| Show I Tennis Uncrowned IV I L V V ry V I I i V Vis is y t V In action mac rt it helen Jelen V Will Wills below belo Lull Lilli Cl Dr By MIL DHO I LONDON LO-iDON July Suzanne n-Suzanne 17 Lenglen woman champion tennis tenni player of o the tho world has bee It toppled from her pedestal as the Idol of British lovers ers ot of sport And she did It all by bj b herself at Wimbledon by committing tWO iwo forgivable w u ui forgivable sins Tho Queen ot of o England came to t tsee see the Queen of Tennis play was kept waiting for tor hours an and was disappointed Fifty thousand tennis mad ons paid high prices of admission to see Suzanne only t tb tO bj bi b told she would not appear So she was not presented at acourt court The l change In public opinion Is II the swiftest In sport sports history In 10 former times Britons cheered S 81 zanne Su-zanne zanne not only wh when n she bowled Over o our American girls but alSo when she sho whipped the tho best beet Britain Brit Brit- aln am could produce AT COURTS counTS In this recent June Juno week there were boos and hisses when It IlS as announced she ehe would not play When Ih sha was beaten by two Americans In doubles n I a storm storn ot of hurrahs for Cor the Yankee women Smote the air Already the tho British tennis fan who must adore somebody is 18 looking around for tor a new Idol Two are arc In the tho running running Helen Will Wills and an 1 Senorita dAlvarez The Tho American girl looking pale after her operation attended Wimbledon as a a spectator Her pretty face her modest demeanor her girlish love lovo ot of dancing en- en en deore 1 her to England The manner man man- manner ncr ner In which she fought Suzanne Susanne In France won them They af at- at refer reCer to her her- heras as little poker face The Tho Spanish girl is also a warm favorite She Bho Is very beautiful has a II winning way Wll can cnn talk to you In fiver languages and at 21 I not only a wonderful tennIS player but bul a good golfer goiter a cham champlon pion skater an expert horse worn worn- woman en an and and a a skilful billiards player The newspapers havo have given Iven Suo So- SL anne zanne the tha razz razz ran In a IL way our papers never did eVen ev n at al the time ot of the tho famous Incident Suzanne several oral years ago ogo adopted the winter Inter war var cry of Ill never In because or of the lies In their papers about me mc WHAT l J EUS SAY But Dut she always has come back The Tho papers this year have coined colne a word for COl her her Tho The Sunday Express says SaS Sa'S now Her tears stampings and ond are nrc the tho comic opera of ot lawn tennis history Her explanations explanation afterwards are arc th the tho IOU soul I of na- na etc ete The conservative ve Morning Post wrote an editorial her leaded headed A A Spoilt Darling It says Mile lIle Lenglen Is the tho th prima donna ot of tennis and prima donnas donnal are notoriously privileged But privilege to ono one should not be stretched to the point of ot prejudice to others or of ot Injury to the game and ond to the tho traditions of sport and good manners Mlle Mile Lenglen kept the tha queen the pub pub- public pub public lic and her opponents waiting an time on Wednes Wednesday day and was WOoS an hour bour late on Sat Sat- Saturday Sat Saturday The TM Dally Daily Mall Mail with equal bit bit- bitterness bit bitterness comments V To ba be b Indisposed Is unfortunate but it Is s 5 not no an excuse for a lack It It ot of sportsmanship Tho Star says It would be Inhuman to- to tomake to make her hor play when she Is unfit to p ploy play I a but It if she wore were anyone but Susanne sho she would either elthor have o to keep her match enS engagements or be scratched That the programs should be changed about for tor her convenIence Is unfair both to play play- players ers era and public It Is particularlY unfair to the players tor for there would woul J be no in I beat bOM- beating ing a IL competitor who could and could almost certainly would would say would say I Iwas was unfit to play When It It Is not possible to play tennis It Is still possible to play the game |
