The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-29
MRS. MALLORY
WITHOUT RIVAL
IN NET WORLD
Miss Wills Ranks Second
in Tennis Field for
Present Season

] MNlla bluINttdt Mallory stands or
an cminencc not quite so solitary ".
that which Tildcn occupies. for IN,
latter's dominion extends over the
whole world OF tennis. while Mira
| Mnllory's rule Is confined 10 thi.
| country. Pet. In her own halliwick
/ Mrs. Mallory proved last summer
that her rule n more absolute than
| that ~ Tildou. who was exceedingly
/ hard pressed by Johnson Tiidcn did
! not escape defeats. while every at.
/ tempt To dispute Mrs. Mallory's
| supremacy was turned back and not
/ once In the whole season was she
| defeated She met all the leading
women players IN the country and
only two OF them were able even to
take "a sct from her.
Tho ranking OF other women play.
crs IN no such easy matter In the
placing Of every other player In the
first ten the possibility OF reasonable
argument enters In. Yet careful
survey of the season as whole has
developed the following list as the
choice OF tho New York Times for
the first 10;
I, Mrs. Molla niurstcdt Mallory.
Now York
?. Miss Helen wills, San Fran
cisco.
3. Miss Mary X. Browne. Los
Angeles.
4. Miss Leslie Bancroft. Boston.
8. Mrs. Marion Hlndcrstein Jcs.
g. Mrs May Sutton Bundy. Los
Angeles
* Mrs. Martha Bayord. Short
& Miss Helen Gnleaudeau.
Mamaropeck, N. Y.
.. Miss Helen Hooker. Green
wlch. Conn.
10. Miss Florence Ballin. New
York.
In nominating second 10 the re
lcctions are equally difficult. The
following names are submitted;
~. Miss Marie wdgner. New
York.
70. Miss Clare casscI. Elbron,
IA Miss Molly D. Thaver, rhlln-
delphia
"a Miss Anne Townsend, Phna-
delphla.
i5. Miss Edith slgourney. Bos.
ls. Miss Katherine Gardner
Boston.
IL. Miss Marion Chapman.
Nyack, n. Y.
1s-Miss Lillian scharman.
Brooklyn.
10. Miss Phyllis Walsh. Phils-
delphia.
2O.-Miss Ceres Baker. Orange,
~ J.
Young Players Advance.
In the foregoing list It may be
noted that high places are given To
some of the younger players OF the
country and that the Veterans OF
.
their own way, Thus. Miss Helen
wills. foremost among tho girl play
ers, who was No II hast year, claims
No. 2 position: Miss Bayard ad-
vances from the second 10 OF last
year 10 the first at No. and Miss
Helen Hooker unranked year ago,
goes to No. 9. In the second 10
such players as Miss Gardner, Mirs
Chapman, Miss Scharmnn and Miss /
Baker give promise that the future
OF the women's game In TO be IN
worthy hands.
Seldom has any player gone
through n fun season In any sport
with so Impressive a record OF un-
broken success as Mrs. Mallory did
The champion defeated Miss Wills I
four times--in the metropolitan |
at Glen Cove, in the ma !
tlonal nt Forest Hills, In the Cedar
hurst invitation and the Longwood |
Invitation. Sho beat Miss Browne In /
the East West series at Forest Hills /;
and the Ardslcy invitation. She van |
qulshed Miss Bancroft no less than |
six times and always IN straight sets |
This was AT Forest HIS In the ma
at Seabright, In tho New |
York state championship nt Green T,
Meadow, at Ccdarhurst In the mid |
a l. 49, az
and nt Ardsley- -on- Hudson. She de- /
fcnted Mrs. Jessup the only time she /
met her. which was In the middle /
states tourney.
Mrs Bundy bowed twice 10 the /
champions skin. losing 70 her I'm the
state tourney NJ Green Meadow ana
~ Senbright, Mrs. Mallory defeated Z
Miss Bayard at Green Meadow and /
LOngwOOd. Miss Gillcaudenu AZ
Longwood and Miss BALM at Cedar
hurst, This In taking account only /
~ her meetings with other members
II the first 10 All players out
side that circle whom she met she
treated with even greater severity n
Miss WINS Excellent Showing.
A for the No. 2 position, the !
preference is given 10 Miss wills I
,ver Miss Browne because the girls
hampton played through the entire
season, while Miss Brownies only
appearances were In the east west
and IN the Ardsley on -Hud-
'On invitation tOurna ment. Miss
wis and Miss Browne were the
,nly players TO take a set from Mrs.
This Miss Wills did no
ess than three tlmps-at Glen Cove,
II LongwOod and az Ccdarhurst.
'he lost to the champion In straight
ets IN the national tournament.
Miss Browne played Mrs. Mallory
vice nt Forest HIS. on the first
lay each won set and the whole :
match was played over the next day
Then Mrs. Mallory won in-straight .
cts Al Ardsley Mrs Mallory beat
Miss Browne two sets 10 one, In an :
Exceedingly close match In which
he lntter had the lead at 5-4 in the
bird set. Miss Browne lost the next :
NO games at love,
II is more than likely that had :
iiss Browne played throughout the
easOn her accomplishments would :
ave transcended those OF Miss Wills
= she IL a more experienced and
more finished player. Yet Miss :
Wills came two points closer TO n Z
ictory over Mrs Mallory than Miss :
Browne did. This was In the long
wood invitation tournament, when :
he games were 5-4 In Miss wills
nvor in the third set and the points
we're 30-all In the tenth game. :