1937-12-15 — Page 20

THE SHINASMAT

15, 1937

MRS. MOODY LOOKS BACK 15 YEARS

TENNIS CHAMPION'S FAMOUS MATCHES

WHEN MR. SHAW WENT

TO WIMBLEDON

(By A. WALLIS MYERS)

London, November 11. HEROINE of many lawn tennis matches on both sides of the Atlantic, Mrs. Helen Wills Moody has let the public share her thoughts in a book, "Fifteen-Thirty" (Scribner's, 10s 6d), published to-day. Its name bridges her career on the courts. She won her first title, the Pacific Coast junior championship, when she was 15; at 30 she claimed the championship at Wimbledon for the seventh. time.

THE CHAMPION WAS FIRST DUBBED “LITTLE MISS POKER FACE” · BY AMERICAN JOURNALIST, THEN FOUR HELEN”, AND FINALLY “QUEEN HELEN. NONE SOBRIQUETS REALLY FITTED HER.

this im-

She may have appeared devoid of emotion on court pression of cool detachment was undoubtedly of psychological value where her opponents were concerned but she was really, as her book reveals, as simple as a child, and devoid of a poker player's guile

"In a hard match," she says, I did not think whether I was smiling or not, or whether my feelings were written on my face. She even suggests that tennis fans became tired of see-

ing somebody win continuously with whom she won the American who had "no expression." "doubles championship. “His court- The truth was that Mrs. Moody position was unfailing, his over- was singularly oblivious to the out head a sure win, and his service so

A charming study of the former Queen of the Courts,”? Mrs. He- -len Wills-Moody, with her favourite Sealyham dog.

er world when on court. Otherwise extraordinary that the woman op- Shaw at Cliveden, Lady Astor's KOWLOON TONG

Buckinghamshire house. During

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she would not have asked a friend ponent hardly ever returned it.” whether she had really won after REFUSED - RESPONSIBILITY - an after-dinner conversation Mr. her memorable victory at Wimble The United States Association Shaw suggested that lawn tennis don in 1935, or a strange delusion asked. Mrs. Moody to be captain of should only be played in the long -thought that Miss Mary Heeley the American women's team visit- grass in meadows. Mrs. Moody's one of her Wimbledon opponents. ing Berlin. She accepted, but "recomment was to keep a fixed conn- was a left-handed player."

fused responsibility of any direct tenance. She was surprised a few ing whatsoever.” She told memdays later to receive a copy of bers of the team they could do "Saint Joan" with a note "You may remember stealing my heart at exactly as they pleased..

Cliveden."

HER BEST PARTNER

Impressions of ber famous matches are largely conveyed by They lost their matches, and the newspaper quotations, but she only remark the captain made in makes some interesting compari the dressing room afterwards was sons about her contemporaries. to suggest they had played “awfully Next to Mile. Leaglen, who though sleepy tennis.”

popularly thought to be tempera- "It must have been the beer wel mental, had an astonishing amount had for lunch," was the reply. “No of control and determination," she wonder! Mrs. Moody reflects. considers Aliss McKane now Mrs."Beer is absolutely fatal to tennis. Godfree "the best player I have We all laughed. Fortunately the ever met.”

US. LTA. was far away."

Her best mixed doubles partner was J. B. Hawkes, the Australian,

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A year later she sent Mr. Shaw a packet of Wimbledon tickets. Writ- ing to thank her, he said:

It was diabolically cruel to plant me and my wife on a day we could come we were never at Wimble don before to see a gang of male Cochets and Borotras and Gregorys and Tildens and such like perspir- ing profusely and Rually going to ces after the first two or three

the heat, and never 2 you, and only four with the privilege of which was Miss Natty And my wretched secre- "the other ticket and out the Byan-lady.

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The Kowloon Tong Mixed Double badminton team con- tinne-in winning vein asd last night on their own court, they beat a powerful Recreio team by 6 sets to 3. -

A. W. da Roza and Mrs. A. E. H Castro are playing at the top of their form and again won all three sets, although they had to fight hard against Mr and Mrs Sousa 2nd E. A. R. Alves and Miss Reme dios.

R. E. Lee and Miss Xavier won two, while F. S. Ko and Mis. da Roza secured their usual game.

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