New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-27
W estern Stars
Are Victorious
InNet Tourney
Mrs. Browne and Mrs. Will
lians, of California, in
Semi-Finai for State Title
By Fred Hawthorne

There were seven contenders in the
round before the semi-final in the
women's New York state championship
singles lawn tennis tournament at the
end Of play yesterday afternoon on she
turf courts Of the Crescent Athletic
Club at Bay Ridge. Two more, Mrs.
Sutton Bundy, Of California, and Mrs.
Edward v. Lynch, former Eastern New
York state champion, were round be-
hind the field, as the scheduled match
between them was not played. They
will meet this afternoon at o'clock
and the winner will play Miss Marga-
ret Grove at $3.50 o'clock.
Seventeen pairs started in the
women's championship doubles and
this number had been narrowed down
to six teams when the last match mad
been finished. Miss Mary K. Browne
and Mrs. l.. R. Williams, the California
combination, and Miss Marie Wagner
and Miss Clare Cassel, of this city, adj
vanced into the semi-fnal round. Mrs.
Bundy and Mrs. C. V. Hitchins are,
unfortunately, brackcted on the same
side of the draw, SO one pair must so
out in the semi-inal round. Miss Wag-
ner and Miss Cassel, one Of the strong
est women's teams in the East, are sit
uated in che lower half, and should
have no difficulty In gaining their final
bracket.
Neither Mrs. Bundy nor Miss Browne
competed yesterday in the singles, but
both played in the doubles. Miss
Browne is scheduled to play Miss Ceres
Baker, of East Orange, at 1880 o'clock
this afternoon, but the Californian will
probably not strike any real opposi-
ton until tomorrow, when she must
meet the winner of the match between
Miss Helen Gilleaudeau and Miss Clare
Cassel, in the semi-fnal round. The
latter two players start their singles
match at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
Pacific Coast Favored
The tournament committee at the
Crescent Club had practically decided
yesterday to have a challenge round
match in the singles, for the purpose
of permitting Miss Wagner, the pres
emf title holder, to defend her cham
pionship. Either Mrs. Bundy or Miss
Browne, whichever wins the tourna-
ment, should defeat Miss Wagner in
straight sets, however, so the cham
pionship seems fated to travel to the
Pacific Coast
1 had the opportunity of watching
Mrs. Bundy and Miss Browne on ad-
joining courts in the doubles yester-
day, and Miss Brownies was the more
impressive performance, in my eyes.
She was quicker at covering her
court; there was greater snap to her
strokes and more variety to her game,
or so it seemed to me.
But there is no doubt as to Mrs.
Bundy's ability to kill an overhead
shot as decisively as any woman player
in the country. Yesterday, when she
and Mrs Hitchins were playing Mrs.
Lewis Gouverneur Morris and Miss
Helen Gilleaudeau in the second round,
Mrs. Bundy came running in to kill
lob. She struck the ball full and hard,
and straight at Mrs. Morris, who was
standing within three feet of the net.
Miss Handy Plays Well
There was no time for Mrs. Morris
to intercept the ball with her racquet,
and it struck her full in the face,
raising a bruise Sc severe as to neces-
state the calling off the match for ten
or fifteen minutes, while Mrs. Morris
went to the clubhouse to have her
injury attended. Miss Gilleaudeau
brought off many splendid shots from
back court, as did Mrs. Hitchins, while
Mrs. Bundy was always the dominat-
ing figure in the match.
In the singles, Miss Edith Handy
won a well-played match from Miss
Madelon Westervelt, at .3-6, 6-3,
So, with most Of the playing done
from close to the base line. Mrs.
David c. Mills also extended Miss
Helen Gilleaudeau to three sets, the
latter winning by a score of GO,
As, 81.
The showers seriously interfered
with the mems sectional doubles
championship, and Vincent Richards
and S. Howard Voshell defaulted,
owing to Richards being over trained