The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-02-17

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NVTOSIE'SS
HAND
By DAVIS j. WALSH


NEW YORK, Feb. I7.-Helen
Wills tried to do a buck-and-
wing with competitive Paviowa.
when she should have forgotten
her footwork and remembered to-
punch the lady in the nose so TO
speak.
This, somewhat stripped of its
elegance, was the essence of .
post mortem on the Wills Lenglen
meeting, delivered today by one
who has lost to both Of them, to
wit, Mrs. Molla Mallory. To
receipt the bill in full, it may
also be noted that she has won
from both but never went so far
As to make it habitual.
But she once caused Suzanne to
'.resign under fire and. therefore,
can speak without embarrassment.
She did.
Her message was to the general
effect that Helen Wills not only
will continue TO lose to Suzanne.
but will do SO by ever diminishing
totals, unless she alters her tactics
pronto. 1t seems that there is only
one way to defeat the lady OF
France and Helen tried to use all
the others.
The method in question calls for
nothing more elaborate than the
password to pier six: Hit EN- first
n Of nj
.HeIen had nobody to advise
her or she wouldn't have tried to
fence with Mile. LengIen," Mrs.
MALLORY said. fsShe would have
started smuggling wifi the first
exchange and never stopped. Bill
Tilden came to me In 1921 and
told me what to do. when ! first
faced the French girl. He told
me 10 knock the cover off the
bail. did il. The result was
that / won the first set and Mile.
LengIen defaulted after took
the first two points in the second
set.
at seems to me that Helen had
a better chance to win on the hard
courts of southern France tIlan
she viii have later at Wimbledon.
Those held her footwork and in
addition, they have much in COM
mon with her California courts.
'sShe had her big chance on
Tuesday and might have made the
most Of It had she been better ad-
vised. Hard hitting is the only
system by which you can hope to
take the play away from Mile. Len
glen. Helen is noted for her hard
hitting. 1t is suicidal for a slugger
TO try to spar with an expert
boxer"
Georges Carpenter. sitting near
: by, was moved to polite though
somewhat melancholy agreement.
His mind seemed elsewhere, which
was approximately the place he
would have preferred to have had
his chin on that memorable July
2, 1921.
you might say that was like
Helen and Dempsey like Suzanne"
: he observed 1T was my hope to
feint and box with Dempsey. But
he came crowding in upon me,
hwinging a lot of furnishing punches,
and boxing was out Of the. question.
I don't pose as an authority on
stennis, but l think the principal OF
the thing is much the same"
BEAOL1EI, france. Fen. IL
Showing no effects OF the strain Of
her two terrific matches with
Suzanne LIenglen yesterday. Helen
Wills came to Reauiieu this morn
ing to take part in the Bristol
Hotel tournament
The American champion will play
Miss Bamerton at 80 this after
noon, and an hour later she will
meet Miss Wright.
Naturally. / wilt continue play.
ing" Helen said in response to
a question. II see no reason why
shouldn't go on. / shall play in
all Riviera tournaments because
like to play. Senorita Alvarez. the
famous Spanish player, is entered
In the Monte Carlo tournament
next week and am extremely
Ammious TO play her."