New-York tribune., 1919-09-11

mixed doubles yesterday afternoon,
Tennis Club. This afternoon, sta
matches should be witnessed in the
present holder Of the title, faces \
half, and Mrs. H. 7. Eaton takes tt
IN the lower section.
Three pairs gained their semi-inal
brackets in the doubles, as follows:
Mrs. Edward w. Raymond and Mrs.
George l.. Chapman; Mrs. Franklin I.
Mallory and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton
Weaver, and Mrs Edward " Lynch and
MISS Edith Handy. Miss Wagner and
Miss Gilleaudeau and Mrs. David C.
Mills and Mrs Eaton will play this
afternoon for the right to occupy the
9ther semi final bracket, and the
doubles will be brought down to the
final round to-day, with the final
scheduled for tomorrow at o'clock
~ Mrs. Lynch, partnered by Walter j.
loussalnt, was successful in getting
INTO the semi-6nal round bracket in the
mixed doubles, the only team to ad-
vance that far, although there are six
other pairs in the round before the
semi-tinal.
No Upsets in Singles
There was nothing in the nature of
an upset in the four matches played
yesterday in the singles, although Mrs.
Samuel f. Warng put up a sterling
game against Mrs. LIE Roy, the sets
going at Is, &c, and Mrs. Percy
Wilbourn forced Mrs. Eaton 70 uncover
her best shots to win by score of
I'd. 6-3. Miss Wagner had no trouble
IN eliminating Mrs. A. B. Duncan at
90, 81, while Miss Gilleaudeau al
ways looked the winner against Miss
Hazel Gardner, of New Jersey, scoring
IN straight sets at 60, 6-3.
In the women's doubles the chief
interest centred in the appearance of
Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Weaver, who
won both their matches at 6--1, 6-2
and are regarded as likely fnalists.
Mrs. Mallory, better known to lawn
tennis players and followers as Miss
Molla Bjurstedt, was making her first
appearance In tournament since her
marriage, a week or more ago. and,
while her game showed lack of practice.
1t is probable she will gradually gain
in speed and accuracy as the tourna-
ment progresses.
Mrs. Weaver, besides playing in the
doubles, is also entered in the mixed
event, where. paired with the tall Lyle
3. Mahan, she advanced to the round d
before the semi-final, getting a de-
fault in the opener and then defeating
Miss Fanny Fish and Walter Halkett
at 6-2, 60 in the second
Miss Wagner made short work of
her match with Mrs. Duncan, ripping
fore and back hand drives through he-
opponents court with 80 much pace
and such excellent placement that Mrs
Duncan could hardly ever get into po-
sition before the ball had gone past
her. There were a few occasions when
the champion found it necessary TO go
tor the net position, and then she
brought of the winning shots by brill
lant volleylng or severe smashing.
Plays Back-court Game
Miss Gilleaudeau's methods were more
methodical but by no means less effect
i've. She confined her efforts almost
entirely to back-court play and her
drives always had splendid depth and
were placed with remarkable accuracy
within inches of the lines
Occasionally Miss Gardner succeeded
in reaching the net in the second set
and cutting Off her opponents shots
by fine volleying, but far more often
Miss Gilleaudeau sent the ball skim
ming by for placement aces. She was
deadly on her ground strokes and
backed this up with extremely able
court covering, so that Miss Gardner
often found her most skilfully placed
returns coming back into court clean
aces
The semi-final round match this af-
ternoon between Miss Wagner and
Miss Gilleaudeau ought to provide the
gallery with plenty of thrills. with the
champion pitting her strong all-around
game against the unvaryng steadiness
and fine fighting spirit Of Miss Gilleau-
deau. The champion will have to be
right at the top of her game to retain
her title
Mrs lie Roy had all kinds of trouble
in taking the measure of Mrs. Waring,
and the match kept the women out on
the court for almost swo hours. It was
q case of base line playing on the part
OF both contestants, with Mrs. lie Roy
having the advantage through her
harder hitting and greater tournament
experience.
Mrs Waring sought to find a weak
ness on Mrs. lie Roy's backhand, and
for q time she met with fair success,
but as the match wore on Mrs lie Roy
developed unexpected strength on her
left side and was soon sending her
backhand drives across deep court
LOr winning SNOLS-
Mrs. Eaton Plays Well
Mrs. Eaton had to fight all the way
with Mrs. WllbOurn, for the latter was
never beaten until each point had been
definitely won and lost. Here again
most OF the playing was from back
court, but Mrs. Eaton was a bit more
reliable when she did essay to take
chances at the net position, and it was
this that enabled her to finally pull
out the victory.
The mixed doubles brought out some
interesting play on the part of several
OF the teams, and il is difficult to pick
the winners at this stage, although Mrs.
Weaver and Mahan and Miss Wagner
and Albert J. Ostendorf seem to have
the best chances of coming through to
the final round.
Mrs ". II. Pritchard and Leon
Croley showed particularly good form
IN winning their two matches yester-
day. In the first round they over
whelmed Miss Carson and z. P. Adams
by score of &C. 81 and then ad-
mlnlstered almost as decisive defeat
TO Miss Edith Bagg and Alfred Ham
NETT, winning at 6-1, 6--l.
In the first match Mrs Pritchard
found 1t easy TO handle the slow bound
ing soft drives of Adams, and sent
the ball back with surprising speed
bit erratlc at first, she gradually
improved her ground strokes, and by
the time the second match was played
she was going very we'll.
Mrs. Weaver was power at the
net position in all three Of her matches,
and it was difficult indeed TO elude
no Of ha t1t