New-York tribune., 1920-01-09
Former Tennis
Title Holder
Planning Trip
The Norwegian Girl Will
Meet Mile. Lenglen on
Courts at Wimbledon
BY Fred Hawthorne

The first international clash between
America and Europe and the British
Isles on the lawn tennis courts is
quite liable to happen several months
before followers of the game on either
side of the Atlantic expected such a
meeting. Yesterday l learned from
most reliable sources that Mrs. Frank
lin l. Mallory, the former Miss Molla
Bjurstedt and four times national
woman champion, is contemplating a
while abroad she will take part in the
great women's championship tourna-
ment at Wimbledon. ~n
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen, the wonder
full little French girl who won the
women's championship Of the world" f"
so-called, at Wimbledon last year, will
defend her title on the historic courts
next June; hence she and Mrs. Mallory
are likely to face one another across
the nets at some stage in the tourney.
Such match would surely bring out
some Of the greatest tennis ever played
by women, and there are few critics
as to the winner. They have never
met, yet both have played at Wimble-
don before and both are undoubtedly
keen for the test. There are as many
varying opinions as to the relative
playing skill of Mile. Lenglen and Mrs.
Mallory as there are critics.
For one man who believes the
French girl would triumph there is
another who is Just as firmly con-
vinced that Mrs. Mallory would win,
and each man will give you apparently
sound reasons for his conviction.
happen to know that Mrs. Mallory
herself is delightfully."- uncertain as to
the result of such meeting. Recently
was discussing with the famous
Morse girl the possibilities Of a match
between her and Mile. Lenglen should
the latter visit this country next sum-
mer.
"Oh, should like to beat her" said
Mrs. Mallory, keenly enthusiastic at
the idea of measuring her skill with
her noted rival, "but 1 wonder if I
could :" And this is the spirit with
which the former national champion
will enter into the match at Wimble-
don, should she face the little French
marvel.
She entertains no false ideas as to
her own invincibility, and fully recog-
nizes that Mile. Lenglen is one of the
truly great players Of the world, yet
she undoubtedly will go into the match
with all her confidence and the deter
mination to make a fight for every
point.
Mrs. Mallory's plans for her Euro
pean trip will depend entirely upon
her husband. If he is able to so
arrange his business as to make the
journey overseas, they intend to leave
early in the spring, so that Mrs. NAL
lory will be able to get in two or three
weeks of practice on turf courts be-
fore the Wimbledon tournament begins.
Following that event Mrs. Mallory
and her husband will probably visit
some OF the other tennis centers of
title holder will compete in the
Olympic Games and in the big tourna-
ments during July, and then leave
on the homeward bound trip in
time to enter the lists in the women's
national tourney at Philadelphia, next
September. 1t is possible. too, that
Mile. Lenglen would arrive in this
country about the same time.
This means that the Philadelphia
Cricket Club will stage the greatest
Women's tennis tournament ever seen
on any courts. What meeting be-
tween the queens of the tenris world
that will be! Besides Mrs. Mallory
Mile. Lenglen, Miss Eleanor Goss, Mrs
George w. Wightman, present national
champion, and Miss Marion Zinderstein
runner-up, the great stars from Cali.
fornia, Mrs. Thomas C. Bundy, Miss
Mary X. Browne, Miss Baker and one
or two Of the younger players from
the Coast will probably take the courts
at Philadelphia.
Only two matches were played yester-
day in the club tournament at the
Heights Casino, in Brooklyn, and both
we're in the mems Glass B division. In
the. second round those two veterans
Of heroic mould, Charles NJ. Bull sr,
and Dr.: Forbes Hawkes., clashed, and
when the smoke of battle had lifted
DR.: Hawkes. was the winner. the sets
going at 6-2, 6-3. In the other
match Edward Cornell defeated P. R.
Smith by score of 3-6, Ga. 6-4.
the struggle being very close.
There will be more action at the
Casino to-day. In the women's cham
plionshiip class Mrs. Mallory will play
Miss Katherine Cornell in the first
round, and then. in the event she wins.
will meet Mrs. Theodore C. Cassebeer'
the winner of this match to enter the
semi-fnal round. Miss Goss will prob
ably play Miss Adele Bull in the sec
ond round, to gain her semi-final
bracket In the upper half