Show Queen Wills King Cochet Reign Supreme in m 1928 Tennis Campaign L Helen Outclasses All Women Trounces Male Mak Opponents Hunter Makes Great Stand I NEW V YORK AP The AP-The The history of tennis in 1928 is the story of a girl from Berkeley Cal Ca and ayoung a ayoung young oung man from Lyons France Between them these two captured about every major championship known to the game Helen Wills winning the singles coronets of France England and the United States and Heri Hen Cochet carrying off the French rench and American titles A review of the year shows that Cochet met defeat in singles only once in the entire season and that was at the hands of his fellow musketeer musketeer musketeer mus mus- Rene Lacoste in the final for the tho English championship which Lacoste won Despite this reverse Cochet had the more impressive impressive im im- im- im record for the season and displaced his countryman as the worlds world's No 1 ranking player for the year DEFEATS COUNTRYMAN Little Henri defeated Lacoste in inthe inthe inthe the final for the French championship champion champion- ship in impressive style kept ept the Davis cup in France by beating Big Bill Tilden in straight sets in the Davis cup challenge round after the tle American had downed Lacoste and then wound It all up by invading the United States to capture the national national national na na- na- na championship which Lacoste had had- let go b by default COCH COCHET ET EFFECTIVE Cochet Coch t was nearly as effective in doubles as in singles Paired with Jacques Brugnon he added the English English En En- glish gUsh championship to his list and with Jean Borotra scored the victory victory vic vie tory over Tilden and Francis T. T Hunter Hunte which proved to be an an n important important im im- un- un factor in turning back the American Davis cup campaigners Frank Hunter likewise gained undying undying un un- dying glory and a ranking at the top of the active Americans when he stood in the place of his friend and Davis cup teammate Tilden who had hal been declared ineligible because of his writings and battled Cochet to the last stroke in defense of American prestige in the national I singles championship Bravely though he fought Hunter Hunte r finally bowed to the genius of Cochet Cochet Cochet Co Co- chet b toy by scores of 6 4 6 4 6 3 7 5 l 6 3 as the little invader came from iron behind with a withering net attack to take the title WILLS BAFFLES MEN MENAs MENAs As for Miss Wills WHIs there was ni no woman who could give her even a 5 good contest although she roamed I the world over in search of one After she had swept through th the e French English and American America a tournaments without losing a set se I she began playing male opponents precipitating a controversy which finally led to the conclusion that tha t Miss 1 Wills could beat some some of th the e thI best test of the men if both confined I themselves to back court dueling g and could trim all but the top flight fligh t in a contest on even terms DOUBLES SHOWING GOOD Although never a great doubles double S player Miss 1 Wills VIlIs added the national na na- national women's and mixed doubles double S championships to her singles crown crow a athis this year pairing with th Mrs l Hazel Haze 1 Hotchkiss Wightman of Boston am and I Jack Hawkes of Australia Her He r fellow Californian Helen Jacobs ii in inthe a athe the tho national singles final was able abl e eto to force Miss Wills to a deuced t second set t but the champion was wa 5 never in in danger The playing of Mrs Irs Wightman ii and Mrs airs May 1 Sutton Button Bundy both boti veterans of some twenty years ears ago age added interest to the years year's campaign campaign campaign cam cam- the former winning the eastern eastern east east- em ern title Mrs Molla Mallory l still was going strong although no longer long long- er of ot major championship caliber YOUNGSTERS SENSATIONAL Among the men on the other hand one of the sensations was the therise therise therise rise of such youthful stars as Julius Frank Shields and Gregory Gregory Greg Greg- ory Mangin who showed promise in the national championships |