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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 24, 1939

WIMBLEDON

MISS MARBLE ANOTHER SUZANNE LENGLEN

Miss Stammers Beaten In Final In 31 Minutes

EVERY

TYPE

OF

SHOT EMPLOYED

London, July 8.

ISS Alice Marble, American champion, donned the mantle of

M Mrs. Wills, Moody on Saturday, by a great 6-2, 6-0 victory over

England's Miss Kay Stammers in the final of the women's singles on the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

Miss Marble, her blonde hair tucked under a white jockey cap, swept her way to the championship for the first time in exactly thirty-one minutes, with a superb all-court game which was likened afterwards by Dan Maskell, Bri- tain's leading professional, to that of Suzanne Lenglen at her best.

Queen Mary saw her victory,

and after the match both

Marble and Miss

presented to Her Royal box.

Miss

Stammers were

Majesty in the

No one has ever made a braver attempt or put up a more deter- mined fight to win the final than Miss Stammers, but she was op- posed to a super player, and did not really stand a chance.

"Alice played amazing tennis," said Miss Stammers to a reporter afterwards. "I really think I was lucky to win two games. I had never played against anybody quite like her before.”

Every Kind Of Shot

on

The wind, which was swirling around the packed stands, had no effect Miss Marble's strokes. She employed overy conceivable kind of shot, and

SPORTS PARADE

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CRAIGENGOWER appear to be stag-

ing a revival, their win over Police being their second in succession after three defeats.. W. K. Way checked a run of four reverses when he beat W, McHardy by 25 shots.

to lose by 15 shots. Then two more successes and a tie at Kowloon Tong.

FILM CONTRACT FOR MISS ALICE

MARBLE

Hollywood, July 11-Miss Alice Marble, the Wimbledon tennis champion, is shortly to become a film actress, according to Mr. Frank Orsatti, a Hollywood agent, who announced to-day that he has signed a contract on her be half. He added that the contract forbade any role as a tennis play. ers, so Miss Marble's acting will not interfere with her amateur status.

Miss Marble is also a singer, Earlier in the year she appeared as a singer in leading New York hotels.Press Association.

Miss Stammers might just as Well have tried to knock down a brick wall with her racket as endeavour, as she did, to break up the American's game,

Miss Stammers was at her best, but that was far from being good enough against Miss Marble. The English left-hander had three points to win the first game, having slashed a great forehand across court past Miss Marble at the net, but the American won after two deuces, and led 2-0 by capturing Miss Stam- mers's service.

this the the

There was an incident after when Miss Marble called across net, after winning one point in third game, "I dropped a ball

then, Kay. Let me play a let." Miss Stammers shook her head and refused the gesture, but won the game all the same.

Fighting from the back of

Miss Marble's Resource

Miss Stammers was trying to

lob

KAY STAMMERS KEEPS GOLF "ENGAGEMENT". Miss Kay Stammers, Britain's No. 1 woman tennis player who was beat- en by Miss Alice Marble in the final of the Wimbledon, singles, play- ed golf the day after at Moor Park, in a charity tournament. (She is quite an accomplished golfer). Her partner was Mr. M. Menzies, who had watched her play tennis on the Centre Court. Miss Stam- mers denies rumours that she and Mr. Menzies are engaged. Photo- shows Mr. Michael Menzies and Misa Kay Stammers walking on the course at Moor Park during the charity tournament. right).

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the

On Saturday J, C. Chalmers lost to and defeat the volleying of Miss Marple illustration of Miss Marble's re-service in the next game, and Riggs-

Vic. Chittenden by 2 shots to stop B sequence of four successes and to mark his second reverse this season, his first

ble, but she succeeded only once TAIKOO'S hopes of winning the title

or Hare And Wilde's Rally received a rude shock when they

twice, and the first set went to fost on all three rinks when entertain-court, Miss Stammers held up the American in exactly twenty minutes, The Americans, Ellwood Cooke and

Miss ing. K.F.C., but even then there were Marble to deuce in the fourth game,

62. but

R. L. Rigga, retained the men's dou- only 8 shots in it. Taikoo's first re- the American was at 4-1 before the backhand corner produced four points tish Davis Cup pair, C. E. Hare and '

Raking drives to the English girl's bles for America by beating the Bri- verse this season was at the hands of English girl won her first and only for Miss Marble in the second set, and D Wilde, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 9-7. K.E.G.C., by one shot, then three games service, later they found Craigengower in their

although Kay defended desperately. In the fourteenth game of the fourth best form and lost on all three rinks

she could not stop the gains mounting set. Hare and Wilde, to a great roar up against her.”

from the crowd, saved five match In the third game there was an am- points against them, and levelled at seven-all. Wilde, however, dropped his source and infinite variety. She had had no difficulty in holding his to win served two fast "aces," and stood at 40-love, and then put over with al- the sixteenth game for the set and being against J. Cavanagh of Craigen- the return encounter, and later lost to googly" which bounced twice before

most exactly the same action a match gower. Chittenden started the season H.K.F.C. Their Cox's Road rivals fin

As last year it was a grand slam with two defeats, but has since secured ished up Saturday's game one shot Miss Stammers could reach it,

for America, all five titles going their nine points from six games:

ahead of Craigengower with nine ends. In this second set of eleven minutes way. "Miss Marble, like Riggs, Was to go. With two games in hand they Miss Stammers won eleven points, concerned in winning three of

them, CIVIL Service sustained their fourth are four points behind Recreio in the and nearly half of those were obtain but was Marble has performed a rare

defeat in succession when they championship race,

ed by her own winners, so it can be achievement this year, for she is now entertained Kowloon Tong. F. H.

O. R. Remedios, whose win by 18 seen how many mistakes Miss Marble the holder of six, national titles, al- Haynes experienced his third succes shots over P. J. A. Hamilton enabled made. In the last game of all Miss ready having won three in the United sive defeat, when he met. H: Gittin

elo to win, recorded his ninth win Stammers saved three match points, States. She also equals the perform who thus stopped his own run

he tied with AE. S, Alves but on the fourth another of those ance of Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, who, reverses. Charlie Strange niñde

ower in the remaining deep drives to her backhand found her in 1920, won three events at Wimble- but as skip in the absence o

die Souza, had a run of thred out, and she could only hit over the don; Hillyer, but was beaten by. 101

sos-stopped by: HL Lockhart, sideline weakly, A. H. Basto.

corded his seventh straight win tled with H. H. Pegg of H.K. his first game and has been by only "Doc" Smalley of K.F.O

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THE Third Division title app

be likely to go to Recreio On Saturday Recreio secured the successive win when they best by 2 shots after losing on They started the season by K.C.C., but they avenged this

America, for the second year cession, has won both singles Bobby Riggs being the new champion.

Miss Marble told TONG KONG ELECTRIC recorded appointments at Wimbledon.

day has made up for kl their first win in four games when wonderful to win at le they beat Prison Officers' Club, who great thrill also to be

and won their last two games.

by Queen Mary.

in suc- the women's doubles, and in partner- Miss Marble with Mrs. Fabyan won titles, ship with Riggs beat Wilde and Miss men's N. Brown, the English pair, in the

mixed doubles. Even the men's plate: was: taken by a United Statesfiplayer,

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