Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1926, Page 23

SPORTS. THE . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, J UNE 21, 1926. SPORTS. 23 Suzanne Lenglen Began Her Series of Championship Tennis Victories in 191 9 WON TITLE IN WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT THAT YEAR Only Reverse Since That Time Was Match in Which he was Forced to Resign to Mrs. Mallory in 1921. on Account of Illnes: BY CHARLES LENGLEN (Cop: by North American Newspaper Alliance ) HE war followed. and until 1919 Suzanne playved on the Riviera with XIL—SKETCH OF MLLE. LENGLEN'S CAREER (Continued). I American, English and Australian officers, giv hibitions for the hencfit of the Red Cross. She practiced then with Griffin, Dean Mathey. Norris Williams, Wertheim and many other great plavers. When the land for the first time in June. 1919 She played in 1h grass court chamy convalescing war was over she went to b Wimbledon tonrnament. where she won her first hip of the wor'd by defeating Mrs. Lambert Cham bers in onc of the greatest matches ever played. The score gives some indication of the severity and clo of this contest. Tt was 10—8, #5005 Yotz plaving boflietas: Cotis was new badher: shollikedit very much. As a matter of fact, she efers ass to hard courts. They are casier under foot. softer and hett for the vision. The ball stands out better agamst green of the giouss courts. The footing is not so 200d, however, and there are many amusing falls, During one mixed-doubles match at | — Wimbledon, when ing with the French bert. the latter wishi smash, slipped and whose lertness prep: most any emersency, cover and. dashing after it get. returning it as « hizh lob. In do- | inz so. she also slipped and fell. By this time, however, Gobert was on his feet, and to the accompanyinz laugh. ter of a very delizhted gallery he fin- ished the point. It is almost impossible to enumerate the many succ which followed. From 1914 che lost only one match. In 1924, diine the American champion ®hips at Farest Hills, on account of | fliness, che as force \Tandon n mateh to M Mallory, ( tmpicn Bf America. A fe e thix | she had beaten Mallors at ‘the |her Wightman cup mat Eihtle Mcanc 1t St Cloud. inthe | ang Mrs, Molla Mallory, the former finals of the havd-court championships |0 9 g of the world. 6 2 | incent Rich: nd Howard Kin- Defeated Conqueror Later. — tho SEELICTR To further prove the irrezularity of thefmen. ¥ OLsElench her defeat at Forest Hills, the next representation in Henri Cochet time she met s Mallory. in the |Jacques Brugnon Jean Borotra finals of the grass-courts world cham OBy Toriest Hrilita Ay plonship at Wimbledon. she defeated | m: ’l“- ':‘ "':‘d '“;“‘"}:L f:?.‘m"?“:‘("';"k her by the score of §-2. 6—o, | ‘o rounds ol < S azain in the finals of the nnornauu"n':’l | course in a total of 134 strokes and championships of the south of France | Walter Hagen's sreat uphill triumph she defea Mrs. Mallory, 6—0, 6—0. Abe A 5| - Susanne nan beatin ot of the ‘nec; | 2iink introduction (o the British ppen plavers in the world whom she has | £0f championship which starts on et Jelcr Wkl fimportantanaten ook | HSIIcRiey &L Dytham and 61 Anne's. in Hte ke ook HeDEIRY N6 | ibies oniiheions tes ot iNew. Tondn \Wills, the champlon of America, in the | FTiday, while on the following Monday finals of the singles champlonships at | &}8ht crews will compete in the na- o . - tional intercollegiates at Poughkeep- o b T G beRY | G ey 2 e isiihie Teaorite 1wr by the score of 6—3, 8—¢ : i 5 2 My opinion of the young American |, All members of the Yale crew that champion is that she has before her a | defeated Harvard in 1886 will watch career of greai promise and that she | ‘IS bettle on the dhames Frida \ develop into a . more brilliant to 6 SlsriusiranEs/jn age Fhe Erenon: enY. of Sports| Washington and the Navy appear awarded Suzanne the Potocki Prize [0 have preference for the Pough- P o | keepsie race. Both crews have vet i kol ,!:"l;,:‘i':,f'a"d Medallle | " aste defeat, while the Middies have [ brushed st plenty of action, Has Won 30 Challenge Cups. brushed up against plenty of action |and among their five victims are Cor- To