New Britain herald., 1927-08-22
BEGINS CONQUEST
 TO REGAIN TITLE
Helen Wills Starts Play at
 Forest Hills Today
By HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan Correspondent
 New York. Aug. z2-Miss Helen Wills, the first of the increasing numbers of "unomcial American ambassadors to Europe will begin on tho turf courts at, Forest Hills today her conquest to win back the American national tennis cham pionship.
 Before Bobby Jones and the fiiers had been extolled as agents grasping tho hands across the well known sea, Helen Wills started selling the United States to Europe and she is just back from another selling trip which won for her the Wimbledon championship in which were entered all the greatest anna teur players in the world.
 If she wins at Forest Hills this week she will be the undisputed champion of the world-and a most popular one.
 There still remains Mile. Suzanne Lenglen to dispute the claim but Mile. Lenglen is no longer a mem- Der of the amateur family and some good authorities such as Miss Mary K. Browne are of the opinion that the young American girl could beat the French star with the game she is now playing.
 So we'll is she playing that she Is a prohibitive favorite to regain the title that is now held by the veteran Mrs. Molla Mallory.
 There are others besides Mrs. Mallory in the field of entries. There are, for instance. the British girls. explained by Mrs. Kitty Nc Kane Godfree, one of the greatest players in the game; Miss Kea Bouman, the Dutch champion, and other good American players like Miss Helen Jacobs and Miss Eleanor Goss
 The foreign players, however, are not in the best of condition as a result of the terrible weather ot recent weeks and their game nat urally cannot be at its best. Miss Bouman is in such bad condition she may be unable to start and if she does she can't go very far.
 Mrs. McKane has been suffering from a severe cold and has been here such a short time that she hasn't had the chance to get sufi- cient practice. Her teammates. Betty Nuthall, the child of Vim l1.dap end C~oo5o1,,r ctorr1y or. formidable players, but they lack the experience and the "feel' of the West Side club courts to make them dangerous.
 The form-or lack of form--that the British team showed in the Wightman cup matches indicated that Miss Wills and Mrs. Mallory are the class of the field and that the championship swings between them.
 Considering the sweep that Miss Wills made through Europe and the poor success Mrs. Mallory had there and in her matches when she returned to this country, the young former champion might be regard ed as a cihch.
 Mrs. Mallory, however, may have played herself back on to the top of her game. She played like a champion in the Wightman cup matches and her game was a reve- lation to those who had counted her out. But they have been count ing Mrs. Mallory and Billy Johr- ston out for years.
 Miss Wills, however. has been taking 1t easy since she returned from Europe to forestall any dan ger of becoming over-tennised and it may have some effect upon her game. She has been practicing a lot and those who have seen her and played against her express the opinion that she is greater than she ever was and that means lot.
 Granting that she has all the class she seems to have, Miss Wills ill not have a walk through because Mrs. Mallory is one of the games most courageous fighters and she can still play a little tennis.
 Miss Wills is the bet. however.