Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-13
VETERAN TO ENTER
WIMBLEDON EVENT
Expects to Play for Some
Time Yet, Former Star
of Courts Says.
BY TED voSBURGH,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

"a YEW YORK, February 13.-Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory Is not
vet ready to sheath her once
1 irresistible racquet, although
the United States Lawn Tennis
Association last week ranked her lower
than the first three for the first time
since she reached the heights Ia years
ago.
For several weeks the eight-time
champion has been working out regu-
iarly on the heights casino indoor courts
in Brooklyn, and about the middle OF
May she expects to sail for Europe to
play for the English championship at
Wimbledon, June "a.
outside of the British classic, Mrs.
Mallory said she had no definite plans
for the season, but the odds are all in
favor of her presence at the United
States national championship at Forest
Hills August 10. Without Mrs. Mallory
the tournament would not be complete.
She won it first in 1915, three years be-
fore Bill Tilden bloSsomed forth as a
championship contender and five years
before he won the national title.
Consistent Winner.
A regular entrant ever since, this
hard hitting daughter of the Northland,
since 1920 as Mrs Franklin /. Mallory
CT New York. amassed total of eight
championships over the period from
1915 to 1925. despite the rise of q
younger star, Miss Helen Wills. Molla
ranked first, second or third every sea-
son until 1923, for which year she has
now been set down as fourth. 1t took
Miss Helen Jacobs, who Is ranked sec
ond only to Miss Wills, to put her out Of
last years title chase.
In the Wimbledon tourney of 1928
Mrs. Mallory was stopped by another
member of the youthful tennis genera
ton, Miss Louise Bickerton Of Aus
tralia.
The rumor was raised last Summer.
and even found Its way into print, that
Mrs. Mallory would, retire from tourna-
ment tennis In 1929. The reverses suf-
fered at the hands of younger oppo-
nentS at Wimbledon and Forest Hills
were supposed to have forced the vet
eran to acknowledge the end Of the
trail.
But those who believed the story did
not know the indomitable fighting spirit
that has characterized Mrs. Mallory's
play on many furiously embattled
court.
Legs May BE Weak.
AT her home, in Park avenue, when
asked about her plans for the coming
season. Mrs. Mallory was emphatic on
just one point. So
II certainly do not plan to retire."
she said. What's more, ! expect to
play some tennis for q long time yet,
as long as am able :"
In her tuning-up drills at the Heights
Casino. Mrs. Mallory's good right arm
has been dealing out forehands and
backhands with apparently all her old
violence. Her strokes still are almost
masculine in force, and If Mrs. NAL
lory Is beaten this season 1t will be
because she no longer Is able to cover
court effectively and not through any
lack of ability to wallop the ball.
The British championship, which Is
reckoning Molla to another interna-
tional quest, has never fallen to her
racket, although in 1922 she was run
ner-up to Suzanne Lenglen. Suzanne
no longer is an amateur, but there still
is Mrs. Mallory's archnemesis, Queen
Helen who happens to hold that title,
as well as the championships Of the
United States and France.