date Suzanne has won 30 chal- | nell. Syracuse and Penn, who are en- Irnge cups. representing a total of 90 | tered in the hig meet. Washington victories. To conclude. T have tried | has victories over Princeton and Cal to tabulate some of her most impor- | iforn 1ant victories. The record At the Wimbledon tournaments she | varsity crews has won- - races follows: Six times the singles championship. | Nav Defeated Pennsylvania, - Six times the women's doubles cham- | acuse, Harvard, Cornell and M. I. T. plonship. | Washington — Defeated California Three times 4he mixed doubles ! and Princeton championship. Pennsyiva — Defeated Princeton, At the hard courts championsbips | Columbia (twice), Harvard. at St. Cloud and Rrussels she has | and M.I. T.: lost to Yal 2 won— d | . Cornell—Defeated ( and M. Six times the singles championship. [ 1. T.; lost to Navy and Harvard, Five times the mixed doubles cham- Columbia—Defeated M. I. T.; plonship. Yale, Pennsylvania (twice) and Prince- Four times the women's doubles | tg champlonship. | Syracuse—Lost to Navy and Penn- A total of 15 hard court world cham. | gylvania. pionships. | . California—Lost to Washington and At the Olympic games at Anvers!Cornell. in 1920 she won the singles champlon- | (The Harvard.Yale r chip and the mixed doubles champion- | Yale — Defeated Penns =hip. Columbia. She holds 18 French champlonships, | Harvard—Defeated Cornell, M. I. T divided as follows: L | Princeton; lost to Pennsylvania, Navy Six singles championships. land M. LT, i Six women's doubles championships. | x mixed doubles championships. | Tt is my opinfon that no athlete In the world has had such a record at Suzanne's age The End. Inside Golf By Chester Horton i for al d the ball made a splendid . June 21 and tennis championships ab home. Wimbledon is celebrating the se championship of England vanquished if the I* Along with Mis s championshi mon Mrs Browne, the as 6 nre only vers | among stroj ave and m 58 of in the their Poughkeepsie preliminary rds follow:) vivania and 16 YACHTS IN LONG ;RACE‘ NEW ZONDON, (P —Sixteen sturdy flaunting thelr canvases in the broad face of the Atlantic, out of | sight of land, today on the long race from the mouth of Thames River to ‘\" Davids Head, Bermuda. Conn., June 21 chis were Tn the pleture today we have an ex. | ample how not to do it.. Tn this grip | the club has been hadly palmed with the right hand, while ‘the left| hand Is too far up the shatt. Here | you see the he- ginning of a slice, | assuming that the | lubhead manages | to hit the ball at 1.1 am not cer- tai to the | exact order of progress from one grip to another, but since a good many golfers found the overlap. ping grip to be an advantage, what more natural than that still further the interlocking experimenting should yield still an ,gnn In this fthe little finger is rapped around the forefinger of the left hand. 1 have heard some play- ers say that this served a double purpose in that it gave the accuracy coming from both hands working as | one unit, while it at the same time | kept the paims away from the shaft, suaranteeing, so to speak, a tend- ency not to slip into the way of the palm grip. (Copyright. 1926.) . as other variation Parry B. Hoover secured an eagle 3 on the 497.vard fifteenth hole at .@an Spring lasi week, following up this feat with a birdie 2 on the 190- Sales and Service 1709 L Street N.W. Just Fast of Corm. Ave. Main 7612 Helen Wills is unable to play and Suzanne | s—Miss Elizabeth Rvan and 'WIMBLEDON TENNIS IS SURE TO THRILL | By the Assaciated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, June 21. The jubilee tournament, which started | today and will run through two weeks, | is expected to be brilliant, both in the performances of the stars and in at- tendanc Notwithstanding the absence of Helen Wills from among the- Ameri- can weman players and of Rene La- {coste from among the French repre- | sentatives, the tennis crities are of the opinfon that the honors of the tourna- | ment will go to the Americans and to [the French. An American-French or | wholly ~ American_fi is believed likely in the nien's event, in which Vincent Richards and Howard Kinsey are entered Suzanne Lenglen is regarded as cer- | tain to win the women's sin, Senorita de Alvarez s merry brown eyes < every by ace in play. She is in the early twenties and is ambitious to meet Mlle, Lenglen 1 do hope that I shall play Su- zanne.” said the Spanish girl today. 