New-York tribune., 1922-09-23

team match on the championship tur.
at Forest Hills.
California led off by winning both
singles matches in the mems events,
Howard Kinsey first defeating Francis
T. Hunter, Of New Rochelle, by q
score Of Cd, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, and
Robert Kinsey, his brother finishing
few minutes later with well-earned
victory over Watson NJ. Washburn, of
this city, the sets going at 6-3, 4~-6.
As, 6-3, 6-1. William T. Tilden 20,
national singles and doubles cham
pion. paired with Vincent Richards,
his partner in the holding Of the
doubles title, then put the East in the
running by defeating William M.
Johnston and Willis Z. Davis, the Pa
cihc Coast pair, by score OF 3--o,
s-3, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9, the match
starting tamely, gradually developing
into q spectacular contest.
In the last scheduled event OF the
day, delayed in its start until 6 o'clock,
owing to the length of the doubles
match, Miss Mary X Browne, OF CAN
fornia, and Mrs Molla Bjurstedt NAL
lory. national woman singles champion.
spIit even in sets, "0ur Mary" win
ming the first at rs, and Mrs. NAL
lory winning the second by the same
score. with only half a dozen points
difference in the totals Of the two
players.
Pair Evenly Matched
II was then so dark that Charles s.
Banders. president Of the metropolitan
Lawn Tennis Association, decided 1T
would be necessary to postpone the
third and deciding set until this aft
ernoon. To me, it would seem falrer
to both players were the match to be
entirely rcplayed, since one-set al
fair would not be q decisive test by
any means. As far as it went yester-
day this meeting between the leading
woman star of the East and the great
est woman player on the Pacific Coast
was a magnificent exhibition OF skill
and court generalship, with the two so
evenly matched as to leave the ques-
tion of superiority still in doubt.
Mrs. Mallory held the lead at d
in the first set and was apparently well
On the road to victory in that session,
only TO drop her service in the seventh
game and then lose four out Of the
next five. There was a sudden lapse in
her game in the last half Of the set,
whereas Miss Browne, who had been
showing signs of weariness, pulled her
self together wonderfully and forged
into the lead by virtue of volleying of
the most dazzling description. The
fair Californian WAS working her way
INTO forecourt and cutting off Mrs. NAL
,ory's returns close to the net, angling
the ball SO sharply that the champion
was often caught several feet short Of
position as she raced in from her base
line Miss Browne made Mrs. NAL
iory's backhand her point of attack, ard
when she was not cross-courting to the
title holders left side with raking vol
leys she was driving the ball deep to
the corner of base and side lines.
The pace was fast all the way and
both players showed signs Of the
strain, but Mrs. Mallory was the first
to recover her strength and went after
the second set with splendid fire and
aggressiveness. The rallies were keen
ly fought out, Miss Browne attempting
to held her rival in check by cutting
off returns on the full volley. Size
sent the ball back at such acute angles
that Mrs. Mallory was compelled tc
race from side to side of her court tc
make the recoveries.
Champion Is Courageous
The champion proved her courage
however, by coming through with her
best tennis of the day at this critical
stage of the match. There was no
weakness apparent in her backhand
now, some of her gets being spectacu-
lar. and her own shots were under such
l remarkably fine control that Miss
u Browne frequently found herself being
passed by inches as she reached the
center Of the court A brilliant raliy
featured the tenth game of the seconc
set, with Miss Browne finally putting
over the finishing with a decisive
smash of Mrs. Mallory's short lob. The
champion then won the eleventh OF
her own service and finished the SET
by breaking through Miss Browne to
square the match.
The doubles match brought out
some of the most sensational plavinp
of the day, most of the thrills COMING
in the long fifth set, when twenty
games had to be played before Tilden
and Richards could claim the honors
Johnston and Davis started off like
winners, taking the first three game
by tremendous smashing and little
Johnston's errorless overland yollev.
ing. Tilden then injected himself inio
the play, and. with Richards doing
splendid work at the volleying position
the CasternerS drew level at 3-all
Thereafter the teams alternated in
winning, with Johnston and Davis
holding the old game advantage up 10
10. Tiiden and Richards then wor
the next two games. for a lead of ST
only to see the Californians 20 throucJ
the following two for lead of 81
Once more Tilden and Richards
braced and won the match by runnino
out the last three games, but onIS
after the closest of struggles, during
which every man on the court had hiss
turn at doing the spectacular.
Johnston's Fine Work
"details, but, taking the match as
whole. Johnston's work impressed mc
as being the best of the four men on on
the court. In the first half of the
match there was a deal of loose plsv.
ing on both sides of the net, the piay-
crs very evidently feeling the natural
iarse in form that follows the playinp
or the international and national sin.
giles events. Even in The early stages
however, little Johnston was the most