TENNIS.
FIRST PROFESSIONAL CONTESTS. AIDLLE. LENGLEN’S BRILLIANT GAME. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. Received 11.10 a.m to-day NEW YORK, Oct. 9. Richards defeated Foret (> —-3, 6 —4. Aldlle Lenglen defeated Aliss Browne 6 —l, 6 —l, in one of the most brilliant exhibitions of her career.
There, were ] 3,000 spectators, who paid approximately 24,00(j dollars admission to the first professional tennis matches. These were, held in Madison Square Garden on especially prepared cork courts and under artificial lighting.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 October 1926, Page 3
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76TENNIS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 October 1926, Page 3
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