New-York tribune., 1919-09-10

MISS wagner, present singles cham
pion, gained her bracket yesterday by
defeating Mrs. w. II. Prtchard at 6-3
6-l, and this afternoon she will face
Mrs. A. B. Duncan in the struggle to
get into the upper bracket in the semi
final round. The champion was not
greatly extended to win from Mrs.
Pritchard although several of the
games reached deuce before Miss
Wagner could take the deciding points
Before she tired from the fast pace
Mrs. Pritchard did very we'll against
the title holder, her driving from deep
court Being steady and her returns we'll
placed. Several stirring rallies re-
suited as they battled for the points.
In the second set, however, Mrs Pritch-
ard faltercd and Miss Wagner forged
to the front rapidly, placing backhand
drives down the side lines with un-
erring skill and finishing off the points
at the net with a tinality that batfled
Mrs. Pritchards best efforts.
Miss Gilcaudau Wins
Miss Gillcaudeau, who is in the same
half of the draw with Miss Wagner,
and who should be her opponent in the
semi-final round, triumphcd yesterday
over Miss Margaret Grove by a score
of &c, 6-3. The winner was a
marvel of steadiness and accuracy, and
adNed to this, she put fine amount of
pace" on her splendid forehand drives
Miss Grove played her usual good
back court against Miss Gileaudcau's,
and taking the net against the latter
was risky thing to do, in view of
Miss Gilleaudeau's skill at passing.
Mrs. Robert lie Roy, who is in the
lower half of the draw, has an ex-
cellent chance of coming through to
the final round. She eliminated one of
her most dangerous rivals for this posi-
ton yesterday when she vanouished Miss
Caroma Winn, one of the home clubs
stars, by a score of 6-1, 2-6, G-3.
This match was worry closely con.
tested in most Of the games, but Mrs.
Lc Roy was too sure on her ground
strokes and too persistent coverer
OF her court for her lcft-handcd oppo-
rent. In the second set Miss VIM
looked unbs atable, hammoring away at
Mrs. lie Roy's backhand most persist
emily and gaining many OF her points
through the winners inability to re-
turn aggressiveiy from her left side.
Loser Makes Errors
In the last set Mrs. lie Roy overcama
this difficulty by sometimes running
around the ball to take it on her fore
hand and then rip home splendid
drives straight through her rivals deep
court. Her backhand also improved,
whereas Miss WiNn made costly errors
when she attempted to win the points
IS volleying from close to the net.
Miss Hazel Gardner continued her
winning streak by taking the measure
Of Mrs. i. c. Sohst, at So, Go, in
the third round. The New Jersey girl
had hard struggle on her hands in
the opening set, both players alternat-
ing on games up to call as they en-
gagged in brilliant rallies from all over
the court. In the last set Mrs. Sohst
was so tired from chasing Miss Gard
ner's skillfully placed returns that she
could not put ap much opposition, and
the latter went straight through with
out the loss Of a game
Mrs. II. 7. Eaton, of Morristown,
conquered Mrs. G.. b. Hirsch, at 6-4,
6-l, in a match that brought out some
very fine tennis. Neither player hest
tated to close in at the net when the
openings had been forced, but Mrs.
Eaton had just sufficient superiority to
take the last two games in each set.
Mrs. Percy Wilbourn eliminated Mrs.
a. Elliott Ranney in the third round,
taking the match at Cd, G-3, with
most Of the playing taking place from
the back of the court. Mrs. Ranney
was steady and a tireless court coverer,
but Mrs. Wiibourn's skill at placing
this was the deciding factor in the
match.
The first and second rounds in the
doubles were all completed with the
exception Of the second round meeting