LAWN TENNIS
MISS WILLS’S SUDDEN ILLNESS NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY AT WIMBLEDON Paris, June 6. Miss Helen Wills is progressing favourably, alid still thinks she will plav at Wimbledon, but the doctors and others sav-it will be impossible. Miss
Wills complained to her mother on Saturday morning of a slight pain, which increased rapidly, necessitating a tele phone message m the afternoou that she would be unable to play her m a t c h against Miss Bouman (Hol
land). The Paris correspondent of the "Sundav Express” says that Miss Wills suffered agony, but as a fervent Christian Scientist she fought it until she collapsed. When the doctor arrived he summoned an ambulance and conveyed her to the American hospital, where an operation was successMdllc. Susanne Lenglen called with flowers, and hopes to be the first admitted visitor.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn
HARD COURT MATCHES (Rec. June 7, 8.5 p.m.) Paris, June 6. Hard court matches resulted:— Singles.—Gregory beat Obarrio, the Argentine champion, 6—l, 6—4, 6—3; Cochet beat Godfree, 6—4, 6—2, 6—o Doubles.—Borotra and Lacoste beat Gregory and Sharpe, 6—B, 6—2, 6—3, 6—3.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 216, 8 June 1926, Page 7
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183LAWN TENNIS Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 216, 8 June 1926, Page 7
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