New Britain herald., 1928-01-11
(DY MINOTT SAUNDERS)
 NEA Service Writer


 Nice, France. Jan. 1l.-suzanne Lenglen remains the worlds great est woman tennis player and could easily defeat Helen Wills or any other woman champion
 But Suzanne will never play tennis in public again!
 These are the emphatic state ments of Papa" Lengien at this time when the Riviera is getting in- tcrasted in the series of popular tennis tournaments which are held here each year, and which reached their height with the great battle between Suzanne and Helen in 1925. But there will never be such battle again because there is only one Suzanne and she has renounced the game.
 This correspondent went to the Villa Ariem, perched on a little avenue in the hills above Nice. to ask Suzanne why she had passed out of sport in which she was such a flaming success.
 She is now living quietly with her father and mother in their charm- ing little home which overlooks the tennis courts where her father first taught her how to wield a racket seventeen years ago. But even in this atmosphere she doesn't want to talk tennis or even meet newspaper men.
 Once the most photoghaphed woman player. she now refusen to face a camera at all. Some of her friends fear that her spirit is broken by her unhappy adventure into professionalism but others in' sst that she is simply tired.
 Suzanne at first refused to be seen, but finally relented long enough to say that she couldn't say anything. When she was asked Il she would ever play tennis in public again. she said:
 "No-papa will tell you why. G and sec Papa"
 And Papa did tell why. as fol lows:
 T think you may say that suz anne will never be seen in public match play again. She has been a the game for seventeen years an( all she wants now is peace ant tranquility.
 "rn the last few month. hay' , had wonderful offers of professiona contracts-from America, Englan' and Germany. 4 big Riviera clul week ago offered her retaininl 1 fee of 34,0o0 until next May. witt fees in addition if she would act a professional coach. Suzanne tnrne' down all these offers. She is finishe, with tennis and with the crowd She plays little In private wit friends but the gallery will ncve see her again."
 Asked if he thought Suzanne rc gretted having turned professiona Papa said:
 Not at all She came out int the open and threw finer anna tenr status for the sake of peac and quietness and to be able show that the greatest woma player was not afraid 10 give tn lead to many other so-called anna teurs in openly declaring herse willing to make money out of ht tennis playing.
 "Until Suzanne decided to sig pyle's contract she was never give a moments peace. She was aske to play as an amateur here. thel and everywhere, 50 that promoter might i'll their pockets. In or week in Paris Suzanne brought 36,0OO to the French Lawn Tenn Federation. How much the Britis public paid to see her cann'
 hazard a gueas but 1t must ha,
 been an enormous sum. My daughter saw no reason wi she should not pocket the dolla herself. she said go. did so, is no well off and that's all there is to She has given up public engag ' ments for good and intends to sper the coming months in travel ar
 resting up."
 This would seem to settle Su anne's tennis future. Papa Lem
 len was. in addition 10 her traine , her manager, and often her inspir
 ton. In most of her big match : in Europe he was near her and al always seemed most brilliant vi , him looking on.
 She still can heat any wom,