New-York tribune., 1922-09-30
Mrs. Mallory i'm
Final Round at
Ardsley To-day
American Title Holder De-
fcats Miss Bancroft and
Will Face Miss Browne

In advancing to the final round Of
the Ardsley Club invitation tennis
tournament yesterday at Ardsley-on-
the-Hudson Mrs. Molla Mallory de-
feated Miss Leslie Bancroft, of Bos-
ton, for the sixth time this season.
For the sixth time, too, she scored in
straight sets and with plenty to spare,
as the score of Go, 6--3 tells rather
eloquently. And now only Miss Mary
r. Browne, of California, stands be-
tween the national champion and per.
manent possession Of the Ardsley Cup,
on which she holds two legs. The
final is scheduled to start at 2 p. M.
| to-day,
By eIectihg to fight it out from deep
court Miss Bancroft yesterday played
right into Mrs. Maliory's hands. The
Boston girl was able to match the
champion in the matter of severity of
stroke and speed in covering court,
] but she could not hold her own with
1 Mrs. Mallory in the matter of control,
and control was the winning factor.
Miss Bancroft from start to finish
! made great effort driving hard, rae
ing all over the court and placing we'll
whenever she could get the range of
the net and the base line. She kept
Mrs. Mallory on her toes, and the con-
| test indeed was far closer than the
score shows. But her errors piled up
at an alarming rate.
Miss Bancroft could scarcely have
| hoped to outsteady the American title
holder in a baseline duel, but that was
exactly the tactics she pursued. There
was many an occasion when a fine
cross-court drive of low trajectory
forced Mrs. Mallory wide of the court
and gave Miss Bancroft an opening to
come to the net, but she invariably
failed to take advantage of it. She
| preferred to take no chances of being
passed at the net and remained back,
thereby giving Mrs. Mallory plenty of
opportunity to return TO position.
The Boston girl dropped eight
straight games before she could check
Mrs. Mallory temporarily. With the
| score 20 in the second set Miss Ban
croft finally placed the first game to
! her credit Then she lost the next two
and the score was 4-l in her op-
ponent's favor. At this juncture Miss
Bancroft staged a whirlwind rally.
/ Driving furiously and with abandon
and making one sensational get after
4 another she drew up to Sd and al
| MCSb 70 4---ail One nad eXpenQeQ sc
much energy during the match, how
! ever, that she was unable to maintain
the squirt for the remainder of the
set and Mrs. Mallory ended it at 6--3
Following the singles final to-day
Mrs. Mallory will appear also IN the
final in doubles with Mrs. J.. G. Morris
as her partner. They advanced yester-
day through the medium of two more
or less easily earned victories, the first
over Mrs. Barger Wallach and Miss
Rosamond Newton at Go, 6-2, and
the second over Mrs. Marshall Mclean
and Mrs. George l.. Chapman at 6--3
G. In both contests the powerful
driving Of Mrs. Mallory and the alert
blocking at the net of Mrs. Morris
proved too strong a combination.
/ As rule, Mrs. Mallory in doubles
furnished her partner with the oppor-
tunities for kills" by the severity OF
her strokes, which, after one or two
exchanges, compelled o weak return
The summary:
ARDsLEY CLUB INVITATION WoMEN's
SINGLES
Semi final round--Mrs. Mola B. Mallory
defeated Miss Leslie Bancroft, 60, 6--s.
Womea's doubles. third round--Mrs
Molla Mallory and Mrs l.. B. Morris de
feated Mrs. Barger Wallaer, and Mis-
Rosamond Newton, Go, 6-S2.
Seni-fnal round--Mrs. Mallory and Mrs
Norris defeated Mrs Marshall Mclean ane
Mrs George Il. Chapman, CO, 6--3
| Mixed doubles, third round-Afiss Heller
Gileaudeau and Clifford Lockhorn defeat
ed Miss Margaret Grove and lingo Hart
mann. 6---4. 6-3 Mrs. Albert Humphrey
and Charles A. Anderson defeated Mr. anc
Mrs Alfred E. Thurber, 6-3. 6---4