The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-12
REACH SEMI-FTNALS
IN WOMEN'S TENNIS
Miss Wagner and Miss Gilleau-
deau Advance in New York
State Tourney.

Yesterdays rain put severe crimp
annual New York State championship
, lawn tennis tournament, and only two
events were played during the after
noon, both these in tEs womens doubles.
, The two semi-final round matches in the
singles, between Miss Marie Wagner. the
! playing through champion. and Miss
Helen Gilleaudeau. former Barnard Col
| lege title holder. and between Mrs How
ard T. Eaton. former Middle State cham
pion, and Mrs. Robert LIE Roy Of the
West Side Tennis Club had to be post
| poned until this afternoon at 2 o'clock,
owing to the water soaked condition OF
the courts. There were also half dozen
matches in the mixed doubles that had
| to go over until this afternoon.
| The first match played yesterday
brought out Miss Wagner and Miss Gill
leaudesu, and Mrs. David c. Mills and
Mrs. Eaton, the former team winning in
straight sets at 6--3, GO. The victory
puts the latter pair in the semi-final
| bracket in the lower half. They will
face Mrs. Edward V. Lynch and Miss
| Edith Handy this afternoon in the
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/ pionship round.
In the other match finished yesterday,
In the semi-final round, Mrs. Franklin l.
Mallory (nee Miss Molla Bjurstedt)
paired with Mrs. Spencer Fullerton
| Weaver of the West Side Tennis Club
went into the final round by defeating
Mrs George L. Chapman of Nyack and
Mrs. Edward w. Raymond. former Mid
die States and Metropolitan champion
| and once runnerup for the national title.
The sets in this match went at 6-3,
Ga, with several of the games reaching
deuce" in points and many of the rallies
being long drawn out and bitterly con-
| tested.
Mrs. Mallory. facing the combined at
| tack OF Mrs. Raymond and Mrs. Chap
man all through the latter match, grew
stronger as the play continued. until. in
! the latfew games she was moving at a
pace that overwhelmed the opposing pair
| and brought a decision quickly.
Mrs. weaver Plays Well.
Mrs. Weaver. one OF the most brillia mt
| performers at the net among the women
| Of the East. did 'her part we'll when she
| got the opportunities. but these we're not
very frequent, for neither Mrs. Raymond
or Mrs Chapman ventured TO place the
ball within the sweep OF her racquet APP
parently believing that Mrs. Mallory,
+, because of her lengthy absence from the
! courts. would prove the weak spot in the
rival team.
This proved to be the case in the
| early stages of the match, for the fori
mer national champion was having
/ trouble with her ground strokes and fire.
Quently lost the points by driving low
into the net. Mrs. Raymond, playing
very steadily and with excellent direc-
ton. had the better Of the driving duels
at this time. while Mrs. Chapman
smothered many a shot with snappy
block volleys of the Morse girls drives
| Mrs. Weaver ended many of the long
rallies by cutting the ball off short al
the net as she volleyed at sharp angles
| Now and then, too, she got her racquet
on short lob and crashed the ball back
into the court for spectacular kills. u
After taking the first set at Ga Mrs
| Mallory and Mrs. Weaver trailed al
"a on games in the second set and II
\ looked as though Mrs Chapman and
Mrs. Raymond were about to square
| the match.
II was at this critical stage that Mrs
Mallory suddenly started to play in her
old whirlwind style, ripping speedy fore
and back hand drives through deep court
and sometimes taking the ball on the
| full volley from mid court and sending
it back for clean aces. Backed up ably
by Mrs. Weaver the former national
champion ran out the last four games
for the set at e., and the mtach.