Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-22

II consider the French open cham
ptonshipS and Wimbledon more i'm
portant than Riviera tennis" declared
Suzanne. Il now have met and de-
feated Miss Wills, and l am sure no
one can say l am afraid to meet her.
I will be pleased 10 face her under
circumstances more appropriate for
tennis than those under which our
match on Tuesday last was played
Miss Wills will have two other
chances to meet me within six
months. That should be enough. Al
any rate, l would rather play on grass
courts, for instance, Wimbledon"
Suzanne was informed of yesterdays
victory of Miss Wills over Mrs. Sat
terthwaite,- the English woman, who
IS conceded one Ct the best players at
present along the Riviera. The
French girl asked for the scores, and
when she was informed that it was
6-1, 6-1, said: THAT is very good
indeed That is about the same score
as l beat Mrs. Satterthwaite.
Experts are of the opinion that the
brand of tennis Miss Wills showed
against Mrs Satterthwalte yesterday
was the best any woman player mas
shown. She played real champion
ship tennis, both at the net and on the
base line.
Now Regarded as Even.
The gamblers, who wagered five to
one against Helen last Tuesday. now
are Offering even money on her next
match with Mile. Lenglen. All OF
them feel that this is Helens year
and that the championship VIII cross
to America.
at is a good thing that Borotra and
Ia Costa have just shown that France
can hold her own with American man
nlayers," said an official of the tennis
federation today, referring to the VIC ,
tories of the Frenchmen in the COW
cred court tennis matches IN Ne"
York, because l have grave fears OF
the woman's championship sApplhs
away from US.
one of Mile. Lenglen's greatest re
grets at not being able to play IN the
singles Of the Nice club IS that
meeting there with Miss Wills would
have meant more than million
francs in gate receipts for the CLUB:
of which her father is the general
secretary. The club was founded 40
wears ago and has just spent a mil
lion francs to build a new clubhouse.
Although it now appears deLnney
settled that Mile. Lenglen and Miss
Wills will not meet in a singles match y
before June at St. Cloud, they VIII
face each other across the net again
at Monte Carlo next Saturday III play
for the Beaumont cup for national
doubles pairs.
Mile. Lenglen will have Dbl Nlasto
as her partner, and they are consid-
cred almost certain to reach the final
Miss Wills is paired with Nine. Aesch-
liman, the former Leslie Bancroft OF
Boston, who the French officials de-
clare retains her American tennis ma
tionality although married TO
Swiss The Americans are second
choice out of the 16 pairs entered for
the cup, which is offered by Commo-
dore Louis d. Beaumont of Texas.
The rules of the match specify that
each pair of women must be of the
same nationality There has been
some argument over Mrs. Aeschli-
mans Americanism, but the tennis
powers have ruled that she is eligible
to play as an American.
Showing More Spirit.
The demeanor of Miss Wills on the
courts has completely changed since
her battle with Mile. Lenglen. Her
former sober face now is continuously
wreathed with smiles. She displayed
more spirit in her match with Mrs.
Satterthwaite yesterday than at any
time during her five weeks of play on
the Riviera.
Previously the american girl was
never heard to say a word when
passed by a clever shot, but when
Mrs Satterthwaite scored, her praise
for her opponent rang out in a sonor
Gus, hearty and sincere good shot!'