New Britain herald., 1928-04-27
SHOW INTEREST
 IN GIRL STARS
Europe to Be Entertained by
 Two Ladies Who Can Hit

ac ems about to be entertained for a while by American girls who can hit
 It Is said of Glenna Collett. now on a golfing quest to England. that she hits the ball like a man. If any one doubts the masculine severity of H Helen Wills tennis strokes, such doubts may be removed by brief discussion with several of Americas first ten" ranking list who have exchanged drives with the Californ- ian.
 This is Miss Wills fourth trip to Europe. It cannot be called an in- vasion because she is just as much queen of the courts in Europe as she is at home. The throne is all ready for her occupancy and it will be quite as big a shock to those abroad as it will be here if "our Helen" does not engage in another match. through Germany. Holland and France, as well as Brit ain.
 II look forward keenly to renew ing acuuaintances abroad" she said before departing recently with Miss Penelope Anderson of Richmond as a playing partner. T was very proud to win the Wimbledon cham pionship last year and I hope to have some good play again."
 No confident prediction here from the girl who didn't lose a match at home or abroad last year. who pos- sesses stroking power never before exhibited by a feminine player and who successes have gained for her undisputed ascendancy to the tennis throne occupied for so long by Su- zanne Lenglen.
 But this from player who has opposed Miss Wills ill practice this spring and has seen her game de- velop.
 Helen has tremendous strokins power at her command. greater than ever before. Her game is better rounded now, her footwork surer and her tactics sounder, all the natural result of experience and con- sistent development. There isn't 8 woman player in the world who can cope with her and not many men outside. the very top flight who wouldn't have busy afternoon try ing to beat her."
 Miss Wills doesn't talk much about herself and her game. It has taken the publication Of her book. Ten mis-" to reveal that her most cher- ished prize is not any of her cham pionship cups, but Phi Beta Kappa key. won at the University Of Califor- mia; that her greatest thrill on the courts came not when she played hel famous and only match with Suzanne Lenglen in 1926, but a year later I when she first won the Britisl championship at Wimbledon. When she first won the American title in 1923 at Forest Hills iron
 Molla Mallory it is related by Mis!
 Wills that she was ESQ utterly sur
 prised that the only feeling l ex
 perienced was one of annoyance witl the umpire, who jumped down from
 the chair and kissed me on botl | cheeks"
 Miss Willis was 17 then. X yea later she won the Olympic cham
 pionship. She celebrated her 21s
 year by accomplishing "the drean
 nearest a players heart' victory a
 Wimbledon. If she wins again thi
 summer, as she is strongly favore'
 to do, the American girl will be tn first since Lenglen to wear tn
 crown two years in q row. The ia
 nous French woman was triumphan
 six times altogether.
 The American girl regards her op
 ponent in the Wimbledon finals las
 year, Senorita Lili De Alvarez. q
 probably her most dangerous riva
 Ot the Spanish girl she says "She ha
 the fastest game among the woma
 players l have met"
 Among the younger players sh
 describes Betty Nuthall. finalist i
 the 1927 American championship
 "as having unusually good tempera : ment in competitive play; in fat
 when you consider she is sixteen it
 remarkable"
 , After defeating Miss Nuthall ] straight sets last August. Miss Will ,, said
 , ''She has beautiful game an ) she's SO attractive. too. With fe .. years more experience she may o a champion"
 Q They have said in Paris this sprir , that Miss Wills poker face," fir Q ascribed to her by q ncwspa perma = when she was 15, is missing. Th' 0 have not yet seen her in competitio i, The poker face" will be there, Il Q outward sign of q concentrate Q such as few champions in any spo /, possess
 ] She carried 20 racquets with h Q but has limited formula for su n cess. For her game it is a matter Q of practice For health, she says : her book. her three principal rul . are to get nine hours of sleep. ha 7, no late nights in succession and c r. regular meals. with a well balanc y diet.
 H0PPE IS LEADING