Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1926, Page 19

Ve SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1926. SPORTS. N n Suzanne Lenglen Says Becoming Tennis Professional Freed Her From Bondage “NIGHTMARE IS OVER,” SHE DECLARES WITH NO CHAMPIONSHIP TO DEFEND Famous French Girl Asserts She Will Show Them Some Fireworks in United States—Doesn’t Know and Doesn’t Care Whom She Will Play Against While Making Her Tour Over Here. [ " Suzanne Lenglen, foremost woman tennis player of the world, who recently created a sensation by turning g:olen:llmal, tells, in the following interview with Thomas T. Topping of the Paris Bureau of the Assoclated ress of her feelin professional carcer Ry the Associated Press France, August 10.—“The nightmare is over!" Thus di in abandoning her amateur status and of her hopes when she embarks soon upon her h appearances in the United States. d the temperamental Suzanne Leng- ciated Press who had come to this little seaside resort, near Dieppe, where thg amateur woman tennis OURVILLF P len, enthusiastic over her prospective visit to the United States, greet a correspondent for the Asso- champion of the world turn. Freed from the alw carefree and hap id. “To me it naments for the benefit of c it had become too exacting. Fireworks! ed professional. vs present thought of having to defend her title, Suzanne appeared five years younger, “Some seem to believe T am tied up hands and fect by becoming a professional,” she s an cscape from bondage and slavery. No one can order me about any longer to ab owners. I got great fun out of tennis for a few years after the war, glay tour- ut lately Believe nie, T will show them some fireworks in the United States,” Suzanne exclaimed, “with nothing to lose and nothing to gain, I will take chances on shots I never dared take before when each point loomed up as big as the X “Who will play against me? in her coming tour. I don't know and I don't care. ¢l Tower and the match might depend on it.” Suzanne exclaimed in answer to a question conctrning her future opponents T am ready to meet them all. Tell them to come on. I have done my bit to build up the tennis of France and of the world. It’s about time tennis did something for me.” “Do you think might meet TielenWills again? “I sincerely hope so,’ Suzanne re- sponded. “‘Perhaps it can be arranged. 1 don't fecl that I should bhe ostra- cized because 1 have turned profes- =ional. Maybe the United States Tennis Assoclation will permit a match between us to he stazed in America. It would be the fulfillment of one of my most cherished ambi tions. (Means were found to permit =averal amateur A ]vrnfif tonal golfers to meet and it is this Miss Tenglen is thought to have in mind.) Is 27 Years Old. Plcking up the thread of {} of her career on the cour has carricd her to such height zanne, responding to the remark that she talked like a. veteran, readily an ually taboo question. m 17" she flashed. *I am not afraid to say that 1 am 27 vears of age. 1 was born in 1899, and have heen playing tennis for 16 vears. 1 began when I was 11 years old “*oufy what a relfef (o be free once more! in a few the only w no business to be cares and worr 1 am feeling pre (This was a re fliness when Mile. to withdraw fron tourname Borotra, among T Suzanne to o the courts so as the crowd. Suzanne hundi into an automobile and played that day in answer to plea. On those rare oceasions when she has allowed in- dlspositions to interfere with her en- gagements, public criticism has dis- tressed her greatly. In consequence sha has been axtraordinarily respon- #ive to clamor for her apj nee, but not always without disy of ‘that temperament that has so 1‘"«19;&?‘«(‘. her to the French people.) Her Hardest Match. my hardest match?” Mile. Lenglen continued. She glve emphasis to questions that interes her by repeating them. “It was my match against Mrs. R. Lambert Chambers, at Wimbledon in 1919, mcident. 