The New York herald., 1921-05-24
NO LUCK IN TENNIS
DRAW FOR YANKEES
All -Four Men Players Must
Play in First Round on
Paris Courts.
TILDEN MEETS SPANIARD
Mrs. Mallory and Mile. Leng-
len to Play in Opening of
Women's Doubles.
TILDEN MEETS SPANIARD
BIZ the Associated Press.


PARIS, May 2s.-The American tennis
team which IS to compete in the hard
court championship matches at st. Cloud
next Saturday had only q fair break In
luck in the drawings to-day All four
Of the American men players will COM
pete In the first round. neither William
T. Tilden. Arnold Jones. J. +. d. Jones
nor Francis T. hunter drawing a bye.
Tilden is In the lower half of the
draw and will meet Simon Flaquer of
the Spanish team as his first opponent,
and probably viii play against w. G.
Crawley, reputed to be the best man OF
the British team. In the second round.
]. II. d. Jones and Hunter are both in
the same half or the draw as Tilden.
Jones VIII play Lamuicns of Belgium
and Hunter win meet Albraraan OK
France in the first round.
Andre Colbert, former French national
champion. also is In the same half of
the draw, and experts believe that he
should give Tilden his hardest battle.
providing Colbert defeats she Rumanian
player Mishu, whom he will meet in the
first match.
Arnold Jones In the upper half OF the
draw VIII meet Cousin of France in the
first roud. Jean Samazeuilh, who Is
now the national singles champion of
France through his viotory over Andre
Colbert Sunday, as well as William II.
Laurentz, the present worlds hard court
singles champion, and J. Brugnon also
are in the upper half of the draw.
There are forty-seven entrants for the
mems singles. thirty of whom will play
in the first round. seventeen having
drawn byes. This will leave thirty-two
players qualified for the second round
The French team will consist Of
Samazeuilh and Colbert in The singles
Brugnon and Dupont and Colbert and
Laurentz in tho mems doubles; Mile.
Lenglen and Nine Golding In the wom-
ems singles, and Mile. LengIen and Max
Decugis and Nine. Golding and Laurent3
in the mixed doubles.
Other prominent European players
who are entered are Washer and Lam
miens, Belgium; Mishu, Roumania; !;
Tegner. Denmark: Demorpurgo, Italy;
Alonzo and De Gomar, Spain;
Rodzainko. Switzerland, and Crawley
and u. p. Baines, England.
There are twenty-one entrants for the
women's singles, in which Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory and Miss Eieonora
Sears of the American team will play
in the first round. Miss Edith Sigourney
of Boston drew bye. Mrs. Mallory and
Nile Lenglen are In opposite halves of
the draw and should meet in the finals
The experts think that the hardest OPP
ponent for Mrs. Mallory in the elimina-
tion contests will prove to be Mime.
Golding. who is No. 2 on tie French
team. The Misses Holman and Lam
min and Mrs. Peacock OF Great Britain
and Nine. De Borman OF Belgium seem
to be the most formidable OF the re-
nainder of the women entrants.
Both American teams will play n the
nrst round OF the mems doubles. but in
opposite halves of the draw, Tilden and
Arnold Jenoo meeting Samazeuilh and
Blanchy in the first round and then the
Spaniards, Alonzo and De Gomar, in the
second round
The championship in the womens
doubles may be settled on the first days
play. when the American team. Mrs
Mallory and Miss Sigourney. meet Mile.
Lenglen and Nine. Golding.
In the mixed doubles Mrs. Mallory
and Tilden should meet Mile. Lenglen
and Decugls In the finals. as they are in
the opposite half Of the draw. The
Americans will play against the Eng
lish team made up OF Miss Holman and
u. p. Baines in the first round, and must
also defeat Nine. Golding and Laurentz,
while Mile. Lenglen and Decugis must
win from Miss Sgourney and Arnold
Jones to reach the finals Miss Sears
and Hunter are In the upper half OF the
draw. while Princess Kapurthala. tca-1ed
with Bharpur Singh and repro. ,tiag
India. Is in the lower half.
About forty boys entered and the
scores were excellent. considering that It
was q difficult course for them to play.
Showers prevented the American team
from practising to-day, but the players
expect to be on the course at an early
hour tomorrow morning. The Arneri-
cans We're guests to-day at luncheon
given by the Racing Club of France in
the Bots de Boulogne. Mr.. Tilden. re-
spending to a toast TO the American
team, proposed by Pierre GiIlou, Secre-
tarp of the Racing Club, said he hoped
the French team would visit the United
States after the championship matches
at Wimbledon, England. Mr.. Tilden
thanked the French people for the cour-
tesie. hat have been shown the Ameri-
can players visiting France.