HAD BIG BILL JUMPING
JOHNNY DOEG ’iS VOLLEYS
Vincent Richards, professional lawn tennis champion of the world, summarises Johnny Doeg’s defeat of V. T. 'Tilden in one of the semi-finals of the American amateur lawn tennis championship, won by Doeg: Throughout most of the* four sets Doeg’s crisp, angled volleys had Big Bill jumping all over the court. Doeg was clever enough to use the one thing that has always bothered Tilden in match play, and that is the '‘centre theory.” 'The theory” is nothing more than putting the ball down the centre of the court, and then coming in for the kill at the net. In Tilden's case its stops him front getting that long running drive down the line which is his best shot from the back of the court. Doeg played heady tennis in order to do this for four full sets.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 January 1931, Page 10
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145HAD BIG BILL JUMPING Hawera Star, Volume L, 10 January 1931, Page 10
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