BARE LEGS.
OR MUST STOCKINGS BE WORN WOMEN TENNIS CHAMPIONS AT WIMBLEDON COMMITTEE’S DECISION NOT YET KNOWN v•‘ t . United Preßß Assn by El. Tel. Copyiight (Australian Press Assn.-rUnitod fcjervieol LONDON, May 26. Mr Larcombe 3 manager of the All England Tennis Club, admits that it is most probable that the committee wilf consider whether women competitors at Wimbledon will be alloweo to play without stockings. Miss Helen Wills, who set the fashion in Europe, when interviewed, seemed sceptical as to whether the club would venture to issue a rule on such a personal matter. Never;the= less, she said she would not like to oppose it if. it was an official ruling. When questioned, Signorita Dalvarez, the fascinating Spanish player, expressed the opinion that it was out of keeping to wear a frock and no stockings. “If they decided to wear bathing ostumecs for tenni s it would be an excellent idea.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10908, 28 May 1929, Page 5
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152BARE LEGS. Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10908, 28 May 1929, Page 5
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