TENNIS
AMERICAN GIRL.STAR. ; SURPRISE AT FOREST HILLS; , {Australian Press Association.) (Received 12.50 p.m.) | NEW YORK, August 20. i At Forest Hills, with the .first i.mpnr-j tout upset in the National Wopien’sj Singles, in the defeat of'Mrs Shepherd ; Lamm by Miss Sarah Palfrey,' has! come the rise of a new star in Amcri-; can tennis in the person of the latter, i who is 1(3 years of age and just out oft the juniors. She played a remarkably heady game in gaining an B—IQ, fi—l, 6 —4 victory over the much more experienced British player. ■ I : 1 Miss Palfrey, with the development of a more vigorous service, will go far, for she is already an exceptional volleyer and extremely quick, : as well as accurate on both fore and backhand. •Miss Betty Nut hall defeated Miss Gertrude Dwyer (New York): o—O, (I—l. Miss Helen Wills defeated ‘Mrs Charlotte Homsmcr Chapin: (s—o, (I—l. Mrs Co veil (England) defeated. Mrs Einbeott (Boston): (i—l, (i —2..’ Mrs Watson (England) defeated • Mrs Lamme Rye; <s—2, —O.
' In the doubles Mrs H. D. Eaton and Airs Bronson .(New York) defaulted to Afi,ss Helen Jacobs and Miss Nnthalb Airs Watson and Airs Mitchell (England) defeated Mrs Hester and Airs Lnminc: 15—I, (!—l.
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Northern Advocate, 21 August 1929, Page 10
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