LAWN TENNIS DIET.
Wimbledon's champions sometimes follow queer diets. Sydney B. Wood, the 19-vear-old American semi-finalist, breakfast's off seven raw eggs and a glass of water! Yet no one who watched this confident youngster from Pasadena play tennis would realise that as a small boy he was one of the most delicate children in the States, says the writer. But Wood has plenty of will-power; by patient training and careful choice of foods he has built up a physique that will stand a searching five sets.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19310822.2.179.50.10
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
Word Count
86LAWN TENNIS DIET. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.