New-York tribune., 1920-07-09
Stars 70 Oppose Mrs. Vel
~ and Mrs. Raymond
for Honors In Doubles
By Fred Hawthorne

1y 3 Feo I1aWtnOrme
Events moved swiftly to their ap-
pointed ends IN the women's open lawn
tennis tournament on the clay courts
sof the Greenwich Country Club yes
terday. with two pairs coming through
to the final round in the doubles, one
player reaching the semi-fnal round
IN the singles. and several matches
being completed in the consolation
division.
This morning the fourth round Of
1ne Singles will be played and the
ssl, snnl-nnais ~ the afternoon. with the
anal round Of the doubles. between
Miss Marie Wagner and Miss Glare
Gassel and Mrs. Edward Raymond and
mrs. Frank Welty, who gained their
brackets yesterday, will be played i'm
medlately after the singles to-morrow.
this bringing to close what has
proved 9 most successful tournament.
Miss Margaret Grove was the lone
player to rsach the semi-fnal round
OF tne singles, and this she did by ad-
mlnlstering decisive defeat, at 6N1.
o--o, 20 MISS Helen Gould, one OF the
.ccal players, In the fourth round.
full factor in this matcn, and Miss
Gould, who was making her frst an
pearance in tournament, did we'll to
get the one game that came to her.
Plays Back Court Game
Miss Grove made her principal at-
tack from the back of the court. her
lore, ana back hand drives across deep
court being SO we'll placed and carry
no %ArA
was more than once caught several feet
out OF position. Lobs of all kinds
MISS could treated with scant cour-
tesy, scoring kills" frequently.
The competition in the doubles was
Tar more spirited, two of the matches
going to three sets before the issue
was decided. Miss Wagner and Miss
Cassel defeated Miss Mary Heaton and
~. mss Winifred Croft, the two youthful
IreenWhich stars, in the third round
ny score of 6--2, 6--1, and here again
lt was case of vast experience against
comparatively untested team play and
the erratic tendencies Of youth.
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris and
MISS Grove won a we'll played match
from Mrs. De Forest Candee and Mrs.
Mabel .. Straffin, of the West Side
tennis Club, by score of Ga, 6-3,
IN the same round. Miss Grove was the
strongest player of the four on the
court, her deep drives, played at fine
angles, giving Mrs. Morris many op-
portunities to finish off the points at
the net position, a duty she fulfilled
with neatness and dispatch Mrs.
Motifs has faculty of ACCOMPLISHING
ner work at the net without any great
expenditure Of force, simply blocking
many OF the drives and dropping the
ball so short oyer the net as to make
1t practically unplayable.
Overdrives Base Line
Mrs. straffin, who defended the back
court on her side OF the net, had lot
Ct work to do as she faced the battery
from Miss Groves racquet. She per
formed we'll, on the whole, although
there were times when she missed on
simple shots, showing a tendency to
overdrlve the base line. The fact that
she did not have as much pace on her
strokes as Miss Grove did not enable
her partner, Mrs. Candee, to get as
many glowing chances for kills" as
fell to Mrs. Morris, but in spite of this
the former brought applause from The
manner in which she volleyed and
smashed.
Mrs. Raymond and Mrs. Welty, after
dropping the first set against Miss Ger
trude Della Tore and Miss Caroma
Winn, steadied down and won the last
two, scoring the match at 3-6, 6-2,
Cd. Both of the winning pair were
reliable from the back of the court and
were also able to take their place at
the net when the openings came, and
when Miss Winn and her partner fall
tered bit Mrs. Welty and Mrs. Ray
mond were quick to take advantage.
In a second-round match Mrs. N.
Levy and Miss Marion Rockford defeat
ed Miss Katherine Lauder and Miss
Julia Stanley at 0-6, 6--1, 81, and
then triumphed over Mrs. Bickel and
Miss Eleanor Croft at GO, 8-6, play
ing with fine steadiness and determine
ton from deep court.
Win in Three Sets
In the semi-final brackets Miss Cas-
sci and Miss Wagner defeated Mrs.
Morris and Miss Grove at 7-5, 3-6,
so. The four were about evenly
matched in the first two sets. all do
ing brilliant work by turns, with Miss
Wagner and Mrs. Morris guarding the
net position and Miss Cassel and Miss
Grove, in back court. Miss Cassel
played the best tennis she has shown
this, year in this encounter. her beau
tifully placed drives opening up the
court and giving Miss Wagner glow
ing opportunities to finish off the
points, and the latter rarely missed
these chances.
Miss Grove and Mrs. Morris held
their opponents even until the last
set, when they tired badly and began
to make errors on easy shots. Mrs Ray
mond and Mrs. Welty knew too much
tennis for Mrs. Levy and Miss Reck-
ford, covering court splendidly and
forcing their opponents out of posi-
tion by clever change Of pace, to win
at 6-l, Go.
Anued11cf Entrioe