for the pass when won the set. But Miss Stammers' ed at Wimbledon. She beat Mrs. Mrs. Fabyan was in her favourite reprisal was 1 worthy one. The Sperling, of Denmark, 6-0, 6-0 in votieying position.
forehand was again the prédomin- 10 minutes.
To do that was an achievement, unt stroke in some fine driving bouts, | How far the interruptions affected Mrs. Fabyan showed that she is not and England was soon a set up. the tense frat battle it is difficult to only the neatest and nimblest fore-
It was now Mrs. Fabyan's turn, be points
at which they court player of all women, but her tween showers, to reach 4-love. say. The
had no anticipation of arrived suggest that they
Mias Stammers's Though she began the set with two adverse results for Mrs. Fubyan. counter thrusts was at times us double faults, the tennis was even She was 1-4 down in the first set canny. It was, therefore, to a large better, the rallies even keener, and when the first stoppage rame. She extent, the English forehand against the Kames still wavering around won the next game after rezuming, the piercing Ametlean volleys, though deuce. Miss Stammers won and pulled up from 2-5 to 4-5 be Miss Stammers may also claim
long deuce and 'vantage games, and fore yielding the set.
service superiority.
then Mrs. Fabyan went out.
The next delay come at 1-love to Mrs. Fabyan and deuce. She won the next two points to be 2-0 before the players had again shelter.
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But the rain was now falling heavily, and, with the match all square, the dismal tarpaulins were ngain drawn over the court, this time for more than two hours.
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Mrs. Fabyan could not, of course, keep up a non-stop volleying attack. Mts, Fabyan proceeded to 4-love to stay back, pitting her skilful de- For many rallies she was compelled and to 5-2 before the long wait, fence and dectness of foot against braved by many more than half the
It might have been thought thut October 13,000 crowd present, was enforced he pace and power of that raking
forehand drive. Her strategic use the long wait would attack the play December on pent-up players who, long before
ers' nerves, but the third set was January it was up, must have debated whe of the lob, not only in moments of
stress, but also as a means ther they would ask to be allowed the point of attack, was excellent.
turn probably the best of all, Certainly March
best. She May it was Miss Stammers' to begin all over again or resume
Some of the rallies were entrance won the first two gomes, held a very un the morrow at the critical stage ing, and each interruption seemed close one on her service to keep the Spot -at-which-they-had- left..of...
like-talking-a-succulent-sweet-out-of advantage at 3-1, and then succumb WINNER DETTER THAN EVER a small boy's mouth just when he ed to some brilliant American volley-
was enjoying the full measure of it. Ing and equally brilliant passing y One clear impression remained Though Miss Stommers secured strokes when Misa Stammers herself from the painfully drawn out en-4-love lead in the first set, the tried to force home a net attack. counter. Such fiery tennis deserved games were by no means easily come So it was 3-uli, but it was Mrs. to be sunlit, and that the thread had by Mrs. Fabyan was within a point Fabyan's last thrust. Miss Stammers thus to be broken will be regretted of the second, had 5 gamo points in went out triumphantly from by all who saw this lively display of the third, and another for the fourth.point, losing only four more points, women's lawn tennis.
What could be closer than that?
Miss Stammers was at the top of her form. I would say that of times she touched gronter keighis than over before.
She checked the unhappy sequence by holding her third service game in the rain, and after a quarter of an hour's delay captured Miss Stom- Her forchand drive, the most mers for 2-4. The English girl's powerful weapon in her armoury, freply to this was to increase the pace
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LIGHTNING VICTORY Miss Marble's Hightning victory was astonishing. Mrs. Sperling could win only 9 points in the first set and 5 In the second.
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The Danish woman's first service | July was contemptuously crashed to glory. September It was the threatening gesture. The December American, with sweeping drives of tremendous pace and power to the far corners of the court, scarcely met a counter after that from a player reputed to be one of the stoutest and Acciest retrievers in the game.
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