The New York herald., 1922-02-01
FAYORITES ADVANCE
IN WOMEN'S TENNIS
Mrs. Mallory and Miss Ban
croft Likely Finalfsts, Score
= at Heights Casino.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.


That it win be New York versus Bos-
ton in the final of the Heights Casino
invitation tennis tournament for women
seems certain now that the event has mar
rowed down TO eight survivors in the
round before the semi-final. In one half
Of the draw all four OF those left in the
competition-Mrs. Franklin I. Mallory.
national champion Miss Marie Wagner,
Mrs u. r. Thompson and Miss Martha
Bayard--are residents OF the metropoli-
tan district. In the other half Miss
Leslie Bancroft and Miss Edith Sigour-
ney. both OF Boston; Mrs. Gilbert Har-
vey OF Philadelphia. and Miss Helen
Hooker of New York, are the remaining
contestants. Both Boston girls rate far
stronger than either Mrs. Harvey or
Miss Hooker, so that II will take nothing
short of a startling reversal to prevent a
Boston-New York cup match.
Although Miss Bancroft experienced
greater difficulty than had been antici-
pated in eliminating Miss Lillian Schar-
man yesterday. opinion remains almost
unanimous that she will be the opponent
of Mrs. Mallory in the final Miss Edith
Sigourncy figures to extend her in the
semi final tomorrow. but on past per-
formanceS Miss Bancroft should come
through.
Miss Bancroft was very close to drop
ping one set of her match with Miss
Scharman. The latter strolxing steadily.
met deep drive with deep drive in the
second division of play, ran into a lead
of Al, brought it to 5-3 and 30-love
on her own service, only to be checked
when the set was within her grasp
Undaunted by her opponents lead, Miss
Bancroft continued to stroke hard and
boldly in the critical game. and drew
out OF the tight situation impressively.
The Boston girl then proceeded to win
three games In row and assume a lead
of 6--5. Miss Scharman made it 6-all
but the next two games served to end
the set and match in Miss Bancroft's
favor.
Control Lacking Bit.
While Miss Bancroft was not nearly
as steady as in her opening match of the
tournament, it was not so much a loss of
effectiveness on her part as a surpris-
ingly strong showing on the part of her
opponent that made the score closer
than expected. Miss Scharman has
raised her game fully 25 per cent. since
last season. She is getting exceptional
speed into her deep court driving. is
covering court we'll and her control is
good. With both girls hitting hard and
making sparkling recoveries the contest
resulted in swift base line duel in
which the rallies We're we'll sustained
In the opening set Miss Bancroft's adj
vantage was more marked than In the
second. She won the flrst three games
and after Miss Scharman had rallied
and tied the score at 3-aII. took tbe
next three for a 6---3 set
All the other matches in singles ran
more or less to form. Mrs. Mallory.
playing leisurely at times and on other
occasions calling on her best speed. de-
fcated Mrs. Samuel waring with tho
loss or only one game I'm the first SGT
and two in The second. Mrs. Varing wa
forced to play defensively most of the
time. Every now and then she out
maneuvered the champion. however. ana
scored well earned passing stroke
along the sid deline. Miss Martha Bavard
proved too versatile and too fast for
Mrs. Frederick Schmitz. former nationa,
indoor champion, and won at Go
6--3.
Mrs. NJ. B. Huff of PHILADELPHIA wes
the first OF the out OF town Contestants
10 meet defeat. Miss Marie warne,
proved too much of tactician for her
ana triumphcd decisively, 60 6-1
MISS Sigourney outsteadied and out-
guessed Miss Ceres Baker in the first
set OF her match. but was extended IN
deuce games in the second.
To-day's matches will bring the
singles event down to the semi-flnals
AT :45 Miss Bayard plays Mrs 10 n
thompson, at 12: 80 it will be Miss
Sigourney versus Mrs. Harvey. az o.15
MISS wagner versus Mrs. Mallory and
Hooker. MISS
Strong Teams I'm Doubles.