The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-08
FRENCH GIRL
TAKES TILT
WITH MOLLA
American Champion Is
Bested in Straight
Sets, 6-2, 60.
picture Of Winner on Back Page.)

Wimbledon Stadium, July g.
-(By the Associated Press.)-
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen Of
France today successfully de.
Tended her title rs worlds
woman tennis champion by de.
feating Mrs. MOlla Bjurstedt
Mallory, American champion,
In the final round Of the inter.
national grass court tennis
tournament The score was
g. 60.
Mile. Lenglen's victory came
after a brief, tense struggle,
marked by the coOlness with
which. the French champion
played her game and the brill
liancy Of her all around per.
fOrmanoe.
Suzanne was q victor from
the outset, taking the first set
with comparatively little trOu.
BILE, 6-2, and walking away from
her American rival In the Sec
Ond set without allowing her
opponent . game.
The French girls display of su-
perfine tennis in the second set
transformed Mallory gallery into
Lenglen one and the winner got
deservedly great ovation for her
wonderful display Of strokes ant
supreme control of her nerves.
The match lasted 20 minutes. The
only games Mrs. Mallory got were
the second in the first set, when
she was serving. and the fifth, with
her opponent serving.
Wimbledon, July 8.-(4:05 p. m.)
BY the Associated Press.)-With
the match between Suzanne Len
glen and Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
due to be played between five and
$50 O'Clock, rain falling during
the third set of the Patterson An
derson match in the mems singles,
and the outlook was not rosy for
the return of the fine weather OF
the early afternoon. The crowds
all donned waterproof coats, many
raised umbrellas and the suspense
over the delay became intense.
Mile. Lenglen arrived on the
Wimbledon grounds at $3.50 O'Clock
and at 4 o'clock she entered the
competitors stand just in front OF
the press box. There had E
widespread inquiries throughout
the afternoon over her non-appear-
ance early.
Play Suspended.
She chatted and laughed wien
young Cochet, the French star, and
with Jean BOrotra. and then climb
ed over the seats, becoming the
center of an animated group as the
tarpaulin was brought out and
play suspended.
During the rain Mrs. Mallory,
down stairs in the basement, chat
ted gaily with a group of friends.
but it seemed evident that both
Molla and Suzanne. who had not
seen each other at the stadium,
we're feeling a little nervous strain.
Interest in the outcome was in
tense, due in a large measure to
the controversy regarding the abil-
ity Of the two players which has
ragged on both sides of the Atlantic
since last August, when Mile. Leng-
len defaulted to Mrs. Mallory after
the loss of one set in their match
at Forest Hills, N. Y.
Mrs. Mallory Arrives Early.
Mrs. Mallory arrived on the
gound early in the afternoon for
the fray, but as late as $3.50 o'clock
there was no sign Of news of the
whereabouts of her opponent. Mile.
Lenglen's manager. however, de-
clared there was no question about
her appearing in time for the
match.
Every available foot of space was
occupied, and thousands of tennis
enthusiasts struggled vainly at the
gates for admission. AS early as
4 O'Clock this morning a line began
to form at the gate and by 7 O'Clock
huge crowd was awaiting admis-
sion.
The sky had partly cleared by
the end of the mems double match,
which was won by Washer and
Warson, Sc, rs, 6-2, Ga.
Immediately after the match was
finished Anderson and Patterson
appeared. Anderson was followed
by his kangaroo mascot. The out
burst of mirth was repeated mo-
ment later when O'Hara Wood
came out with Patterson's yellow