New-York tribune., 1921-05-28
Miss Cassel
Reaches Final
I'm Net Tourney
Local Star Defeats Miss Bay
ard i'm Semi-final Round
ON MOntcIair Courts
By Fred Hawthorne

Miss Clare Cassel won her way into
the final round of the singles in the
annual women's open lawn tennis tour
nament on the clay courts of the Mont
clair Athletic Club yesterday after
noon. In the semi-fnal round Miss
Cassel, No. 15 in the ranking list last
year, defeated Miss Bayard, ranked at
No. al, by a score of 81, 6--3, 6-2.
The struggle between them was far
closer than the figures would indicate.
Miss Florence Ballin, New Jersey
champion, defeated Mrs Bernard F.
Stenz, of the New York Tennis Club,
by a score of 6-3, 6-2, in the fourth
round of the singles, gaining her semi
final bracket in the lower half thereby.
She will meet Mrs. Robert lie Roy, of
the West Side Tennis Club, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon, the winner to go into
the final round and play Miss Cassel
for the chief honors at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
The women's doubles went into the
final round. with Miss Cassel and Miss
Marie Wagner taking the measure of
Mrs. Norman Dunning and Miss Bea-
trlce Throckmorton at 6-1, 81, in
one semi-final match. and Mrs. David
c. Mills and Miss Ballin defeating Mrs.
at 6--2, 81, in the other. The final
round match will be played at o'clock
this afternoon.
The mixed doubles reached the semi
final round and Miss Florence Sheldon,
the super-efficient chairman of the
tournament committee will make an
effort to complete this event before
the afternoon schedule begins.
Winner in Fine Form
Experience gained in many a hard
fought match was alone responsible
for Miss Cassel's victory over Miss
Bayard in the singles. The former has
been playing in better form than at any
time in the last two or three years in
the Montclair tournament, and yester-
day she had need for all her skill, both
of stroke and court generalship, to
bring about the downfall of her
eighteen-year-old opponent.
After the match Miss Cassel was out
SPOKEN in her praise of Miss Bayard's
game, predicting that the Short Hills
girl would some day be the national
champion. They fought for. every point
in the first set, Miss Bayard driving
beautifully off both fore and back hand,
and she showed great skill in following
in the net position to finish off her
Miss Cassel placed her returns with
an almost unerring hand, but Miss
Bayard, splendid court coverer, man
aged to get her racquet on majority
of these balls and return them. After
the games had reached Sail the young
star broke through service and also
won her own delivery, thereby winning
the opening set at 7-5.
Games Fought to Deuce
They went at it just as keenly in the
second, with each rally finely played
on both sides, and then Miss Casse!,
using all her strategy as she made
clever use of change of pace, finally
went into the lead and won the set at
6-3. Almost every game here was
fought out to deuce, Miss Bayard just
lacking the finishing power at the crit
ical stages. Miss Cassel, finding that
she could not "stroke" her returns and
hold her own with her opponent, had
softened her entire game.
Many times, when hard shot would
Rave won the point outright for her,
Miss Cassel purposely relied on place
ments thus forcing Miss Bayard to
keep on the run, and these tactics JUS
titled themselves, for in the final set
Miss Bayard was badly tired from the
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ahead to victory.
Mrs. Stenz forced Miss Ballin every
foot of the way in their match, the
two women being on the court for two
hours and a half. The rallies were
extremely long and evenly contested,
and it was Miss Ballin's ability to
finish off her points that gave her
Just the winning advantage.
The summaries:
Montclatr Athletic Clubs women's open
singles Qourth round) Miss Florence Bal
in defeated Mrs. Bernard l.. Stem, 6-3, !
-.
Sem-final round-Iiss Clare Cassel de-
seated Miss Martha Bayard 81. 6-3. |
So.
Womens doubles (semi final round)-
Mrs. David G. Mills and Miss Florence |
3alin defeated Mrs Percy Wlbourn and
Miss Ceres Baker, c., 6--l Miss Glare |
Nassel and Miss Marie Wagner defeated
Mrs Norman Dunning and Miss Beatrice
6-1, I'll.
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