New-York tribune., 1921-05-24
L re,lcll Tennis
Team Selected
To Oppose u: s.
s'amazeuiIh, the Tricolor's
Most Recent Net Star. MAY
Face Tilden for Trophy
BY Fred tlawthornc

AIt t&DitN FtDOILS from + fdUEe veg
terday, to the effect that NJ lean
Samaaeultn, the new national singles
champion Of TINT country, has been
named rs a member Of the French tran
to play IN the worlds hard court cham
pionship singles, with Andre Colbert,
former champion, may mean much and
it may mean little.
III. Samazeuilh is not known TO inter
national competition, on this side of
the ocean, at least, and his sudden rise
TO fame indicates that France is going
to make a more serious bid FOR the
Davis Cup than was at first believed
Colbert has been regarded as the main
hope of tho French team, but now H.
S2moZenilh looms up as tbs grestest
oasi bility.
team that viii compete at ST Cloud
posed of the following: Singles VI
Colbert ard n. Jean Samazeuilh;
doubles Colbert and W H. Laurcn1z;
T'omen's singles, Miles. Suzarnc Lene
len and GolGing, and in she mixed
doubles, Colbert and Mile. Lenglen and
Laurent and Mile. Golding
Since Samazeuilh's defect Of Colbert
j.; the French championship many fol-
lowers OF lawn tennis in France are
said to believe that the French cham
pion will defeat William r. Tilden, ID,
Of Philadelphia. the worlds turf court
title holder. This prediction is based
or the fact that Colbert defeated TilGer
at 6-~2, 81 II recent practice
match, only to be vanquighed hv Sana-
aeuilh = day or two later.
Foch TO Witness Tourney
Those who know how uotorious1y
careless Tiden is in practice. how
ever, are not worried over his chances
in .eShe hard court tourney. The tour
n;Iaeua will be graced by the presence
of Marshal Ferdinand Foch. hero Of
France, md the ambassadors of the
, United Sc"tes, France, Belgium and
Spain.
The scheduled STAR Of the women !
open tournament on the clay courts OF
The Montclair Athletic Club, at Mont-
clair. n. j.. did not AXE place yesteT-
day afternoon, because Of the rain
Mss Florence Sheldon, chairman Of the
tournament committee, had ,verything
n readiness and had provided every
Il ing except the proper Weather. The
courts were so soaGcd. owever, that
Sic finally decided it would te iInpas-
c;ble to play. and the score or more
o competitors who lad come from this
city caught TIE first available train
back home.
Miss Sheldon announced that play
will begin this morning at 1880 o'clock
promptly, and hat two rounds OF the
singles will be ,nished, which Will re
duce the orig, al field of fifty to q
will be devoted to play in the women's
dO1jb eG with aiyfaaT 7,airr 14ayni
Draw Cor First Round
Tie draw is as follows:
LirFt roundmMiss d - Kathorine ForeA and
AlbeFt Hunph ~IeF, a,!Fs Florence Bai.ili
a anoh5r MTs ~. ~ Ir5 ft,s asorga gs N Mr. .J g
Mrs Percy VI iioourn and Miss Ceres Bake
W. Miss Gertrude Hopper and Miss Mar
5Slrst ,il,s kidoer MIS-, Miss Martha Bayard and
Pain and partner. Miss Clare Cassel and
MSS MARI wagner vs. Mrs. r. C. Miller
Roy and Mrs l.. G. Morris Mrs G. b
Stanwi& and MICS Helen simpson vs. Mrs
Ms Norman Dunn,ng and Mtss Beatrice
ThTockrorto on vs. Miss Caroline Robinson
and Miss Louise Cattus.
The British Isles team, having won
its first two matches against Spain yes
Celuay AT Hendon, seems almost certain
to come through and meet Australasia.
in the expected event that the Antipo-
deans defeat Canada. And so we wend
our merry way TO the challenge round
at Forest Hills on September ., 5 and ).
a very large announcement card for
a very small person came through the
mai. to-day, stating that Miss Jane Nc
Millen had arrived in this universe on
Thursday May 19. Little Miss Jane
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs James
soon as she selects a racquet that
suits her, we may expect TO see Miss
NcMillen taking up tennis in serious
way Mrs. McMiIlen, before her mar
riage, was Miss Alberta Weber. one
| OF the leading players in the metropoli-
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