PRAISE FOR PERRY
AMERICAN CRITICS ENTHUSE Americans are lavishing fulsome praise on Fred Ferry, the world's No. 1 tennis player, for his great victory in the United States singles, at Forest Hills, New York, says an English writer. Perry is declared to have joined the immortals, such as H. L. Doherty, Bill Tilden and Ellsworth Vines, and it is a bit of a change to see an American newspaper heading declaring “Britain rules the courts.” The tennis writers have dubbed him “England’s Bill Tilden,” and this is no exaggeration. Perry in his present form is as great a player as we have seen. He may lack the fluency of style of Lacoste or the gracefulness of Crawford, but he has what the others lack —speed of stroke. Perry hits the ball a split second sooner than aynone else—that is, he takes it earlier in its rise. As long as this condition and his eye allow him to do this, it will need a super champion to beat him.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 10
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168PRAISE FOR PERRY Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 10
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