Imperial Valley press., 1926-02-16
SUZANNE DEFEATS E. !.
AMERICAN FLASH
IN TWO MATCHES
Continued from Page 1.)

She pulled herself together and took
J he ,rad By Wiuaipg the fourth and
fifth games at love. The American
girl rallied again and took The sev-
cnth game but Nile. LeHgIcn ten
ran out the fast 5e5 j-3 wIla p0in,
score Of 80 to her opponents 5 II.
The break in fortune that gave
! Nhe. lcD2.tn me fIr,5 set o3vioas,y
strengthened her faith bet thc loss
had no yis.bc effect uutn N -
Wills
Sha fought oven hardcr in the
second and had the gallery in q
! areH<. ~ cue DMc n.cH .6e haa
/ n lead Ct FIVE to ty21. but She
| lacked the balance and the control
i her opponent aJG could not WiH
thc deciding game. The pack thu.
VI !c. Leng.cn displayed III coming
from ,chtHd 20 win the sci and
match disprovcd any belief that she
; otlv ''front ianucr.
Fireworks ana dramatics marked
IT. 1.rlsH OF &c cyu ..utmg -.
Mile. Lcng,cn became furious when
he umpire ovcrra.cu dcclsiom o.
he lncsmcn thai enabled Miss WI
20 deuce the match at 6-'i. The
blood rushed 20 Ecf face and she
shot an angry glance toward Gcorae
Hillvard, the British umpire. She
numbicd something under breath
and looked to the gallery for sym
pathy.
She seemed to be On the point OF
retiring, then suddenly rushed back
10 her position. Started smashing the
ball with angry ferocity and over
whelmcd the Young American. Miss
Wills was very tired when she lcft
the court and was troubled with u
Slight nose bleed.
Il am absolutely disgHsted with
everything that has happened here,
Mile. Lenglcn said after the match
- haven t said my last word about
the officials.
Miss Wills was in much better
mood. She smiled when her friends
gathered around her and fenced off
any offers of sympathy.
''Gt was an enjoyable match,
She said. "Mllc. Lcnglen is Just as
good as | thought she was
Mrs. G. y. WINS. mother of tho
defeated girl, presented the Lady
Wavertree cup to the winner and tho
Duke Of Conuaught presented the
several other trophies that were of
fcred. Miss Wills stood by smiling
gfaciously when MI. Lenglen wa>
.rowncd with Il wreath f flowers
nd horc eff On the shoulders Of
her admirers.
The drcis en- that caused the cor
troversv was made on a ball which
the linosman called an out and
which apparently ended the set in
Me. LCnglcn s favor at -. The
umpire. however, ruled that the bal
was inside and the point Went TO
Miss Wills, who then dcuccd the set !
Mile. Lcuglen carried Ler attack |
against the weakness that ali the !
critics had picked out in the Amer |
lean girl 5 game-her lack of speed |
afoot. Miss Wills had 20 chase !
,u much around the court she WIS /
lmpiug in the second set and seem
ed to be hampcrcd by a weak knee.
She suffered lght cut on the
knee when she fell during her semi
final match yesterday.
Crowds hatt,ed at the gates to get
into the stands before Q o clock and |
hundreds failed to gain admittancc.
Many stood on the tops of expensive
automobiles and pecred over the
fences.
After Mile. Lcnglcn had been
adorned with flowers and laden with
trophies, the gallery turned its At
tention to Miss Wills and gave her
one of the greatest demonstrations
II foreign athlete had ever been hon,
orcd with in this country.
For at luaSt ten minutes she was
cheered and wells in college fashion
were shouted for her and California
The ovation completely drowned ont
The demonstration for the winner
and the young American girl lower
ed her head with her white shade
covering her, eyes and an occasional
tear drop glisteuing On her check. }
Her mother put her arm around her
and cumfortcd her but the mother
was fighting tears herself.
c. +. Aeachlmar. her friend and
adviser, aud his wife. the former
Miss Leslie Bancroft of Boston, were
a, her side and they had to fight
back the Americans who stormed to
get near her for q consoling word.
Miss Wills gathered herself to.
gcthcr quickly and when she looked
up She was smiling.
"You are al SO good to me, she
said
One of the biggest surprises of the
match was that Mile. Lcnglcn sue
cccded in outlaSting Miss Wills, who
was generally thought to have twic"
the endurance and strength Of the
French girl.
Miss Wills was badly windcd in
the second set and several times she
had to bend over her racquet while
her opponent waited to serve. Mile.
Leng en- took frequent sips of cham
pagne while changing courts but the
American girl took no stimulant.
The point score for the first
set:
Lenglen .......-......423 4A4 li+-3O-6
Wills ................,..045 002 4ll-l7-3
The point score for the second
set
Lenglcn 500 pa CAB 44l G6-54-s
Wills ....43A All S25 025 44--l7-6I |
is WINNER
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