The New York herald., 1922-01-31
TENNIS CHAMPION
TRIUMPHS EASILY
Mrs. Mallory Yields Only One
Game in Heights Ca
sino Tourney.
BY SAMUEL ). BRooKMAS.

Any tennis tournament IN Wnicn Mrb.
Franklin I. Mallory, national champion.
is a participant Is bound to be attrac-
tive. The rugged aggressiveness of her
play, the decisiveness Of her strokes
and her all around speed mako her an
interesting figure on the court even
against opponents who do not figure TO
extend her. How much more interest
ing. therefore, a tournament IN which
one or two OF her rivals threaten to ex--
tend her to the best of her ability to
come through successfully.
There is every indication that in the
annual invitation indoor tourney Of the
Heights Casino, which began yesterday.
Mrs. Mallory will be put to at least one
severe test Certainly Miss Leslie Ban
croft Of Boston win give her the sharp
est kind of n tussle IL she can maintain
the same sort of daring. effective tennis
she showed yesterday in the first round
OF the event. There was zest to Miss
Bancroft's attack, power to her deep
drive and a general fnality to her
stroke that promise well. The strength
of her attack was apparent In moro
than one important match OF the 1921
season, particularly In the nationss
championship in which she reached
u
of control--a tendency to wild hitting.
If she still has that weakness 1t was
not noticeable yesterday in her contest
with Mrs. Bernard r. Stcnz. Despite
the speed and power she injected into
her game the Boston girls errors were
few and far between, and fewer as the
match drew to finish. Mrs. Stenz did
some splendid court covering and had
plenty OF sting in her own returns. yet
she could not place single game to her
credit in the second set. The score
was 6-3, Go.
Question OF Control.
Whether Miss Bancroft will threaten
as seriously in the later rounds Of the
tournament depends entirely on her con-
troll. She meets another hard stroking
opponent to-day in Miss Lillian Schar-
man, who has improved remarkably In
a single season. Then If successful she
plays the winner Of the Mrs. Theodore
Sohst-NIiss Helen Hooker match In the
third round After that, il she continues
to win, her opponent in the semi-final
figures to be Miss Edith Sigourney, her
clubmate Of the Longwood Cricket Club
OF Boston.
In the other half Of the draw Mrs.
Mallory should win by a. convincing
margin from Mrs. Samuel Waring in the
second round. from either Miss Marie
Wagner or Mrs. M. 3. Huff Of Philadel-
phia in the third round. and from Miss
Martha Bayard of Short Hills In the
semi-final. Miss Bayard has Mrs. Fred
crick Schmitz, former national indoor
champion. as her opponent to-day. but on
the strength Of her showing yesterday
should triumph in straight sets.
Four Out Of Five Survivors.
The opening days play reduced the
field to sixteen women in the second
round. Four Of them--Miss Bancroft
and Miss Sigourney of Boston and Mrs.
Huff and Mrs. Harvey Of Philadelphia
arc out of town entrants. Miss Ceres
Baker of Orange gave an interesting
exhibition of net play in defeating Miss
Gertrude Della Tore by a score of 60.
Ga. and Miss Scharman was decidedly
impressive at both net and base line in
her match with Miss Jessie Gott. In
what proved to be the closest contest Of
the day Mrs. Frederick Schmitz dropped
the first set to Miss Caroma Winn, but
took the next two by her superior steadi-
ness and court generalship.
Tho feature morning matches to-day
are Miss Sigouruey versus Miss Baker
Miss Bayard and Mrs. Schmitz and
Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Waring. The
latter pair start at IL 80. In the after
room Miss Wagner and Mrs. Huff play
u e feature at O'Clock. The summary:
Heights Casino Invitation womcn's Singles.
First Round-Mrs. II. v. Kaitenborn defeated
Mrs. lingo Hartmann. 6-4. e-3: Miss Edith
sEourncy won from Mrs. II. A. Hatch by
default; Miss Ceres Baker defeated Miss
Gertrude Della Tore. Go. 6-f: Mrs Thco-
dora Sohst won from Mrs. Robert lie Roy
by default: Miss Helen Hooker won from
Mrs. Rawson Wood by default: Miss Leslie
I'ancroft defeated Mrs. Bernard It. Stenz.
6-3. Go: Miss Lillian Scharman defeated
Miss Jessie Ciott. 6-2. 6-3: Mrs. Franklin
Mallory defeated Mrs. Percy wilbourn
Go. 81: Mrs. Samue, Waring defeated
Miss Bessie Holden, 6-1. Ga: Mrs. M. p.
Huff defeated Mrs. G. A. Adam. 6-1. 6-3:
Miss Marie Wagner defeated Mrs. Albert
Humphrics, G-2, 6-2: Mrs. z. Il. Thompson
won from Mrs. De Forest Candee by de-
fault; Mrs. T. 3. Downs defeated Mrs. G. e
Perkins. 2-6. g.. 6-2; Mrs. Frederick
schmitz defeated Miss Caroma winn. So,
G-3, G-3; Miss Martha Bayard defeated
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