1 won my first i p. T was a little aged 20. pitted against the best er in the world. Mrs. I - Chambers had been supreme in femi nine tennis. “I won the first set, the second, 4—6. one I never wish to play a; > 76, S—7—with my having five times that set and match point, only to seo it go glimmering, finally win ning, My arm was so lmp I could - ‘shake Mrs. Chambers' hand acros the net <he smiled to me and sal one, you are a great tenn hut T never heard her. N nor before have I had such a hard match, and T am still proud of it. Ay advice to young players? Keep our eve on the hall; second. keep the hail in play; third, meet the ball on tha rise; fourth, practice your weak shots, and fifth, don't worry Accuracy Is Essential. you words when nan in the ick. all these re now gone. and v good just now.” nee to her recent Lenglen was forced the Wimbledon the 2 star hegged " to ppoint “What was he last is advice I never myself | , but don't do as I did, do as 1 eay. Control of the ball, and aceuracy the secret of ten 10+ ess. I never had w wicked service - forehand drive is not nearly as werful as Miss Wills'. but I have always been able to place the ball within inches of where I wanted it." “Control, control,” Suzanne reit- erated, and the correspondent re- marked she was like Walter John- son giving advice to aspiring young pitchers. “Who is Walter Johnson?” ask™ ed Suzanne. “You will see who he is w you look up history over there. “It would never do over there for you to admit that you have not_heard of Walter Johnson.” “I'll see that it doesn't happen again,” sald Suzanne, meekly. “Some say that no champion in one sport can be proficient in another. I think that's wrong.,” she ed. I was France's feminine mp champion in 1919 with 4 feet 6 inches. This w 4 inches of Miss Elizabeth Stine’s world record.” (Miss Stine of Leonfa. N. J. was cradited in 1923 with making a worid record jump for women of 4 feet 101y inches.”. Later Miss Katherine Lee of Chicago leaped 4 feet 1075 inches. Only a few days ago Miss D. A. Green Jumped 5 feet 13 inches at the Chis- sports meet near London.) ““Then. no one can accuse me of be- ing a poor dancer. I feel as proud of my dancing as of my tennis. I can run 80 meters (about $7.5 yards) in 11 reconds. : Shows She Can Jump. Suzanne then gave the Associated Tress correspondent an exhibition of broad jumping. “That's how I feel,” said Suzanne, as she cleared over 10 feat. Suzanne, who was dressed ximply in a smart frock of Suzanne biue and abbregiated skirt and pale biue stockings, then volunteered, *I HAWKINS OTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 could follo v tell me | Py Never since ! could do better if I wore a feminine athletic suit.” “There has been much talk for many years that you are an amateur in name only, receiving money from small and big clubs,” Suzanne was | told ““Please spike this talk for all time,” said Mile. Lenglen, vehemently, “Inever a sou elther at Wimbledon ampionship or at the tle Riviera club. 1 know I eputation for becoming fabu- ve it H 1 ch. People could not believe | | t 1 that T wasn't making and spending fortunes Last March, after I played Miss Wills, I entered an antique shop at Nice and bought a small statue of St. Luke. The storekeeper wanted 400 francs, but I finally obtained it for 300. ‘It is you, Mlle. Lenglen, who is looking for rebates after all the money you made last week! he exclaimed. People couldn't understand that 1 was boob (poire was the word used by Suzanne, in French) to do this work for nothing. | Papa Lauds Miss Wills, “Who do you think is the best ama- | teur woman player in the world?” “You will excuse me from passing judgment upon my late adversaries. There are many good players,” Su- | zanne answered. Here Papa Lenglen intervened and sald, “By all means, Miss Wills. She is the best player in the world just sked how he compared Senorita e de Alvarez, whom Suzanne has Papa Lenglen answered, 15 better than Senorita Suzanne, chuckling when she was | asked what topnotch player she had { experfenced least difficulty in defeat- ing, answered, ““Miss Elizabeth Ryan.” | Discussing the play of Miss Ryan, who only last Friday defeated Miss Wills | in the final of the jubilee tournament of the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, 6—4, 6—1, Mile. Leng- len said, “She is one of the greatest | players in the world, yet we met 52 times and I beat her 51. I have had | sterner fights from players whom | Miss Ryan has defeated in love sets | than from Miss Ryan herself. I think | she is one of the three best plavers in | the world just now."” Just before dinner Suzanne took a | dip In the English Channel and went | | ! | When the cares that beset the day take toll from the hours dedi- cated to sleep— insure restful nights with a bedtime bottle of out two or three hundred yards untfl her mother cautioned her to be care- ful. Suzanne displayed much interest in the recent channel swimming and expressed great admiration for Miss Gertrude Ederle’s prowess. ““She must be a tremendously powerful girl; I wish I had her stamina,” she said. MISS RYAN RETICENT By the Associated Press. NEW TYORK, August 10.