New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-16
w omen Stars
Make Progress
On w ct Courts
Mrs. Welty and Misses
Bayard and Ballin Win
in Greenwich Tourney
By Fred Hawthorne

GREENWICH, Conn, July 15.-There
were lights and shadows to-day in the
Field Clubs annual invitation lawn
tennis tournament for men and women
The downpour of rain in the afternoon
supplied the shadows s(and the pud-
dles), but zenzo Shimidzu, Of Japan.
who only arrived in this country last
Wednesday, was the cause of one ray
of sunshine, and Marshall C. Bacon,
chairman Of the tournament committee,
turned on some more.
Although the turf courts were
drenched and sodden within ten min
utes after the first young cloudburst,
Mr.. Bacon managed things 80 adroitly
that he succeeded in getting three
matches in the women's singles and
two in the doubles finished before the
the rest Of the day.
The winners in the singles were Miss
Martha Bayard, Of Short Hills, N. j.;
Mrs. Frank M. Welty, of Pelham, and
Miss Florence Balm, Of the West Side
Tennis Club, of Forest Hills. These
three reached the round before the
semi-fnal level with the remainder Of
the field.
Miss Bayard, paired with Miss Phyl-
lis Walsh, of Philadelphia, Florida
champion, reached the semi-fnal round
OF the doubles by defeating Miss Sara
Atha and Miss Harriet Payne at 81,
6-1, while Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Nor
ris and Miss Helen Gilleaudeau de-
fcated Miss Caroma Winn and Miss
Bessie Holden at 10-8, 4--6, 81, in
the opening round.
Shimidzu Belated Entry
Shimidzu, whose playing in interna-
tional competition has been one of the
sensations Of the present season, made
belated entry in the mems singles
to-day and was paired with Joseph L.
Werner, the young Princeton tennis
team captain, in the first round. Shin
izdu is bracketed in the upper half of
the draw, where his strongest rivals
appear to be Walter Merrill Hall, S.
Howard voshell Cedric A. Major and
Lyle e. Mahan.
In the lower half we find Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, Leonard Beekman and
Dean Mathey as the most prominent
ilgures. Judging by past records, there
Is nobody in the field who figures to
stop the sensational Japanese player,
but the tennis upset is ever lurking
some player will come out from the
field and eliminate Shimidzu.
Miss Bayard gained her singles
Bracket to-day by defeating Miss Ca
roma VIM at 6--3, 6--1, always hold
ing command of the situation and an.
pearing to advantage in every depart
ment OF play. Miss VIM found that
her young opponent was almost equally
efective, whether hitting the ball of
the ground, overhead or on the volley
and Miss Bayard's covering of court
was SO excellent that it was diffcul1
to score on passing shots.
The Short Hills star rarely went ts
the net until her forcing shots hae
made the openings, and then she fin
lshed off the points most capably. To
morrow Miss Bayard will face Mrs
We!ty, the winner, to 60 into the semi
final round.
Mrs. Welty's victory came at the ex
pense of Mrs. David. G. Mills, of Orange
who was defeated in a close struggle
by score of 4-6, Cd, Cd. Playina
about the same style Of game, which
is to say that both favored the back
court but did not hesitate to advance
to the net position when a promising