New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

w, anu Sic was greeted WIN Il
had watched the struggle with keen
lE the first set "Marvellous Molla"
SIMPLY overwhelmed her tall rival, al
lowing Miss Goss only ten points and
running Off six games in row in
almost record time. Only seven errors
were made by the great Morse girl in
that set. and she WAS hitting the ball
with such tremendous pace" and
placing with such wonderful accuracy
that her opponent could never settle
down into her real stride
In her anxiety to meet speed with
speed Miss Goss was continually over
driving the base line. and even when
she closed i'll at the net to vollev the
bali few wide Of the court But the
girl who was ranked at No > last year
never abandoned her swift pace and
shs continued thus 10 the end. going
down as she bad booun. putting all her
strength into every stroke.
Miss Goss Rallies
With the start of the second set.
however, Miss Goss, apparently realiz~
ing that she had everything to win and
nothing TO lose, gained control of her
ground strokes and also threw caution
ASIDE on more than one occasion as
she stormed the net and finished off
ner points by splendid, powerful volley-
ing.
When she finally did make I'D her
nina to force her way into forecourt.
in the face of Mrs. Mallory's superla
tive driving down the side lines, Miss
Toss was almost uniformly successful
her great reach made it easy for her to
smother many of the Morse girls re-
turns. Truly. Miss Goss was an i'm
presslve picture on such occasions. cut
ting OIL the ball so sharply, and with
such an excess of mower behind the
stroke that Mrs. Mallory rarely GOT
her racket into position in time
After dropping the FIRST two games
Mss Goss set herself for the supreme
enort and went out after cverything
Her forehand drives carried fully as
much speed as Mrs Mallorv's. and she
backed up these forcing shots with
splendid volleying. Game by game she
crept up and passed her great rival,
until the score stood at 4-2 on games,
and 1t looked as though the national
doubles champion was about to square
the match by winning the set.
Mrs: Mallory had undeniably "let
DOWN just at the time when Miss
and the latter's dazzling work at the
net was breaking up the former ma
tlonal champions game badly. No
matter how hard she tried to edge the |
ball past her opponent, Mrs Mallor
round her returns smothered BY the
wide sweep of Miss Goss's racquet.
Changes Style of Attack
Then it was that thc Morse queen
showed her quality She switched
from deep-court driving attack and
sent her sizzling returns short into
charging for the net, was frequently
caught half way between base line and
barrier as Mrs. Mallory drove the ball
TO her feet. Some of these shots the |
New York girl picked up on the half
volley as she came in, but far more |
often she was compelled to dig" the |
Dali up weakly, giving her rival the !
chances for the kill" on the full |
volley.
Mrs. Mallory won the next three
games in a row, and then, in the tenth
game, when she led at 81 on games
and 40 on points, with only stroke
to go for the match, the Morse girl
netted two returns. At 1910. with
Mrs. Mallory serving, she was the
victim of an unfortunate decision on
her first service ball by lineman
She lost the next two points and the
game, and this served to spur Miss
Goss on to final attempt. BY another
session of furious overhead play and
decisive volleying the doubles cham
plon brought the game to 6-all
Mrs. Mallory, breaking through serv-
Ice in the thirteenth game. took it at
"love" and then won the next after
deuce had been called once, giving
her the set at S-6, and the match.
One of the strongest shots in the
former national champions attack was
lightning backhand drive across Miss
Goss's forecourt, close to the side lines
and to Miss Goss's backhand. Time and
again the New York star was caught by
this shot, and on almost every ex-
change of bachhand drives Mrs. Mallory
was triumphant.
Beals Wright, former national cham
pion and Davis Cup player umpired the
match, and among those who watched
from the gallery seats were Mrs Bar
ger Wallach. former national woman
champion; Ichiya Kumagae Of Japan;
DR.. Samuel Hardy, of California; Mrs.
Rawson l.. Wood, former Florida cham
pion, and Mrs. De Forest Candee,
former Casino title holder.
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