3ut that, of course, is in the hands f the fates. The people here appear to be prised Lo find that Spain turns out tennis plavers as well as bl fi s <enorita de Alvarez Spanish parents horn in e She speaks . Ialian. English, French and | h 'THREE BIG SPORT EVENTS | ARE HOLDING ATTENTION This is a blue ribhon week in sport, with gblf | hroad and college rowing classics at | | mi-centennial of ‘the first lawn tennis | Lengien finds as her principal opponent Miss Mary K. Browne, whom she | s Ameri includes two of Marion Jessup an contingent Mrs Anierican champion. WOMEN START PLAY | FOR BRITISH HONORS By tha Associated Press HARLECH, Wa British women's zolf championship, postponed on account of the recent | neral strike. began today. with only | contestants of the original entry | [list of 124 playing. Much interest in the tournament has been dissipated by the absence |of Glenna Collett, the American play- | er, but the presence of the French | girl champion, ‘Mlle. Simeon Theon | de la_ Chaume,’ who recently defeated | Cecil Leitch in the French champion | ship. gives the contest an intern | tional flavor. Today Miss Leitch piaved Mrs. Brit- ten Jones and Mile. de la me had as an opponent Phyllis Labhett of Somerset, June 21.-The LAUFEVR BREAKS RECORD | | INBERLIN OUTDOOR POOL | BERLIN. June 21 (.- Walter| Laufer of Cincinnati, Am n swim. ming star. established a world record for the 100-meters hackstroke in an outdoor pool today wering the dis tance in 1 minute 11 15 seconds. The contests were held under t ispices of the Poseidon Swimming Club in a 100.meter tank under ur orable con ditions. the water heing icy old, with A steadv rain falling. Laufer also captured the 100-meters free stvle in 1 minute 3-10 seconds. Russell Webb, United States, was third, in I minute 5 seconds. WATERMEN WILL HOLD AN EXCURSION TONIGHT Potomac Boat Club, Canoe Club, Capitol Athletic’ Club, 0ld Dominion Boat Club, Raccar Club | and Delhi Camp lub hold thelr an- | nual excursion tonight steamer St. Johns Proceeds of the affair will go toward | | defrayving the expenses of local crews | that will he sent to the Sesquicenten- | nial regattas at Philadeiphia this | | Summer, ‘Washington ard the | . About 35 out-of-town players, in- | cluding nearly a score from Raltimore are planning to compete in the Con: | gressional Country Club even i one fact is supreme HANCELLOR s the largest selling 10¢¥ CIGAR in the world y? For S0 years unusual quality Chancellor Super-Quality at Every Popular Price Conqueror (foil), 15c. Invincible (foil), 2 for 25c. Liberty, 10c. Panetelas, 3 for 25c. Washington Tobacco Co., Washington J {of swinmming 1 tand ducks | Point Patience and the Patuxent we { made our | ing place, but a coming resort, where ?Eb; @fie}ting Sfar BY TOM WEBB, Famous U. 8 Coast Guard Swimmer. OHNNY WEISSMULLER, world champion swimmer, uses the crawl stroke. Therefore, it must be a good stroke. I think the crawl stroke is the first stroke to learn, and I'm begin- ning at the beginning in this wries’ | cssons i is nothing to fear just because your face is under water, or partially so. Refore going into the erawl stroke | proper we'll take the dead man's float We'll learn it first. If you can take | vour first lesson in a pool it will be | better. The water should be three | or four feet deep. Don't try to learn | er over vour head.” That is - fe we like it. k up to one wall of the pool (or | Ot moving a musc a stream or lake try to use a more. You post of a dock instead of THgn and put one foot against the wall. arms out in front of the head. Take a deep breath, stick your i under water and shove off, You | float_even if it is only for an in How tor St When you are out of breath N p ¥0u can regain your feet by doubling | Semetimes the picture give up vour knees and throwing your | better idea than the words. Start the hands up and back over your head, | dead man’s float just