Paris, July 4, Suranng Lenglen, the famous French tennis star, who has been Suffering from pernicious anaemia, parsed away today at 6 a.m, For more than twenty years, Suzanne Lenglen had been one of the most prominent figures in the international sports field, She rose to fame as early as 1911 when, only 12 years old, she took pair for the fret time in an amateur tournament in Chantilly and immediately rarkked among the best players, In 1914, she became world champion in three categories; women's single: "women's doubles and mixed doubles, During the World War, Mile, Lenglen had no opportunity to play in any tournament, but she entered the first Wimbledon contest to be held after the signing of the Peace Treaty and wom the ladies' doubles championship, playing with Miss Ryan. She also won the mixed doubles tide, playing with G. Pater. eon.
In 1024, she participated in the Olympic Games which were held in Brussels and again took three titles: she became the world singles champion, and shared the doubles title with her partners Miss Ryan and the French player Jean Cochet, Although suffering several defeats at the end of that year, Mile, Lenglen staged in 1025 a spectacular comeback playing in every tournament of any importance and gathering laurels, Her career culminated with tthe two. matches she played and won in 1927 against the famous American star Mrs, Helen Wills-
Moody, At the beginning of 1928, Mile, Lenglen became a professional player and toured the United States, After that triumphal trip, Suzanne Lenglen, whose health was deteriorate
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.