Little “Poker Face.”
Lawn tennis players in London are rather. resentful of the suggestion conveyed in cables from the United States that Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody is nearing the end of her reign. Little “Poker Face” is such a splendid sportswoman herself that she has a right to expect a more sporting attitude. She would be one of the last to make excuses for herself, but everyone knows that her lack of form is due to a strained back sustained by gardening at her home. There is little doubt that she will throw off the after effects of this in a few months’ time, and there is quite a good hope»that she will revisit Wimbledon again next year to defend her championship. If she does, I shall be very surprised if she does not defend it successfully. Miss Dorothy Round is a lawn tennis player of whom we have good reason to be proud; but she would be the first to admit that she is not yet quite in the same class as Mrs. WillsMoody. Youth will tell ultimately, but there is no reason in the world why Anno Domini should drive Mrs. WillsMoody from the courts for another three or fours , years to come.
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)
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204Little “Poker Face.” Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1933, Page 4 (Supplement)
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