like the sketch ctice on this dead man’s float |ANd You can’t go wrong. times It is an important les- | It gives you the feel of balance | in the wirter, and it teaches you there of fun—and we've ve fun out of any sport if You just glide along with- afford to spend . Get it right and to do it nicely thes v for the crawl kick—a new development in swimming. That will be tomorrow’s lesson. rock the wali) Tomorrow swimming." (Cop; “Putting a kick in t. 1926.) ROD AND STREAM By Perry Miller EALIZING the injurious effect of oil pollution, the Preliminary Con- ference on Oil Pollution of Navigable Waters held its second and final <ession in Washington last week and adopted a draft of a proposed international convention, which will be submitted to the govers mes represented for approval United Germany Those governments signing the final act ritish Empire, Canada, Belgium, Denmark, the Netheriands, Norway., Spain e the States, France, ltaly. Japa and | Sweden The dra s adopted < in part all anglers visiting Chesapeake Beach wferen fter a careful | says he looks for good fishing when consideration. recommended the estab- | the weather gets warmer. The fish lishment of a system of areas adja- lare growing more numerous, but the cent 1o the coasts of maritime na-|cool weather has kept many of them tions, within which Mischarge of ofl rli-v deep water. He thinks trout will oily mixture nuisance | be in evidence soon should be p country | would establish the areas off its own | oasts in consultations with neighbor- | 12 overnments if deemed necessary. “The conference recommended that, n the case of governments bordering the open sea, such areas should not ex- | | This column is in receipt from W. J. Mangan, long a resident | of the District, but now living in | Miami, Fla.,, saying that he noticed in the Miami Herald recently a story about an alligator being caught in the Potomac River near Washington. It reminded him of one he caught in Rock Creek veags ago. He says: “Probably those who hear of alliga- tors being caught around Washington imagine that it is the first time that such a thing has happened, and, aturally, attribute the presence of tors in the Potomac to escaped pets brought up by Florida tourists, Without going into the source of your local "gator supply. and starting a_controversy, I want to say that in 1889, the vear of the Johnstown flood, T.caught an 18-inch alligator in Rock Creek. vears hefore any one even suggested that a zoological park be exw tablished “Do vou remember ‘Big Rock' and ‘Little Rock’ swimming holes. now within the Zoo Park? Or am I flatter ing myself in pretending that T am voung you are? Well, any w | in the Spring of that pany with J. S. Giusta, now in Denver, and John Pierson tor livihg at Atlantic City, other local boys, T caught my 18inch ‘gator near Big Rock. It was before “hool had closed for the Summer, and T was so proud of my catch that I carried it to St. John's College on | Vermont avenue, where Brother Ab.! das, my teacher, took it away from me, assuring me in more ways than one that a desk is not the proper place to keep reptiles. “Just how my 'gator got into Rock Creek T didn't know, but he was there and T caught him. There were not any zo00s or other places from which | he' could have escaped further up- stream. Moreover, mine was caught out the same time of the year those recently caught in the Potom | These widely separated instances hardly warrant asking Congress for money to investigate the subject, but it _would be interesting to learn if others have also caught 'gators in the of a letter tend more than 50 nautical miles trom the ‘coast, except that if such | extension is {n particular instances | found insufficient because of peculiar | configuration of the coast line or | ther special conditions (such as pre- | vailing winds, currents and the extent | ishing grounds) such areas may he led to a width not exceeding 150 1 miles, Full areas should be circulated to I governments con cerned hy means of central agency proposed to he set up. The adoption of this draft by the governments of nations will be one of the higges: measures ever undertaken for the protection of fish and bird | ife. The oil dumped from the hilge of ships has caused the death of hun- dreds of thousands of fish and birds The percer of fish and ducks that have been killed by ofl in Chesapeake Bay has been la Not only will it mean a ing of thousands of fish cach vear. but bathers in s have heen fected pumped from the ships it and covers a wide area and oxygen entering the water | 1 nothing can live. various plac When spreads prevents without 1 lawyer w “If there is a more soulfully fying spot in avhich to an | haven't found it yet, and we've fished | around a good bit,” said Peter C. Chambliss, editor of Fisherman's Luck in the Baltimore Sun. “Recently in the evening. with the shadows creeping over the needlelike Point around which we were trolling, we best catch—five nice rock, 2% to and biggest hardheads 1 running from 8 or 10 of the ever saw.” Point Patience. let it be said. i close hy Solomon’s Island, 65 miles from the Capitol in Washington, and is declared not only to be a great fish not only angling hut fine bathing may be enjoyed. | / today opening round of doubles in the club’s annual men's tennis tournament. Only one match was played in the singles yesterday, Bill Hitz of Friends’ School going to the semi-finals by de- teating C. B. McVey after the latte: had recefved a default from Coleman Jennings, 6—4, 6—3. club champion, C. A. Barnard will oppose Hitz in the final of the lower bracket today or to- Arthur Hellen, H. B. Rowan. Bishop Hill and Maj. George Thenault | remain in the upper bracket. Doubles pairings for the first round : Arthur Hellen and Bill Aspin Maj. and | morrow. are as follow: | Hitz vs | wall, | Thenauit I | Irwin, ‘W’ | vs. | Cup while the c doubles | Atla {a CHEVY CHASE CLUB DOUBLES TO START Twelve deubles teams will at Chevy Chase Club in H. W. Irwin, Dr. Rowe and C. A. Chauncey Hackett and Clarence Norment MeVey and Henn shop Hill. €. B, vs. M Capt. ¢ ain, j W. B. s. 15 W. Donn and C. TILDEN, IN BUSY DAY, |# i 2 & ANNEXES TWO TITLES By the Associated Pre PHILADELPHIA. June liam T. Tilden, national romped through 11 tennis defeated Manuel Alonso, pl ndy Weiner, Wallace Philadelphia, 6—4. ful protege, from Pearson, 36, Stanley 12—10, Tilden, a few hours previously, had I beaten Johnson in a semi-final singles match in straight sets, 6—2, 6—4. WOMEN & the next few days. BY CORINNE FRAZIER ANS for the District of Columbia tennis championships for women concerr Members of the women's tournam tion with members of the District net committee, as reported )-cilerda_ ¢ Thompson. chairman; Ada Doyle, Frances Krucoff, farywill Wakeford and Corinne Frazier. ) ible that the event will be | this week on the Norfolk Country Clul of one of the local country clubs beginning Satur- this date has |events. include Mrs. H. CI Phoebe Moorhead. It is prof played off on the cour day, July 3, not vet been ic Association. The thought this would be a very tag Ithough would give the players a row in which to y rounds. it holidays in the preliminary would rex o least, probably finals by July The separately for the fi room s at the Dumbarton mefi are to play | day. Club, Interest racketers i pionshins, which open Wednesd: DEMAND THE GENUINE IN THIS line up the and Louis R. Train and C. Wilcox and H. W. Bouve and Glazebrook Coleman Jennings and Thompson aton, 1. L. Rowan and L. A. Baker C. Morgzan. 21.—Wil champion, sets vesterday to | win both the singles and doubles titles of the Middle States ment at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. In the final round of the singles he panish Davis tourna- won the Johnson and 4—6, ler way, with the probabilit ng the time and place of the events will he made within pproved by the Middle | r committee | nitely her intentions of defe: advan- |crown, but as she is in yus time to begin the tournament, T three | make the trip. v off i " This would |a District st meun that the event. in the singles at ‘h the seml- | women's event is to be staged | from the men's this vear dav. found | 1oubles 16 of lack of dressing nd a shortage of courts ceived Saturday where nning next Mon- £h among local A State cham TOWN AND COUNTRY CLUB WINS INTER CITY EVENT OWN AND COUNTRY CLUB