New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-13
Eight Survive
Fieldof Twenty
WomenPlayers
Mrs.. lie Roy Defeats Mrs.
Capdee in Crescent A. {.
Tennis Tournament
re- FRED HAWTHORNE

r..,.v women started play yester-
IN, Crescent Athletic Clubs in
',t,tiOn patriotic lawn tennis tourha-
-. =, the historic turf courts at
s.v Ridge, and by the time the sun
-. dawn across the Bay. only eignt
,,.v.r, survived the first two ROUNDS
n. feature match of the day saw
W.. dc Forest Candee. Of the heights
r.,;,o. Brooklyn. 20 down before the
,,iri,ed driving attack of Mrs. Robert
l. Roy, by score Of %, -. MISS
cl,ays Bowling, the slender girl from
grooklyn. won two matches, defeat
-, Miss Adele Bull in the first round
:, SIS. 81, and then taking the
..,,ur. Of Miss Jessie Gott b.
,Oe Of 81, 6-3.
Mrs Charles Vernon Hitchins. WIN
,.r Of the Middle States tournament
at week and champion Of Mexico,
len advanced through two rounds,
s,s. y,nouishing Mrs. NJ. B. Huff, at
20. 81, and then disposing of Miss
Mar. Holmes by a score Of CO.
70.
IN the Middle States tourney, de1eat-
"A Miss Amy Harper, at %, So,
and Miss Caroma VIM, the hard-hlt-
tin, left-hander, romped through her
n,.eh with Mrs. Theo Sohst, at 81,
81. Mrs. l.. Manheimer defeated
Miss Bertha Sexton in q hard-fought
match at g, "a, and Miss Edltn
Roberts came through by the default
Of Miss Helene Pollak.
Courts Soft and Slow
The Crescent courts were soft and
slow and the bounds were slightly err
r,tic at times, as consequence. lhis
was particularly so in the case Oh
The two matches in which Mrs. Hitch
ins engaged, for she makes great use
Of her severe chop stroke. and nei-
Their Mrs. Huff nor Miss Holmes was
able TO handle her returns with any
certainty. The champion OF Mexico
relied mostly upon a back court game
placing her drives well down the
court and scoring frequent aces with
shots that nicked the lines.
Mrs. lie Roy was at her best against
Mrs. Candee. driving a low. fast ball,
both on fore and backhand and ventur-
ing 20 the net occasionally for full vol
lsving shots across fore court Mrs.
Candee Wa a bit wild on her ground
strokes. overdriving the base line far
too often, but for all that she played
with such fire and determination when
she went 10 the net that Mrs. lie Roy
was never easy until she had won the
final point.
Miss Bowling made her first tourna-
ment appearance since last winter, but
hsr graceful splendidly executed back
hand strokes were going as smoothly as
ever. and at the net position she
brought of some rare volleys for the
corners.
To do Miss Bull justice. yesterday
vas the first time she had played
the game since last February. and
Of course she showed the lack of
practice. Yet il is doubtful il she
would have done much better under
any circumstances, for Miss Bowling
showed her ability to raise the quality
OF ner game Is OCCcsIOii ItuuAAcN' %A~A
full volleying from midcourt was un-
Usually good, and she took both her
matches without undue difficulty.
The summaries follow:
CRESCENT ATHLETIC CLI'B's woMENs PA
TRIOTIC SINGLES
yiy, rcund-MiSs Jessie Cot won from Miss
b.,ss Holden ~ d~ault. Miss GLADYS Dowlns
s..,.,d Mis- Adele Bull. 6-3. 81. Miss Marie
Bsiscs von from Miss Helen bernhard ~ default:
M Ctares Vernon Hltchins defeated Mn. VI. b.
h- g. 81
ssyrd round-Nss Helen Gilleaudesu defeated
,.,,.,d M, The.io-e Sohs, 6--i. e-l: Mrs
ass.- T<Rny defeated Mira de Forest Csndee
49, -. Miss DoRlinE defeate,! Miss Colt e-l
49,. M-s Hichins de<eaied Miss HOLMES. %.
81! Niv E,hsl Tyndsie won from Mrs lngo
Bu.r,nn By default: Mrs. L. MInhoiner defeated
Mss Bertha SEXTON e. - Hiss Edith Rob
-, xo1 '-r-1 Ms, Helene Polia by de'ault