The Girl and the Player as Described by One Who Knows Her Frank Poxon, writing on the subject of Miss Helen Wills in the "Daily News" says:—
Miss Helen Wills has one thing in common with Mile, Lenglen, hee great. rival; both of them were caught young." At the age of 15 Helen Wills won the Championship of the Pacific Coast; Mile, Lenglen won the Championship of Picardy at the age of 14, That early achievement of fame is about the only thing that the two Dest players of their sex in the World have in common; in all else—56 in appearance, in mannerisms and in style of play they are diametrically opposite, When they came on the court at Cannes a few months ago to play, that memorable match which set two Continents taking, an American we. man sitting near to me "They remind me of Carmen and the Quaker Girl,": and the comparison was very: apt. Suzanne Lenglen, dark, eager, vital; Helen, Wills, fair, cid, demure,
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