New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-05
Great Playing
By l5-Y ear-Old
Girl on Courts
Mrs. Jessup, Met. Title Hold
CT, Forced TO Limit to
Beat Little Miss Wills

In tho sensational playing Of fifteen
year-old Miss Helen Wills, Of Callfor-
MA, came the feature OF the second
days competition in the women's met
ropolitan tennis championship at the
Nassau Country Club yesterday. Miss
Wills did not win, but She forced Mrs.
Marion Zinderstein Jessup, title holder
and second in national rank, to the
limit CT her speed and skill to prevent
defeat
A large gallery looked on in aston
lshment as the schoolgirl practically
held her own with the METROPOLITAN
champion, not alone in speed and YER
satlllty but in court generalship and in
the decisive character of her strokes
ne contest was much closer than the
score Of 6-3, Cd, shows, for in more
than half Of her losing games she held
vantage point. 1t was we'll for Mrs
Jessup that at the critical stages she
was trife steadier; it was all that
won for her
Time and again in the spirited rallies
Miss: wills by varying length and pace
caught Mrs. Jessup out Of position and
sent swift stroke through for place
ment. She seemed to know when to hit
hard, when soft, when to remain in
deep court and when to come UP, and
She stroked with equal facility fore
hand and backhand, drive or volley
Her strokes were sound and smooth
throughout.
Had she been able to get the sting
ing first service ball over more often
than she did, there might have been a
different result On the infrequent oc-
casions when it landed within bounds
Mrs. Jessup was at a loss to handle it
properly. Critics who. watched her
predicted that in another season the
young California girl will be lighting
1T out on even terms with other natioa-
a. championship aspirants
The victory advanced Mrs. Jessrp to
the semi-fnal round, in which she
stands alone for the time being The
other six survivors are Mrs Robert
LIE Roy, Mrs. M. B. Huff, of Philadel-
phia; Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, Of Los
Angeles; Miss Ceres Baker, of Orange
Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, Of Orange,
and the national champion, Mrs Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory.
The last named, only one day off a
Atlantic steamer, did fairy we'll.
Her control was not Of the best and
she had trouble getting the range of
the net and the side lines, but she
managed to defeat Miss Jessie Colt
Cd, 6-1, and Miss Leslie Bancroft,
81. IS.
Miss Bancroft gave her quite scare
in the second set, in which she led st
13 and 40 love, but Mrs Mallory
got her Wanted forehand drive work
ing IN time to prevent the match from
going extra sets. To-day Mrs. Mallory
is to meet Miss Helen Gilleaudeau.
Mrs Robert LIE Roy's straight set
victory over Miss Martha Bayard came
as a surprise Mrs. May Sutton Bundy
won two matches with the loss of only
one game, while she was scoring "a.
The summaries;
Women's metropolitan tennis champion
Baker defeated Mrs. Edward c. DubIe
6-4 lo--s Mrs. May Sutton Bundy de
feated Mrs; Edward v; Lynch, to; 6.1
Jessie Ciott Cd. 81.
Third tound-Mrs. Marion zindersteir
Jessup defeated Miss Margaret Grove e
tt; Miss Helen Wills defeated Mrs Dc
Ie sFs Roy '~nass Hiss 9arha S Ba9 9sSd
ton Bundy defeated Miss Alice Vail. 6--0
60. Miss Ceres Baker defeated Mrs. Sam
Gilleaudeau won from Miss Alice Bayarc
by defaDlt; Mrs. Franklin l. Mallory de
feated Miss Leslie Bancroft, e-i. -.
Fourth rOund-Mrs. Marion ZindersteiT
Jessup defeated Miss Helen Wills IS
6--4.
Miss caroma wlnn and Miss Gertrude
Della Tore defeated Miss Ethel Hays ant
Miss Helen Gould, 6--0, So Miss AIDE
laide Hooker and Miss Helen Hooker de
feated Miss B. f Sexton and Mrs T
Sohst. Is, 6-4; Mrs. 5. +. Stenz an,
Mrs. ". X. Pritchard won from Miss Flor
ence Balm and partner by default, Mis-
Alice Vail and Miss Alice Dawson woi
from Mrs. Y. Dam and partner BY default