Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-03
Ranches Finals in Women m $
'sSya S,n,e La,cn Tennis Tour
.",': .sv: So Does Miss Walsh;
d., 18th in Mixed Doubles
|noUBLES TODA Y
n, spICK HALL

Boor r,.rsr had chance to land
49,. lawn tennis titles in one tourna. ,.
.n'.t u,.t for she reached the hnai II loan"S ao,,
mem, AZ. ~ .,rsles. doubles and mixed dou-
m. !, ''e n The pennsylvania and Eastern
oles III ,..st s But she lost the chance
s'',e. s.,n. The doubles. In the tourna-
@ p', .s;. year at Merton, it looks as
.sam,s men,, Miss Anne B. Townsend VIII
.pousu -. came opportunity. She already
have .a,bsd .nv the finals IN Singles ana
B" Lea'.,d IND playing with Wallace f.
doubles, ar Il IL hard to see how she can
iose that event. u,. .ho
WIZ, hh.,,i;ont tennis of her career, IL
most forepone conclusion that she
u ~ no. N.;n tbe Singles. for Miss Phyllis
VII. MI Walsh also is putting up as hne
nunn ~ tennis as she has ever done:
NJ o,a''H Walsh and Miss Townsend VIII
Mlss ,or,orrow afternoon in the ulti-
my tottle for the State crown. or, TO
ant ,naw for the handsome silver vase
,,.S ps t1' was carefully selected by Mrs.
This" why pow. Jr., and which is OF tho
!, ~. :, NAV no converted into q lamp
type tnat Hha! oo
,tand IL desired.
Miss Townsend and Miss welsh
coached the finals yesterday; MISS
Townsend eliminated Mrs, Richard
N.lls in two love sets and Miss Walsh
erased Mrs. Harvey from the picture
8.3, Ga.
Miss Walsh played brilliant game
.,s;nst Mrs, Harvey, and it was evident
.srly IN the match that unless she let
down in her game she would be the
winner.
Good at Net
Resides driving well, Miss Walsh
n,ayed a rafting good game at the net.
fime and again she blocked Mrs. Har-
,ev's fast drives for clean points. Often
aha shot over sharp. angled volleys and
,mashes that left Mrs. Harvey without
a chance to make d return.
Miss Walsh's service was quite Sc
we're, but she was slightly unsteady
with II. She lost two games on her
own delivery at love, making two dou
Die faults in each.
Mrs. Harvey had chance to prolong
the match, and possibly change the en-
tire complexion Of it in the second set.
when she led at 4-3 in games and 40-15
in the eighth game. But Miss Walsh
stfened her offense and drove for four
successive placements, winning the
game and then running the set out at
"a.
Miss Townsend's score against Mrs.
Nalle was complete surprise. Mrs.
Nale has been playing an excellent
game all through the tournament. and
the fact that she defeated Miss Mildred
Willard, the conQueror of Miss Molly
Thayer, sent Mrs. Males stock up
very high. And the remarkable part
Of It was that Mrs. Nalle was not of
IN her game.
She played we'll, but Miss Townsend
played super tennis. She drove with
terrific power, and she didn't seem able
TO miss II she wanted to. Her straight
drives down the side lines were deer
and usually caught Mrs. Nallr in an
other part Of the court. TNo same
thing was true of Miss Tow nScpd's
speedy cross court shots, which breezed
over at such a big angle that from the
clubhouse veranda they appeared to be
travelling parallel to the net.
Fine volleying
At the net Miss Townsend was vir-
tually perfect. She volleyed with the
precision and confidence of Billy John
eton Add to this a service that was
lnvincible, and you have Miss Town
SENDS game yesterday. She had only
one double fault and shot over nint
immaculate service aces and many
more first services that Mrs. Nall.
could handle only with q defensive shot
with this state of affairs. it seem,
mat the match between Miss Walsh AM
MISS Townsend will be about the best
contest that has been staged here be-
tween members Of the fairer but alleged
weaker sex for years. Both of then
pay mans style game, and for that
reason the battle will be fast and
shappy. There will not be many Ions
rallies, for one of them is going to reach
,ne net and the point will be won OF
,os quickly by the one who reaches the
barrier first
me finals In doubles. which was
scnedaled to be played this afternoon
AZ 2:3o O'Clock, may be thriller. and
again it may not.
=, The tilt is between Mrs. Harvey and
Mrs' N, b. Huff, on the one side. and
PISS Townsend and Miss Walsh, on the
, olner, Miss Townsend and Miss Walsh
sll both go to the net whenever they
nave the chance, and they are likely
70 set the chance often, for Mrs. Har
,y and Mrs. Huff both play a strictly
ack'court game.
pns yesterday Mrs. Harvey and Mrs.
Dun Dun reached the finals by beating Mrs.
hUpett h0 Herold and Mrs. II. r. Ker-
nIsrssd' IsI' me BeIh"ld team. MI foul
;ntsso. ;seu m The back court, but it wan ar
,ateresting match to watch at Thai
WIS, WIS, HUFF and Mrs. Harvey both drovt
.aectivelly,, Mrs. Huff's backhand shots
~ usual bringing forth bombs Of an
mst0h rsSe on numerous occasions. Tn,
sn ,co,s was close, according to the
snd ana 20, -, although Mrs. Harvey
s.n .n MIS- Huff seemed to be playins
we'll within themselves. ne