New-York tribune., 1919-10-19
Miss Aiken Is
Cause of Upset
In Tennis Tilt

Miss Katherine Aiken. sixteen
year-old girl from Mamaroneck, hither-
to unheard of even in Junior lawn
tennis circles, caused one Of the biggest
upsets Of the year yesterday morning
when she defeated Miss Helen Trevor,
of the Meadow Club, of Southampton.
in the. semi-fnal round of the girls
open. Junior metropolitan tournament
on the clay courts of the West Side
Tennis Cub, of Forest Hills.
Miss Aiken won at 4-6, ID. S.
coming from behind in the second set
when Miss Trevor held the lead at ) o
on games. The Southampton maid also
ed at 5--3 and 40---l5 on points, need
ng only one point for the match, only
0 lose out when Miss Aiken made q
| stirring rally.
In the other semi-hnal round match
IN the singles, Miss Odette FEEDER. Of
this city, defeated Miss Adelaide
hooker, OF the Field Club, of Green
wlch, by score Of 64, 0-6, 6-3.
and this came as another great sur
PRISE to the gallery, which had figured
MISS Hooker as an almost certain win
ner before the girls went out on the
court
=, Miss Aiken and Miss FEEDER will meet
this afternoon at 2:45 O'Clock in the
fnal round to decide the winner Of the
first prize, donated by Mrs. H. Frank
I'm Morse. who is running the tourna
ment. Following this match there will
be a special doubles event. with Miss
trevor and Miss Ottley playing Miss
reder and MISS Helen Gould. In this
case Mr.. Morse will give the prizes.
MISS Aiken was making her first ap-
pearance in a scheduled tournament
when she faced Miss Charlotte Dem
crest yesterday morning in the second
round of the tourney, but she went
about her work in a business-like man
ner and won the match without diff
Guilty, the sets going at 62, 60 This
encounter had served to show that the
Mamaroneck girl possessed sound
strokes and good understanding of
court tactics, but nobody believed that
she would be able to take the measure
Of the slender Miss Trevor, who has
performed cleverly before in junior
competition.
After short rest, however. Miss
Aiken came out from the clubhouse
ready to begin her struggle with Miss
Trevor. The first set was not dis
tingushed by anything out of the ordi-
nary, both doing most of their play
from deep court. In the second set
Miss Trevor rapidly ran into lead of
30 on games, completely outplaying
and outguessing her young opponent
and scoring on pretty passing drives
for the side lines
1t looked then as though Miss Aiken
was headed for quick defeat, but she
amazed the gallery by staging a most
courageous rally, forcing her way to
the net with great success to cut off
her opponents shots. Occasionally, too,
Miss Aiken took the ball overhead and
scored on placement aces across fore
court. Miss Trevor even then refused
to take her chances at the net, evi-
IDENTIFY believing she could cinch the
match by her steadiness and accuracy
at driving.
At 5-3 on games, Miss Trevor led at
40-15 on points, and only one winning
shot was necessary to bring her the
victory. But it was not to be. Miss
Aiken, playing with briliancy both
from deep court and at the net.
brought the games to sail and then
broke through, taking the last two for
the set at 7-5. This brought the
match all square, and after the Gus
tomary rest they started the third and
last set
Miss Trevor managed to alternate on
games up to Sail, butthcn she lost
her customary snap and confidence
and Miss Aiken. playing with increased
speed every minute, won the last three
games for the set at 63, and we'll
earned match
| Tho victory Of Kiss FEEDER in the