New-York tribune., 1921-09-23
Title Holder Puts Out
Longwood Girl; Rival
Fails to Lose Game
By Fred Hawthorne

The feature match this afternoon ON
the beautiful turf courts Of the Ards
ley Club, ut Ardsley Hudson, will be
the meeting in the semi-fnal round of
the women's singles between Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Miss
Edith Sigourney of the Longwood
Cricket Club. This match, as we'll as
the semi-fnal in the lower half be-
tween Mrs. Edward Raymond and Miss
Marie Wagner. will begin at 2:3o
o'clock, and will be followed by matches
in the womens doubles and mixed
doubles.
Mrs. Mallory gained her place in the
semi-fnal yesterday by defeating Miss
score Of 81, Cd, the Boston girl put
ting up an unexpectedly close strug
gle against her famous opponent. In
the opening set, in an effort to get SUI
fcient depth on her forcing shots, Miss
Newton frequently overdrove the base
line, and the national champion had no
trouble winning about as she pleased.
In the second set Miss Newton held
better control over her ground strokes,
and by hitting the ball hard and aim
ing for the lines she managed to keep
Mrs. Mallory pretty steadily on the
run. The Boston girl actually held the
lead for period in this set, but there
was never any doubt as to the final re-
suit. When Mrs. Mallory felt the need
for getting the points she simply
speeded up and battered down her op-
ponent's defense by the power of her
deep court driving.
Loses Three of Thirty-nine Games
Miss Sigourney continued her re-
markable string of victories in this
tournament by defeating Miss Bessie
Holden at 60, 60. In a total of
thirtynin games played in the singles
to date, she has dropped only three to
opponents. I cannot recall when have
seen the Longwood player going bet
chine-like in it's accuracy, and placed
very deep in the opposing court. Oc-
casionally Miss Sigourney closed in at
the net behind her forcing shots in
order to finish off her shots, but g.
ms ajority of her points we're won from
deep court.
Mrs. Raymond had great task on
her hands to defeat Mrs. Marshall Nc
Lean, a former national champion,
only winning after the sets had gone
to 6-3, 6-8, Cd. Here we saw a
splendid duel between two deep-court
drivers, both steady, both resource
LUZ anu dUic COUIC IGCllClduS.
Raymond was a bit keener in her
placing, and this finally won for her,
since Mrs. Mclean was just a trifle
slow in getting up to the ball, in the
third set
In the second session Mrs. Raymond
was leading at 30, and in the third
set Mrs. Mclean led at 81 and 4-2,
before she began to slow up under
the fast pace.
Miss Wagner Hard Pressed
Miss Wagner was hard pressed in
the opening set of her match with Mrs
Samuel Waring, finally winning at Sc,
but in the second set she ran through
without much difficulty, dropping only
one game. The play was mostly from
back court, although there were times
when Miss Wagner went to the net to
angle her returns off skillfully for
placement aces.
Miss Mary X. Browne and Mrs.
Louise R. Williams, of California, ma
tional doubles champions, gained their
place in the semi-hnal round of the
doubles by defeating Mrs Henry Taft
Eaton and Miss Ceres Baker, at SIS,
ID, in a rather unevenly played
match. The losing pair led at 81 in
the first set and at d in the second,
before the champions were alive to
their danger and began to tighten up
in their defense.