The sun., 1918-09-23
WOMEN PLAY THREE
HOUR TENNIS TILT
Miss Wagner and Miss Cassell
Defeat Mrs. Green and Mrs.
Morris for State Title.
Nv FREDERICK G. LIEB.

IN one Of tho most gruellins tennis
matches among women in this vicinity In
many a day Miss Marie Wagner and
Miss Glare Cas.eh yesterday won the
New York state doubles championship
on the clay courts OF the New York Lawn
Tennis Club. West 2Ssth street and
Broadway. They defeated Mrs. Homer
Stuart Green and Mrs. l.. @. Morris OF
Ardsley In straight sets. but both sets
wsre extended affairs. the scores being
81 and liz.
The match lasted close to three hours
and was one contii. nous run OF speetacu-
lar tennis. Ali four women won round
sf,sr round OF applause. and the splendid
Sunday afternoon gallery never was al
lowed TO suffer from ennui.
II was a contest of endurance as much
as Of tennis skill, and all four were glad
70 call 1t day when Miss Wagner poked
a placement out of Mrs. Morris's reach
for the set-match point. Before taking
on Mrs. Green and Mrs. Morris Miss
wagner and MISS Cassell defeated Mrs.
s. Waring and Mrs. Percy Wilbourn In
the sen.-finals at 60, Ga. After the
anal Miss Cassoll said that II the match
had gone a third set she could not have
played It.
Loser~ Are Overanxious,
Mrs. Green and Mrs Morris had the
second set in their grasp time after time.
As they led by ii. and then again at
e.. With the score 5--3 and the
game score $40. with Miss Cassell
serving. Mrs. Morris had an easy kill
AZ the net for what would have been
set point, but in her overanxtety she
drove into the net. In this game Mrs.
Morris had three more chances 70 win
the set with net kills" only to spoil all
Of them.
Prior to that Mrs. Morris's net game
had been one of the features OF the
match, but her mistakes on these cruz
ciA points threw her play all out Of
gear. and after spelling several more
easy shots at the net she began to
play in the back court. She recovered
her form later In the match.
Coming I'D from 2-5 in the second
eet. Miss Wagner and Miss Cassell won
four straight games, taking the lead at
SIS. Here the young matrons rallied
and tied the score. After that they al
ternated. but eventually with the score
s-all, the vlctors took their own SER
vice and then broke through that OF Mrs.
Morris, winning a deuce game.
Mrs. Green was the strongest player
on the court. From back court, where
she did about scven-eighths OF the
work for her team. Mrs. Green kept
up rapid fire exchange. driving first
10 one and then to the other side, pick
ing UP Miss Cassells low twisters and
Miss Wagner's high powered drives
with the same dexterity.
Time after time she made gets that
looked almost impossible
Mrs. Green Very STEADY.
Mrs. Green also gave an exhibition
Of steadiness that was almost uncanny
and was guilty OF very few errors.
No matter what angles she was OBJ
l!ged to get her racket on the ball
almost invariably she returned il within
the chalk lines, many OF her returns
being Just an inch in, but in neverthe-
less Though her face showed the strain
she was under she showed no signs
Q; firing on the courts and dasned
around Just as friskfly at the nnish
as when the match started.
The yictors shared honors evenly.
Miss Wagner played her usual skilful
game and waged well directed at
tack, both from the net and back court
Niss Cassell, like Mrs. Green. did most
ali OF her playing In the back court.
where she, too, gave fine exhibition OF
s,eadnese. She was steadier than usual,
ard frequently Miss Cassell and Mrs
Green whizzed the little white ball back
and forth a score OF times before the
point was decided.
In the only other match played out
eide OF the two women's doubles Miss
Eleanore Goss and Walter Merrill Hall
advanced into the final IN the mixed
doubles by defeating Mrs. William H.
Prtchard and Vincent Richards. Ga,
SO, Ga.
To-day Miss Wagner will play Miss
Bessie Holden in the senni-finals Of the
womens singles, while Miss Wagner
ard Elliott Binzen will meet Miss Mar
garet Grove and J. II. Steinkampf in the
semlhnals of tho upper half Ia the
mixed doubles.