The New York herald., 1921-08-19
FOUR SURVIVORS In
TITLE TENNIS EVENT
Mrs. Mallory, Mrs. Bundy,
Miss Browne and Mrs.
Hitchins in Semi-Final.
TRIUMPHS WELL EARNED
Miss Helen Wills of California
Wins Junior National Cham
pionship Title.
ny SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.


Only one metropolitan player survives
In the women's national tennis cham
pionship at Forest Hills, but that one Is
the favorite for the title. She is none
other than Mrs. Franklin /. Mallory
who electrified the tennis world last
Tuesday by overwhelming Mile. Suzanne
Lenglen Of France in the second round
OF the thirty fourth annual tournament
Along with Miss Mary X. Browne and
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy of California
and Mrs. c. " Hitchins of Mexico City,
Mrs. Mallory advanced to the semi-final
round yesterday and thus has to win
two more matches to retain her crown
as Americas tennis queen.
Mrs. Mallory faces Mrs. Bundy this
afternoon and while she Is expected to
defeat the champion of 1904 she is
fairly certain to be tested more severely
than In any previous match In the tour
nament. Be it known that Mrs. Bundy.
who Is playing with surprising zest and
speed for a woman who held the ma
tional title seventeen years ago. took a
set from Mrs Mallory In the metropoli-
tan championship two weeks ago, a long
deuce set that went sixteen games, and
that she extended her to the limit until
HST SlItHStH Idileu IeT. IL - not at I'll
unlikely that Mrs. Bundy again will give
Mrs. Mallory plenty of trouble for more
than half of to-day's match, but unless
another startling upset Is to be recorded
the champion should come through de-
cisively at the end.
1t was a day of mild surprises at
Forest Hills yesterday Favorites came
through, but far more easily than had
been expected. Mrs. Bundy had to yield
only three games in eliminating Miss
Helen Gilleaudeau. who gave Miss Mary
Browne quite a tussle recently in an
extra set match. Miss Browne did
equally we'll against Mrs. Benjamin T..
Cole the clay court champion, whose
lack Of control nullifed the effectiveness
Of her powerful driving, and Mrs. NAL
lory. although playing well within her.
self, also dropped only three games to
Mrs. Helene Pollak Falk, last years in
door champion. In the other singles
match of the day Mrs. Hitchns defeated
Mrs. IL. Stuart Green, Sc. &C..
Approaching a Climax.
The most interesting thing that the
fourth round matches disclosed was the
fact that all three contenders--Mra
Mallory. Mrs. Bundy and Miss Browne
We're travelling along near the top OF
their form and are prepared to bring
the championship event to a fitting
climax. Miss Browne impressed with a
forceful net attack that has not been
equalled in the present tournament She
played as though intent upon testing her
best speed and she never missed an op-
portunity to advance to the forward
court for a volleying return. In the
majority of the rallies Miss Browne
forced her openings with deep drives
that were remarkably accurate and then
came up quickly. On occasions she did
not get up quite fast enough. but her
ability to volley as well from mid court
as from the net and her splendid control
overhead gave her an overwhelming ad-
vantage.
After completing her match with Miss
Edith Sigourney. which had been halted
by rain the previous day. when the
score stood Go, 81 in her favor, Miss
Browne faced Mrs. Cole in what proved
10 be the feature Of the day despite the
fact that the former champion won
twelve games out of fifteen. Mrs. Cole
was finding it difficult to make much
headway against the superb blocking and
greater steadiness and versatility of the
California girl, but her persistency, hard
hitting and speed in racing over tho
court made the rallies decided interest
ing, and it may be said In Mrs. Coles
favor that the match was much closer
than the score indicates. Had the Bos-
ton woman been able to control her
low, powerful drives as we'll as usual
she would have won twice as many
games as she did. She sent the ball
sailing out of court too often and her
errors coupled with Miss Brownies S
brilliance eased the latters advance.
There were occasions when Mrs. Coles
-,
from one side of the court to the other
and those rallies gave the former cham
pion chance to flash some startling
recoveries. Once in the second game of
the second set. after Miss Browne had
made four returns from difficult posi-
tions, she was forced finally wide of
the court. Her return was short lob
that Mrs. Cole came running in for at
full speed. Miss Browne was too far
away to offer any defence and Mrs
Cole had the whole court to herself. but
in her overanxiety she sent the ball
beyond the base line and the error
eventually cost her the game. Mrs. Cole
won the first game OF the match and
then dropped ten before she could win
her second
Champion Trife Unsteady.
Mrs Mallory was a trifle unsteady
early in her match with Mrs. Falk, but
struck her stride before half OF the first
set had been completed. From that
time on her sizzling drives and all
around superior speed kept her we'll In
front. Mrs. Falk, as usual, was ex-
Ceptionally steady and drove the ball
deep and with plenty OF sting. but she
could not match the speed and general
ship OF the champion. Mrs. Bundy's
victory over Miss Helea Gilleaudeau
was gained after a strictly base line
duel In which the greater power OF her
attack, her superior placing and control
stood out as the leading factors. She
pounded Miss Gllleaudeau's backhand
with good results, and the latter, al
though fighting hard for every point,
found the pace too much for her. The
points were SO to SO.
"A real tennis treat was the final OF
the junior national championship, In
which fifteen year old Miss Helen Wills
Of Berkeley. Call defeated Miss Vir-
ginia Carpenter OF Philadelphia by
score Of 6--3 6-3. The majority OF
those in the gallery had never before
in action and they we're astonished at
the severity and smoothness of stroke
she showed, the stinging service and her
skill in mannuvrinE for position. With
her pigtails flying Miss Wills raced all
over the court and made one difficult
rAturn after another, stroking with
equal facility forohand and backhand.
Her yollpyinu was very sure and har