The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-08-08
YIELDS ONE GAME
! TO each OPPONENT
Will Take Brilliant Tennis to
Beat National Cham
! pion.
MISS DAVIS SURPRISES
st. Paul Girl Scores Decisive
~ Over Miss Gardner
6-3, Go.
BY SAMUEL j. BROoKMAN.

BY SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.
Three seasons unbeaten on an Ameri-
can tennis court Such Is the record
OF Mrs Molia Bjurstedt Mallory. who
week before the national champion
ship appears to be playing at the top
OF her game. She was at her best in
the Seabright tournament last week.
and she gave evidence aplenty yester-
day in the opening of the metropolitan
grass event at the Nassau Country Club
that she is continuing at her best. 1t
will take some brilliantly effective ten
mis- to beat her.
Not a few of the top ranking players
In the country are entered in the tour
narnent, which was halted by rain yes
terday when less than half of tho sec
ond round matches had been completed
They are on hand. first to make an
other attempt to check the remarkable
succession of victories of Mrs. Mallory
II possible, and, second. to tune up for
the American championship to be staged
at Forest Hills next week.
Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup. third
in national rank: Mrs. May Sutton
Bundy of California. who rates fourth:
Miss Leslie Bancroft of Boston. who
has been finalist in seven tourna-
ments this season; Miss Helen Wills.
Tic fdCiIlC COaSL yOunESLeT VINO sur
prised with victory over Mrs. Jessup
at Seabright Miss Marguerite Davis
of st. Paul. Miss Florence Rall!n of
New York and Miss Edith Sigourney
OF Boston are in the field, and the event
should go long way toward determin-
ing who the contenders in the national
championship are to be.
Champion mt Her Best.
In coming through the first two
rounds of the tournament yesterday
each match. Mrs William NJ Ellis
took the first game from the national
champion, and then did not even
threaten to win another Miss Jessie
Colt, In the next round. actually made
a better showing. but was unable to
win any more games than Mrs. Ellis.
Accuracy. speed. a whiplike drive and
skillful placing-Mrs. Mallory proved to
have a mighty formidable combination
of tennis assets and she made the most
Of them. M
She is in the same half of the teurna-
ment with Mrs. May Sutton Bundy,
who gave her her hardest match at
Seabright. Before reaching the semi
final and match with Mrs Bundy,
Mrs. Mallory probably will meet Miss
Marguerite Davis of ST. Paul in the
the fourth. In the meantime Mrs
Bundy. who was prevented by rain
from getting into action yesterday. will
await the winner of a fourth round
match between Miss Florence BALM
and Miss Edith Sigourney. In the OBJ
posite half Mrs. Jessup and Miss Ban
croft are the seeded" players. and
10Th should come through to the semi
final without being extended. II will
not surprise II the title round is fought
out by the same two women who met
In the Seabright final on Saturday
Mrs. Mallory and Miss Bancroft--al-
though Mrs. Jessup. IL she shows slight
Improvement over her form of a. week
ago. may upset calculations in Miss
Bancroft's half. Mrs. Jessup plays her
first match to-day.
Lake Mrs. Mallory. Miss Bancroft dis
posed of her first opponent. Mrs. Boudi-
not Atterbury. with the loss OF only
one game. Miss Slgourney scored Just
as easily over Mrs. William II. Pritch-
ard. The real surprise of the day was
the decisive defeat of Miss Katherine
Gardner of Boston at the hands OF
Miss Davis of ST. Paul The BOSTON
girl has been playing impressive ten
mis- all season. Miss Balm and other
strong players being numbered among
those who have been forced 10 accept
defeat at her hands. She was how
ever. decidedly off stroke yesterday.
and Miss Davis by outsteadying her
all the way and outspeeding her tri-
umphed at 6-3. 60. Miss Davis rates
at the top in the Northwestern tennis
section.
Two Extra Set Matches.
There were only two extra set
matches during the day. In one OF
them Mrs. Samuel Warning defeated
Mrs. Innis O'Rourke. 6-l, Is. Ga. the
final set being so closely fought that
a trifle better control on Miss
O'Rourke's part might easily have re-
versed the result. In the other Mrs.
Theodore Sohst scored over Mrs. Ber-
duel that was unusual for it's long sus-
tanned rallies. The summary:
FIRST ROUND.
Miss Ceres Baker won from Mrs. John c.
Coiiingwood by default
Mrs. Samuel waring defeated Mrs. Innis
Miss v. Cape won from Miss Martha Bay
ard by default.
Miss Martha Holister won from Miss Isa-
belle Hoffmore by default.
Miss Betty Wonham won from Mrs. Ben
jamin r. Briggs by default.
Miss Helen Hooker defeated Mrs. Edward
Mrs. Moila n. Mallory defeated Mrs. WIN.
lam NJ. Ellis, e-f, Go
MISS jessie OOtt won from MISS Marie
Wagner by default
Mrs. Theodore sohst defeated Mrs. Bernard
II. Stem, G--3, 2-6, TO
Miss Marguerite Davis defeated Miss Kath-
crime Gardner, Ga, Go.
Miss Helen Wills from Miss Gladys
Hutchinson by default.
Miss Amy Egbert won from Miss j. Green
by default.
SECOND ROUND.
Mrs. Frank ". Godfrey won frsm Mrs. r.
lie Roy by default.
Miss TRAILER daft I'D
VAIL 8-f, al
Miss Leslie Bancroft defeated Mrs d. At.
ferbury. Go, B-1.
Miss Jean Robertson defeated Miss Alberta
Olsen Ca. B-i.
Miss Edith Sigourney defeated Mrs win.
lam ~. prtchard, CO. 6--1.
Mrs. Molla II. Mallory defeated Miss Jessie
Colt. Go. 81.
Miss Florence Balln defeated Miss Agnes
Sherwood. To-. 60.
McLoughlin's Fine Tennis
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