goliers, with a slim margin to work with as a result of the matches 8aturday, came through with a rush yesterday in the final of the intercity matches played at the Bethesda |club, and registered their first victory in three years over their rivals from Richmond and Norfolk. The locat club finished the two days of competition with a total of 69 points, with Richmond second, at 46, and Norfolk third, with 29. In addition, Morton J. Luchs, presi- | det of the Town and Country Club, annexed the president’s trophy, and A. B. Thorn, the Town and Coun- try Club professional, defeated Alan Brodie of the Lakeside Club of Rich- mond and Edward Kearney of the Lynnhaven Club of Norfolk. The team match was played under the au system ummaries and points won by the ers follow Weyl. Washinzton i or g | the clubmen from Ma ch team had won 712 points when the first five matches were completed and Roger Peacoc 13-year-old Argyle player, brought in the points needed to clinch an Argyle victory. The sum- maries follow w. P. Di Houghton. s Manor, cd George Gist —won by Argyie Pitt. Manor.” defe; up: Earl . Sasscer tie ed MeAleer, Argyle, feated J. E. lee. Manor, de 7 and 6. Best R. Henry Wal Lillienfeld David Wal. | Hofheimer 1._3: A. B, Ric 1 N. 'B. Frank Henry Oben Kaufman. B, Cohen. Washing I8 B yle. Forrest Thompron Hutiler. G Washinz R s Spicer: 5 e teated o ¥ ot Landvoict Manor. ¢ A Richmond. 97 v Baer. o, SO Argyle and” 6 and WV Argyle Peacock «.all square: Roger ed R. F all—w n defear Kanfman Dr. B A" Bendheim Hecht, N Waite: Harry _Pin Levy. Richm ‘Woman golfers of Washington clubs paired today with several of the pro- fessionals attached to clubs of the | Capital in best ball matches staged | at the Town and Country Club. The | event is the first of its kind to be held about Washington and supplants the usual amateur-pro best ball contest held once a month. The golf team of the Argyle Country Club defeated the Manor Club team {in a team match played vesterday at Argyle, annexing 10 points to 8 for IN SPORT Seven Washington Golf and Coun try Club players continued their vic tories vesterday against a like num ers from the Maryland and Rolling Road Clubs of Baltimore in matches played at Rolling Road. The | Washington men who went to Balti- more Saturday and played during the two days are Dr. J. T. McClenahan, J. Logan Hopkins, A. W. Howard, George P. Linde, G. T. Howard, J. Holt Wright and W. R. McCallum. Fred Walen won the sweepstakes competition played at the Ind Spring_Club terda 3 with a gro card of 75. H. S. Pope was seconu with 82. W. L Heap won the net prize with 86-19-67 TUROVER FLASHES SKILL IN SIMULTANEOUS CHESS In a brill taneous ches at the rooms Chess Club, 1317 F Isador Turover but 1 game of 125 played. Two ] ynated by My | Turover were awarded. one to S. A | Bishop, who alone scored a victory over the local master, and another 1o 13 Wimsatt for the best played |same of the evening. Wimsatt b |tained a draw with Turover. i > Arrangements for the exhibition courts. Many District players are en- & s _for e ;S:’:«; u.l[firfix the men'r;' and women's | Were in charge of Clark C. Bettinger, . Marywill Wakeford, present | W. B. Mundelle and Willard Mutch: 3 S Vi |ler, while Sterling Kerr, president of o as announced defi. | ler, i 3 T e nding her | the club, was referee. ashington | she will Richn 100 cr. Norfolk g8 106, 1o nt exhibition given Saturday ht the Capital City street of simul of A orthwest that a definite announcement : northwe ost committee, to work in co-opera- RADIATORS, FENDERS BODIES MADE AND REPAIRED i RADIATORS FOR AUTOS |WITTSTATT'S R. & F. WKS. BASE BALL Double-header American League Park | there s a probability that . 1925 runner-up. also | e field of s will Ma air and prob- Delphine He: June 22 play in the women's singles and 30 P 1l not commence until Thurs ceording to word re- from E. T. Penzold the |Jr.. chairman of the tournament com. mittee. The middle Atlantic champion- ship doubles. as well as the State championships, are to be plaved a Norfolk this weel. and for this reason the men will bezin play a day in ad of | vance of e fair sex day morning. 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