SET THE FASHION
("Post" Special Correspondent.)
HARRY HOPMAN FAVOURS SHORTS FOR TENNIS WEAR
Melbourne, Nov. 19. Harry Hopman, Davis Cup player, pioneered the wearing of shorts in. first class tennis at the Kooyong courts to-day. After his bare-legged match against Jack Craiwford, the hardy _ pioneer pronounced himself heartily in favour of shorts. 11 ISaid Hopman: — ' "They're all-weather wear. In sunshine, rain and wind they were equally comfortahle. "The crowd laughed at them only once_Hwhen I took off my dressinggown before the game. "They save the hother one experiences in hltching-up long trousers. ■"They don't cling to the knees. Their freedom is just great. "Though some1 peopl)e thought I loolced less handsome than I rea'lly ;am, lots liked them, and me in them. "Fitchett has worn them. Adrian Quist is going to wear them. Even some of the older internatiorials will he wearihg them. _ "I've merely hroken the ice. Watch shorts become popular."
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 5
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152SET THE FASHION Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 5
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