New-York tribune., 1919-09-13
Wagner
Dethroned hv
Doubles Mate
Miss Cilleaudeau Is Victor
in Three-Set Match and
Enters the Final Round
By Fred Hawthorne

Miss Helen Gileaudeau dethroned
Miss Marie Wagner, New York State
champion, yesterday afternoon in the
semi-final round of tho womcn's an
nual state championship tournament
on the clay courts of the New York
Tennis Club by a score of 6 ,, Sc
%, and tomorrow afternoon at 3
O'Clock she will meet Mrs. Howard r
Eaton, of Morristown, \. j., in the
final round for the title
Mrs. Eaton came through to the
final bracket by taking the measure of
Tennis Club, by q score of 6--3. e
&c. Both matches were hard fought
from start to finish, and in each case
it was the greater steadiAess Of the
winner that was the deciding factor
Paired with Miss Wagner ir the
women's doubles, Miss Gilleaudeau
went into the final round in that event
by defeating Mrs Edward V. Lynch
and Miss Edith Handy by q score of
6-l, 60. This morning at II O'Clock
Miss Gilleaudeau and her partner will
meet Mrs. Franklin l. Mallory and Mrs.
Spencer Fullerton Weaver for the
doubles championship.
Two matches had to be left untin.
ishod in the mixed doubles owing to
dark grounds" In the first Of these,
between Miss Wagner and Albert J.
Ostendorf and Miss Muriel Binzen and
her brother, Elliott, the former pair
were leading at G-3, 2-1, when they
had to stop. The winners will gain the
SEM final round bracket in the upper
half
Mrs. Weaver and Mahan Lead
In the other encounter, Mrs. Weaver
and Lyle E. Mahan were opposed by
Mrs. Edward v Lynch and Walter J.
Toussaint, and were leading at e,
6-2, 50, when the match was
stopped Earlier in the afternoon Mrs,
Weaver and her partner had taken a
third round match from Mrs. David c.
Mills and lingo Hartmann at 6-3, %.
while Miss Margaret Grove and Her
bert W. Forster had triumphed over
Mrs v. II. Pritchard and Leon Croley
at 6--.. 81 The final and champion-
ship match in the plixed doubles will
be played at ) o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Miss Gilleaudeau richly deserved the
honOrs n the match in which she sent
the state champion topping TO defeat.
After taking the first set at 8 .. she
ran into a lead Of 8 O on games and
40-lo on points in the second. and
vas apparently going TO MAKE a QUICK
finish. but right there Mss Wagner
braced remarkably and reeled oil the
next EIGHT games in row. giving her
the second se- at SIS and a lead OF
i in the third set.
The sudden change in the tide ten
porarily upset Miss Gillcaudeau and
she seemed in imminent danger OF
losing a match that 4 few minutes be
fore had been almost Won But she
proved her fine courage by steelne
herself when the crucial test came and
took the next four games.
The eighth went TO "duce' eight
times, with many long rallies from
deep court. before Miss Wagner wor
it. and he ninth and last was another
llcrcely fought battle before Miss Gil
Miss Wagner's backward at sharp
angle. The losing champion mcde d
desperate effort 10 dig the bali up, but
her shot landed the ball in the net and
In the first set Miss Gilleaudeau
simply won by superior stcadiness and
accuracy. driving always very deep and
going after everything. Miss Wagner
attempted to make her fight from the
base line and seemed afraid TO "stroke'
tne OaII.
Changes Her Tactics
In the second set the champion sud
denly changed her tactics and began
to hit harder and go to the net she
knew that to win she must angle hel
shots sharply, and this she did, gain
ing confidence gradually. In the tinal
set Mss Gilleaudeau, who had been
suffering q let-down IN her own game
s.eadied and started driving hard anc
ve'y. accurately, keeping her opponent
continually on the run. She also
showed good judgment in her lobs
The nigh wind seemed to bother Miss
Wagner more than it did her rival, and
she was going over the line with many
of her shots.
1t was Mrs. Eaton's ability to finish
her shots at the net that brought her
through against Mrs. lie Roy. From
the back OF the court they were about
on par, but when the openings came
Mrs. Eaton went to mid-court and from