The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-16
DOUBLE HONORS FOR
MISS GILLEAUDEAU
Wins New York State Singles
Tourney and, With Miss Wag-
ner, Scores in Doubles.

Double honors on the lawn tennis
courts came to Miss Helen Gllleaudeau.
the former Barnard College champion.
yesterday afternoon, when she defeated
Mrs Howard T. Eaton of Morristown,
N. J., in the championship round of
the annual New York State singles by
a score of 8-1, 6-3, and an hour later,
with Miss Marie Wagner as her partner,
won the doubles title by vanqulshlng
Mrs. Fran Mallory. former national
champion, and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton
Weaver. former national indoor doubles
champion, by a score of Ga, 6-1. The
matches were played on the clay courts
OF the New York Tennis Club.
In no previous tournament this season
has Miss Gilleaudeau shown such
sterling quality of play as was the case
yesterday. II seemed impossible for her
to miss a shot, and the total of her err
rors, particularly in the doubles, was
almost unbellevably small. 1t was this
deadly accuracy. combined with a de-
cided amount of pace" that brought the
former college champion through with
flying colors.
Miss Wagner, chairman of the tourna-
1
to postpone both singles and doubles
until next Saturday or Sunday, but this
had to be changed owing to Mrs. NAL
lory's entry In the women's big tourney
that started on the courts of the Long
wood Cricket Club OF Boston yesterday
afternoon.
Play on Heavy Courts.
Tn Courts were very heavy and the
footing was bad, owing to the recent
prevalence Of rain. yet this did not seem
to seriously affect Miss Gilleaudeau.
who raced about her court on winged
feet. going after everything, placing
her own shots with extreme accuracy
and many times outguessing her oppo-
nents In both the singles and doubles
matches.
In the singles. which was the first
event decided, Mrs. Eaton thought to
gain her points by going for the pet
position to smash or volley. but 1t did
not take her long to discover that this
was a perilous proposition when facing
Miss Gilleaudeau's wonderful accuracy
| from back court. The latter rarely
came beyond her service court lines, but
| IL was not necessary. for she edged the
| ball through the narrowest of openings
and kept scoring placement aces against
Mrs. Eaton by sending her forehand
drives whipping down the side lines and
occasionally across the deep court as
her opponent was starting from her
base line. Mrs. Eaton could only win
one game in the first set.
With the beginning of the second se:,
however. the New Jersey player evi
IDENTIFY had made up her mind that her
| only chance of winning was by pitting
her own backcourt game against Miss
Gilleaudeaus, and this she did with
some degree of success, winning three
games before the new champion could
| take the set at 6-3 the match and the
| championship.
The doubles match found Miss Gilleau-
deau going at an even more deadly pace
Mrs Mallory, who as Miss Molla Blur
stedt, was recognized as probably the
greatest woman player on American
courts within the last four or five years.
| Is shy of tournament practice and is
not by any means the great player to-
! day that she was when champion.
| Miss Gilleaudeau and Miss Wagner
seemed quick to realize this and they
made the Morse girl the special object
I of their combined attack. They drove
continuously at her and smashing with
great force when lob was sent over.
I Mrs Mallory stood up surprisingly well
under the assault, racing about back
| court with great speed, but IL was more
| than she could accomplish to stand off
the opposing pair, for Mrs. Weaver. in
! trenched at the net position. rarely got
an opportunity to inject herself into the
| rallies.