The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-13
TENNIS TITLE LOST
BY MISS WAGNER
Beaten by Miss Helen Gilleau-
deau in State Champion
ship Singles.

through champion. lost her New York
State championship yesterday afternoon
in the seni-final round of the womens
annual lawn tennis tournament on the
clay courts of the New York Tennis
Club at Broadway and 23Sth street.
Miss Helen Giileaudeau, the former
Barnard College title holder, accom-
plished the defeat of Miss Wagner IN a
splendidly played three set match, the
sets going at GO, 3-6. 6-3.
In the other serni-inal round match
In the singles Mrs. Howard T. Eaton,
a former Middle States champion,
defeated Mrs. Robert lie Roy Of the
West Side Tennis Club, by a score of
6-3, 26. 6-2, and she and Miss
Gilleaudeau will meet for the title and
leg on the massive challenge bowl
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
With Miss Wagner as her partner in
the women's doubles Miss Gilleaudeau
returned to the courts later in the after
room and gained her final round bracket
t.: that event She defeated Mrs Ed
ward V. Lynch and Miss Edith Handy
by score of G--1, CO. The winners
will clash with Mrs Franklin l. NAL
lcry, former national champion, and
Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver of the
West Side Tennis Club for the doubles
title. the match being scheduled at IL
o'clock this morning.
Mrs Weaver, paired with the tall Lyle
Evans Mahan, was also successful in the
third round of the mixed doubles, van
gushing Mrs. David G. Mills and lingo
Hartmann by a SCORE of 6-3, Ga. Still
later in the evening she and Mahan be-
gar their semi-final round match In the
lower half of the draw against Mrs.
Lynch and Walter J. Toussaint. After
losing the first set at &c, winning the
second by the same score reversed and
going Into a lead of 3-2 on games In
tho final set, Mrs. Weaver and her part
ner were forced to call halt because of
darkness.
Enter Semi-FinnI Round.
Miss Margaret Grove and Herbert w.
Forster were triumphant in their third
round match, defeating Mrs. w. H.
Pritchard and Leon Croley~ at 6-4,
81. after a royal struggle for the
honors before they landed in the semi
final round bracket in the upper section
OF the draw. Miss Wagner and Albert
]. Ostendorf also started a third round
match against Miss Muriel Blnzen and
her brother. Elliott, a former national
junior indoor champion. The former
pair were leading at 6-3 and 2-1 on
games in the second set when darkness
interviewed. Miss Wagner, chairman of
the tournament committee. announced
last night that the final round match
in the mixed doubles will be played at
s o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The match between Miss Gilleaudeau
and Miss Wagner brought out some very
uneven tennis. In the first set It waf
the champion who was erratis and UNI
able to gauge her shots correctly,
whereas Miss Gilleaudeau was hitting
the ball clearly on her ground stroke
! and placing 1t with mathematical pre-
cision down the lines.
Miss wagner's Error.
Miss Wagner was tricked into tbs
mistake of trying to make her fight
! from the base line in this set and this
she could not do successfully against
! the machineIike accuracy OF her oppo
nent. The title holder also grew timio
when she found her regularly accurat,
drives going out of court or into the
4 net, and started to pat" the ball. Thi:
| was just 10 Miss Gilleaudeau's liking
| and she ran on the set with the loss o.
only the third and seventh games.
The former Barnard star worked III
/ into a lead of 80 on games ard 40--1t
on points in the second set and wa,
| apparently headed for an easy straigh
/
| wrong for her and 1t was her turn Il
overdrive the base line and find the ne
on easy shots. Her service also weak
! ened, so that Miss Wagner had all tn
time In the world to stroke the SLOW
bounding hall.
The champion was quick to note tn,
change and started an unbeatable at
tack from all over the court. Realizing
that she must throw caution to one sid
and take her chances at the net whei
the openings came, Miss Wagner forced
her way into midcourt and began t.
reel of sharply angled volleying shot
for the corners. Her whole game under
went improvement, and instead of send
ing returns just out, she was cutting tn,
lines and running UP the points quickly
Miss GilIeaudeau Steadies.
This continued until we'll into tn
third set, Miss Wagner taking six game
in row in the second, and then win
ming the first game in the third at love,
dropping the second and taking tn
third But Miss Gilleaudeau was no
done yet, She steadied herself Splendid.
at this stage and soon was ripping owe
her deep court drives with all her Gus
tomary accuracy, 30 that Miss Wayne
had to do lot OF court covering. Wei
placed and timed lobs also helped Mis-
Gilleaudeau and she took four games Il
a row, lost the eighth after deuce hat
been called no less than eight times
and then won the ninth and final gam
after the points had reached deuce
twice, the last point coming with Mis-
Gilleaudeau sending her drive down TIL
side line to Miss Wsgner's far back
hand. The latter attempted TO return
but her effort landed the ball In the net
giving the game, set and match to Mis-
Gilleaudeau
Mrs Eaton and Mrs. lie Roy had
struggle almost equally close before tn
Morristown girl could claim the victory
Most of the playing was from back
court, but when the. openings were par
ticularly inviting Mrs. Eaton did no
hesitate to go in and volley or smash
and 1t was this that gave her the win
ming edge, for on ground strokes tn
two were about equal.
Mrs. weaver's great work at the ne
in the mixed doubles matches was
powerful factor against Mrs. Mills an
Hartmann, and they found II PRACTICAL,