The sun., 1919-05-30
MRS. RAYMOND IN
FINAL TENNIS ROUND
Defeats Miss Gilleaudeau in
Straight Sets on Pelham
Courts, Ga, rs.
GIVES FINE EXHIBITION
Mrs. Briggs and Mrs. Ray
mond Advance in Final
of Doubles.
By EUGENE n. o'CoNNELL.

Mrs. Edward w. Raymond reached
the fnal round In the women's Invita-
ton lawn tennis tournament at the Pei
ham Country Club yesterday by defeat
ing, Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, former
Barnard star, In the semi-tinal round In
straight sets at ca, rs. In spite or
the fact that Mrs. Raymond is former
Metropolitan champion and once was
runner up for the national title. her
straight set victory was unlocked Tor
by those interested In this tournament
Partly due to the fact that Miss Gil
leaudeau has been a strong contender
for the big trophies in the womens ten
mis- world during the past few years and
mainly due to the fact that she de-
feated Miss Clare Cassel in a match re-
plete with brilliant play last Wednes-
day. the gallery expected that the for
mer Barnard girl would give Mrs. Ray
mond more of a fight. AS matter OF
fact there was not a moment during
yesterdays match that Miss Gilleaudeau
was not going at top speed and making
her opponent fight for every point
The fact remains, however, that the
former Barnard star did not play UP to
the standard that she set in defeating
Miss Cassel on Wednesday. Further
more, Mrs. Raymond played the best
tennis she has shown since the time that
she was busy winning titles. She had
her hard, deep court drives, both back
hand and forehand working to perfec-
ton. For the most of the match she
kept Miss Gilleaudeau running around
the base line and when Miss Gilleaudeau
did get in to the net Mrs. Raymond fire.
quently earned the applause OF the gal
lery by her brilliant passing shots.
Miss Goss Meets Mrs. Lynch.
Just who will be Mrs. Raymond's OPP
ponent in the final round is still mat
ter of some conjecture. The former
Metropolitan champion came through in
the lower half. while in the upper half
the sem-final round is as yet unde-
cided. This bracket will be filled this
morning, when Miss Eleanor Goss and
Mrs Edward V. Lynch meet. Miss Goss
has been playing some brilliant tennis
during the early season. while It is only
in the present tournament that Mrs.
Lynch has shown the brand of tennis
that smacks OF the upper ten.
In the doubles the final round was
reached 1t so happened that both of
the semi final round matches resulted
in surprises. The biggest upset was
the defeat OF Miss Marie Wagner and
Miss Glare Cassel in straight sets by
MTs. benjamin r. BriggS and Mrs. Ray
mond, at 6-3, IL. Miss Wagner and
Miss Cassel have been playing together
for long time and have won many
titles as team. They have not been
playing together this year. however, and
their teamwork was considerably below
par.
Mixed Doubles Started.
Miss Gilleaudeau and Miss Helene
Pollak won the other match from Mrs.
Rawson L, Wood and Miss Eleanor Goss
at e-2, 81. 6-l. The losers in this
match failed to get together, except in
the second set and thereby hangs the
tale of their defeat The mixed dou.
oles were started yesterday and will be
concluded tomorrow. The summaries
Pelham Country Clubs women's Invi
tauon Singles. Semi-hnal Round-Mrs Ed.
ward w. Raymond defeated Miss Heller
Gtlleaudeau. e.. IS.
Women's Invitation Doubles, Seconc
Round-Miss Helen Gilleaudeau and Mis-,
Helene Pollak defeated Mrs. Lewis Gouyer
neur Morris and Mrs. w H Pritchard
81, 6-2; Miss Marie Wagner and Mis-
Clare Cassel defeated Mrs. George o. wag
ner and Miss Edith Handy, 6-3, Go.
Semi-fnal Round-Mlss Helen Gilleau
deau and Miss Helene Pollak defeated
Mrs. Rawson l.. Wood and Miss Eleanor
Goss. Ga. 81, 6--l: Mrs. Benjamin F
Briggs and Mrs. Edward W. Raymond
defeated Miss Marie Wagner and Mis-
Clare Cassel. Ga, liz.