FEARS MRS. GODFREE
MRS. HELEN WILLS MOODY’S CONFESSION TOP-NOTCHERS IN TENNIS There is no doubt (writes S. N. Doust) that Miss Xuthall has strokes that are better than those o? Miss Helen Wills—now Mrs. Wills-Moody. That glorious back-hand of hers has never been excelled by any other woman player 1 can recall. Her forehand top spin drive has speed and length, and added to these qualities Miss Xuthall places so well that she runs her opponent all over the court Miss Wills confessed to me last year at Wimbledon that she always feared! Mrs. Godfree. The Englishwoman’s | ability to recover Miss Wills's best I shots —sometimes with interest—and j her volleying powers have always been ! troublesome to the champion. But 1 ! do not think Airs. Godfree will win, al- : though I believe she has more chance j of do.ing so than any other English- ' woman, including Miss Betty XuthalJ. I
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 9
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150FEARS MRS. GODFREE Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1009, 27 June 1930, Page 9
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