The New York herald., 1921-06-19
MRS. RALK PLAYS
HER BEST TENNIS
Scores Easily in Final of
New Jersey Champion
ship.
DEFEATS MRS. HITCUINS
Well Nigh Perfect Control and
Skilful Placing Earn
Victory.
DEFEATS MRS. HITCHINS
BY SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.


With Mrs. Edwin A. Falk at her
best and Mrs. Carl V. Hitchins de-
cidedly off stroke, the final of the New
Jersey tennis championship was not
productive ofa thrills at the Englewood
Field Club Yesterday. Just once dur
ing the comparatively short match did
Mrs. Hitchins threaten to extend her
opponent. That was in the second set,
when she won three games in a row
and took the lead at a.. But her
advantage was short lived, for Mrs.
Falk came right back with her flash
lest tennis of the match and won the
next four games, three Of them love
games, and the set and match. The
score was 6--1, Cd.
1t must be said for Mrs. Hitchins that
she wasted little effort IN returning
the ball safe. playing bold tennis and
trying always for a placement, but
without control her tactics gained her
nothing. She never did get going tUr
'any appreciable length of time. She
was timing her shots poorly and her
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top of the net. In playing for the side
lines she frequently sent the ball out by
inches. but they were just as costly as
though out by yards.
1t is doubtful. however whether Mrs.
Hitchins at her best could have pre-
vented Mrs. Falk from taking the title.
for the latter, in contrast to her oppo-
nent, was the personification of accu-
racy. She got everything back and from
every position. her judgment of dis
tance, speed and angles being we'll nigh
perfect. In the first set, for instance,
she drove the bali out of bounds just
once and into the net only four times,
two of the nets being excusable because
she was more or less out Of position at
the time During the same period Mrs.
Hitchins netted seven times and drove
out of court nine times. But it was not
alone in steadness that Mrs. Falk ex-
oelled. Her placing was far superior
and she outmanoeuvred Mrs. Hitchins
so often that tho latter had TO cover
twice as much ground. BY driving cross
court and into the corners Mrs. Falk
sent Mrs. Hitchins racing far to one
side and then had little difficulty de-
flecting the return to the other side
for an earned point.
Aggressive Tennis.
Despite the heat the finalists played
aggressively. 1t was a baseline duel in
the main, with an occasional volley
when a short return brought one or the
other contestant in toward the net. On
the infrequent occasions when Mrs.
Hitchins, finding her opponent in the
forward court, tried a lob, Mrs. Falk
drove the overhead smash into the net.
and it looked s though Mrs. Hitchins
might have done we'll to employ the lob
more often. 1t Is not her type Of game.
however, and Mrs. Falk was saved the
necessity of meeting the ball overhead.
Mrs. Hitchins broke through Mrs.
Falk's service in the first game of the
match, but failed to win another dur
ing the set, Mrs. Falk scoring "a points
to in the last six games. In the Sec
ond set Mrs. Hitchins again took the
first game. this time on her own SER
vice, following which Mrs. Falk placed
two love games to her credit. Then
came Mrs. Hitchinss only period of
consistently good tennis. and she ran
into a lead of E2. 1t served only to
rouse Mrs Falk to her best speed. and
in the last four games the latter left
little doubt as to her superiority.
In the doubles championship final
Miss Marie Wagner and Miss Clare
Cassel, the New York State champions,
triumphed in straight sets over Mrs.
Samuel F. Waring and Miss Margaret
Grove, the score ending 6-2, Ga. The
match was spectacular all the way,
with the winners stroking more de-
cisively if not more steadily. Miss
Wagner at the net accounted for numer-
Gus earned points by her ability to de-
fleet for placement nearly everything
that came her way, while Miss Cassers
sharp, deep driving kept the rallies
going and gave Miss Wagner her op-
portunities.
Mixed Doubles Matches Close.
Mixed doubles furnished the closest
competition of the day, the two semi
finals and the final all requiring extra
sets In the title round Mrs. Davis c.
Mills and Gerald Emerson outlasted
Mr.. and Mrs. lingo Hartmann and won
at Ga, 1-6. 60.
The point score and stroke analysis
of the singles final follows:
FIRST SET.
Mrs Mrs fiIs aItchns... sa'.' i-iS-S tis-g
Nets. Outs. Place. serv. DE-.
Mrs Mrs. fa,st H,,sbin; ti;;..... ! , .
SECOND SET.
Mrs. Falk........ 2 40 Q a. Z 4-3o-d
Mrs. Hitchins. . o o 4 4 4 o . q O-1a-i
Nets. Outs. Place. serv. ID r.
Mrs. Falk. ........
Mrs Hitchins 10 II I /
REcAPITULATIoN.
Pts GINS. n. O. r. S.DF.
Mrs Ealk.... S6 ~ is >
Mrs. Hitchins. 20 II 20 10
The summary:
Now Jersey womens Tennis Championship
Doubles-Final Round-Miss Marie Wagner
VI. a.F. At.a Ng..
Eeret Grove and Mrs. SAMUEL waring. G-2,
ca
Mixed Doubles-Semi-Fina Round-Mrs.
Davis G. Mills aud Gerald Emerson 'efeatei
Miss Gertrude Hopper and Earl Fink. G-a.
i-6. G-2: Mr.. and Mrs. lingo Hartmann de-
feated Miss Rosamund Newton and Alex
Amend, 81, Ga, ca.
Final Round-Mrs. Mills and G. Enerson
defeated Mr.. and Mrs Hartmann, 6--i. 1--6,
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