The sun., 1919-09-11
ONLY FOUR WOMEN
SURVIVE IN TENNIS
Miss Wagner and Miss Gilleau-
deaus Among Those Left in
the State Singles.
CHAMPION is IN FORM
Defeats Mrs. Duncan with
Loss of One Game-Mrs. lie
Roy and Mrs. Eaton Win.

Miss Marie Wagner. playing-through
champion; Miss Helen Gilleaudeau' M
Howard T. Eaton and Mrs hooeIs 60 ~
ps, .,iu meet in that order this after
noon. starting at 40 O'CLOCK In tne
eemi-final round of the womens New
York STATE championship lawn TENNIS
singles tournament on the clay courts
OF the New York Tennis Club at west
2ssth street and Broadway
Miss Wagner gained her semi-nnai
/ bracket Yesterday afternoon by dispos-
sng ~ Mrs A. B. Duncan at Go, 6-1.
A Miss Gilleaudeau eliminated Miss Hazei
Gardner at Go 6-3, while Mrs. Eaton
defeated Mrs. Percy wllbourn at 6--4
Ga. Mrs. lie Roy conquered mrs
Samuel +. Waring by score OF -
60. In each case the result was ac-
cording. to form, although Mrs. Eaton
and Mrs lie Roy both had to Struggle
hard before they could claim the win
ners laurels.
Three pairs went into the semi-flnal
round In the women's doubles the win
ners In the upper half of the draw being
Mrs. Edward w. Raymond and Mrs.
George I. Chapman; Mrs. Franklin l.
Mallory. formerly Miss Molla Bjurstedtl
and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver, and
Mrs. Edward v. Lynch and Miss Edith
Handy. Mrs. David c. Mills and Mrs.
Eaton and Miss Wagner and Miss Gill
leaudeau are in the round before the
semi-ifhel and will meet early this after
noon for the right to occupy the vacant
bracket. with the winners scheduled to
play Mrs Lynch and Miss Handy in the
lower half semi-final later in the day.
start Mixed Doubles.
Twenty-seven teams began play in the
mixed doubles, and after the last match
-. Ao1
/ only seven pairs in the list of survivors,
with Mrs. Lynch, and Walter j. Tous-
saint the only team to reach into the
semirfipal round
Miss Wagner. chairman of the tourna-
merta, committee, expects to stage the
championship match in the women's
4 doubles tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
4 and the final round In the singles on
A Saturday afternoon at about the same
hour. The mixed doubles probably viii
80 over day or two.
Miss Wagner played like real cham
A pion in' defeating Mrs. Duncan, and she
might have won by an even more de-
clsive score had she SO willed. All her
3 strokes were going with speed and per-
feet smoothness. and her accuracy In
gauging the court confines was un
usually good. on her backhand Miss
Wagner was very steady and she sen
oe-N>
and side lines many times for clear
Il aces When she chose to go to the ne
\ TO volley or smash the champion simply
smothered Mrs. Duncan beneath a bat
terry of. fast and severe shots that lef
4 the latter helpless.
Miss Gilleaudeau, one of the steadies
base line players among the women o
the metropolitan district, and quite tn
most determined "getter," had no diff
ficulty IN stopping the progress of Mis-
Gardner,sa player of no mean ability
The winner played her deep drives of
her forehand with plenty of top" AM
unerrtng accuracy, and Miss Gardne
found 1t a risky business to try>to fore
the net position against such aggressiv
tactics. There were times. indeed whel
the New Jersey girl did reach the ne
and SCORE on clever volleying for tn
corners: but these occasions were rar
and only came in the last set.
n May Trouble Champion.
No mAtter how carefully Miss Garne
placed. her returns Miss Gilleaudeau wa
4 generally able to get her racquet on tn
ball and make the return, sometimes 70
an ace. She looks like very formida
BILE opponent for Miss Wagner this al
ternoon, form addition to the excellenc
of her base line game Miss Gilleaudea
is one of those players who are neve
beaten until the final point OF the mate
has been played
Mrs. Ole Roy had to work ur
ceasingly to take the measure of Mr.
Warins. and particularly in the openin
set did the two girls have a bitter strue
gle. 1t was back court driving on tn
part of both almost entirely, neither car
I ing to risk the net in the face of sue
accurate driving. Mrs. lie Roy shove
some weakness on her backhand in tn
first set, under the relentless attack O
that quarter by Mrs. Warlng, but st
gradually improved in this particula
and at the end was making a purely o.
fensive shot from her left hand side.
1t was the greater speed and "pact
she got into hen strokes that spelle
victory for Mrs. Le, Roy. for this grad,
ally forced Mrs. Waring into making q
rors as she attempted to meet speed wit
speed.
The Summaries.
women.s New York State Championsh
Bingies. Fourth Round-Miss Marie Wagn
defeated Mrs. A.; B. Duncan, 90, 8
Hazel, Gardner. 60, 6-S Mrs Howa
2. Eaton defeated Mrs. Percy wilbour
G ssns:, sns; Tr'; n wISI6s RGSsrt Leroy defeat
women's Championship Doubles, seco
eoand-MTs; Franklin l. Mallory and NJ
rorre e-l, 6-2.
Third Round-Mrs. Edward w. Ra
snond and Mrs. George L. Chapman q
kestedb, Mrs. Albert Humphries and NJ
Tssy't osS .nS sTSys %T. Weaver S @ des..,so Nri
I {. Duble and Miss Adele Cragin 6-I, G.
Championship Mixed Doubles CFil
Round)-Miss Muriei Binzen and Bilit
II. Binzen defeated Mrs. Albert Humphr
and H H. Bassford, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; NJ
Richardson and W. K. Blake won frc
Mr. Fleisinger and partner by default; NJ
Nargaret Grove and Herbert w. Fors
defeated Miss Elizabeth H. Moore a
Harold Hastings. Ga, 6-4 Mr.. and NJ
Paul Martin won from Miss Julia q,
and partner by default; Mrs W. II. Pritc
ard and Leon Croley defeated Miss Cars
and r. p. Adams, Go, 6-1; Miss Ed
Bagg and Alfred Hammet defeated M
Percy Wilbourn and Mr.. Bruneau g.
feated Mrs. N. Dain and william Ayt
hottie, 80. SIS, e-s; Mrs. S. F. Wea'
and LYLE e. Mahan won from Miss Al
end Herbert Vail by default; Mrs. In
Hartmann and II. r. Hathaway defea
ofiss Madelon Westervelt and Mr.. X
mArx. S-2. e-s; Mrs. D. G, Mills Z
sIe Holden and Fred Letson won from
r tex ana partner by Default.
Second Round-Miss Maria Wagner q
Albert j, Ostendorf defeated Miss r. G.
son and @. Gutwiliig. 6-2. Cd; N
Binzen and Mr.. BinEen defeated Miss Ri
hrdson and Mr.. Blake, 60, 4-s. g.
Aiss Grove and Mr., Forster defeated
Pritchard and Mr.. croley defeated n
Bagg and Mr.. Hammett, 81. 6-i: y
Weaver and Mr.. Mahan defeated Miss r
and Mr.. Halkett. 6-2, 60; Mrs. VI