—Eliza- beth Ryan, veteran California tennis star and second ranking player on the national list, has refused either to affirm or deny a report that she was considering turning professional to oppose Suzanne Lenglen when the French champion invades the United States later this year. Miss Ryan also refused to comment on published rumors that she already had received an offer of $100,000 to turn “pro.” 1f such an offer has been made to her, however, it has not come direct- ly from Charles C. Pyle, the Chicago producer, who induced Mlle. Lenglen to turn professional. “I do not know Mr. Pyle and have never heard from him,” she declared. PARIS, August 10 (P).—Charles Pyle, the American sport promoter, who has contracted with Suzanne Lenglen for a tour of America as a profesional tennis player, said yester- day that there was no basis for a report that he had offered Elizabeth Ryan a contract to turn professional. Pyle later left Cherbourg for the TUnited States on the steamer Levia- than. P — The Indian base ball player has al- ways been popular with the fans. abilities. their work. factory relation. TER Y S & AS TO TURNING PRO, Are You Looking For a Future? 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Players of 18 years and under may enter the fight for the title and the Harding Memorial Trophy. Alphonso Smith of Tome Scheol, who holds the cup, is expected to en- ter. He won from Dooley Mitchell, District junior champion. Edadie Jacobs of Baltimore probably will make a try at the trophy. R S MRS. HAYNES-M’LEOD ANNEX GOLF EVENT Mrs. J. Marvin Haynes, woman golf champlon of the District, paired with Fred McLec1, the Columbia profes® sional, to annex the mixed Scotch foursome yesterday at the Columbla Country Club. They topped eleven other pairs with a of 83. Mrs. E. R. Tilley of Indlan Spring and Ralph Beach of Burning Tree, who won a previous similar tourney, finished in second place, with 85, | while there was a tle for third place between Mrs. A. Von Steinner and Kddle Towns of Indian Spring and Mrs. H. A. Knox of Indian Spring and R. Cliff McKimmie, both pairs scoring 89. J. P. J’Arcy Bannagan won the sweepstafes tourney for professionals played in the afternoon, with a card of 75—6--69. Dan Horgan took second place with 75—4—71. Ralph Beach, with 756—3—72, Fred McLeod and Bob Barnett, with gross 72s from scratch, tled for third place. McLeod won YOUTHFUL NETMEN FACING ROUGH ROAD By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, August players who swept through their opening matches in the national Jjunfor and boys’ tennis champlonships found heavier going today against other entrants emerging from yester- day's fast first and second round play. The honors among the younger generation of net stars remained fairly evenly divided among the sec- tional representatives as they stroked Into the more decisive matches. In the junior division there were already hints of a title battle between | Berkley Bell of Austin, Tex., seeded No. 1, and John Doeg of Santa Mon- ica, Callf., seeded second and several times viotor over Bell in play this epring. Both showed fine form in thelr initial sets. 3 Junfor Coen of Kansas City tops the field in the boys’ play, showing the same brilliant style which carried him through the Illinois State tourna- ment some time ago. Inside Golf By Chester Horton. In the particular swing which we have been discussing this week, the player should observe that the club- head has a tendency to drag slightly behind the hands in a considerable portipn of the en- tire back swing. Where the club turns across to the horizontal at the top the slack in the wrists will be pulled up by the club and the wrists will drop into their natural slot and be free of stiffness and rigld- itY. The tendency to hurry up with | the club in the backswing must ! be avoided. This dragging effect is the thing you are after. It gives the club a whip-cracker effect in the for- ward swing and ylelds the absolute maximum of force against the ball. Also keep the arms tucked in rather close—not tight—and especlally be careful to keep the left arm from pro- Jecting out away from the body. (Copyright. 1926.) 10. — Seeded AUG. 11 AMERICAN LEAGUE PARK DOUBLE-HEADER Washington vs. New York TICKETS ON SALE AT PARK AT 9:00 A M. giving full details, e Richards, who reported an injury to his leg in the Southern New York State champlionship at Rye, N. Y., canceled his test match yesterday against White. He also said he would be unable to fulfill his singles schedule today and tomorrow, although the Davis Cup selection committee an- nounced he had been requested to do s0. nised” as a result of his two weeks’ play in the Metropolitan and Sea- bright events. Richards sald he was “‘overten- Today’s Card. 3 p.m.