New-York tribune., 1921-01-29
Mrs. MALLORY
Ready for 1921
Tennis Siege
". S. Titleholder Out to Re-
peat Victory in Heights Ca
sino Tourney Next Week
BY Fred Hawthorne


The first Of the important indoor in .
vi'asion lawn tennis tournaments in
.ne metropolitan district will begin
Monday morning at 10 o'clock. on the
me canvas covered courts of the
ne'snts Casino, on Montague Street,
brooklyn, when the women's annual
invitation event gets under way.
harry McNeal, the Casino nrofe.-
slonal, who has entire charge of the
tournaments at his club this season
gave me the list of entries to date vss,
.erday' and among the thirty-three en-
oIants are some Of the greatest women
players in this country. There will
proDa6ly be full two-score comnet;nr
IN IN the singles by the time the enxry
llst closes to-day.
Most famous in the list of namea ia
tnat OF Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt MALLORY,
.ne national champion, who has won
enis tournament every year she has
ensered, and bids fair to repeat next
week week. The great Morse girl has been
paying pretty regularly at the Casino
a4A .hrough the winter, and, according
~ MsNeai, mas been showing the same
speed and skill that distinguished her
play at Philadelphia last Septemher
%hen she regained the national crown
~ defeatlng Miss Marion Zinderstein.
Oh Boston, in the final round.
Miss Zinderstein Enters
MISS zinderstein will also be- a con-
tender in the Casino tourney, her first
appearance at the Brooklyn club. and
she certainly figures as Mrs. Maliory's
most dangerous opponent for The SUI
rene honors., The young Boston girl
had remarkably successful, season
last year, making a clean sweep in
every tournament in which she was
entered until the national singles at
thl.sdelphia, when she went to the
!inaI round, to meet swift defeat at the
hands Of Mrs. Mallory.
Miss Eleonora Sears, of Boston. sew
eral times national doubles champion.
IS also coming down from Boston to
compete, and she will be welcome
addition to the host of local stars,
SINCE her play is always interesting
Mrs. Rawson L. Wood, of this city.
former Florida state champion. and
runner-up for the New Jersey title last
year. is entered, and her work will be
watched closely, since this will mark
her last appearance this winter in New
York ere she fits to Palm Reach to
take part in the Florida championship
jate next month.
Noted Players to Compete
Other prominent players who will
strive for the chief honors at the
Casino are Mrs. De Forest Candee, Miss
Lillian Scharman, Miss Marthe Bayard,
Miss Marie Wagner, Mrs. D. c Mills,
Mrs. Samuel Waring, Mrs. Frederick
Schmitz and Mrs. B. F. Stenz.
The tournament is scheduled to end
next Saturday, when the final round
match for the championship will be
played. AS there are only two courts
in the Casino, McNeal will have to
map ont his time schedule carefully
and adhere to it strictly in order to
finish on time.
mmediately following the compile
tlon of the women's tournament there
will be special intercity team match
between the Heights Casino men play
ers and some of the leading stars
from the Longwood Cricket Club, of
Boston, and here again we shall see
some of the greatest players OF the
country on the courts.
Richard Norris Williams 3D. former
national champion, will lead the Bos-
ton contingent, and among the others
on his team will be Richard Harte,
Charles S. Garland, Nathaniel w. Niles
and others. The Casino will be repre-
sented by Ichiya Kumagae, S. Howard
Voshell, Harold A. Throckmorton, Dean
Mathey and one Of two others.
On or about February Is the annual
club championship tournaments in
mems singles, Glasses A and B; mems
doubles and women's singles will be-
gin, and there are several intercity
team matches scheduled for later in
fhe season