Show 4 o o 0 e o RUPPERT Hi IS IS C COCKSURE Y YANKS S' S WILL ILL FINISH FIRST FIRST OR S SECOND CO O iN IN 26 RACE Samuel Samu Hardy ary Says u. u s ft Win i Fight Bill t Tilden h Too Thinks C Genius of f Suzanne V S T Too T t for An American A n A Ace V i NEW r. r NEW NEWYORK YORK Jan Jan 27 AP AP William William T T. Tilden national t tennis ch champion 1 and Samuel Hardy captain of the 1920 Davis cup team Suzanne Lenglen n Wilt defeat Helen Wills S Hardy Hardi in in ina a copyrighted article In the New Mew Y York rk T Telegram today says say's t that at he ho f fears fear s ar-s Miss Wills WiUs will be beaten several times during her i Invasion of E European courts Besides Mile Lenglen Hardy names Mile Mlle whom Miss Wills Vilis conquered In the recent Met- Met tournament and Senorita Alvarez the Spanish champion champlon as probable obstacles to the Americans American's Americans American's Ameri Amen cans can's success Mile Mlle Lenglen he argued has no defect in her style She Is faster than the American playing on her toes all all' the time while Miss Wills Wills' is too much on her heels and as s a strategist Suzanne is a champion Suzanne looks to be the better equipped in every way but Helen Is a real champion Hardy Hard sums up If she plays a daring hard hard- hitting game she will be right In Inthe Inthe inthe the thick of ot the fight every minute min mm- ute and may record an upset But Butin Butin Butin in the normal course of ot events Suzanne looks like the winner Tilden has told the Brooklyn Eagle that Miss Wills might win winon winon winon on home courts or at Wimbledon but because of unfamiliar environment environment environment environ environ- ment ment has ha's little chance of ot victory on the Riviera Mile Lenglen Is a n. genius and as such subject to flights of artistic artistic artistic ar ar- ar- ar temperament says Tilden Miss Wills hasn't the guile nor the court cr craft ft to beat Suzanne at her own game As a strategist Miss Wills Vilis is not In iii Lenglen's class Helen may have a poker face tace but Suzanne has a n. chess brain T Tilden said if it he were coaching Miss VilIs he would make her cover off oft the ball as perhaps a terrific burst of slugging slugging slugging slug slug- ging might demoralize Suzanne CANNES CANNES France Jan 27 AP Miss Miss Helen Wills the American tennis champion sailed through the first round of ot the Gallia tournament tournament tournament ment yesterday defeating Miss Bendit 6 1 6 The California girl found repose from the strenuous strenuous ous days of ot the semi-finals semi and finals of the tournament in her play yesterday as h her hr r op opponent opponent opponent op- op was no no match for her scoring scoring scoring ing only six points in each set Miss Wills Vilis als also won two matches in the mixed doubles with the English player Jack Hillard Hiliard advancing advancing advancing ad ad- to the the third round Meanwhile Mile Mlle Suzanne Lenglen Lenglen Lenglen Leng Leng- len In the finals of f the tournament paired with Jacques Brugnon won von from Mile Mlle Conto- Conto slavos and Mr Fisher 6 0 6 1 and teamed with Mile Mlle In the women's doubles defeated Mrs and nd rome Mile vos 6 0 6 Miss Wills was not scheduled to play tod today y She planned to take the opportunity to go to Nice am and visit the courts of the Imperial club where she plays from February 3 1 to 7 Mile Mlle Lenglen's father is the general general general gen gen- eral secretary of the Imperial club and is expected to welcome the American champion Mile Mlle Lenglen I. I is r remaining In Cannes for th the day |