PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUCHT
(British Official Wireless.) (Received September 6, IX a,m.> RUGBY, September 5. It is stated that Prince Arthur of Connaught passed a fairly comfortable night. His condition is unchanged.
first and second games, allowing Biggs only a single point. Riggs dropped his racket in despair and wrung his hands when he lost a point after a hairraising rally, but it was not really _an anti-climatic because he won the game after all. The American was contest* ing the Australian's advance, but the latter had just a little more "on the ball" and quietly overcame his opponent with the sustained precision of his returns. He was content to have a duel from the*back of the court or at the net and Riggs's tendency to net too many of his returns made the result inevitable.
In the fourth set Riggs simply netted or outed 90 per cent, of his returns after long and sustained but not particularly interesting back-court rallies. The Australian did not need to put on the pressure. He was simply steadier than his opponent. Nor can it be said that Riggs Was genuinely trying, as the challenge round had already been decided, ...,._..... —
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19380906.2.106
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 58, 6 September 1938, Page 11
Word Count
196PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUCHT Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 58, 6 September 1938, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in