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DAVIS CUP TIE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 9. At Eastbourne in the European semi-final for the Devis Cup. Cochet (France) beat Condon (South Africa) 6/0, 9/11, 6/2. 7/5. Lacoste (France) beat Raymond (South Africa) 6/2, 6/2, 6/1. Borotra and Brugnon beat Raymond and Condor 7/5, 6/4, 8/6. France beat South Africa by three matches to none. MISS WILLS ON PROS. LONDON, July 10. “I would rather be a pauper than professional,” declared Helen Wills, on the eve of her departure for homo. “Though numerous efforts have been made to induce me to give up my amateur status. 1 cannot see how anyone can play the same game, when sure of a prize, win or lose.”
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1927, Page 5
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