New-York tribune., 1920-06-19
Miss Ballin
Causes Upset
On the Courts
West Side Player Defeats
Miss Helene Pollak in
Straight Sets, 8-6, 90
By Fred Hawthorne

by sound tennis, marked the fourtl
round of the singles yesterday IT. tn,
annual women's New Jersey Stat.
championship tournament, on the clay
courts Of the Orange Lawn Tenni:
Club, at Mountain Station, N. J. Mis-!
Florence A. Ballin, CT the West Side
Tennis Club, defeated Miss Helene Fol
lax, national indoor and Middle State.
champion, by score of So, 90, thus
gaining her sem-nnal bracket in .ht
lower half of the draw
Another brilliant performance wa.
shown in the same round, when Mrs
Rawson L. Wood, former Florida cham
pion, administered decisive defeat tc
Mrs. Samuel K. Waring, of New York
the match going in straight sets a
6-3, Go. with Mrs. Wood continual,
forcing the issue and bringing off daz
zling shots.
Tne third singles match of the day
in the women's event witnessed the de.
feat OF Mrs. Percy L. Wilbourn by 6
score of Is, e. at the hands OF
Miss Edith Handy, of taten Island, whc
mas been playing in exceptionally good
form all through the tournament. This
match was very close in the first set
but in the second session Mias Handy
went to the front through clever plac-
ing and battling change of pace.
Miss Cassel as Opponent
This afternoon, at 1 o'clock, Miss
Ballin will face Miss Clare Cassel in
the upper semi-fnal brackets. while
Mrs. Wood and Miss Handy will clash
at the same hour in the lower half
Besides her great victory in the sin
giles. Mrs. Wood, paired with Mrs
Lewis Gouverneur Morris, won two
matches in the doubles and went into
the final round. The finals in both
mems and women's events will be
played Tomorrow afternoon.
Dean Mathev and Robert s. Stoddar I'd
reached the semi-final round in the
mems New York State championship
singles, Mathey gaining his bracket by
defeating Alfred D. Hammett, at 6-i
6-l, and Alrick H. Man, at 81. Cd
Stoddart, who is on the opposite side
Of the draw, defeated Hugh Oakley, al
60, C and then vanquished Edward
Oelsner by q score of IS, GO.
Miss Ballin brought about Miss Pol
lak's defeat through superior court
strategy mixing up her hard driving
game from deep court with occasional
lobs and spirited vollcying sessions
at the net. Miss Polak made a great
st9nd in the last set, particularly in
the seventh game, when the points
went to deuce" ten times, with Miss
Hallln within a point Of the match six
times, before the West Side girl coulc
clnch the game Had she lost that
game 1t IS possible Miss Ballin nigh
have lost the match, for she was very
tired.
Nerved up by her success. she went
INTO the eighth game with renewed
determination and finally pulled it ou,
after the points had reached deuce
four times The last point she wor
with clean volleying ace to Mss
Pollak's deep backhand.
Breaks" Against Loser
In justice to Miss Pollak, it must be
said that she was the victim of al
the bad breaks" throughout the match
losing several points on lucky met
rolls and on close decisions, vet she
never abandoned hope. Miss Ballin's
driving was both severe and we'll con
trolled. and her lobs we'll timed te
catch her opponent out of position
Mrs. Wood was going like the vino
in her match against Mrs. Waring, tax
ing the aggressive from the start anc
sending her splendid forcing drives
ripping through the openings for daz-
zling acres. She also came in to vollev
riddling the court with sharly anglec
shots and playing in beautiful form al
the way
Partnered by Mrs Morris in the
Doubtless Mrs. Wood showed the higf
quality of her play against Miss Winr
and Miss Della Tore, one Of the
strongest Of the local doubles teams
Many long rallies We're brilliantly
ended by Mrs. Morris's dazzling cross
court shots at the net, while Mrs. Wooc
forced the openings by splendidly
placed drives
Mrs. Wilbourn and Mrs. G. B
Hirsch defeated Miss Florence
Sheldon and Mrs. H. H. Bradley, al
Go, 70, in the third round Of the
doubles, while Mrs. Robert lie Roy
and Miss Handy took the measure OF
Mrs j. C. Brush and Miss Penelope
Davies at 60. Go, in the same
round, superior team telling it's tale
in the latter match.
Mathey was going exceptionally wei
in his two matches, his sharp volley
ing being entirely too much for hi:
opponents on the heavy turf courts
Willard Botsford took an extremely
close match from Commander w. s
Anderson in the third round, by {
score of 7-5, DO, 6-3, with Ander
son once within a point of victory II
the second set.
The summaries follow:
WOMEN'S NEW JERSEY STATE CHAM
PIONSHIP SINGLES
Fourth round-Miss Florence A. Ballil
defeated Miss Helene Polak. St. e.