New-York tribune., 1915-09-24
ONLY FOUR NOW
LEFT IN LAWN
TENNIS SINGLES
Mrs. lie Roy Causes Sur
prise by Defeating
Miss RoWsOn.
BY FRED. HAWTHORNE.


on the turf courts Of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Club. at Mountain
Station, n. ]. Miss Clare Cassel. Mrs.
Robert lie Roy, Miss Florence Ballin
and Miss Florence Sheldon were the
ones to reach the semi-fnal round. and
they will meet as named this morning.
Mrs. David c. Mills, who made such
a remarkable record on Wednesday by
the CELEBRITY and smoothness with which
she ran off the matches. maintained the
same schedule yesterday, and besides
bringing the singles down to the semi
finals, got a field Of twenty-three pairs
away in the doubles, with only seven
eft at the end OF the day. The finals
in the doubles will be played to-mor-
row.
The victory Of Mrs. lie Rov over Niss
lane Rowson. Of Morrlsrown. was the
feature of the day. The latter was
counted on 70 beat the West Side Ten
mis- Club player without great difficulty.
and after she had taken the opening
s. ct at GO, the gallery regarded her
success as certain. Mrs. lie Roy, how
ever, began to stroke the bail harder
in the latter stages of the match. and
also made clever use Of deep lobs 20
draw her opponent out of position.
The games alternated in the second
set, but the West Side star played her
forehand drives so closely 70 the side
lines that Miss Rowson found herself
being passed with great regularity, and
the set went TO Mrs. lie Roy at 6-i.
In the last session she increased the
speed Of her strokes, while the Morris
town girl developed streak OF wild.
ness, with the result that her opponent
won az 6-l and the match.
Before taking the measure OF Mss
Rowson, Mrs. lie Roy defeated Miss
Muriel Parker by score of 60, 81.
in the third round.
Miss Sheldon made rapid strides
during the day. In the second round
she gained a default from Miss Molla
Bjurstedt. national champion, who was
DELAYED or her way from Cincinnati.
In the third round Miss Sheldon de-
feated Mrs. A. Boiler at 6-l, 6-l.
Mrs. Boiler was enormously reported
TO have been defeated by Miss Mildred
Wiggin on Wednesday, while as
matter of fact she won that match
at Go. 60, 6-4. After this vic
tory. Miss Sheldon went on the court
with Mrs. A. Humphries and defeated
the latter at Ga, "a.
The Montclair champion had a world
of speed yesterday, covering the court
so effectively that neither Of her OPP
ponents found il easy to score on
placement shots, although Mrs. Hum
phries made use of sharp backhand
Shot across the court that gave Miss
Sheldon cause for worry more than
once.
Miss Balln won her bracket by de-
feating Mrs Arthur G. Deane at 6-2,
Ga. She developed a strong attack
at the net. following in after the SER
vice quickly and then bombarding the
opposite court with well placed
smashes: The winners forehand
drives also earned her many points, as
Mrs. Deane could not break up her
opponents backcourt game, no matter
how often she lobbed.
Miss Cassel trumphed over Miss
Helene Pollak at 6-4, 6-4, but was
compelled to travel at top speed all
the way before her young opponent
defeat.
Every time Miss Cassel sought TO
earn her points by a driving game from
the back of the court, Miss Pollsk
met her on even terms, and in some
cases came out ahead on these ex-
changes. II was only when the other
player brought her greater knowledge
of the net game into play and turned
sharp volleying shots into Miss Pol
lak's forecourt, that she forged 70 the
front.
The matches in the doubles brought
out spirited competition, several Of
the teams being evenly matched. Miss
Potter and Miss Margaret
Seymour gained the semi-fnal round
by victories over Mrs. Macauley and
Miss Lillian Seymour, at 6-3, 6-3,
and over Mrs. Boiler and Mrs. Sidney
Taylor, at IS, ca.
One of the best matches resulted in
the meeting between Miss Ballin and
Miss Rowson, aud Mrs. Louis Gouver-
neur Morris and Mrs. lie Roy in the
first round, and il required three sets
before the former pair won, at 4-6,
6-1, "a. Mrs. Morris was in brilliant
form at the net, cutting off drives at
sharp angles 70 the corners and smash
ing lobs with great accuracy. Miss
Ballin was also strong overhead, while
the others lll tlOaN VI AntAA Rtag
from back court.
Miss Potter pulled Miss Seymour
along with her to victory in the two
matches they played. Her service was
the most severe seen on the courts yes
terday, and several times she scored
clean aces on her delivery. When the
ball came 20 her on her forehand Miss
Potter also was effective, getting splen-
did pace into her drives. Miss Sey-
mour adapted her own game cleyerly
TO that of her partner
The summaries follow:
Won,ens Invitation singles tsecond round)-Mss
Poly sheldon Won from Mia AoAa biuis'edi ~
Taird rognd-Mn Robert Il Roy defeated Mis-.
MgHsl Parker. s,.9 81 Ms. Arhufs e. DSs..
Polly sheldon defeated Mrs. 4. Boiler. 81. 81:
Ms A ilumDhries defeated Miss Kathsrns Potter.
Fourth round-Miss Glare casssi defeated Miss
lie enc Polak. 81. s--i Mrs. Robert Ls Roy de-
iested Miss Jane Rovson. z-o. -, 81 Mls
50 60 Miss Poi5 sheldon defeated sn. A.
,,Xs %@ .na sTisss . Sssr SSGG:. s: a:..S sSr'sN @
HenD and Ma T. Henry. 6-s t-fi Nss Hal.
~ md Miss Holmes detected Mss tsrrand sn4
Miss tsit rs.,sl defeated Mis- Ebsrhsrd and y -
Jenkins. S., s-s. Miss Baliia AID Mis- Ro~
is son ails-'a s s A Ma k.rsarr; a i f.yior and M'
Abble Morrison defeated blis Francis and Ms
ID { Mills defeated Mr McUNka and Mas
iVkcr G-3. 81. Miss Ruth Cheess'nan snf M..~
Whaicy defeated Miss May whsley All ".
llapie Is CO.
second round-Mrs Percy willbume AMI MA
Coror. Winu Won from Ms Y. W Jenkins .if
partner by default. Miss Bessie Holden AMI lrs
4 Iumphhes defeated Mr firlfy and Mfs. toi .:
G-s. s-l Miss li.lsey aud Miss Holmes defeated
Mr, NcAueiy and Miss Gardner, So. 0-S. t-4s
Mr., D,ane and Mn Mills defeated Misc Tsol0f
aad Mb. Morrison, ~. 81; Miss chesssmaH Az. s.,a
Ursdiey, 81 81. Miss NJ seymour and Miss n
Potter defeated Miss l. seymour and Mn. Msesu-
lev Is 6--S. Mu A. Boiler and srs sln.y
fault -. Az. 4 d.
,., dsfeafed Atrs Boiler and Mp. Taylor. ~. -