The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-02
MISS WAGNER Is
TENNIS WINNER
Defeats Miss Grove for Third
Time This Season,
6-3. 81.
NET PLAY Is SPIRITED
Victory Practically Decides
WOmen's New York State
Championship.
NET PLAY is SPIRITED
BY SAMUEL j. BROoKMAN.

For the third time this season Miss
Marie Wagner triumphed over Miss
Margaret Grove at the New York Tennis
Club yesterday. This time the victory
was gained in the fourth round OF the
New York State tennis championship for
women, and virtually decided the title,
for Miss Wagner ought TO experience
little trouble disposins of Mrs c. Rosen-
thai in the setni-final round to-day, ana
i'm the final should defeat MIS-. Edward
v Lynch. whom she outplayed in the
Castle Point championship at Iioboken
a week ago.
1t was a splendid match. and Miss
Grove made a much more interesting
bid for victory than on the two previous
occasions. She was very close to taking
the second set, but Miss Wagner out
steadied her in an important game and
turned her back. Had Miss Grove been
able to take the game in question after
holding vantage point three times she
would have won the set and might have
outlasted her opponent in an extra d.
vision of play. AS it was. however, Miss
Wagner scored a well deserved victory,
6--3. 81, playing skilful tennis and
showing better control throughout the
greater part of the match.
The game upon which so much hinged
was the eighth of the second set Miss
Grove had led throughout the set by
service, and she was out in front by a
score of games to 3, with Miss Wagner
serving the next Two well placed
drives one along the side line and the
other in thavyight hand corner, gave
Miss g: Re her opportunity. but Miss
cfcT drew UP to deuce. The points
then went from vantage to deuce three
times, with Miss Grove holding the van
tage point, but she could not find the
winning shot, for Miss Wagner placed
with excellent judgment and forced her
out of position. Once Miss Grove APP
peared to have a favorable opening, but
Melted the ball in her overanxiety After
the fourth deuce Miss Wagner took two
points on errors, and the score instead
Of being 5-3 in Miss Groves favor
was all.
Miss Grove won the ninth game and
took the lead again, but although she
held the advantage game all the way
TO Tt she never was nearer than 3
points of winning the set. Games were
won on service all the way to the fiji
teenth, when Miss Wagner broke
through and then ended the match with
love game in the sixteenth.
The match was fought out from deep
court practically from first to last, and
the rallies were long and spirited Miss
Grove covered more ground than her
rival. but she had to. for Miss Wagner
placed with better judgment of angles
and distances and showed the better
control. They played each others back
hand at every opportunity and most of
the earned points were scored by that
style of attack. Once In a while either
Miss Wagner or Miss Grove came to the
forward court to meet short return,
but both considered the position danger
Gus and were content to fall back to the
base line.
Miss Grove showed frequently that
her plan of attack was to mix a short
stroke with a long one and thereby
keep Miss Wagner running to meet the
0all Her idea was excellent. but she
failed 10 put it into execution. for as a
rule when she tempered her stroke the
hall hit the top of the net This hap
pened so frequently that Miss Grove
found 1t Improbable to stick to her
original idea and she fell back to sharp
deep court driving.
The semi-final between Miss Wagner
and Mrs. C. Rothenthal will be played at
80 o'clock this morning and the final
against Mrs. Edward V. Lynch at
o'clock in the afternoon. The latter ad-
vanced to the title round through the
medium of default over Miss Bessie
Holden.
The summary:
women's New York state Tennis Cham
pionship-Fourth Round-Miss Marie Wagner
defeated Miss Margaret Grove, 6-3, 81
Semi-Final Round-Mrs. Edward " Lynch
won from Miss Bessie Holden by default.