New-York tribune., 1920-06-07
West Side Club
Player Shines
In Final Round
Montclair Loses in Straight
Sets; Miss Marshall and
Kidde Win Mixed Doubles
BY Fred Hawthorne

0y FRED Hawthorne
The fast and severe driving Of Mrs
Robert lie Roy, Of the West Side Ten
mis- Club. combined with speedy court
covering and q very capable overhead d
game, proved too great an obstacle for
Mrs. James H. McMillen, of the Mont.
clair Athletic Club. yesterday after
noon, in the Anal round Of the women's
annual invitation lawn tennis tourna-
ment on the Montelair courts, and Mrs
1e Roy won In straight sets at 6-3,
Miss Alice Marshall and Fr.nk
Kidde, the local favoritss. retrieved al1 the
loss Of the singles title by defeatine o
Mrs. David c. Mills and Gerald r
merson, OF Orange, by a score Of 1-6
0-3, 81, In the Anal round of +ho
mixed doubles. N VIC
carrier In the afternoon Mrs. Mills
ana her partner had taken the meas-
ure OF Mrs. McMillen and F. II Dev;t+
IN the semi-fnal round Of the same
event, and In the morning thew had
vWanq1ished W Miss Martha Bayard and
Oouglas Mebufney In the second rcnnd
Final Doubles To-day
The final round match in the wom-
ems doubles between Mrs, LIE Row and
MRS. T. C. Cassebeer and Miss Csron,a -
Wann and Miss Gertrude Della Torra
Is scheduled to start at $3.50 o'clock th;s
morning. the early hour being named
because the mems annual New Jersey
state championship tournament berins
on e tne Montclair courts to-day, with a
eVeAl OF ninety-seven entries, among
wnom are s. Howard Voshell, former
Aa''ors. indoor champion, and Harold
junior champion.
AZ would have been difficult to And
weak spot in Mrs. Ia Roy's game
yssterday. Her ground strokea were
sosotutely SQUAD, having an abundance
q pace" and being extremely we'll
paced, and when she elected to come
IN behind her forcing shots it was
SCnly after the opening had been made
St StSvere overland volleys. rather than
points at such times.
Not In several years has the West
strength that she has disclosed in this this
tournament. The fact that she over
whelmed Mrs. Cassebeer by a score Of
So 60 earlier in the week was
PROOF enough that she was going at her
very best, and against Mrs. McMillen
yesterday there was q bit more speed
~G W. ccAoSy III uST otfokeS.
Considering the fact that Mrs Nc
M1llen was making her first tourna.
ment appearance on outdoor courts in
this event since 1914, her showing ali
through the week was remarkable
!here were times yesterday when the
former Alberta Weber's right arm,
which she inferred Just before her re-,
slfement six years ago, went back on
ner, and she vas not able to hold her
preferred position 1t the net because
she could not stand the pace of such
aggressive tactics. Thus compelled to
make her fight from the back-court,
MRS: lie Roy's strongest point. Mrs.
NcMi!len struggled valiantly but all
Hits Every Shot Hard
Before going on the court the Mont.
clair star had evidently made un her
mind to 60 down with colors living.
She might have employed deep lob
to break up her opponents driving at
tack. as she had 50 successfully done
against Miss Winn In the third round.
but, on the contrary, she hit every shot
hard and went out" for every point
In the opening set Mrs. LIE Roy got
away to one game lead, taking her
service. and later she worked into an
advantage Of So on games, going like
A@'"SuiHe eHo ripped nef drives
down the side lines and across deep
court to the corners. Mrs. McMillen
managed to win the eighth game after
several spirited rallies from back court.
and then Mrs. Le Roy came through
with the winning shots in the ninth,
taking the set at 6-3.
The second set found Mrs. lie Roy
maintaining her fast, severe "strok
ing" Of the ball. and she seemed tire
less. covering every position in her
court with great agility. Mrs. Nc
Millen could not hold the pace, getting
only one game in this set. On the
last two points, standing on the brink
OF defeat, she elected to take desperate
chances. once earning beautiful
placement ace by sending swift back
hand yolley across Mrs. 1e Roy's court
at a sharp angle, and on the last point
she again refused 10 play "safe," but
shot back another low drive that
landed In the net and gave the match
to Mrs. lie Roy.
The work ot Miss Marshall in the
mixed doubles Anal match was very
good, the more so when it is said she
was playing in her first tournament.
Her ground strokes were very speedy
and we'll placed. Kidde outplayed
Emerson in the last two sets, earning
many points at the net position.