SUZANNE LENGLEN
FOND OF HER TEMPERAMENT. SOME CANDID CONFESSIONS. LONDON, September 10. Mile Suzanne Lenglen, in an article entitled ‘‘My Awful Temperament,” says: “I admit I possess what is popularly known as a temperament. I generally manage to control it, but I am liable to flare up on the slightest provocation. For example, when an umpire miscalls a ball. I get furious, while the gallery laughs and applauds, and the reporters write reams about ‘Lenglen's awful temperament.’ “I am a bundle of nerves. When I am playing I feel the Spectators’ sentiment, as an actor feels that of his audience. I realise that the gallery’s sympathy is rarely with me. They wish my opponent, to win because they want a new champion, or want to see my temperament under a shock. ‘T feel doubly repaid by applause and spectacular show, because I know the spectators are applauding in spite of themselves. “Temperament 1k.., not been (ho cause of the abandonment of my matches. It w r as due to indisposition. During the 11 years I have held the championship I have suffered from headaches and liver trouble, and most of the trials and tribulations to which my sex is heir, sometimes necessitating a complete rest. But I am fond of my temperament. I realise that tournament organisers both hate and fear it, and it makes them just a little more careful of
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19906, 28 September 1926, Page 10
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