The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-09-12
MeqdoO Brook Defeats Rockaway for Senior Polo Hono BY IS
WOMENS NATIONAL
TENNIS AT HAND
East and West Represented in
Title Tourney.

After long series of grass court
tournaments that have served to deter.
mine The likely oontenders for the title.
me womsns national tennis champion
slip opens al the Philadelphia County
! cub tomorrow with every promise df
htlng one Of the best events IN years,
/ For the first time In ok seasons the
tournament will not be- an all Easter.
affair Tor California has sent on threp
lG hA leading players, while other West
efn states also are 10 be represented,
! Ihat fact alone should make the cha.n-
plonshlp metehes unusually attractive,
The Pacific coast will have Miss ICer
haker coast champion Miss Eleanor
Tennant ana Mrs ieam Leaehman ns In
cohlendefs' ~ Louis will be represented
! ~ Miss corlnne Gould, former national
clay court champion ~, Paul hv AusS
Marguerite Davis, who has played con.
Nnclngly In hor several tOhrnamenta In
lhe East Kansas city tS Miss Marjorie
Hires and Miss Evelyn Seavey, The
! south, too, VIII have Two or three OF It's
leading girl players on hand,
There n strong conviction however,
| that the title which MTA George w,
| NlghtnAn of Boston has relinquished
WIN remain IN tho East Preliminary
| tournaments have. demonstrated that
the tennis ~ the Western girls IL Just
a little hhy Of championship calibre, and
| that In the test 90 come one of three
| women of the EAst-Mra MOlln Blur
siedt Mallory and Miss Eleanor GOss of
New York ana Miss Marion Xinderstein
nt HosiGn-should emerge triumphant
Despite her failure IN The British tennis
! championship Mrs, Mallory Is stll close
% being the most effective player In
The United States and her work m the
Nassau, Cedarhurst and Country Club
of Weatchester tournaments since her
return from England has proved con.
cluSlNcly that she II IN far better shape
10 regain her lost tIle this season than
she Wos 10 defeDd II a year ago.
Mise Goas, after an erratic start dur
Ing which she met several surprising
defeats, appears 10 haye reached her
best tennis on turf, and Is playing up 10
hcr RANKING She stands second on the
| national list But the majority OF those
who followed the fortunes of the lead.
lng women players appear 10 favor Miss
Marion HlnderHteln, and they certainly
belief
The Boston Flrl has not met defeat
lhls aeGfon, She has played IN seven
tournaments and has won them all de.
clsiNely She triumphed over Miss
Eleanor GosS IN straight sets In the
metropolitan championship, defeated
Miss Eleanor Tenant In the Sehbrignt
| llnhl ana again IN the Longwood final
ana she won the piuehurst tournament
national clay court championship AMI
Great Lakes Championship IN al. these
Journeys she dropped only one set and
mat one TO Mlss Edith Sgourney her
rluDmhlo OF the longwood Cricket Club.
she has played superb tennis, mixing
pced with court generllship driving
sharply from deep court fofehand and
lHckhand, vary Ing her attack repeatedly
irom base line 10 net, yOley!ng with
precision ana showing great confidence.
She has been trife unsteady at times,
but not nlarmingly no. and In the matter
- service has gained remarkably N con.
troll Time was when Mlsp Zinderste!n
would throw away matches by double
iaulting repeatedly, Her object then was
TO develop mOrS SEVERITY IN her serve
even nt the expense Of control, and sho
persisted until she finally attained her
desire and then won back control. While
her service Is not nearly as severe as
that OF Miss Goss, II carries plenty Of
sting and her opponents have found II
difficult TO handle.
Miss 2Indurstein's tennis Is alert, busl.
ness Ike and because Of its speed and
versatility Il mighty Interesting. She
appears "a be NJ the top Of her game
and ought TO win, II was Miss Zlnder-
stein. II will ba remembered, who
eliminated Mrs. Mallory IN the tourna-
ment last year Both have improved
since then and should they meet on the
way 10 the title round their match will
be worth going far 10 see,
Miss Eleanor Tennant appears 10 be
the best OF the Western contingent. This
has been her first year on turf, but she
has become accustomed 10 the grass sur
face and Of late has given indications
OF constant Improvement. She has
been flnalist or semi-finalist In everyy
one OF the half dozen tournaments she
has played since her debut in the East,
Phat she will extend the best Of the
Contenders seems certain.
Others who may be expected 10 play
prominent part In the event are Miss
Edith Sigourney and Miss Leslie Ban
croft Of Boston.> Miss Helene Pollak
Miss Glare Cassel, Miss Marie Wagner
Mrs, Edward W. Raymond, Mrs, Benja-
min J.. Briggs OF New York. Miss
Phyllis Walsh and Mrs. C. Harvey OF
Philadelphia. Miss Marguerite Davis OF
ST. Paul and Miss Helen Baker OF San
Francisco, the Pacific coast champion.
The tournament Is being held three
months later than heretofore, and the
advisabillty Of the change from June 10
September has been Acknowledged
everywhere. In previous years the ma
jority OF tho players entered the tour
nament unprepared TO show their best
tennis, for the championship came along
before they had had sufficient oppor-
tunity for tournament competition, The
event was beginning TO lose interest and
was becoming more or less OF an all
Eastern affair when agitation In favor
Of a September date met with a salts
factory response and saved the situation.