New-York tribune., 1921-03-24
Sensational Tennis
Forecast In Battle
For Indoor Honors
lilden, Richards, Voshell
and Anderson to Compete
on 9TH Regiment Courts

tnere are certain to be at least
three or four sensational matches
fought out on the board floor courts
OF the 7th Regiment Armory next week.
during the playing of the mems annual
national indoor lawn tehnis champion
snip tournament, which begins Satur-
day morning. Much will denend. of
course. upon the luck of the draw. in
both singles and doubles, as to how
the players will be matched.
with Tilden, Richards, Voshell and
Frank I. Anderson in the singles draw
snere are certain to be struggles that
Will equal anything in the past history
OF this tournament. Richards defeated
Iliden for the championship in 1919
ana was runner-up to the worlds title
holder last year. Voshell is also a
former champion indoors, while Frank
Anderson has always given Richards
the hardest kind Of match when thev
met.
Play will continue all day Saturday
and Monday and begin at l o'clock in
the afternoon for the rest. of the week.
Entries close at l o'clock this after
noon, when the draw for the singles
will be made.
The promised visit OF Mile. Suzanne
Lengien, of France, the worlds cham
Pion woman player. to this country
during the coming summer will un-
doubtedly have great influence in
arousing interest and iurtherinp the
development of the women's game in
the United States.
Based on her record Of achievement
In her short but truly brilliant career
on the courts, the French girl is one
OF the tennis marvels of all time.
There does not appear to be anybody,
either in this country or abroad, to
compare with her, and she is scarcely
out of her teens.
doubt not but that if Mile. Leng-
len plays in the women's national
champ ionship at the West Side Ten
mis- Club of Forest Hills next August
she will attract one of the greatest
galleries through the week Of play that
ever filed through the gates Of the club.
The American public is always re-
sponsive to the lure of a widely ad-
vertised article, and Mile. Suzanne is
well, long on publicity. Yes, she
|thrives on it, and, quite aside from her
tennis ability, there is certain to be
$50 much interest in the young woman's
personality that hundreds will come to
watch her who never saw a tennis
match before.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, who
Jared so disastrousely at Wimbledon
last year, when she attempted to win
the worlds title, is going to try again
this year, and she will be far better
prepared for her great task. In 1920
the national champion wat far below
her usual form, but this time she will
have the advantage Of several months
of severe training and competition.
1t is probable that Mile Lenglen will
accompany Mrs. Mallory back to the
United States when the latter returns
TO tnis country some time in July, ano
then will follow several weeks Of
tournament play in the big invitation
tournaments that precede the women's
national title event at Forest Hills.
Unless change is made before then
there is bound to be q most unfor-
tunate clash of dates during the week
that the women play at the West Side
club. The official schedule also pro-
vides for the playing Of the annual in
vitation tournament of the Meadow
Club of Southampton at that time and
one or the other Of the tournaments
must inevitably suffer as a conse-
quence, for the men who cover the
tournaments for the newspapers will
nave to decide between the two, with
the result that there will be littl.
publicity for the neglected event. Is it
not possible to correct this by moving
the mems August Journeys ahead one
week.