Evening star., 1926-10-15

Helen Wills may approach her
does in fact; and it is our belief
| that Little Poker Face might best
her perhaps two times out of ten
| but the other eight times. Suzanne
! would be complete mistress of the
situation. She is an acrobat, an
athlete and canny strategist. all
| rolled in one. Such combination
(and add to it an unerring eye)-is
we'll nigh unbeatable. Certainly
Suzanne Lenglen is one in a genera
ton. if not in a century. She stands
alone.
The exhibition last night was dis
appointing in that the little Cali
fornian who faced the French girl in
the feature match obviously was off
her game to an extent which caused
her to put up much less impressive
showing than she has done at any
of her previous meetings. Mary X.
opened the match with a double
fault and exhibited a liStlesSneSs
throughout wholly unlike her Three
times she had opportunities to score
and each went for nothing. In the
third game the score stood at deuce
on the American girls service. but
two costly errors saw that opportu-
nifty slip by. In the second set. Mary
led Suzanne at 0-40. with the
Partisan serving. This was her best
chance to annex a game. Suzanne
served deceptive ball which the
Californian netted on the 4th point;
the fifth. Mary could have had with
a side-line drive. but the ball tipped
the tape and rolled back onto the
hl.nn
quick points for the game.
Late in the set, Miss Browne again
held the advantage with but one point
between her and the game. A trap
shot failed to clear the net and her
hopes died. Nine times out ten the
little Californian would have scored
on this shot. which is one of her best.
The costumes worn by both players
were exceptionally attractive, Miss
Browne appeared in white sport
coat which completely covered her
simple white crepe de chine tennis
dress-a sleeveless affair which hung
straight from the shoulders with a
| narrow belt around the hip and
groups of plaitS on the side. Her
| only touch of color came from two
pink rosebuds pinned in the lapel of
| her wrap.
| SuSdILle, pN tOnIIdSl. was Il OStSii
| ing combination of white and burnt
| orange in the opening match. Toss
| ing off a tan wrap Of knee length and
a rich scarf of orange hue. as she
| entered the court, she revealed a long
| sleeved silk sweater of the same
| shade, white skirt and orange head
band of her characteristic style
! After a little warming up, Lengler
removed the long-sleeyed sweater
under which she wore a sleeveless
| jersey of the same shade. Shortl!
after play began this, too, came off
revealing a simple white tennis slil
| similar to the one worn by her op
| ponent-eXcept that the Americans
had a turned back collar and Leng
! lens was Collarless.
! Suzanne'S grace is indeScribable
| She seems to float on air, SO lightly
does she skim the ground as she
| dashes about to meet the ball. Ir
the mixed doubles encounter which
closed the program she was particu
| larly spectacular. At the net she re-
covered most impossible shots. strik
ing unconventional poses not described
! In any manual of correct positions,
! which would have been awkward in
any one else. but which were each a
| picture of amazing grace as struck
| by the fair net wizard
For the mixed doubles Lenglen ap
peared in white dress with a sweater
and head band of leaf-green. The
| sleeveless sweater which she did not
remove for this encounter, together
with the ribbon about her dark head
harmonized perfectly with the greer
surface of the court, forming an at
| tractive picture with the men in spot
less white. Miss Browne did not
participate in this event as originally
planned. Lenglen and Vincent Rich
! ards played Harvey Snodgrass anG
/ Paul Ferret. French star.