Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07
\ENNIS and golf are two sports
that woman can play we'll
for a quarter of a century
il she is sufficiently interested


to keep the game up and to
retain her health" says Mrs. May SUIT
ton Bundy, whose defeat in the quarter
finals at Wimbledon last week marked
the close of another chapter in the most
remarkable feminine net career in his
tory.
II any ones opinion on the subject
of time as 1t affects ones tennis game
Is authoritative, that person would be
May Sutton Bundy, for she speaks from
actual experience. And what . glori-
Gus experience 1t has been!
Stretching back over a period of 80
years of actual competition in cham
pionShip rankS-24 years since she first
donned the laurel wreath of interna1
tional fame-She is today rated the fifth
ranking star of her nation by virtue of
an unprecedented comeback after an
absence of a score of years from COM
petttlYe play.
Is the Mother Of Fear.
During that absence she has played
the part of mother to four Stalwart
children, and today, as she flashes
something of her old form on the Euro
pean courts, her 14-year-old daughter
Dorothy, sits on the sidelineS to gaze
in wonder at her amazingly youthful
parent, whose life has been big enough
for her children, her husband and her
beloved game as well.
Mrs. Bundy recently was asked to
what she attributed her long career as
a leading player in the face of the fact
that many others who were her rivals
as girls have long since dropped out
of championship competition. 1t was in
answer to this question that she made
her stimulating statement concerning
the length Of a woman'S net career.
ITO my interest in the game" she
replied tennis and golf are two sports
that q woman can play well for q
quarter OF century II she Is sufficiently
interested to keep up the game and re-
tain her health. Until recently my
health has been fairly good. Maybe I
can regain perfect health through the
medium of this cher EIropean) trip"
Mrs. Bundy expressed herself vigor-
ously OH the subject of outdoor ex-
erciSe for women. 1t Is essential to
their well-being, in the opinion Of the
California star.
"Get Outdoors" Her Advice.
IT don't see how some women can sit
declared Mrs. Bundy. They do house
work and play bridge. And then they
play more bridge. If they value their
health they will get out into the great
outdoorS-we have plenty of it in Cali
walk. even il they can do
nothing else. There Is nothing like out
door exercise to keep a woman At and
young"
That advice coming from the woman
who won the woman's championship OF
the United States in 1904 at the age Of
II: who won the world title" at
Wimbledon at the ages of Is and 20
and who, after more than quarter
century of intermittent competition.
still ranks among the first five in her
own country, may be considered good
sound advice.
During her career, Mrs. Bundy has
met almost all of the great feminine
players, and with q few exceptions has
at one time or another conquered them.
And it took one of England's outstand-
ing youngsters-Joan Ridley-to subdue
her at Wimbledon this week.
So bark We, veterans" of the net.
who have taken on matrimony and
thereupon have sighed and laid aside
your racketS. Flick OF the cobwebS and
fast-gathering dust and HE you forth
for practice swing some fine afternoon
while the kiddies are having their nap
or nurse Is on the job. You will find
that you're not so bad, and If you keep
at it-just one set at q time at first,
perhaps, the old game will come back,
and with it the old thrill. You may
not be May Sutton Bundy, but you
will gain a new intereSt-or renewed
interest-in life, and with it renewed
youth.
District Tourney in Offing.
Perhaps you need a little incentive;
something to look forward to as an
alma little competition in the ofing.
Well, it's Just over the horizon, in the
women's District net championships, |
which will be played within q few
weeks at Columbia Country Club.
On July 20 the singles play will start.
Doubles will follow the first week in
August. Why not begin those practice
swings right now and get into shape
for this event? You can enter the
doubles If you don't want to attempt
singles play right OF the reel.
There are a number of players who /
enter the District tourney each season
with May Bundy's spirit-one of them
held the first woman's net title of the
City of Washington, and she's still one
of the keeneSt enthusiasts. I need not
remark that I am referring to Aida
Doyle.
And there's a grandmother who used
to play here quite often-Mrs. B. @.
still is at it, although
she has been absent from local ranks
of late due to her husbands orders to
another station-he is In the Army.
Mrs. Donaldson new here in one Of
her sons ships last week TO watch some
Of the Army net matches-she's that