Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-18
Country Club La,cn Tennis
Star Defeats Mrs. M. B.
Huff in T,co' Close Sets
OTHER FAST MATCHES
BY SPICK HALL

,rRs. GILBERT A. HARVEY,
u philadelphia Country Club. who
-, . number of seasons has been one
- ,he foremost women lawn tennis play
A., IN the East. is back in the form
which has carried her to the semi final
..,rd NJ the national tournament at st.
,,.u,;n.s Last season Mrs. Harvey was
sot m IN the hest Of health and was unable
not az compete in the majority OF the tour
,n,ments =" rs in the Philadelphia district.
Tb;s wear, however. II Is likely that she
Vii he in virtually all of the local tour
n,ments and many Of the larger ones
out Of town.
Mrs. Haryey's game can be judged to
.ome extent by her two league matches
md her victory over MISS Thyhs
Walsh. Early last week Mrs Harvey
Conntrx won r Club team by beating Miss
Walsh .,b who Is the Florida champion
"a Metropolitan doubles titleholder.
Tn ber frat league match Mrs. Harvey
an,ssted Mrs. ". p. Newhall. captain
W tbe Germantowp Cricket Club team.
"nd yesterday the Country Clubs lead.
;ng nlayer won brilliantly played
match from Mrs. NJ. Il. Huff, Phi'adel-
mia Cricket Cluo.
No Time for Let.
This match was Sne Of the best ex-
h;hitions staged in the Intcrclub League
in several seasons. Mrs. Harvey won
~ straisht sets. 6-4. Ga, but there was
not time that she had a chance to case
nm in her play, for Mrs. HUFF was push
inr her to the limit in every rally.
Mrs. Harvey got good start by reel
INC off three games in row but Mrs
Hun picked up the next two. and then
ibev won on service until the finish.
Mrs. Harvey taking the final at fifteen.
In the second set Mrs. HUFF took the hrst
game. but lost the second after sixteen
points had been played. Mrs; Hun
took another game. Then Mrs. Harvey
ran the count to 5.2. aud 1t looked as
though she would win out then and
there However, Mrs. Huff. by fine,
we'll placed drives to Mrs. Harvey s
back. hand, won two more games. Then
Mrs. Harvey raised the standard OF
her game just bit higher and took the
final game and match.
Drives Worked Well
Mrs. Harvey had all Of her former
speed in driving, and her shots were ex-
rcllently placed. She forced Mrs. Huff
10 do lot of running by perfect drives
into the corners. But Mrs. Huff didn't
do all Of the running. She, too. drove
rxcellcntly. although her shots did not
have quite the sting and zip that Mrs.
lIarvey's had.
Ono of the features of Mrs. Huff :
game is her stropg back hand. She
drives almost az well from her left side
as her right. and this. of course. gives
her big advantage over many of her
opponents. Yesterday Mrs. Huff s
getting ability and Mrs. Earvey's
suappy drives formed combination
that resulted in many fine rallies.
Just how well both women were
driving is shown by the fact that Mrs.
Harvey had twenty eight placement
ihots and Mrs. Huff twenty. In the
two sets, Mrs. Harvey netted only
thirteen times, her tendency being 20
drive high. rather than low. Her total
Of 2S outs gives an idea of her refusal
is that Of these twcnty-SiX outs, Is
truck only a few inches beyond the
base line.
Careful Service
Both Mrs. Huff and Mrs. Harvey
served very carefully, but at that the
latter had two doubles. Mrs. HUFF
bad none. Mrs. Harvey had one sprv
Ice and Mrs. Huff didn't score in that
column.
Miss Molly D. Thayer. Of the
Cricket Club. played beautiful tennis
~ beating Miss Walsh In straight sets.
Ga, Ga. Miss Thayer had good con-
'rol and her driving was splendid. Miss
Walsh played Hashily and at times
,ouch more brilliantly than her rival.
but Miss Thayer's game was we'll
rounded and she kept up the fast pace
the set at the beginning without a let
IN until The final point was Wou