New Britain herald., 1926-02-18
TENNIS STARS MAY
 MEET ONCE AGAIN
Two Girl Champions Are Entered in Nice Tournament Next Month

Nice, Feb. IS dPl--All the tennis sharps along the Riviera are await ing another match in singles between Suzanne Lcnglen and Helen Wills. And 1t noW seems highly probable hat they will not wait in vain. The prospects are that the two girl champions wall come together again in the Nice tournament next month, Suzanne asserts that she surely will play in the singles, and Miss Wills already has announced that she will carry out her Riviera pro- gram. which embraces the tourna- ment next month in Suzannc's home town. Both girls rested yesterday from their strenuous efforts of the preceding day at Cannes, where the French champion was victorious in q hard match over the American tlueholder,
 Why shouldn't be nervous" Mile Longlen asked the correspond ont last night. as she reclined in a rcstful position in her cozy little Louis NV style room. Do you think am made of wood? Bullet-hcaded prize ightcrs--and don't mean 10 in cludc Jack Dempsey in that class without nerves and stolid, even lose sleep on the eve of great fight Was there ever match advertised as much as mine with Miss WilIs
 Were we not treated like two prize
 I 6 down 10 the bill postrrs?"
 Asked why she had excepted Dempsey. Suzanne replied
 "I had lunch with Dempsey and
 his wife while they were in Paris.
 He Is q gentleman, and she lady.
 Surrounded by gold and silver
 trophies she has won in her tennis
 matches and by hundreds of tele-
 gams and other messages ot con-
 graduation, the French girl then be- came animated in her conversation Her first question was as 10 how
 Miss Wills was feeling, and when told she too was resting and had obtained a postponcment Of her sln' glcs match at Beauliou. Suzanne said with much sympathy in her voice;
 Poor little girl. l know how il feels. Look at me, I've stayed III
 bed all day, But I'm getting to be an old woman. while shes mere
 child. I will be o7 peAt May
 Continuing the French girl de
 plared Helen q good sport and added
 that if she ever lost her title there
 was no one 10 whom she would
 rather lose 1t than the California , girl. Suzanne seemed to increase , her animation as she talked, ant Papa Lenglen cautioned her not tf
 get excited. Then as tears welled 1T
 her eyes he begged her not to cry = "You'ro q good little girl: you arc l all right" declared the devoted ! father as he strokcd suzanne's hair [ 4 little later on Suzanne declared ! that she was not so conceited as tc 7 think she would not be hnatcn sonlc { time. This seemed 10 depress h"' | somewhat, and NJ. Lcnglcn puller c the covcrlet up around her and toll
 her she should try to get li'tI'
 sleep.
 " Outside the room NJ, Lenglcl O spokc of an offer of s20,00o he ha' Q received from an American promot T CT for Suzanne 10 play five matche |, as n professional in the Unite d States. He said he would like to as '- sure Suzanne's future against want 'e the family was comfortably fixed " but not rich. and he was getting ole
 "Twcnty thousand dollars is q 10 .f of francs, and it would be wealth 10 !, my little girl" said N. Iengl"n, "hu '' we cannot turn professional; t"nn' ,S is not boxing. Suzanns would nc
 hear Of it."