New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-17
Battle Which Enthralled
Tennis World Dramati-
callv Ends With French
Girl Playing Single Set
Indicates Illness
On Leaving Court
Sneed and Skill of Amer
ican Champion Over
whelm Visitor, 90

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With dramatic suddenness. after be-
ing outplayed and outgamed by Mrs.
MoNa Bjurstedt Mallory, the American
national champion. in furiously con-
tested first set at 60, Mile. Suzanne
Isnglen, Of France, made 4 sobbing
exit from the Women's National
Singles Lawn Tennis Championship
tournament on the championship courts
Of the West Side Tennis Club of For
est Hills yesterday. Nile Lenglen
stopped when the point score read
$50 against her in the first game
Of the second set.
Technically, Mile. Lenglen still is the
woman champion of the world, but
none of the thousands who watched
Mrs. Mallory sweep the French cham
pion to swift and humilating defeat
Yesterday doubted that our great ma
tional champion is in truth entitled
to the honor held by her rival.
have been watching Mrs. Mallory's
game for six years in virtually every
important match she has played in this
country, but never before have 1 seen
her play SO brilliantly, SO splendidly
and so courageously as was the case
yesterday.
Speed Met With Speed
From the very start "Marvelous
Molla" was the greater player Her
defense was 3 very Gibraltar of rock
bound strength, and toward the end,
when Mile. Lenglen, apparently in the
desperate hope thay greater speed
would beat the American, attempted to
turn the tide by adding pace to her
shots Mrs. Mallory broke her heart by
accepting the challenge and meeting
speed with speed.
To those who watched the swift
changes in the match it did not come
as surprise when Mile. Langlen made
her dramatic and tragic exit. AS early
as the second game of the first set the
slender French girl, having dropped her
own service in the first game and then
lost the second as Mrs. Mallory swept
along at furious pace, began to glance
toward her mother, who was seated in
the guest box on the clubhouse veranda.
There were anxiety. worry, distress,
actual fear. in those furtivexx xplaintive
glances, as though Mile. Suzanne had
realized suddenly that defeat for her
luraed IN those terrific drives and that
wonderful accuracy with which Mrs.
Mallory was piling up her points in
swift succession. After losing the Sec
ond game Mile. Lenglen coughed aud
IDLY and tapped her breast with he1
hand, as though she was having diff
Guilty in breathing.
Shows Her Brilliance
She continued to show these evi.
dences Of distress throughout the set
but almost invariably Immediately af.
ter losing q point. For two games, the
third and the fifth, which she won, the
worlds champion flashed brilliant
array Of strokes, earning severa
points as she caught Mrs. Mallory out
q position, by delicately- played drop
shots into forecourt and by dazzling
drives tnat raised little clouds of white
e.alh as the ball hit the side lines.
But there was no discouraging "Mar.
ve.ous Molia" yesterday. She had come
OIL on the court with an air of grin,
determination as though she had made
up ner mind beforehand TO give Of he,
pest and 60 down fighting if need be
sne did give Of her best, the greatest
tennis nave. ever seen played by q
woman, bat, rema rkable as her skill
Ao srSlsIcay, tnere was something
1aa' stood out clearly above the mere
material side of her game.
4 hghting spirit that Impressed, as i,
amazed, the thousands of men and
s~oTnen IN the stands, characterized
ATs- Nallory's game throughout. She
maoe the pace 2 burning, heart break
.ng one, and when. Mile. Lenglen at
tempted to stem the tide that was set
Ing so strongly against her, her ef
.ef's were al in vain, for the American
champion returned TO the battle with
aa9ed fcrccity and increased pace.
=, After taking the first set at So
Ars- aallory walked grlmly to her po-
sition 70 receive service as the second
sst opened. TIE cheers that hoated
rom s me stands and reechoed over Inc
req apparently did not rnean anythir,.
% aer; she was there for one purpose,
s5Ao thas purpose was 70 defeat Mile.
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