The sun., 1919-09-20
REACH FINAL ROUND.
IN MIXED DOUBLES
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann De-
feat Mrs. Milbourn and
Forster at Hoboken.

Mrs. David C. Mills and lingo r. Hart
mann went into the final round OF the
mixed doubles yesterday afternoon by
defeating Mrs. Percy w1lboura and Her
bert ". Forster In the seml-fnaI round
of the Hoboken Tennis Clubs lawn ten
mis- tournament. The sets went at 40,
Us, 11-s. with tho eventual winners
in doubt right UP to the last minuts of
play. The winners will meet Mrs. Sam
uel y. waring and Fred NJ Letson, to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock In tho
final round match.
This was the only match played yes
terday. but to-day and tomorrow the
clay courts will be kept busy every min
ute Of the playing time. for the tourney
Is scheduled to finish tomorrow, and
there Is much work to be done yet.
Tho match yesterday brought out
some extremely interesting play, with
all four having their share in the point.
winning. The players were about evenly
matched az teams, but in the final stages
or the contest, when everybody's nerves
were near to the breaking point as a
result OF the many stirring rallies, Mrs.
Mills and Hartmann were a bit steadier,
and this was the deciding factor in the
match
Women's Play Features.
One noticeable feature of the play lay
In the fact that II was the women who
rose to the occasion at the critical stages
OF the match. There werss times when
both Hartmann and Forster weakened
ana lapsed 80 streaks OF erratio over
head play, aEd II was then that their
partners Jumped into tho breach and
fought out the rallies with surprising
skill and hard hitting.
In the first set Mrs. Mills and Hart
mann gained a lead OF 81 on games,
only to lose their advantage, and
eventually the set, when Mrs. wiIbourn
and Forster, putting up a brilliant uphill
battle from every position IN the court,
pulled out victory. Fosters play
overhead in this set was very severe and
yet well controlled. while Mrs. Wilbourn
finished on many long rallies from back
court by shooting the ball, sharply
angled, across fore court to Mrs MlIlss
backhand
In the second set Mrs Mills and Hart
mann goc away to a lead Of Al on
games, only to have the opposing pair
stage another spirited rally, in which
Forsters service proved an almost in
sur1nountabie obstacle, with its sharp
high break to right or left The games
were tied at all and at all, and then
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann took tho last
two for the set at rs, squaring the
match once more.
Hartmann fairly cannonaded his
smashes at Mrs. wilbourn and her part
ner, while Mrs. Mills many times made
the openings for these shots through her
powerful driving from the back of the
court.
Uphill Tilt in Last Match.
In the last set the losers ran up a lead
OF I'll on games and seemed to have
the match well in hand, but this time
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann struggled des-
perately and tied the match up at 4 all,
From that point on the advantage
swayed from one side 20 the other. with
both Hartmann mad Forster developing
erratic tendencies as they tried to 'kilr,l
overhead. The women stuck nobly to
their guns, however. and steadied them,
partners by their example. Mrs. Mills
brought Off several exceptional "gets" |
in the last few games and lobbed so |
successfully to Forster that the latter
crashed his returns into the net. Mrs.
Mills and Hartmann took the nineteenth
and twentieth games for the set. at |
11-9 and the match.
Point Score.
FIRST SET
PtsG. |
Mrs d. G. Mills and lingo Hartmann
41t6026 80 |
Mrs. Percy Wilbouru and H. w. Forster
IA 234435 6-56 9 |
SECOND SET.
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann PtsG
4154404S 4l4+3s I |
Mrs. wilbourn and Forster
0432o46 4OAa0 s |
THIRD SET.
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann PtsG |
4222365 434724314 44-sS ii |
Mrs. Wilbourn and Forster
244454 3l525 4I543141 1-e0 o /
TOTALS.
Mrs. Mills and Hartmann: sets 20 games. 1
l37 points.
Mrs. wilbourn and Forster-i Get. 80 games.
l2S points.