—William Tilden and Wil- lam Johnston vs. Vincent Richards and R. Norris Willians, 2d (best 3 out of 5 sets); Edward Chandler and Lewis N. White vs. George Lott and A. H. Chapin, jr. 4 pm~—William Johnston vs. George Lott, R. Norris WHliams, 2d vs. A. H. Chapin, jr. 5 p.m—William T. Tildén, 2d, vs. Lewis N. White, Vincent Richards vs. Edward G. Chandler (tentative). Yesterday’s Results. Singles—William Tilden defeated Edward Chandler, 6—2, 1—8§, 6—2; William Johnston defeated A. H. CI n, jr., 6—4, 7—5; R. Norris ‘Wil , 2d, defeated George Lott, Jr.. 3—8, 6—1, 7—5. oubles—Vincent Richards and R. Norris Willlams, 2d, defeated ‘William Tilden and Willlam John- ston, 6—4, 9—7; Lewis N. White ;;ld Edward Chandler defeated A. 3 in, jr., and George Lott, ir, 6—.{ 10—8 It is a rare occasion when the four top ranking tennis players of the country appear on one court on halir- TODAY OREST HILLS, Long Island, August 10.—Trials for the United States Davis Cup tennis team, which were begun yesterday, with veterans scori_l’ll_g in all the matches, will be resumed today. ree doubles and two singles were to be decided today, al- though the appearance of Vincent Richards in the singles was doubtful. trigger edge, primed full of tricks and possessing the touch of magic in their rackets. It was such an occasion yesterday, when Tilden and Johnston, the two first ranking players of the land, went down in defeat at 6—4, 9—7, at the hands of Richards, No. 3, and Dick Williams, No. 4, holders together of the national doubles championship. To say that the match was the most brilliant exposition of doubles seen within_the concrete stadium would be to forget those three great strug- sgles between them in the cup trials last year. For any one who was pres- ent on those occasions, it will only be necessary to say that yesterday's match was every bit as spectacular, just as full of breath-taking shot- making and as replete with sensa- tional engagements of give and take at close quarters. Richards Outdoes Himself. Richards, who has been playing the greatest tennis of his life ever since he returned from Europe, outdid him- self. There was no.department in which he did not perform conspicu- ously, but it was in his volleying that he reached his greatest height, evoking salvos of applause with his miraculous short thrusts that slip- ped across the net from all depths and angles and were interspersed with kills from deep court. Williams was no minor figure. There were moments when the ball seemed to plague him in its refusal to clear the top band. but most of the time he had it charmed as he brought off those half volleys that zigzagged across the court at im- possible angles and met it solidly in its flight from midcourt with a steel- ed wrist that sent it through the narrowest openings for points. Tilden and Johnston were almost equally inspired in their stroking. The tennis they played was stirring enough to have beaten almost any combination. They made the same startling shots, hit out with the same burning pace and made equally difficult recoveries, but they could not put over quite as many point ‘winners. Three singles matches also were played. Tilden lost a set to Edward Chandler, Johnston was closely press. ed by A. H. Chapin and came close to losing the second set, while Wil- liams was forced to pull up from 2—5 in the third set to defeat Georse Lott of Chicago at 3-—8, 61, 7—5. All in all, it was a day of commend- able performances for the funior mem- bers of the cup squad. The four of them, including Lewis White. met in doubles. White and Chandler beat Lott and Chapin. 6—3, 10--8. Willams Off His Game. Willlams was badly off his game at the start of his match with Lott and it was not until the Chicago youth had decisively outplayed him in the opening set that the Philadelphian began_ to break up his opponent’s beau- tiful driving attack with the wizardry of his short court game. Lott became a bit careless after leading at 5—2, and when he tried to stem the tide as Williams rallied the Philadelphian was playing unbeatable tennis, with the result that the Davis Cup cap- tain took five games in a row. b Tilden was rampant in the first set against Chandler, slumped badly in the second set as the Californian at- tacked from the net and then recov- ered to win the third set with plenty to_spare. 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