The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-08-17
FRENCH CHAMPION
OUT OF CONTEST
Physical Collapse Of Mile. Suzanne
Lenalen compels Her to
Withdraw.

FOREST HILLS. N. Y. Aug. To-
The physical collapse of Mile Suzanne
Lenglen, of Paris, France, holder of
the worlds women tennis champion
ship, furnished a dramatic climax to
the second round of the United States
annual women's tennis championship
tournament on the courts of the West
Side Tennis club here today.
The French racquet wizard who ar
rived In this country last Saturday.
heralded as the greatest exponent of
he court game in the feminine do
main, after being decisively defeated
by score of six games to two in her
opening match against Mrs. MolIa
Bjurstedt Mallory, present American
title holder, collapsed in a chair along
side the referees stand and defaulted
her match after losing the first two
points Of the first game Of the second
set.
Mile. Lenglen's sudden capitulation
to a renewal of her attack of bron-
chltis and the powerful and aggres-
sive play of Mrs. Mallory left gall
lery of some eight thousand specta-
tors stunned into absolute silence.
Mrs. Mallory won the first two
games at point scores of Az in most
convincing fashion. Mile Lenglen ap-
peared to open her play in slow and
hesitating fashion. In the third game
she increased both her speed afoot and
stroke, winning after deuce had been
called twice and 1t was then that close
observers noticed that she was begin
ming to cough. The fourth game was
quickly won by the American champ
ionship holder while the fifth went to
Mile. Langlen after one deuce round.
With the score 32 games in her favor,
Mrs. Mallory quickly ran out the set,
winning the last three games by point
scores of Az. 5-3, AZ, for total of
80 points to "a and six games to two.
The French woman opened the sec
ond set on her own service driving
out after a short rally and then dou-
BILE faulting. At this point she APP
peared to hesitate on the back line
before taking her service position and
then walked across the court to the
referees stand. She sank into a chair
and after a moments indecision, Mrs.
Mallory also walked to the rapidly in
creasing group and a moment later
was seen to shake Mile. Lenglen's hand
perfunctorily and hurry across the
turf to the club house. Mile. Langlen
with towel held at her mouth and
in a violent spasm of coughing which
caused the tears to ron down her face,
was quickly assisted to the club house
and shortly after to her private apart
ments in a nearby hotel while the of
fetal announcement was made that
she had defaulted her match with Mrs
Mallory and withdrawn from the sim
giles tournament.
y A far more brilliant, slillful and in
teresting contest preceded the inter-
national play In which Mrs. b. f. Cole
OF Boston defeated her townswoman,
Miss Leslie Bancroft, 81, 81, Sc.
In the other singles games OF the
day both Miss Mary Browne OF Santa
Monica, California, three times champ
ion OF the United States, and Mrs.
Nay Sutton Bundy of Los Angeles,
won in easy and impressive fashion.
These two Pacific Coast stars, who,
with Mrs. Mallory, were the outstand-
ing hopes in the expected rush OF the
French player. are now expected to
fight out among themselves the
championship Of 1921. although on the
form showed today Mrs. Cole and Mrs.
c. ". Hitchins OF Mexico City. former
Mexican champion, cannot be elm
mated from the field of possible win
ners.
Mile. Lenglen tonight announced her
withdrawal from participation in the
doubles match here. She was sched-
uled to play the first round doubles,
paired with Mrs Mallory, but she
teIegraphed the American champion
that her illness would make it i'm
possible.