The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-04-23
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70 him who hath.
''A%"siThe writer wished to know what
z. ~ was all about, never having
sF found out. and so he began ask
Ing questions at random and to no
y. great purpose last night with a
Uenouement that can be no less
ETHAN disquieting to those of us
= who spend a lifetime wooing medi-
ia Oerity. Tennis is coming easier to
sHelen Wills Moody. y
- = She made the admission doubt
- fully, almost grudgingly, just be-
=" fore she sailed at midnight on the
:-ss$ Berengaria for Wimbledon and
=, the world dominion that has been
hers these several years:
iss:.-s: The lady has done no more
80. -, than beat the world over a
matter of successive seasons
go and now she thinks the game
go is coming easier to her.
!: NATURALLY. she was doubtful
8 shout saying so. The remark, she
felt, might appear just shade
: stnug, and this was to be avoided
at all costs. In fact. she seemed
to fear that the writer might SuS-
pect that she thought she was
good tennis player and, having
got this far with an untenable pre-
mise, she suddenly realized that
1.-The obvious wasn't to be ignored
: sATd had a good laugh at her own
s-sexpense.
~ :. "YOu know" she cOnfided, ~
-: :-ts really would like TO make ar
.Safangements with the phOtOg-
- faphers to come. on board as
G.. early as possible, 50 that can
-. retire before sailing. But If
: - breach the matter, this would
-. be presuming that they in
.s tended to come in the first
- 81 place and I'd hate to find cut
81 that I was the only one who
20 had thought, about the thing.
$50 I've decided to play safe
-. and await developments"
But what of her tennis? Did
s.ssf1e really mean that she was
4better now than she ever before
- hHd been?
= . IL mean to say nothing Of
the kind" said Mrs. Moody.
'TaiSaa1very promptly. IAN I know is
that my strokes seem to be
81 coming easier to me now than
995.at any corresponding period Of
Az. early season preparation. Per
-. haps this is the result Of ex-
W.. perience; perhaps it represents
81 ! natural development. In any
q. case, certainly wouldn't care
Ito say I am . better tennis
e$Ssplayer until 1 try out my game
81 against those I met in real
Competition last year. This is
= the only true means Of com.
- parisOn."
- Her marriage, she said, had
y bfoadened her interests, without
- lessening by the slightest her zest
cssfor tennis. Retire from competi-
ton? Probably not for years and
:@e>-years.
s.4"6"T've played the game so
--:~~:":1Ong that it has become almost
<s,,,a part Of me-" she added. BE
g sides, I'm not getting so old,
Ht."aHn I, that I must think about
'Yfst..:1etirement?"
asr' She, of course, needed no an
,:<:;sWer. That schoolgirl glow fur
finished it. Helen Wills Moody is
only C slip of a girl but she
.-has been playing national tennis
7Ssince the age of ID and somehow
lit lis difficult to visualize that
SHEER youth is accomplishing
something that often defies ma
tufity.
The Helen Wills of the pig-tail
era is gone and. in her place, is
Mrs. Moody of the younger so
,ciety set, who puts UP at the
:Sheadquarters of the exclusive
Junior League. She has played
more than 10 years of cham
ss.,.bionship tennis, yet most of her
.S4eareer is before her.
- She is experimenting with a
'?eiop stroke.
- =. ut may prove useful in =
tight situation" she explains.
'Then again, may not use
Fit at all. But at least 1t adds
variety to ones game"
49, Has she mastered it? Appar-
~seutly she believes she has. In
tact, all her strokes seem to be
;.:coming easier to her.
TO him that hath.
S.. AS, 7; YANKS, 6
PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK
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