MRS. WILLS-MOODY’S INJURY

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1933, Page 5

MRS. WILLS-MOODY’S INJURY

WITHDRAWAL FROM CONTEST. HER ACTION NOT REGRETTED. ‘ *3y Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright, ; San Francisco, Aug. 30. With the statement, “I don’t regret my ’ action,” and an implication that she ! would like to meet Miss Helen Jacobs : under different conditions, Mrs. Helen ’ Wills-Moody arrived home to-day from ’ Forest Hills, where she withdrew during her match against Miss Jacobs in- the ! ladies’ national tennis final. ’ “Wh:n the match had progressed I had ’ several dizzy spells and felt as though I ' was about to faint,” she said. “The ! thought of fainting seemed so silly and ’ I disliked causing a scene. The pain in ‘ my right leg grew intense. I knew what I should do but I could not follow out the impulses as I should, so I just decid- ’ ed to stop playing. Under the same * conditions I would do it again. I regret ’ the unhappy ending. There is no feud 1 between Miss Jacobs and me. We have always had in common a mutual love of 5 tennis. I think she is a splendid com- , petitor.” ... Mrs. Wills-Moody says her injury pain- ! ed her during the trip across the. country. She had no intention of giving up the game and hoped to be a competitor next season.