TENNIS FLUTTER

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 269, 10 August 1937, Page 16

TENNIS FLUTTER

Britain’s Wightman Cup Team ‘1 A situation that will cause a flutter In the smart circles of lawn tennis has arisen (remarks an English journal).' Miss Billie Yorke, who ought to be in the official Lawn Tennis Association party for the United States, but was mysteriously left out, is going just the same—as a lone adventurer. She made up her mind to go after the Lawn Tennis Association had announced the Wightman Cup team—a team which has been. more criticised than praised. Miss Yorke’s feat in winning the Wimbledon doubles in company with that excellent French strategist, Mme. Mathieu, should have guaranteed her a place. A little while back she won the French doubles in Paris. If that form isn’t good enough, what is a girl to do to get into the British team? Of course, she cannot gate-crash into the Wightman Cup match, but what Miss Yorke can do is play in the American championships at Forest Hills with 'the others. It is likely that Jadwiga Jedrzejowska, Polish champion, will make the trip, with her. They would play together in the doubles, and an excellent pair they would make. This case is like Peggy Scriven's in 1933. Peggy was denied a place in the British team which went over for the French championship. Determined to show what she could do, she paid her own expenses, played in the championships as an individual entrant, beat the Held, and won the title. It will not reflect credit on the selectors if Miss Yorke outshines the official party in New York. Miss Dorothy Round, women’s singles champion and, apart from Miss Billie Yorke, who won the mixed doubles with Mme. Mathieu (France), the only successful British competitor at the meeting, stated that, although after her marriage in Septemlier she will not play much tennis, she might defend her title at Wimbledon next year. Miss Round has not altered her decision about foregoing the trip to America with the British Wightman Cup team, in view of her marriage plans, and in consequence was not chosen by the selectors.