LAWN TENNIS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 142, 20 June 1927, Page 14

LAWN TENNIS

AMERICA DEFEATS BRITAIN

(A.P.A: and "Sun.") LONDON, 18th June. America defeated Britain by 5 matches' to nil. In the final series \V. T. Tilden beat E. Higgs, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2; F. T. Hunter defeated J. C. Gregg, 6-1, 8-5, 6«, '8-6. • fi4MR e 9 V -\re b wat^ isS Betty Nut'hall, ?'rl; 6~h Mlss Nuthall P^yed well, but Mile. Deve placed the ball • magnificently:

On the tennis court itself tlie opening sensation of the season • has been the skill displayed by Betty Nuthall the well-known child champion, now a girl of fifteen, says the London correspondent of the. "Australasian " Miss Nuthall actually won the Surrey Open .'Championship last week, defeating so experienced a player as Mrs. Lycett (Miss Austin) in a love sot followed by a 9-7 set. As a child Miss Nuthall was a dumpy little person, with plenty of physical strength and remarkable assurance, but the best judges considered she had not the build of a champion. They have been proved wrong. Bessie Nuthall is now a girl of many inches, and still retains her physical powers and unmoved demeanour." In addition she has given evidence of real tennis intelligence; developed by some ' useful practice on the Riviera Mrs. JSTuthair, her mother, considers that fifteen is too young for a first appearance at Wimbledon, so Miss Betty Nuthall must defer her bid for the women's championship until 1928. If she wins then, and she may well do so, she will rival, the feat of Miss Lottie Dod, who won. the Wimbledon singles in 1887 at the age of sixteen. Miss iNuthall's assets are a strong drive and fine powers, of placing, her backhand play being quite as useful as her forearm driving. A weakness is her service, which is still underhand.' However, Miss Nuthall is working hard at an overhead service, and; doubtless, will surprise her opponents with this when the due time comes.