New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-09

The women championship singles
Ill star. tomorrow morning with
Mss Marion Zinderstein playing
,s-n,,rh II defense OF her title. Nine
.n.r wor,ea. among whom are some OF
10 leading players in the East, will
..r,rgle Tor the honors. As matter
~ fsct. the quality Of the field in this
division is higher than in the mems,
eempara.ively speaking, and Tar bet
,s- balanced.
!, the .on half are Miss Helen Gill
,ssrdeau, Mss Edith Sigourney. Miss
katherine Force. Miss Bertha Sexton,
Mrs. Benjamin E. Briggs, Mrs. Theo-
Sors Sohs- ana Mrs Harold \. Throck
nortoa. Mss GIlleaudeau. the New
YORK State champion. should reach
the first final bracket here, with Miss
sigourney mos. liable to give her
roubie.
Miss Zinderstein Favorite
IN the lower hal: ars Miss FINDER
Florence Balm, Mrs. De Forest Can
IL. and Miss Phyllis Walsh as the
MOS. prominent. Miss Zinderstein and
Mss BALM ought OF form TO meet
IN me seni-fnal, with the little cham
u;on gaining the final bracket.
Tuden gained q default in the frst
-ouud and then overwhelmed Kenneth
Simmons ct 6-i, 6-1 II the second
bracket. His play was Of the same
ne.eorlc character as when he de-
s.ssed Vincent Richards for the in
door title las week.
Ths keenest match OF the tourna-
meat occurred in the second round
ns.ch between Bidwell and r. ". Sea
bury, Bedwell finally winning at As,
s., IS. wit many points featured
by long back-cour- rallies, Seabury
drove hard. but Bidwell was BIT more
effective when he went TO the net
70 finish CO his points
Shater and Hardy were both too
steady for 4. c. Wick and R. B. knowl-
ION, respectively. winning AZ GO, 6-3
snd 60, al. Beautiful passing
shots down the side lines marked the
work Of the winners. But for al in
ant gale Of wind, the conditions were
excellent. a regular summer sun
bsthed the courts all day, and q. gal
lary Of several hundred sat around
ne four courts on the terraced banks.
The morning session did not bring
cut anything II the nature OF en- up
sat. tbs class" coming through If
GIT sets n ever instance. -Four
defaults helped speed along the com
petion Of the first round so that a.
was IN readiness for the eight after
noon matches by the time luncheon
hour arrived.
Tilcen. drawing default in the
opening round from Richard Rouse
Engaged Simmons. the former Yale
sar, 4 The second. The national il
9oor CHAMPION started CT al high
speed ayz INST The haplsss Simmons and
aeid To the fast pace right through &c
tie Anal point.
Ti!dan showed unusual keenness &c
win il tbs match, fairly caanonaGing
The hal INTO his opponents court with
powerful s-nasnes q everything over.
read rhac would permit OF smash
IN other cases he brought his daz-
Ling vo,iey.ng shots INTO play, rakina
Simmons court with sharply angl &c
shots There ware sustained periods
zoo, vhen Tilden stuck to the back OF
bis cour- and' exchanged deep cour,
drives with his rival In every depart
nent O. the garla the indoor champion
vas ir1ne asureably the superior, &C
that Simmons was really fortunate te
get ons game n each set.
Throcknor-ea. after taking the frs.
Sc Of his opening round match with
o. Wild hitting tnat gave him all sorts
prevailing a. day placed an added
premium CT urs-eadiness. so that the
former national iu-e-scholastic cham
pion soon found himself trailing az
5-5 OF games n ire second. set
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