New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-14
Mile. I-engglen
And Miss Goss
Play1o-naorrow

By Fred Hawthorne

Inc most momentouS Women's tour
nament in the history of lawn tennis
in this country will begin tomorrow
morning on the turf courts of the West
Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills. Bv
the time the last point in the final
round match Of the singles has been
won and lost we shall know definitely
whether our greatest players are pre-
eminent on the courts or whether Mile.
Suzanne Lcnglen of France is to retain
her place as the worlds most Wonderful
woman player.
The 1.-THE French girl, whose fame
has gone round the world wherever
tennis is played, will be the magnet
to draw great crowds to Forest Hills
neat week. Many of these will be
regular followers OF the game; others
will be players. but the great major
ity, no doubt, will be led thither by
curiosity, the normal human desire to
see with their own eyes this girl who
set all France aaame by her remark
able exploits, by her unending string
Of victories over all opponents, and
by her fascinating personality.
The Lenglen' sways her tennis
sudiences as Bernhardt, the obi
vine Sarah" holds her listeners in the
orchestra and pit. 4. France devoutly
believes in the invincibilty of Mile.
Suzanne, as it did in the ability Of
Georges Carpenter before his disas-
trous meeting with Dempsey last
month. And now the world is to have
its answer to the question: as Lenglen
superior to all other women tennis
81 10
Great Test at Start
The luck Of the draw has placed
the French worlds champion in the
lower half and, furthermore, she is
bracketed in a quarter that will con-
her greatest test right at the start.
If she comes through the first two
rounds of play successfully then her
chances OF going through the classic
field, to add the American title to her
illustrious list of triumphs. will be
greatly enhanced.
In her srst match Mile. Lcnglen will
play Miss Eleanor Goss, conqueror of
Miss Mary K. Browne at Seabright last
week, while in the adjoining brackets
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, nation
oerstein Jessup, national doubles cham
pion with Miss Goss.
Miss Goss showed in her sensational
defeat of Miss Browne last Thursday,
on the Seabright turf, that she has
finally reached within striking distance
of her topmost flights of tennis bril-
lance. Severity that is not equalled
by any other woman player in this
country backed up by aggressive volley-
ing and smashing, and apparently un-
limited sources of reserve strength -
\ w q
West Side girl moved down the star
who had held the national title on
three different occasions.
Will she he able to humble this
modern maid of France, who comes
overseas in quest Of new worlds to
conquer? Tomorrow must supply the
answer. have never seen Mile. Lenglen
in action, but / am inclined to believe
that the type Of game played by Miss
Goss may be more difficult for the
worlds champion to meet than
softer, less versatile game.
Mrs. Jcssup Dangerous
Supposing, however, that the French
marvel takes the measure of Miss
Goss, "a the following day she must
face either her old rival, Mrs. Mallory.
or Mrs. Jessup IN the second round
Mrs. Mallory has already yielded TO
Mile Suzanne, and last week she de-
fented Mrs. Jcssup at seabrght, so 1t
does not look as though this second
match should be as difficult as the
first for the fair visitor. Mrs. Jessup' 3
game is we'll rounded and speedy, and
her volieying tactics and her ability
to work in changes Of pace might
bother lM.le. Suzanne more than the
steady back-court tactics of Mrs. NAL
lory.
Whatever happens in those frst two
crucial tests, it is certain that Mile.
Lcngen will have undergone the sever
est part Of her struggle for our ma
tional title If she survives them. Fol-
lowing these two matches, she will get
a breathing space, with no serious OBJ
staclcs between her and the final round
bracket.
IN the mean time, on the other side Of
the draw, the leading contenders will
be Mss Browne and MES. May Sutton
Bundy. Until her downfall at tho hands
Of Miss Co.'S last week, | believed Miss
Browne would prove Mile. Lenglen's
most dangerous opponent in America
still believe the little Californian
would make the best showing for Amer
lea were shc to recover her form of