New-York tribune., 1920-02-07

There we're times during the match
when it seemed that the New York girl
was threatening Mrs. Mallory's suprem-
acy. Her game was splendidly versa
tile. She had the slashing "pace" to all
her shots that we so rarely find among
even the leading women players, but
there was just something lacking that
cheated her of victory.
Or, rather, l should say that Mrs
Mallory always had bit in reserve, an
extra burst of speed, perhaps, an amaz-
ing faculty for shooting the ball into
the smallest and most feeting of open
ings. The Morse "Whirlwind" did not
60 to the net as frequently as | have
seen her do on other occasions. She
seemed to feel that her passing shots.
of both fore and back hand, were
weapons of offense both powerful and
dangerous enough to offset all the brill
fancy Of her rivals net game, and re-
suits justified that confidence.
Takes Ball on Rise
But above all, l think, it was the
Noree girls ability to take every ball
on the rise and send it speeding back
into Miss Goss's court, as though it
had bounded off backwall that gave
her the advantage.
THIS tended to put Miss Goss gen
orally on the defensive, for she found
constant difficulty in getting back into
position for Mrs. Mallory's returns
The West Side Tennis Club girl was
quicker at leaving her base line, par
ticularly when following in or service,
than I have ever seen her before; but
even SO, there were many times when
she was caught foot or two short and
was forced to take the ball ut her feet
as she came racing in.
A study Of the stroke analysis will
show that Miss Cess made only four
moro errors than Mrs. Mallory, but the
latter was credited with a total of
thirty-two placement aces during the
match, as against Miss Goss's twenty
one, and three of the latter service
aces.
For the "Norse queen" it may be
said that she played better tennis yes
terday than at any time during the last
two years. In the second set she dis
covered that her opponent was Club
blng" some Of the soft returns, and
she at once began to mix up her pace,
alternating terrific forehand drives
with half voleys that barely lifted the
ball over the net. Miss Goss afame
with the sole desire to win uppermost
in her mind, lost many points on her
return of these shots.
These lapses occurred mostly as the
tall New York girl took the ball on
the full vollev close to the net. 1t
must have been discouraging to her to
see the ball hit the top cord, hang a
minute and then drop back into her
court.
Both Break Through.
A curious feature Of the match was
that while Miss Goss was serving
with remarkable accuracy and sever
ity from start to finish, and scored
three service aces on her delivery, she
really gained little if any advantage
on her service. both players breaking
through frequently.
Mrs. Nal ory began the service in
the match, but dropped the first game
as she sent hard drives into the ne
With Miss Goss serving in the next
game, the Morse girl struck. her peer !
less stride and took the game at
"love," and went along in her winning
ways until she led at Al on games
The third, fourth and fifth we're only
scored by Mrs. Mallory after the points
had been fought out to "deuce'' sew
eral times.
Miss Goss won the sixth game after
q desperate struggle, with deep drives