London. Oct. 22.
Whatever other claim the Shisw Hard Court Club may have to fame it will always be remembered as the place where, five years ago, women's shorts were first introduced to a tennis court.
It was Miss G. E. Tomblin, of Queen's Club, who had the courage to appear in the outfit. Her shorts were made of thick flannel, and Miss Tomblin wore a heavy knitted jumper with them.
Newspaper photographers at once poured into the grounds to get snaps of the new feminine garb.
The Queen's Club were very indignant. They had never heard of such a thing, and the ban went forth that Miss Tomblin was not to appear their courts in such an attire. That was five years ago, nowaday Queen's Club tournaments attract fully half the entries in shorts.
At the Chiswick Hard Courts tournament this year nearly all the competitors wore shorts or divided skirts.
In addition to the shortest of shorts bare back have in some of the out-ofthe-way tournaments been shown.—Reuter.
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