The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-26
WOMAN TENNIS STAR ATTRACTS
 MUCH INTEREST
Mile. Lenglen's Playing Topic of Discussion Among Ex- perts-DOings Of the
 Netted Courts.

The interest aroused among Amer ican tennis players by reports of the playing of Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, the TeInarka ble French girl, has been in creased by accounts of recent tourna- ments just received in this country. During the officers tournament at Cannes, she was paired with Max Decugts who Is one of the best mixed doubles players in France.
 That they make a formidable com bination is shown by the fact that they defeated a team composed of Capt. Douglas Waters and Lieut. Dean Mathey. Capt. Walters is former in tercollegfate champion of the south and was ranked in Class 2 in 1916. Lieut.. Mathey ranked tenth in 1916 and with George M. Church won the clay court doubles championship that year. The assumption Is therefore, that they would be able to put up 8 fairly good game, even though short of practice. The fact that they were beaten by Mile, Lenglen and NJ. De cugis is In itself so surprising as the manner of the defeat, for the score was 60, 60. Accounts of the match say that Mile. Lenglen's playing was easily the feature.
 While interest in all that is going on overseas, tennis players at home are further encouraged by news that Canada is resumiug it's tournaments. Plans for restoring the Canadian championship are being considered by W. 4. Bays of Barrie, Ontario, presi- dent of the Canadian association.
 The matches with Portland, Seattle, and other Oregon and Washington cities, which have been featured in previous seasons will be revived by the Vancouver clubs this year. The Brit ish Colubia championship also has been scheduled and the tournments at Toronto and agara-on-the-Lake will be played this summer. The ar rangement now contem plated Is tC have a champion determined for each province and these winners will meet for the title
 Lieutenant wilding is on his way home to New Zealand after many months of service with the Britisf Royal Flying Corps. William P. Dun lop who is also on his way to the An upodes, after serving with the Britisi Expeditionary Forces in France anC II. Y. Bradden, @ former member fo1 Australia of the Davis Cup commit tee, stopped off in New York for { couple of days last week.
 By the way, with the war ovel Australia expects an unusually busy tennis season this year. The Aus tralian tennis players responded il large numbers when the war brok, out and with most of them bacl there should be considerable doin: there during the next few months.
 Play in the mems national indoo tennis championship tournament vii open in the Seventh Regiment Ar mory in New York on Saturday night Some of the players who are to com pete in the tournament have beel spending all their leisure time nak ing use of the court at that Armor to get themselves into proper condi ton.
 The East Side Tennis Club of Eas Providence. R. T., and the Orier Heights club of Orient Heights, Mass will stage series of inter-c1u matches on their respective court this coming season. The first mate will be played at Orient Heights O June 15.
 The schedule of more than 20 championship tennis tournaments tha met with the approval of the Unite States Lawn Tennis Association is eS pected to be announced in New Y or tonight by the special committee SC lected to revise the original list c dates.