The New York herald., 1922-09-30
+MRS.MALLORY BEATS
RIVAL SIXTH TIME
Outplays Miss Bancroft Again
Go, 6-3 in Reaching
Final at Ardsley.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

- S~AsSA ~ A<1 Os I've
Half dozen times this year Miss
Leslie Bancroft Has advanced by dInt
OF impressive tennis to match with
Mrs. Molla Mallory in late round of
tournament only to meet surprisingly
one sided defeat at the hands of the
national champion. The sixth occasion
came in the semi-final round of the
Ardsley Club invitation singles yester-
day when Molla overwhelmed her by q
score of 60. 6-3
Miss Bancroft has done so well
against other players of top rank that
she probably will be rated among the
first five nationally this year Her
severe, aggressive stroking and swift,
untiring attack have toppled over with
ease many an opponent who figured to
extend her. but against Mrs. Mallory
the Boston girl has been unable to
make much headway 1t has been
straight sets and quick sets nearly
every time
The reason? Well, It has not been
difficult to discover. Miss Bancroft by
attempting to outspeed and outdrive
Mrs. Mallory from deep court has been
playing right into the champions hands.
True. she has always forced Mrs. NAL
lory to her best effort to win her points,
but the latter simply revels in speed
and hard hitting. and while an opponent
may cover as much ground and get as
much sting into her drives. she can
scarcely hope to outsteady or outplace
her in a base line duel No present
day base liner will beat Mrs. Mallory
at that sort Of game The girls who
have come nearer to accomplishing the
defeat Of the American title holder.
Miss Helen Wills and Miss Mary X.
Browne of California. have employed
a net game to bring results, and ii Is
the only sort that can give Mrs. NAL
lory any serious trouble.
Great Effort; Little Reward.
1t may be said for Miss Bancroft that
she made an extraordinary effort yes
terday. The score does not begin to
tell how interesting the match really
was. how fast Mrs. Mallory had to
travel In the rallies to win her points.
There was powerful driving and great
getting on both sides, but Mrs. Mallory
had almost perfect control always and
Miss Bancroft only on rare occasions.
Possessed Of a splendid forcing shot
and more than average speed of foot
1t seemed as though Miss Bancroft might
have accomplished far more than she did
had she come to the net behind a swift,
low. sharp angled drive that frequently
compelled Mrs. Mallory to run wide Of
the court. She might easily have cut of
the returns on those occasions But she
chose instead to stay back, and Mrs.
Mallory not only had time to recover
position. but to take the aggressive
again.
The champion won eight games in a
row before Miss Bancroft could check
her. That gave Mrs. Mallory love
set snd lead OF 20 in the second. 1t
went to 2--1 and then Al, at which
stage Miss Bancroft, by a determined
rally during which she raced all over
the court and stroked with daring And
abandon. brought the score to Sd And
almost ALL After that her control
grew as uncertain as II had been all
through the first set and Mrs. Mallory
ended the match In short order.
Test for Miss Browne.
In the cup round, which is to start
at 2 P. M. to-day Mrs. Mallory is to
meet Miss Mary X. Browne, who has
the net game and the experience neces-
sary to extend the champion to the limit.
1t Is only question of how far Miss
Brownies strength will carry her and
how good her control will be- If she Is
at the top of her game she should take a
set at least. and make the other two
close.
Mrs. Mallory will also be a contestant Z
in the doubles final, with Mrs. L. G.
Morris as her partner. They moved
ahead yesterday at the expense of Mrs.
Barger Wallach and Miss Rosamond
Newton in q Go, CO match and Mrs.
Marshall Mclean and Mrs. George l..
Chapman In a 6-o. 6--3 semi-final. The
sharp driving of Mrs. Mallory and the
alert, blocking at the pet Of Mrs. Morris
proved too strong combination for their
opponents. Mrs. Mclean and Mrs. Chap
man threatened early in the second set
by taking the first two games and then
lafged and dropped six In a row.
In the final to-day Mrs. Mallory and
Mrs. Morris will be opposed by Miss
Leslie BencSpft and Mrs. Benjamin. r.
Briggs. The summary:
sINGLEs--sEMI-FINA ROUND.
Mrs Franklin I. Mallory defeated Miss
Leslie Bancroft, Go. G-3.
DOUBLES-TTIRD ROUND.
Mrs. y. I. Mallory and Mrs. L. @. Morris
defeated Mrs Barge Wallach and Miss
Rosamond Newton, Go. g..
SEAfI-FINAL ROUND.
Mrs. F. I. Mallory and Mrs. l.. G.. Morris
defeated Mrs Marshall Mclean and Mrs.
George l.. Chapman, 6-2, 6-3.
MIXED DoUBLEs-THIRD ROUND.
Miss Helen Gileaudeau and Clifford Lock-
horn defeated Miss Margaret Grove and
lingo Hartmann, Cd, 6-3.
Mrs Albert Humphries and Charles A. An
derson defeated Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred F.
Thurber. 6-3. ca.
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