New-York tribune., 1922-03-26


Che women's annual tournament.
In the first set, when leading at SIS
and 800 with Mrs Mallory holding
the service. Miss Bancroft was within
point of taking the set. On the next
point she failed on an easv forehand
shot with one entire side of her OPP
poncnts couro open to her attack
The ball struck Just below the net
cord and Miss Bancroft's opportunity
WAS gone.
Never again in the match did the
champion leave herself open to any
such dangerous situation. After pull
ing out that ninth game Mrs. Mallory
unleashed q furious attack, winning the
next two games at love which gave
her the lead at 6-5. Miss Bancroft
made desperate attempt 70 regain
her lost ground in the twelfth and
last game of this set, the points going
20 "duece' five times before the title
holder sent a forehand drive spinning
down the side line for a dazzling place
lnent ace, scoring the game and the
set at -
A gallery that filed all the seats up
stairs and massed itself about the
court, twenty deep, heaved a sigh Of
genuine regret as Miss Bancroft lost
what had so nearly been hers. For 2
fow glowing moments Boston thought
that one Of its younger stars was about
TO score the tennis sensation Of years
by humbing the almost invincible
champion.
Champion Outpayed at Start
! confess it did seem to me that Mrs
Mallory must surely lose the first set
at least, for Miss Bancroft was clearly
outplaying her in all departments of
the game, her shots having more pace
and battling speed and being always
splendid, deep. Mrs Mallory. on the
contrary, was having al kinds of diff
culties in gaining control of her
strokes, and the fierce attack launched
by Miss Bancroft certainly did not tend
20 make the champions task any easier.
Mrs. Mallory steadied down on the
face of Miss Bancroft's whirlwind at
tack, found herself went sfter her
shot" when an error meant very posi-
BILE defeat and once more demonstrated
that she is a champion indeed, not only
from the standpoint of strokes and tact
ical skill, but in that unfinching cour-
age and mistaken confidence that has
marked every true champion in any line
Of sport.
The only game Miss Bancroft won
in the second set was the first and
curiously, she won it at Glove" and by
breaking through Mrs. Mallory's serv-
one scorching fOrehand drive across
deep court accounting for the points
Thereafter the national title holder
held command st every stage. and, hav-
ing worked into the full sweep Of her
game, treated the gallery to an exhi-
bition Of terrific hitting and wonder
full court covering that no woman has
ever shown before on these courts.
Half an hour after winning the in
door singles championship for the
fifth time, Mrs. Mallory went out on
the court with william T. Tilden Cd,
the worlds champion, and defeated
Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey, of Longwood
and Richard Norris Williams I'd by
score OF 90, - in the final and
championship round Of the mixed
doubles. Tilden was a veritabe raging
tiger in this match, racing al over the
court, leaping high in the air to exc
cute tremendous smashes, and bring
lpg of some Of those amazing, almost
unbelievable shots that have made his
name famous wherever the game is
played
Williams and Tiiden Brilliant
Williams was as brilliant and as as
founding as Tilden at times and both
thrilled the spectators by the feFocity
of their cannonading services; but, on
the whole, Tilden had better control,
while Mrs. Mallory was steadier than
Mrs. Godfrey. The latter, however,
earned frequent applause by the manner
IN which she CHILLED" overhead and by
the Goolness with which she faced the
world champions "bullet" delivery.
Julian S. Myrick president of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association,
wko had arrived from New York the
night before, ofticiated in the high chair
IS umpire in the single match. Bill
Otto. the Longwood Clubs Superin-
tendent, had provided several hundred
extra seats by Communicating all the
available chairs TO De found in Chest
nut Hill households, and yet there we're
two or three hundred persons who stood
throughout the two matches.
The match began with Mrs. Mallory
hold rc the service and she won the
opening game at dove" Miss Bancroft
evened the score, however, by winning
her returns across deep court with
lightning placement aces by whipping
her returns across depe court with
forehand drives and taking the last
point on a bullet" service ace.
The next two games were divided,
and then Miss Bancroft raised high
the hopes of Longwood by winning the
fifth and sixth games at Glove" two
sizzling service aces featuring her play.
Her ground strokes were sharp and
crisp, of both fore and back hand, and
she was keeping the ball deep in Mrs.
Mallory's territory,
The champion was not hitting her
shots cleanly and many of her returns
fell short into Miss Bancroft's court,
50 that the Longwoood girl was smoth-
ering the ball and playing at q dizzy
clip. Mrs. Mallory took the seventh on
her own service and then Miss Ban
croft took the eighth, for 5-3.
After winning the next four games
in row, for the first set at 7-5 Mrs.
Mallory dropped the first of the sec
ond set and then won the next six, CIV
ing her the set ut 6-1, the match and
the championship.