New Britain herald., 1921-08-17
MILE. LENGLEN IS <. DEFEATED AT LAST
Mrs. Mallory Downs Famous
 French Girl Tennis Player

Forest Hills, N. r., Aug. 17.-Suzan- ne Lengler, her marvellous record on the tennis courts blemished by defeat for the first time in two years, lay in her sick bed today tragic nguce whose dreams of several years had vanished.
 She came to American expectant of winning the title of United States champion on the Forest Hills court and yesterday when her opportunity to eliminate the title holder Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory came she was not Suzanne the marvellous. She was sick and her dash and accuracy of placement was gone
 Mrs. Mallory playing with a skill she seldom has equalled defeated this French jewel of the court 6-2 in their first set. Then, Suzanne failed to rally at the opening of the second set she walked to the umpire and said:
 Beaten, Then Defaults
 T positively cannot continue. l cannot breathe
 Exhausted by coughing from sud- den recurrence of bronchitis, the French wizard dropped into a chair, and later went to her rooms and Was ordered by physician to rest for at least week. Her manager said he expected Mile Lenglen would be able to participate in the mixed doubles at the Longwood Cricket club, Boston, next week and later fulfill her sched-- uled engagements elsewhere in the United States.
 But her hope of winning the cham pionship has passed. So, too has the marvellous reputation of not havine Lot cof iy,f f1ryo of o,t play.
 Has Won Many Matches
 Mile. Lenglen in these two years conquered every wonman tennis player of note in Europe, won all the national championships in which she partici- pated and acquired the title of world champion through victory at Wimble- don. But in the United States the Wimbledon tournament is not recog- nized as conferring a world title on the victor and so Mile Lenglen anxious o remove all doubh, that her skill was supreme came here to win the American laurels.s @
 She had triumphed over Mrs. Nal lory only few weeks ago in France and last year she defeated a British star who previously had won from Mrs. Mallory. Suzanne expected to de- feat the United States champion again but she warned those who met her on her arrival from France last Saturday that she was a convalescent and wanted to put in an alibi early. Should her ambition fail of achieve ment.
 The French star did not want to play yesterday. Hours before her time to dance on the courts came she told A. R. De Joanis, nis,syice-president of the French Lawn tennis federation, who accompanied her. that she was i'll and should not play. But he Insisted. ask ing Suzanne not to disappoint the thousands who came to see her. sae
 This thought, and her ambition. to win the championship caused her to yield against her expressed wishes, MT. De Joannis said.
 Looked Off Form From the start she was not as ad- vertised. In the first place she wore no sweater when she skipped out to the court. Customa rily Suzanne wears at least two or three of them, peeling them off one by one as the play pro- gresses. And all the heralded tornado on tip-toe stuff was absent too Mile did not piorette. She did not leap high into the air in a thrilling whirl to slash the ball back across the net She appeared bereft of all the dazzling jumps from one end of the court to the other and the f1ashy smashing at tack for which she is famous She rem aimed at the base line running from one side to the other except occasionally she relied on a conserva- tive graceful stroke in all her returns. It was obvious that she was not in her surpassing form.
 Mrs. Mallory on the other hand, ap- peared at the peak of her game, bang ing her racquet at the ball will terri be force.