LADIES’ DAY
AT WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT. EXCELLENT PLAY IN SIZZLING HEAT. (Recd This Day, 9.40 a.m.) LONDON, June 21. Ladies’ Day at Wimbledon was sizzling hot. .Mrs Pittman was unable to reply to Miss Wynne’s superior versatility. The vigorous driving of Miss Hardwick was definitely superior to that of Miss Hartigan. In a hard driving match Mdlle Jedrzejowska, last year's runner-up, produced a stream of beautiful drives to defeat Miss Stevenson, who made a gallant fight. Miss Coyne had an easy victory over Miss Yorke. The versatile doubles player Madame Mathieu, who defeated Miss Lizana in the quarter final last year, repeated the victory in the second round today. The Chilean failed to produce her usual clever game. In the women’s singles championship, first round, Miss M. C. Scriven (Australia) defeated Miss Jarvis 6/2. 6/4; Miss Bundy defeated Miss Morrison. 6/2, 6/2; Miss T. Coyne (Australia) defeated Miss A. M. Yorke (Britain). 7/5. 6/1; Mdlle Jedrzejowska defeated Miss D. Stevenson (Australia), 6/1. 3/6, 6/3; Miss N. Wynne (Australia), defeated Mrs Pittman, 6/3, 6/0; Miss Noel defeated Miss Wilson (Australia), .6/2, 6/3; Miss M. E. Lumb (Britain), defeated Miss Craze, 6/0, 6/3; Mrs Sperling (Germany), defeated Miss Kovac, 6/1, 6/2; Miss H. Jacobs (U.S.A.) defeated Miss Whitmarsh, 6/0, 6/1. In the second round Miss Marble defeated Miss Cootes. 6/0, 6/2; Madame Mathieu (France), defeated Miss Lizana (Chili). 6/4, 6/4; Miss K. Stammers (Britain), defeated Mrs Mitchell, 6/3 6/2; Miss M. Hardwick (Britain) defeated Miss Hartigan, 6/4, 6/2. In the men's doubles, first round. Dellaporta and Walter defeated D. C. Coombe and A. D. Brown (New Zealand), 6/3, 4/6, 10/8, 6'3; M. Cejnar (Czechoslovakia) and C. E. Malfroy (New Zealand) defeated Demanby and Wheatcroft. 6/4. 4/6. 6/2. 6'4. In the men’s singles D. C. Coombe (New Zealand) beat Hovell (Great Britain), 6/3. 4/6. 6'3. 4/6. 6/3.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 June 1938, Page 7
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303LADIES’ DAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 June 1938, Page 7
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