Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-30
ACCEPTS CAPTAIN DE JoANNIs'
 RESIGNATION FROM FEDERATION

Paris, Nov. 2S.-CBy The A. P.)-The French Lawn Tennis Federation today accepted the resignation of Captain AL bert De JOannis as a member and as vice president of that organization. The res ignation of Captain De Joannis who was manager for Nile Suzanne Lenglen, the French woman tennis champion, on her trip to America last summer was tend cred last Sunday in protest against the federatiGels condemnation of the United States Lawn Tennis Association for un- justified commentaries upon the sport ing spirit of Nile. Lenglen."
 Accompanying tn. fedora tion's accept ance of the resignation was a resolution s-ating that the French organization had mo -Ta~rel with the United States Lawn Te~n.s fsa7aistion but ohiacted to the urncar rsu~eJ t-rn7s of the highest off c;z, Cf American tennis branding Mile. I.a7-'0v as cTtter"
 'T+a aI due respect to the United 7re-0 c"-- Tennis A s7ciation." said P~e-.7-~t W2i.a- of the French Federa- ton today, we could not pass unnotic- cd t1'e letter written by it's highest of f--~ rne~'v CNar~ing Nile. Lenglen with 'fe5euinE illness
 Tn the faee Of certificates from three 'oc-CrS. one American and two French. '' the official continued we felt that Nile ] ca.lv unit 10 play. We blamed her man. agar for remaining in America when he was convinced that Nile. Lenglens con 6'7ion was unfit fo her to make her best i efforts and We blamed the American as G0c;atton for expressing the judgment i that she was p-a-inr comedy We blamed Nile. EengIen for lack of ] sror+E01ansh:D. but the American Tennis offie.a.s terms vera considered 100 se- l we're. We stand by a cormunidue giv- 1 en out to the press by the American ] committee for devastated France. pub lshed in the American Lawn Tennis ! Journal on September 15, which rec ogntzed that Nile. Lenglen was unfit to 1 p-a--"
 Nile. Lanelen with her mother and father, left Paris yesterday, so that 1t was impossible to reach her today to ob- tain 9 statement. However. a report on file at the federation headrua rters, prepared by one of the most prominent lawyers of Paris on her behalf says Mile. LenEIen absolutely denies havine danced any evening following any match in which she defaulted. The report says,
 however, that she did dance on other ev- entngs because she thought it was good form of training.
 Concerning her alleged refusal to play
 a match with President Harding, a re- port which has been prominently current in French tennis circles Mile Lenrler
 authorized N. Gllou, a vice president of
 tho French federation to say "she was sc
 i'll that day sh3 could not have lifted a
 racket"
 The chief controversial point betweer
 the American and French organizations
 appears to be over the letter said to have
 been written by the chief official of the
 American organization, which the Frencl
 officials say was couched in too em
 phatic terms. The attitude of the Frencl
 officials today was: "We must refer tht
 American public opinion to the com
 munique of the American committee fo
 devastated France which refused to ac cept responsibility for letting Nile. Leng
 len play while the matter vitally concern
 ed her health"