BOROTRA THE BLUFFER
“Borotra is a bluffer,” writes Pat O’Hara Wood in a Melbourne paper. “It is only natural that he would become tired with constant dashing to the net and back again, but he is a very determined fighter, and refuses to give in, no matter how fatigued he may be. It is when he is apparently exhausted, and even staggering about the court, that his opponent needs to be on his guard.' No doubt he is tired, and is feeling the strain, but by relaxing completely during a game that he considers he can afford to lose, he quickly recovers, and is able to continue his plan of attack. In addition, his opponent, when he sees that Borotra is seemingly ‘all in,’ is tricked into a false sense of security, and unconsciously slackens up, only to find that the exhaustion is largely a bit of bluff, and before he can pull himself together, Borotra is attacking as fiercely as ever, and it is too late.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 293, 2 March 1928, Page 10
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