The New York herald., 1922-06-27
KINGSCOTE VICTOR
AT WIMBLEDON NET
Defeats Godfree French Player
Between Showers on Tarpau-
lin Covered Court.
BY STANLEY n. DoUsT,
Veteran InternotsonaIst.

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK dERALp.
Copyright, 1893, oy THE New York HrHALD'
WIMBLEDON, June 26.-Owing to al
most continuous rain play In the ten
mis- championships to-day was possible
only between showers and in the
center court, which was covered by
huge tarpaulin. Only two matches
were decided. The privilege Of hit
ting the first ball fell to Godfree. who
with It won the first point when
Kingscote netted. Godfree thereupon
pocketed the ball. which he undoubt-
edly will treasure as a souvenir of the
historic occasion.
proceeded to commit three double faults,
the game going to Kingscote. who con-
t!nued to excel. and won s-1, e-3,
Go.
There was nothing to It but Kings
cote. who will need some watching this
season. You in America saw him with
the British Davis cup team In 1914. IL
we beat Australia. which is not an In
possible feat. Kingscote will be sent
against w. T. Tilden in America.
Asthalter, an American residing In
London, partnered ". c. Crawley and
| bent Gore and Riscley. both interna-
tionalists some eighteen years ago and
whose combined ages total 80, by 6--2
60. s-4. The veterans made some do
lightful strokes, but with Crawley in his
hest form ana the American smashing
brilliantly they kept the older men on
m. run and quickly wore them down.
After the first set 1t was raining hard
and play was stopped 1t was after SIX
before 1t was possible 10 resume. AS ,,
thalter served strongly and brought OH
some f,ne backhand volleys.
| Cochen Plays To-day.
Attractive fare is promised for to-
r,orrow with Cochen, the brilliant
vounr Frenchman. making his first ap-
pearance in England with Crawley as
| h,s opponent, while Anderson viii meet
Mathey and Gamer are in different
halves Of tho draw. The former mas
been playing very well in practice ana
/ !. arpccted to beat Washer OF Belgium
Caner IA not yet acclimatized and may
have hard roing On all sides thore
are expressions of regret that Tilden II
not hero to play through, not only for
personal reasons--for wo ike I1ioen-
hut because I think America should Dc
represented by its strongest player.
| n has to be admitted that the wom-
ems singles were more engrossing than
the mems. The personalities OF Mile.
suzanne Lenglen and Mrs. Mallory. who
cannot meet except in the finals, have
created unprecedented interest the
clash between these will certainly draw
the largest crowd that ever has wit
messed a tennis match in England. we
ali are glad that Mile. Lenglen has
made up her mind to play. 1t Is stated
that she has had palpitation Of the
heart now and then-mostly when her
opponents scored fame. However that
may be. she looks splendid and Is play
ing magnificently. In the women'f
doubles and mixed doubles there has
been no question OF Mile. Lenglen's
health, yet these can prove strenuous
enough to affect any one who suffers
from palpitations.
Mile. LenRlen in Foym.
Suzanne will meet Miss McKane
England's most brilliant player. In the
second rOund. TneSe Two met IN tns
! hard court championships at Brussels
during the recent heat wave. The Eng
lish girl led. 5-4 and 40-f5. but even
tually lost the set. 10-s. I won't bt
surprised II Miss McKane reverses thii
decision on the grass courts to which
. she Is more accustomed.
Mrs. Mallory didn't do herself justice
on Saturday against Mrs. Beamish. Sh,
is almost sure to reach the finals.
think. She is n great player and ha,
charming personality. Her chic
fault is lack. of concentration. espe
cially when she has established lead
She becomes ragged generally and lett
up when she Is ahead, but think q
che meets Mile. Lenglen there will b'
nothing but determination. Judging b,
her attitude, I am certain she will
give Suzanne no quarter. II they d.
meet what a match II will be.