New-York tribune., 1922-03-22

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and Mrs. Mallory made by far the n
in winning mood, as is customary ,
for spring. She was gray, sullen. D,
Mrs. Mallory. playing her first,
matches in the women's annual ma
tionai indoor championship tourna-
menl, on the Longwood covered courts
at Chestnut Hill, took two matches in
the singles and one in the doubles and
was we'll launched on her way to the
final chapters OF the tournament nv
the time play was finished for the day.
Tomorrow, with William T. Tilden I'd
worlds singles champion, she will start
her march to victory in the mixed
doubles, competing against twenty one
other pairs, among which are some OF
the strongest mixed doubles teams in
the East
!. Mrs. Marion zinderstein Jessup, of
Wilmington, Del, who was runner-up
TO Mrs. Mallory in the national turf
court tourney at Philadelphia in 1920
and ranked at No. 3 last gear, entered
the round before the semi-fnal TODAY
by virtue of her defeat of Miss Martha
Bayard' of Short Hills, n. j. 1t was
not until after thrilling struggle that
Mrs Jessup won the match at Cd,
6-3.
Miss Bayard's Great Fight
Saving the TWO important elements
of strength and endurance, Miss Bayard
showed again to-nay that she is we'll
qualified to give any of the high rank
fng players trouble. Her game has
been developed along sound lines, so
that she displays no decided weakness
st any point, as regards strokes and
court tactics: 1t is only that she is
unable TO finish off her points by put
ing the ball away. and that she begins
TO falter toward the end of the second
set in close match, that keeps her
from climbing still higher toward the
top.
However, these failings should cor
rect themselves in course of time, pro-
vided this slender schoolglrl does not
overtax her strength in the meantime
by too severe tennis program
In each set of their match, Mrs. Jes-
sup, playing with all her shots going
well. forged into the lead She seemed
equally at home, either when standing
near her base line and driving off fore
hand or backhand, or when she moved
up inside the service court lines to cut
and an occasional smash of short lob.
Miss Bayard, however, after remain
ing on the defensive in the early
stages, started an aggre attack of
her own, forcing her way to the net
position in the face of Mrs Jessup's
swiftly travelling balls and scoring
finely placed shots that had her op-
ponent on the run to get her racquet
on the ball. At this stage she picked
out the smallest of openings with un-
erring hand and eye. Wien receiving
service Miss Bayard was most success
full with low, straight torehand drive
down the side line.
Mrs. Jessup Storms Net
Half dozen times at least Mrs. Jes-
sup was caught wide of position by
this shot and was cleanly aced. When
receiving in the lsft-hand court Miss
Bayard also made great use of back
hand return to the far corner of cross
court, near side and base line. After
working up to ALL in the first set,
severe opposition as Mrs. Jessup
speaded up and stormed the net.
The girl from Wilmington gave q
dazzling exhibition of volleying then,
racing in quickly to take the ball on
the full volley. Her slashing back
hand returns, made on the run and
about shoulder high, were the prettiest
things in a splendidly fought match.
Miss Bayard could not hold the pace
being set by ner famous little oppo
nent, and as she tired, so, also, she
lost control of her shots.
MES. Mallory, just off the train from
New York this morning, was driven at
once to the courts and went on with
her first singles match. Miss Rosa
mond Newton, one of the Longwood
stars, was her opponent in the first
round and was conquered by score of
s-2, GO, with Mrs. Mallory always
having the situation we'll in hand.
Fred Mansfield, dean OF all tennis
umpires and famous in the official chair
at Longwood and Newport these last
thirty years, presided in that capacity
to-day. while William Otto, the Long
wood grounds superintendent, had the
stage appropriately set for the first ap-
pearance of the national indoor cham
pion.
Champion in Fine Form
Mrs. Mallory was content to earn q
majority Of her points from the back
of the court, and the faster the ball
return. Her placing was deadly accu
rate, too, once she had reused herself
sufficiently, and at times she forced her
path to the net and smothered returns
with full-arm volleys.
Against Mrs. W. NJ. Shedden in her
second-round match Mrs. Mallory did
not show to such advantage, being sat
isfed, apparently, to take matters
easily. She was not hitting the ball
cleanly, nor was she putting it away
with her usual hnality. Mrs. Shedden,
making plucky fight, brought the sets
to Cd, 6-2 before admitting in
evitable defeat. Tomorrow Mrs NAL
lory will face Miss Lillian Scharman,
of Brooklyn, the young girl whose play
ing so far has been one of the features
of the week.
Paired with Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur
Morris, of New York, the national
champion, drawing a bye in the first
round, overwhelmed Miss Marion Morss
and Miss Margaret Houghton at 90,
e-1 In the second round of the doubles.