Show SUZANNE BEATS OUR HELEN I z N Wi FLUKE AND COGNAC HELP I I II II I I 1 a 4 j t WL l r ii I Days Day's Sport Ends Ill in Faint Paint and Wills Pee el ByS ANNES France Feb 16 Wy 16 16 y lId The Associated Press MIss lichen Helen Wills quest for world su- su su supremacy In tennis has failed but failed failed gloriously The year old cham chant champion champion pion went down today before th the racquet wizardry ot of o Suzanne Len Len- Lenglen Len Len-Clen glen hailed halted JY y many as the great great- greatest greatest greatest est woman tennis player who ever stepped on a court ourt Suffering front from a gash In the knee which she sustained in a fall yesterday Helen extended the re- re redoubtable redoubtable re redoubtable doubtable Suzanne anne as ss she sho has bas never been extended her able default t to Molla Molia Mallory af- af aftel after af after ter tel the loss the lots of ot aset aBet at tit At Forest HIlls in 1921 1021 HUGH hUGE CHOW p 1 ja 1 acor to Ut th final l in m the Carlton tournament was 6 3 8 6 It was played be- be before be before fore forc a II crowd that packed the stands standI with hundreds h clamoring at the gates unable to get admit admit- admittance Lance tance Some Sonic hod had stood In line all night to be sure of ot witnessing the clash of ot the tho champions Miss Wills lIIs staged one of the most dramatic tennis struggles In Inthe inthe Inthe the history of the game gUIDe and the ther r was In doubt lt until the last point HELEN F TIle The American girl was within a point of ot winning the second sot set when a ball from Irom Mile Mlle Lenglen racquet which appeared appealed to 10 man many to be bo outside was allowed b By the linesman Then fo lot for the first time In her career Helen faltered She appeared physically tired and at ne cne Ii time limn put Iut her hll hands to her head and staggered as It if about to fall folI Both Bolh girls played a careful game taking no chances anti and sticking closely to the base lines Never was a tennis match dis dis- disputed disputed under such extraordinary conditions The rho spectators ap- ap applauded ap applauded and cheered as though a a stirring prize fight tight Suzanne several times stopped Continued ul On Page Iwo T T o I SUZANNE BEATS AMERICAN GIRL 1 Continued From Page One I picaso dont don't She also plead plead- pleaded ed with the people who dune clung to I toI pla play and turned to the stands aay the roofs of ot a II and house overlooking the court coort to make mak less les during during- the tho rallies The Th second set was most dr- dr Miss Wills started by win her service fame at love She took the th next after atter deuce hOld hii been called and then tho third Suzanne to cough couch placeda n hand over her heart and stepped to tho th side lines JInes where she ahe tool took a ilone draught of cognac with wa- wa water wa-ter wa ter Spurred by the th stimulant th French won the th next three thre games rames the tb count Miss Mis Wills took the second another d douce uc game came The Tho French rench girl firl evened o It And then Helen made It f 4 need need- only ono on take the th set had run the score core up UJ to 40 15 40 1 I In this tame game when with one point to to gO for tor the set the able abl decision by the linesman corn com I pl tely upset her Suzann 1011 ball truck le eral rIches outside tho th line spectators I In the th stands standa were firmly noI cd Id and Helen Tier el made no n I I attempt to strike at It leu It was WILS allowed asa as a point for f I Mile lIllIe by by the th linesman Cr- Cr CrI C j I Tolley th the former British am- am amI an I gol champion who Is also I f a tennis enthusiast Silas Wills Will changed over to re-I re re Suzanno's service she sh had won her own when ahe aheI ill I was wu called back OF DESPAIR m What did you call that she sh asked Tolley showing ln emotion for tor tho th first time Inside Tol- Tol Tolley Tol Tolley ley replied Helen threw up I both oth hands In I i of ot despair while thousand of ot spectators at hr her end of the th court shouted Out From then on lh the American put up a a tight and al- al allowed 1 lowed Mile Lenglen L to take tak tho Initiative She Sh went ent down S- S l an then tied the th set at S all but al- al although though be b brought broucht th last two games to deuce the th old spirit wn mining won on them and then leaped Into the th air her racquet awa away still champion of o the th world world world- Suzanne Suzann Lenglen rained gained a sec c ond nd victory over Helen Wills Willa to today day when In the final of the th woo wo women's mens men's double doubles In In tho th Carlton Culton tour tour- tournament tournament th the and Mile the American girl and an Mil vos vas S 4 as Mlle Mile Lengl L n tainted fainted litter after the th doubles match and had to be b as- as alsted off the th court Mias Will Wills without a a look at Suzanne Suzann hook band Ianda with Jollie and then v d off the tb court o rt I |