New-York tribune., 1922-05-07

"orid champion. since the sIondl
honors Of the courts.
For the last two years Mrs NaIIorv
mas swept American courts clean She
mas been literally queen Of all she
surveyed vet her greatest dream of
conquest still remained unrealzcd
ne worlds champ mplonship was the goal
Mrs Mallory had set for herself
In 1921 our woman chamn!on won't -
France and entered the hard-court
chsm p1onsh!p singles at st. Cloud, only
20 be declSlvely beaten by Mile Long
len in one of the earlier rounds Rs-
Iusing to be discouraged by this set
back Mrs. Mallory competed in he
curf f-court championship tourney at
historic Wimbledon and again defeat
was her portion this time at the hands
OF MISS Elizabeth Ryan. an American
girI long resident is England. The
struggle was close, Miss RYAN winnjno
IN three sets, only to be defeated by
MiIe. Lenglen in The challenge round
oy the Overwhelming score Of 6-2
Once more had Mrs. Mallorv failed
Of her purpose. Mile. Lenglen an
peared absolutely invincible. vet our
champion refused to be discouraged
over her second setback. She realized
mat she was far from her best on the
NlmDiedon courts, partly through lack
or good physical condition and partlv
because she was unable to gain control
OF her shots on the British turf.
Swept Everything Before Her
few days after the close of the
I'M bledon tournament Mrs. MALLORY
returned to the United States and
swept everything before her in every
tournament in which she was entered
"Vinding up with the winning of the ma
tlonal turf court honors for the ffth
time in her brilliant career.
But greater than this accomplish
ment' IN her eyes, was the result of her
seAsatlonal match with Mile. Lenglen,
VINO had followed Mrs Mallory TO the
Chiteo states. intent upon capturing
our national championship honors.
1t was generally believed by follow
ers of the game in this country that
either Miss Mary K Browne. of Cali
fornla. or Mrs. MAY Sutton Bundv
both former champions, would be the
logical defenders against Mile. Lenc-
len: Mrs, Mallory was not regarded
serl rlousiy-and then came the tourna.
mcnt aud a series of stirring surprises.
singles Mrs. Mallory was drawn against
Nile: Suzanne. tremendous gallery
flanked the championship court, ex-
pectant OF sensational struggle; nor
was IT disappointed in this. The French
girl WAS the picture Of grace in her
footwofk and her execution of strokes
was marvel of skill as the rivals
started TO warm UP before the start of
the match
Ncc Mol
grim determination. never gave even
flleeting glance at the gallery, at the
thousands who were hoping that she
would come forth from the arena tri-
umphant. Her every thought was CON
centrated on one thing, victory. and
she played throughout with sullen
fury and intensity that were quite as
remarkable in their way as Mile. Leng~
lens dazzling skill
The worlds champion began with a
beautiful exhibition of placing, nicking
the lines with shots that wrung en-
thusiastic applause from the gallery,
but Mrs. Mallory was getting every
thing back. and her strokes carried far
more power than the French marvel's
Lead Never Relinquished
Gradually the American girl forged
into lead. lead that was never to be
relinquished, Mile. Lenglen did not
seem to have the power to put over the
finishing shots, whereas Mrs Mallory's
fore and backhand drives were hit with
impressive force After winning the
first set at GO. our champion began
the second set with an even more fierce
attack.
A lorg. hard driving rally from deep
court featured the first point of this
set Mile. Suzanne was fighting now
with her back to the wall! Her strokes
carried more speed at this stage; she
was giving all she had in a last desper-
ate attempt to stem the tide that had
set so strongly, so inevitably against
her.
But it was all in vain. Mrs. Nal
lory was relentless in her forcing tao
tics. meeting speed with greater speed,
and finally she won the point, and
then came the dramatic ending. Mile.
Lengen served weakly, first one fault,
then q double, and then she swayed
or her feet, walked slowly over TO the
umpires chair and announced she could
not continue. that her bronchla cough
that had been troubling her all week
had robbed her Of her last ounce OF
strength.
And so it was that Mrs. Mallory
conquered the girl who has been de
scribcd as the greatest woman player
who ever stepped on a court. have
never changed the opinion formed at
that time. that psychology played
leading part in Mrs, Mallorys tri-
umph. The very intensity. Of the
American girls mental attitude in this
match served, think, 70 worry Mile
Lenglen. and when the French star
realized that she was being defeated;
the shock unnerved her completely and
she suffered physical and nervous
collapse that left her helpless.
As though to prove that her victory
was no huke. Mrs. Mallory went on
through the succeeding rounds to WIN
the title. defeating Mrs. Bundy ard
Miss Browne on successive days and
clearly establishing her position as
the greatest woman player on TINS
continent.
On Eve of Sailing
And now Mrs. Mallory is on the eve
of sailing overseas once more with ,no
worlds championship IS her goal. Ier
nsth 10 the challenge round will be one
beset with many a pitfall. Mrs Lam