The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-17
REACH SEMI-FINALS
In WOMEN'S TENNIS
Mrs. Lynch and Mrs. Wilbourn
Advance in Hoboken
Tournament.

The semi-final round in the annual
Castle Point lawn tennis tournament,
on the clay courts of the Hoboken Ten
mis- Club. was reached yesterday after
noon in the women's singles, when Mrs.
Edward v. Lynch and Mrs. Percy Will
bourn OF New York defeated Mrs. II.
Lowenthal and Mrs. C. B. Hirsch. re-
spectively, in the third round. The win
ners are in the lower half of the draw
and will meet this afternoon for the
right to occupy the final bracket.
Before defeating Mrs. Lowenthal. Mrs.
Lynch won a brilliant victory over Mrs.
j., David c. Mills of South Orange by a
score Of GO. GO, In the second round.
| Her work on the courts yesterday was
the best of the day among the women.
| Miss Helene Pollak, the Middle States
| title holder. defeated Mrs. lingo F. Hart
mann In an evenly contested match, by
i a score Of Is, IS; Mrs. w. H. Pritch-
ard won from Miss e. Rosecrans at 6-1,
| 6-1, and Mrs. Samuel +. Waring con-
quered Miss Marguerite Moller at 6-3,
Ga, in the other matches played.
Harold A. Throckmorton, who once
/ held the national Junior crown and is
always a spectacular, If erratic player,
vanquished the steady Percy l.. Kynas-
ton of Rockville Centre, l.. l., by
score of 6-3 Ga, in the only match
Y
The victory brought him into the round
before the semi-fnal. where he win face
Captain Robert c. Van Vliet, the Ho-
boken expert, in match that should
bring out some Of the best tennis of the
entire tourney to date.
Mrs. Lynch Shows Skill.
Mrs. Lynch's ability to play from any
position on the court accounted for her
| straight-set defeat of Mrs. Mills and
although many Of the games in each set
went to deuce" Mrs Lynch's superior
| ity was always apparent. There was
more net play than in the average
women's match. both going to the bar
rier when they saw an opening. Mrs
Mills was not so reliable in this de-
partment of the game as her opponent
| however, and many times she lost the
points by putting the ball just outside
the court In her anxiety to score on
placement aces.
Mrs. Lynch mixed up her play cleverly,
sometimes driving hard and low through
deep court, then suddenly sending a
| short one down the centre or into the
corners! There were other occasions
when she finished off her points by
forcing the net and smothering Mrs.
| Mills returns. wish sharp volleyipg.
Mrs. Lowenthal, although sne man.
aged to win as many games from Mrs.
Lynch as Mrs. Mills did, was by no
means so formidable an opponent. Her
back court play was not match for
the all round strength of her brilliant
opponent. Mrs. Lowenthal had preyi-
ously defeated Mrs. George B. Stanwix
at 6-1, 6-1 In the second round.
i Mrs. Hartmann Surprises.
Mrs. Hartmanh's showing against
Miss Pollak came as a great surprise
to the gallery. for 1t was generally fig
ured that the young middle States cham
pion would take the honors without
serious opposition. But Mrs. Hartmann,
playing with great steadiness from her
J base line, ran up a lead of SIS on
games In the first Get before Miss Pollak
earnest to the task of overcoming the
advantage.
The rallies from deep court were long
drawn out. Miss Pollak put more speed
into her forehand drives, but Mrs. Hart
mann had better control, even though
she did lack ability to finish off her
points with the decisiveness that her
opponent displayed Miss Pollak took
the last four games of the set by some
very hard driving across the deep court
In the second set Mrs. Hartmann
| again ultuc u hshl, anu IItu eIlt
been keen enough to detect the weakness
on Miss Pollak's backhand and played
to that point pereistently she might have
squared the match. on her forehand
Miss Pollak is very severe and accurate
and It was mainly with this lone shot
that she drove out victory in the last
: games. The summaries:
Castle Point women.s Singles (seconc
lround)-Miss Helene Pollak defeated Mrs
Inge F. Hartmann, Us, IS: Mrs. w. II
. Pritchard defeated Miss T. Rosencrans
6-1, 81; Mrs. Samuel f. Waring de
? feated Miss Marguerite Moller. 6-S 6-3
Mrs. EDWARD V; Lynch defeated Mrs Davit
c. Mills, 6-25 g.: Mrs. II. Lowentha
I defeated Mrs George B. Stanwix, e-1
I'll; Mrs. Perry twiibourn defeateed Mrs
G. B. Hirsch, ga, 2-e. e-i.
Castle Point Mems Singles tFourtl
round)-Harold A. Throckmorton defeated
Percy l. Kynaston, S-3, g..