The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-30
MRS. M'LEAN TAKES
ESSEX COUNTY CUP
Beats Mrs. Miles in Final by
e., 6-3, Many Games Being
Contested Bitterly.
SUPERIOR SERVICE COUNTS
Overhead Smashing Only Other
Department Of Play Where
Victor Excels Loser.

WEST ORANGE. May 29.--Mrs. Marshall
Mclean. New Jersey State and Metro.
politan title holder. won the trophy for
the singles In the women's invitation lawn
tennis tournament at the Essex County
Country Club here to-day. by defeating
Mrs. Alfred q. Miles in the final round
In straight sets at "a, 6-3. That
MRS. Mclean won in consecutive sets
would tend to show that she had things
all her own way. but such was not
the case, for she had to fight hard for
every point, and had her opponent used
lite better judgment at diverse stages
OF the match her name might have been
inscribed on the cup.
Mrs Miles was little better than
the winner at every department of the
game, with the exception OF service and
overhead smashing. and even In these
two she was not very far behind Mrs
Mclean. As n matter OF fact the losers
more consistent steadiness and ability
to place the ball just fell short OF maxi
Ing up for her deficiency in smashing and
service. Although Mrs. Miless strokes
lacked the power that those of her adj
versary had they were not by any means
easy to handle for practically all of
them found deep court and keep Mrs. Nc
Lean away from the net.
Had Mrs. Miles come to the net more
OFTEN after she had scared her ad-
versary OFF 1t In certain that she would
have Jared much better She, however.
was content to play back too, evidently
fearing that she would be passed by
her opponents hard drives. As Mrs Nc
Lean does her best work when her rival
Keeps out OF fore court the tactics of
Mrs. Miles helped her a whole lot.
Mrs. Miles was very strong In the open
ing games OF the first set and had no
NJ oil In,
first three games while Mrs. Mclean was
making only points. During these three
games Mrs. Miles did about all the
fore court playing that she did through
out the match. and by the easy way In
which she Tailed aces should have learned
that this style of play was not to the
liking OF her opponent She evidently
did not realize this, however, for on tho
fourth game she started to play deep and
forthwith lost four games running.
This gave Mrs. Mclean the lead at
"a, but the lead was shortllved, for
Mrs. Miles took the next game at love
by n burst OF speedy play and squared
the score. The advantage shifted to Mrs.
Mclean again when she took the next
game easily, and Mrs. Miles made a hard
fight for the tenth, but to no avail. She
brought the game to deuce twice before
she dropped 1t. There was a difference OF
only two points between the players on
the opening set
In tho second set Mrs. Mclean held the
lead from start to finish. or the three
games that Mrs. Miles won two went to
deuce, and IL was only by her ability to
place accurately that she won them.
she forced to deuce two Of the games
which her adversary took and should
have won them had she stroked correctly
for she was within a point OF winning
each of them. only to fall down on easy
shots.
The two fnalists in the singles moved
out to the final round in the lower half
of the doubles. by defeating Mrs. Walter
Alderman and Miss f. X. Brown at GO.
6-l The losing players did not show
ANYTHING like the form that they had
displayed in their earlier matches either
as n pair or individually. Mrs. Mclean
and Mrs. Miles will meet Mrs. Natalie
Farley and her sister. Miss Edna Wildey.
in the final round tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs Farley and Miss Wildey reached the
last bracket by defeating Mrs. william
Underhlll and Miss Elsie Jewett, also at
&c. 6-l, The winners Of this match
piayed the best tennis Of the day. The
summarizes
womsns Invitation singles. Final Round
Mira Marshall Mclean defeated MIS- Afreu
q. Miles "a, Ga.
FIRST SET.
Mrs Mrs M Mii.:...... 1,iG:tcs.i $50
SECOND SET.
Mrs M M;;.s tstssfi S--ssss--s
MT wo Micsp invitation Doubles. ,ssml;anai
Natalie Farley and Miss Edna
WiIdey defeated Mrs william underhill and
M Mss E,S' and Mrs Alfred O. Miles defeated
Mrs Walter Aupermann and Miss +. n
Brown. Ga. 6-l.