New Britain herald., 1927-08-31
Mild SEASON FOR
Three CHAMPIONS
Helen Wills, Bobby Jones and
Yanks Have Easy Time

New York. Aug. 81 (UP)-There
can't be much chance of back talk
against the statement that this has
been a rather mild season for Helen
Wills. Bobby Jones and the New
York Yankees.
Giving Miss Wills preference be-
cause of her sex. she rates as one
OF the outstanding figures of sport.
She not only regained the American
woman's tennis championship yes
terday by beating Little Betty Nut
hall, the charming English school
girl. but she finished her comeback
season with a record that shows her
the mistress of every international
tennis player of any note whatever.
I'm awfully tired of tennis and I
want to go home" Miss Wills said
in the West Side tennis club after
she had lazied her way through to a
victory against one girl that the ten
mis- optimist hold as a possibility
against the California unbeatable.
Miss Wills, when she left the
courts yesterday, with another cup
for her trophy room, had completed
as busy and as successful a season
as has been staged this year.
Miss Wills, becoming more beloved
as Our Helen" has, during the busy
summer months defeated every ten
mis- player Of note in the records.
She has survived tournaments in
which We're entered Mrs. Kathlene
Godfree McKane, the British cham
pion; Miss Kea Bouman, the Dutch
champion: Senorite Mimi De Alvar-
ez, the Spanish beauty; and the
French Greek cousins, Did Vlastos
and Contoslavos.
Since the lure Of Charley Pyle's
dough induced Mile. Suzanne Leng-
fessional Miss Wills has steadily
advanced to the position where she
is admitted to be the greatest girl
tennis player in the world.
The British child, Miss Nuthall,
said that much when she left the
courts yesterday at Forest Hills
when she had been defeated in the
first match she had played for a
major championship.
Helen" the charming little Brit
ish miss said, hits so hard that I
couldn't see the ball half the time"
Young Mr.. Jones of Atlanta. who
wants to be called Bob" now in
stead Of the juvenile Bobby" has
also finished a fairly successful sea-
son.
After going back to England and
winning the treasured British open
championship with a great record
of 2S5 he returned home and gave
the best American amateurs the
worst beating they ever have taken
in their lives.
No greater tribute could have
been given to Jones than that which
was written by the master, Walter
Hagen.
That fellow Jones" Hagen said
'is too good for anybody He hasn't
anything that is wrong"
Then we arrive at the New York
Yankees. who are as sure to be in
the coming worlds series as a Mon
day wiz follow a Sunday.
The Yanks are SO far in front Of
the American league contenders thai
the ball players on the other clubs
are ready to 60 home now. The
Yankees have also their youthful
and the most prominent of theil
youthfuls as Dutch Gehrig and WoI
Lazzeri. two of the greatest bal
players that any scout, manager OF
magnate has found in a generation
The tennis season was closed Of
hcially at Forest Hills yesterday a!
far as the girls are concerned ant
Bobby Jones knocked the golf sea
son dead last week at Minneapolis
The Yanks are in now as th'
American league champs but vol
can make money on your judgmen
as to the winner in the Nationa
league. The Chicago Cubs are tn
favorites because they finish the sea
son at home. But don't forget tina
the New York Giants are in tina
league.
1t also should be recalled at thi
moment that a team of British arm,
officers from India are about to pla.
Milburn and company for the inter
national polo cup and that three o