The New York herald., 1922-07-09
BRILLIANT TENNIS
wins FOR SUZANNE
French Girl, Surprisingly
Cool, Makes Short Work
Of Match.
FINAL SCORE 6-2, GO
Wonderful Anticipation and
Control of Winner Defeat
American Champion.
FINAL SCORE GO, 60
BY STANLEY n. DOUST.
Veteran Jnterndtionolist.


Special Cable to TIE NEW Yonx HmArA
Copyright. Issf. bv THE NEW YoaK HnALs-
WIMBLEDON. England. July S-The
great match is over In one Of the
most convincing victories Of her ca
reer Mile. Suzanne Lenglen. the
French genius defeated Mrs. Molla
Bjdrstect Mallory on the center court
at Wimbledon to-day. 60. 60. 1t IL
doubtful If she ever played any better.
We must all admit our disappoint-
ment at the comparative ease with
which Mile Lenglen triumphed. On
her showing against Mrs. Beamish in
the semi-final the day before. we all
felt certain that II Mrs. Mallory did
not win she would at least make the
match very close But In the semi
finals she was playing a woman who
rarely varies her game who returns
the ball from near the baseline and
nearly always down the center line.
To-day 1t was different. It was
Suzanne who forced the attack, not
by any superior speed but by her
marvellous placements She was mis-.
tress Of the situation. Her accuracy
excelled anything ] have ever wit
messed. Only once did she fail to re-
turn Mrs Mallory's service. Forced
on the defensive. the American cham
pion made many good and even bril-
liant recoveries of the ball. but her
| strokes lacked sfiup
strokes Parried skiIIfuIIy.
Mile. Lenelep parried strokes with q
fencer's skill until Mrs. Mallory either
erred or was beaten by an unerring
placement. The French girls genius
never was as pronounced as 1t was
| to-day. Her game hordered on the re-
markable and the variety Of her strokes
was a revelation.
In one particular game Mrs. Mallory
had her rival at the net. bringing her
In with half length BALL The Amer
lean woman then shot a beautiful stroke
across that would have passed any
other woman and most men. but by
uncanny anticipation Suzanne was in
the right place 10 volley the ball back
with ease. Mrs. Mallory was on the
ball Hike a hawk and made another
attempt to pass her. but again the shot
was anticipated and Mile. Lenglep
scored an ace
Away from the baseline the French
girl was the superior. She made prac-
| tically no errors In her yolleying. She
seemed 10 know instinctively when Mrs
Mallory intended TO make her well
known cross court drive and she was
always waiting for it
L..
victory is difficult. think Mrs. NAL
lory was more nervous than Suzanne
after they arrived on the court The
pent up excitement and the long wait
seemed to tell on her nerves and it
upset her game. This allowed Mile.
Lenglen 10 establish long lead, and
with 1t the French girl was inspired.
Mile. Lenglen, on the other hand. waa
very nervous while sitting in the COM
petitors' stand during an earlier match,
but by the time her match came around
her nervousness had entirely disap-
peared.
Fathers Presence HeIps.
From the start she showed great de-
termination TO win. Her father was
there ready to stop her IL she tried to
retire. He has great influence over
her, and she knew she had to 60
lhiOuEU WIN ~ WIN DSyClOlORlCal
support she controlled the ball so well
that she could vary pace at win. In the
course OF the long rallies-whlch were
more frequent then have ever seen in
woman's match--she often sent the
ball to the same spot, but always with
different pace. Her remarkable varia-
tion Of length also won my admiration.
She deliberately lured Mrs. Mallory TO
the net, then skilfully lobbed over her
head or passed her. On the other hand
Mrs. Mnllory's volleying was distinctly
soft. Not once did she score with this
stroke.
There f. no question that ns they
played to-day Mrs. Mallory was out
classed. She played very pluckiy In
deed. but unfortunately could not do
herself justice. She happened 10 meet
Mile. Lenglen when the latter was at
her best.
There was no sign OF bitterness be-
tween the players at any time. The only
noticeable indication OF any existing
feeling between the opponents was the
fact that when they crossed over on
the odd games they always passed on
opposite sides Of the court.
Gerald L. Patterson OF Australia de-
feated his fellow countryman. James
o. Anderson, in the mems singles semi
inal and viii meet Randolph Lycett for
the title. Service dominated the whole
match and Patterson excelled In that
respect. Anderson double faulted In tho
costliest manner. while Patterson was
guilty Of double faults only when he
could afford TO take chances.
Neither player came up 10 expecta-
tions. Many mistakes we're made off tho
back hand. Both have their own methods
of bringing off back hand stroke. but
both are equally weak In this depart
ment There were few long rallies
And erson kept close to the base line,
while Patterson came 10 the net success
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