New-York tribune., 1920-07-10
Local Player Defeats Mrs.
Raymond; Will Oppose
Miss Wagner To-day
By Fred Hawthorne

Miss Margaret Grove and Miss Marie
Wagner will meet this afternoon in the
final round Of the singles in the open
lawn tennis tournament of the Green
wich Country Club, in what should de-
velop into one OF the most keenly
fought matches Of the season in wo-
mems tennis. Both are more than anx-
ious to win this match, and both are
playing very close to their best. What
other elements are needed for good
match?
Miss Grove gained her place in the
final yesterday by defeating Mrs. Ed
ward Raymond, Connecticut state
champion, by u score of 0-6, Ga,
posite bracket after winning twice dur
ing the day. She first defeated Miss
Glare Cassel at 60, Cd, and then
took the measure of Mrs. Sydney
Wolff by a score of 6-1, 6-2. Miss
Groves single victory stood out over
Miss Wagner's two on merit, for Mrs.
Raymond has been consistent tourna-
ment winner # late, whereas neither
Miss Cassel nor Mrs. Wolff was play
ing strongly enough to provide real
opposition.
Mrs. Raymond, in the first set against
Miss Grove, played practically error
less tennis, placing her drives with
splendid precision close to the lines
and so far into deep court that her op-
ponent was always on the defensive and
fighting a losing battle. She was con-
tinually over-driving the base line
when sne "stroked" the ball, and when
she started to soften her game for eau
tion's sake, a majority Of, her shots
landed in the net.
Miss Grove Rallies
But Miss Grove could not do worse,
and so she grew better at the start of
the second set. At no time in the
opening set, while Mrs. Raymond was
reeling off the six games in row, did
Miss Grove impress me as being wor-
ried as to the ultimate result. She
seemed to feel that she could swing
into her game when the call came, and
her confidence was fully justified, as
we were to see later.
The very ease with which she took
the frst set. might have tended to
throw Mrs. Raymond off her guard,
but am inclined to believe the rea-
son for her sudden weakening lay in
the fact that she had, only couple
of hours earlier, won hard match
from Mrs. Edward v. Lynch, the east
ern New York State champion, by a
score of 6-1, SIS, in the fourth
round.
1t was hot in the full glare of the
sun at Greenwich yesterday, and five
sets under such conditions were plain
" too much for Mrs. Raymond As
she tired her shots failed to come off
as smoothly and as accurately as be-
fore, while Miss Grove was hitting the
ball with all confidence, speeding up
in every department and covering her
court very we'll indeed,
There were many driving exchanges
from the back-court, but now it was
Miss Grove who was forcing the issue
and her shots that carried the acute
angles. Mrs. Raymond was falling
back on defensive shots and her soft
ened ball, with its higher bound, was
we'll suited to Miss Groves style Of
Local Player Takes Lead
Taking the second set at Cd and
squaring the match, the New York
player swept ahead, leading at 5-1 on
games before Mrs Raymond, by last
rally, could make 1t 6--3. Miss Grove
won the ninth game after two pro-
longed driving rallies, giving her the
set and match.
Miss Wagner had no such trials in