New-York tribune., 1921-08-16

= r;ds Tennis Club, of Forest Hills, is
,..bnioue as Tilden and Williams c
u.trhcd Mile Suzanne for two
"a she and Hardy went through
=. nractice sessions. No accurate
~ was kept, Hardy devoting his at
....;ou mostly 10 serving up balls for
(. world's champion to tune up her
...ot.. on. but what 1 saw has con-
laced me that Mile. Lenglen is dis
.;,.t,v in a class by herself among the
,cuen tennis players of the world.
shs not only has every shot in the
..me. but each ono of these is pure
-. Of stroke production, and her foot
sork is fawless. Overhead, off the
.,ound. half-volley or deep court
zach. the vivacious Suzanne is in
,,uth the wonder Of the courts. True,
i. was making her strokes off shots
.A,t were set up for her. largely, and
4 NAV be that in actual competition
- !, dav law she will not execute returns
s;tb 8 H. the same matchless form and
race rts,, that marked her play yesterday
An Amazing Player
The fact stands out, however, that
suzanne Lenglen is quite the most
smasing woman player ever seen in
ihis country. You think of Norris vii.
sms i'm when you see her pick up half.
valley on the run; Tilden comes into
sour mind when you see her play q
soft stop-volley or drive sfashing
iorshand from the corner of deep court
e. moves into the volleying position
xith the perfection of footwork OF
william M. Johnston, and finished her
aoints with the same characteristic
overland volley that marks the Cali
;ornian's racquet work.
Although Mile. Lenglen did no!
,ctuslly compete in the tournament
ssst pot under way yesterday with @
ssId Of sixty-four competitors, the
sSeut moved along with machine-like
nyee;sion under the expert guidance
4 Joseph M. Jennings, of Philadelphia
H. referee; Julian S. Myrick, presi.
Ssnt of the national association
georre B. Wardcr, of Philadelphia; Al
C;bney, Of the West Side Tennis Club;
G. Conlin, of the National Tennis
I|mpires' Association; Spencer Fuller.
ION Weaver, president of the West Side
Tannis Club, and a host of minor off.
cials.
Tha feature match of the day, bet
sssn Mile. Lenglen and Miss Goss
ssvInr been postponed until this after
noon at 4:15 o'clock, the meeting be-
ssss .wesn Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
lhe national champion, and Mrs. Marion
Mnderstein Jessup, runner-up last year
vas the main attraction of great day
on the courts yesterday.
As she has in almost every instance
lrs. Mallory proved once more that
he IL at present the greatest OF our
woman players. She defeated Mrs
iessup by score of 7-6, Go, run
hing through the last set with ease .as
she piled up her points by splendid
placements into every opening in Mrs
]essup's court.
Opening Set Is Close
The opening set found little to choose
hetween the two stars, Mrs. Jes
sup pulling up on even terms after Mrs
gallory held the lead at 4-2. There
we're many spirited driving duels from
deep court as the rivals waited for
'ofcing shot that would open up ths
opposite court for a finishing shot al
The net.
Mrs. lessup seemed a little over
cautious about moving to close quarters
with the result that she was frequent
ly forced to volley from a point about
ten or twelve feet from the net, ant
hnded many balls in the barrier. i
vas just these little flurries of errati,
opener. Mrs. Mallory increased the
power Of her game as the match wore
on, and her placing was marvel o.
accuracy.
The loss of the first set seemed tx
shake Mrs. Jessup's confidence, ant
small wonder, for Mrs. Mallory wa
cutting the lines with amazing &C
euracy, drawing her opponent out o;
position and mixing in short, drol
shcta with sizzling deep court drives
and occasional crossing volleys to thu
sde lines. Straight through the sec
ond set the national champion swept
ana although Mrs. Jessup put up ;
game struggle. forcing four of the si,
games to deuce, she was unequal to th'
ssS and went down again before Mrs
gesks.
The point score of this match fol
lcws:
FIRST SET
n Mallory
4saa4Aos. 11sS Pts. g.
ar Jessup--
s44s1s4 241 2-36 8
SECOND SET
" Mallory. ......4 6 5 5 4 $50 9
Sessup. ..-....1 3 3 1 3-15
afs. Mallory will meet the WHINE
sne Lenglen- -Goss match to-morrov
sssseaf,nnoon, IN the second round, an
Ms Msa0u'd the little French star defea
S'ss III uoss to-day the meeting with Mrs
.s''ofy should bring forth the great
sountry. ~ - ''''
Miss Browne on Court
NY sa'ss Mary X. Browne, of California
Law y IN the opposite half from Mile
As,sn and who is looked upon a
SsSi'cas SssS last line of defense in tn
,ssa. asi round If the maid of France sue
"a Is y, N empowering both Miss Cos
ooss mrs' Mallory, went through he
HSasag match against Miss Brend
M Ius'.som, Of Buffalo, without ever be
tIs..s s4sended. The former nationa
III ssr.on ns showed more snap in he
b,;oh;y ;yssterday than she did at Sea
ssiSss sis. last week, and many Of he
Il AN s we're won from inside the serv
ssl)ssS,sslt lines by beautifully angle
As of the first upsets of the tour
/ bouts Hereabouts