New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-16
Mrs. Hitchins
In Final Round
OF Tennis | lit
v,,xican Champion Faces
Miss Gilleaudeau To-day
at Staten Island
Rv FRED HAWTHORNE

NJ Charles Vernon Hitchins, cham
- Mexico. who won the Middle
-. tournament at Staten Island last
- and Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, who
,pnner-up on that occasion. Will
-s their struggle this afternoon on
80 ~ courts OF the Crescent Athletic
Grb A. Bay Ridge, in the inal rouhd
=, he clubs invitation lawn tennis
''i w. Hitchins gained her final
tr.cset By defeating Miss Edlth Rod
s,,s In straight sets at %, g. ana
Nj. Giueaudeau vanquished Mrs. koo-
~. l. Roy by a score OF o. 81
pared with her sister, Miss Grace
vi,s Helen Gilleaudeau won a stirring
N..s from Miss Ethel Tyndale and
lsss GLADYS Bowling in the seminal
10 scoring al 6-l. 10-S. In the
-. seri-fnal bracket Miss Marie
Wssner and Miss Elisabeth II. Moore
Jsisated Mrs. Hitchins and Mrs. lie
Row st 81, %.
Collection for Red Cross
u,. Hjtcbins and Miss Gilleaudeau
v;n face each other in the iinal round
Al the singles az > o'clock, and the
s-,i doubles match will be started i'm
me6iately after the finish OF the
singles, before, during and After
Which collection viii be taken up LOT
The Red Cross fund. :,
Before Miss Gilleaudeau and mrs.
u Row took the court yesterday II
vas believed that the latter would give
ne Barnard girl a hard fight for the
lonors. Mrs. lie Roy had been show
mr. unusual strength In her deep Grlv-
.rg game on the preceding days OF the
tournament and also cleverness IN VOL
lsying from midcourt.
But Miss Gilleaudesu is gaining IN
eourtcraft with every match she plays,
And YESTERDAY she tricked her opponent
out Of nosition with surprising ease.
A session of hard driving from the
back OF the court would generally END
with Miss Gi.leauasau winning the
point by a quick change Of pace, by
means Of which she would drop her re-
turn lust over the net, while Mrs. lie
Roy was hopelessly out Of position al
her base line.
Again. the Barnard champion would
vait until hey opponent started for the
Ne, position and then send up SOFT
low lob 70 deep court. The slow play
ing surface proved more Of a handicap
10 Mrs. lie Roy than 10 Miss Gllieau-
Geau under the circumstances, ana me
result Of the match was never IN DOUBT
after the first couple " games.
Chop StrokY Effective
Mrs. Hitchins had an even easier task
against Miss Roberts. her chop strokes
working havoc with the latter's game.
Try as she would, Miss Roberts could
NOT get a game in the first set, but IN
the second she managed to win two,
after deuce had been called several
times. Mrs Hitchins was placing her
returns beautifully yesterday, picking
her openings quickly and showing
great cleverness in anticipating Miss
Robertss shots.
The GIlleauGeau sisters scored a
triumph for the back court game as
against the net attack, as exemplified
By Miss Tyndale and Miss Bowling
The latter combination worked up
their game considerably in the second
SET. flashing brilliantly at the net, Miss
Bowling volleying sharply for the cor
ners and Miss Tyndale smashing short
lobs with spectacular force. But in
the end the steadiness Of the sisters
told: they withstood the bombardment
and kept hammering away with deep
drives and lobs so successfully that
Miss Tyndale and her partner finally
broke under the strain and lost out on
errors