San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31
LENGLEN OUT.
Of TOURNEY
AT NICE
French Star Has Fit Of
Temperament and
Withdraws.
BY FREDERICK ABBOTT.

CANNES, Jan. 30.-Riviera ten
mis- circl. a.e ablaze with rumors
and gossip.
Mile. Suzanne Lenglen has with
drawn from the singles in the Nice
tournament next week.
Rumor says Suzanne is in pretty
rage at the Riviera tennis fans and
withdrew from the Nice singles to
show them they can't criticize her
without losing the opportunity of
seeing her play.
Saturday morning it was announced
that Mile. Lenglen would play in
the Nice tournament and Miss Wills
would not.
MADE HER MAD.
Gossips became busy and immedi-
ately began whispering that Suzanne
only decided to play at Nice after
she had learned Miss Wills would
not play. This gossip was said to
have deeply incensed Suzanne and
she sent in her withdrawal.
Another version of the story is that
Mile. Lenglcn only entered the singles
because she wanted to meet Miss
Wills and when she discovered that
the California girl was not going to
play she decided to save her own
strength.
Most of the wiseacres here think
that Miss Wills made wise decision
when she failed TO enter the Nice
singles, because the grooved ball is
used in that tournament. They de-
clare she would reduce her chances
against Suzanne by one-half if she
played with the grooved ball.
HELEN UNUSED TO 1T.
Proponents of Suzanne, however.
say the grooved ball performs as well
for one player as for another.
Miss Wills herself answered this {:
81 am terribly sorry, but I simply
cannot play with the grooved ball they
issue at Nice. 1t is a much slower
ball than / am accustomed to use. l
couldn't risk it, for Suzanne has been
raised on the grooved ball."
The question now is whether
Suzanne and Helen will meet at all
on the Riviera. The odds are they
will not. If Suzanne is half as angry
as it is reported she is, it is pretty
certain she will not give Riviera fans
the treat Of appearing against Miss
Wills for them.
PLENTY OF CHANCES.
If Miss Wills and Mile. Lenglen do
not meet on the Riviera they may
meet in a Paris tournament in the
spring. Or they may meet at Vim
bledon. There are, however, long shot
players here who are willing to bet
that Suzanne and Miss Wills will not
meet this year.
The California girl advanced sew
eral stages in the Gallia tournament
Saturday. She played loosely against
Mrs. Haylock of England to win by
81. GO, and with her partner. Jack
Hillyard, she swept over two sets of
opponents in the doubles.
Miss Wills said she would certainly
enter the Carlton tournament at
Cannes, and in the singles if her
health permits.
HARD TO PIN DOWN.
Suzanne is very hard to pin down
as to whether or not she intends to
play in the Carlton tournament.
"Oh, Ill enter the Carlton tourna-
ment all right" she assured the In
ternational News Service over the
telephone from Nice, but those who
know Suzanne say that statement
means nothing.
The Riviera fans demand that the
two stars meet on the Riviera. One
well known tennis promoter said to
the International News Service:
IF they don't get together at the
Carlton Club it will be a question to
find out which one is trying to dodge
the other"