Evening journal., 1922-06-22
NEAR FINALS
IN TENNISPLAY
The Misses Ballin-Bancroft
to Compete for Women's
Title
NEER ALSO TO
GET TITLE CHANGE

With clear skies and stiff breeze
blowing across the courts. which at
times made the ball hard 10 gauge.
the Delaware state Championship
tennis tourney got under way again
today Only four matches were play
ed this morning They were doubled
matches. and mems and womens
mixed doubles.
There will be big doings at the
courts this afternoon when the
mems singles are played. The
Thayers. Sid and Aleck. cousins,
TJying for the Philadelphia Cricket
Club. will play In these matches.
The semi-dnal, lower bracket, mems
singles. will also be played on. The
winner OF this match will have TO
meet Phil. Neer. Pacific coast cham
plon. Today's matches will close
with the final Of the mems singles.
Play will be continued until sun
set.
The final round OF the women's
singles will start at o'clock tomor-
row afternoon. Miss Florence Bal
lin. West Side Tennis Club, New
York and Miss Leslie Bancroft OF
the Longwood Country Club will
compete.
The summaries:
Second round mems doubles:
c. f. Granger and L. NJ. White, OF
the Texas University. defeated c.
Ingerson Cause. and A. Henry. OF
the wilmington c. c.. SO, Ga.
Mems doubles. semi-final rounds.
Phil Neer and Jim Davies won
from clifford Ashley and A. F. du
Pont by default.
WON IN doubles, semi-fnal
round
Miss Leslie Bancroft. Longwood c.
c.. and Mrs. ]. B. Jessup, Whining
ton c. c., defeated Miss Virginia
Carpenter and Miss Katherine Por-
ter. Philadelphia Cricket Club, 6-1,
6-l.
Mixed doubles first round:
Miss Helen Rice and Dick Brown,
St. Louis. defeated Miss Katherine
Gardener. Bryn Mawr College, and
Phil Neer. SIS. 60.
Miss Lillian Schurman. West Side
Tennis Club. New York. and Lloyd
Gregory, defeated Miss Gladys Paine,
Germantown Cricket Club, and
Kamman. 60. 60.
Late Matches.
In addition TO the women's singles
semi-finals which were decided in
the early matches yesterday. as re-
corded in these columns yesterday
with Miss Florence Ballin and Miss
Leslie Bancroft the victors TO face
each other in the finals. a number
OF other matches were staged. The
setto was in the first
semi-fnal Of the mems singles in
which Phil Neer. intercollegiate
champion eliminated II. r. Guild OF
Boston. Alex Thayer got into the
tourney and won four matches.
Yesterday afternoons summaries:
Women's Doubles. Third Round
Ceres Baker and Lillian Scharman.
New York. defeated Miss Mayard, Short
HIS and Miss Ballln. West Side c. C.,
Ga. SO.
Mrs. Rice. Philadelphia c. G. and Miss
Gardner. Merton. defeated Miss Seal and
Miss willard, Merton, 6-3. 70.
women's Dsubles. Second Round
Miss Leslie Bancroft. Longwood, Bos-
ton. and Mrs J. b. Jessup. Wilmington
c. C. defeated Miss G. Ferguson. Fhila-
delphia Cricket Club. and Miss G.. Paine.
Germantown Cricket Club. 60. G-1.
Miss Carpenter and Miss Porter. Phila-
delphia Cricket Club. defeated Mrs. Hun.
Philadelphia. and Mrs. J. $. Taylor. VII
mington G. C.. by default
Mems Singles. Third Round
r. r. Coffin. Germantown Cricket Club,
defeated T. V. Leonards. Philadelphia
Cricket Club. rs. 1-6. Ga
Ted Edwards Merton. defeated d.
Philadelphia Cricket Club.
L. y. white. Z. Of Texas. defeated W.
Sherrard. Princeton. 6-3, 90.
Alev Thayer. Philadelphia Cricket Club.
d efeated r. Warriner. New York 6-3. go.
Sid Thayer. Merton. defeated DR.. Tay-
lOr, Penn. Courts Club. Go. ca.
Mems Singles. semi-Final Round
Phil Neer. Leland Stanford. defeated
II. L. Guild. Longwood c. C.. Boston.
Ga. 6-3
Mems Doubles. Third Round
Stan Pearson and Alec Thayer. Phila-
delphla Cricket Club defeated A. V. du
Pont and W. Carpenter. Wilmington c.
W. Brown and F. Kamman. st. Louis.
defeated W. Hopes and +. Thatcher,
c. C.. go. SO.
H. Lane and f. French. Manoa Tennis
Club. defeated ID. DOugherty. Philadel- |
phia Cricket Club. and 7. W. Harris.
e. C., 6-1. Ga
Mixed Doubles. Second Round
Mrs. J. Il. Jessup Wilmington G. C., |
and Stan Pearson. Philadelphia Cricket |
club. defeated Miss Carpenter. Phlladel- |
phia Cricket Club. and r. L. Tatnail. !
Miss Florence Ballln. West Side G. C.. !
New York. and Dick Hinckley. L. OF /
California. defeated Deborah Seal. Mer- |
lon. and X. r. Coffin. Germantown /
Cricket Club. rs. 81.
Ceres Baker. Orange. y. j., and J. /
Davies. Leland Stanford. defeated Leslie /
Bancroft. LongwoOd. and Ted Edwards. |
Merlon. SO. 60.
The handicap and medal play at
he women's golf tournament was
held on Tuesday afternoon. The |
prize was given by Mrs. Norman
Rood. Mrs. J. Markell and Mrs. J.
B. Tyler tied for the prize. Their
core was los. Mrs. j. Montgom-
'ry, Jr.. was low with a new score
II 10, handicap IA. total 90. on
saturday morning the first round
match for the president cup will be
played. There will also be an OBJ
truction putting contest for the
uniors in the morning and in the
.fternoon for the seniors.
WILL ADDRESS CONSISTORY.
The Rev. Essell p. Thomas. OF
NJ. Z. church. will be the
peaker at the weekly luncheon Of
Delaware Consistory, A. T. and A.
L.. tomorrow. at the Consistory