New-York tribune., 1922-10-01


Mrs. Mallory proved her metslc
furiously and forcing errors that bre
later the champion endod the match
1t was truly brilliant tennis that
brought Miss Browne so close 10 a tri-
umph over the American title holder.
All through n contest of sensational
getting and hard hitting, the California
girl enthused large gallery with the
severity OF her attack. the agility Of
her court covering, the sharp shooting
accuracy and daring with which she
whipped forehand drive either down
the lines or deep into the corners, and
the decisiveness of her volleyinr, She
maneuvered skilfully, too, and after
the iirst set her control was good. in
snort, she was at her best.
Mrs. Mallory Reaches Heights
In the face Of such superb tennis
MRS. Mallory rose to the cmercencv
drove powerfully and with wonderful
control, and amazed as she shot bacI
shot after shot that looked good for
an earned point as it catapulted OF
Miss Brownies racket Never before
TINS season, with the possible exception
OF the LongWood match against 1Iiss
Helen Wills, had Mrs Mallory been
/ compelled to call on the limit of her
| resources.
Whatever 'breaks' there were dur
/ ing the tense, all-importapt third set
I dld not favor Miss Browne in the least.
/ She dropped four games in which she
/ needed one winning stroke. In the
second game she led 1870. in the
! third 40--1b, in the sixth 40-love and
IN thceighth 40--15, yet she dronped
all of them. If the law Of averages had
held good in this match, Miss Browne
I would have won at least one of these
-FOUR games, and one would have been
suthclent to have brought her victory.
But the fighting tenacity of the cham
plon saved the day for her on each
occasion.
The turning point came in the sixth
game OF the final set. Miss Browne had
Just completed q sparkling squirt that
had given her two love games in a row
and lead of So in games. Then on
her own service she brought the score
to 40-love. Another point and her
lead would be ID, an apparently win
ming lead.
But the point never came. Rousinq
herself to q most determined, whirl-
wind effort, Mrs. Mallory came through
H.,
them on terrific drives for placement
and the games were 3-all instead OF
2-4. Quite dieffrence at that stage
Mrs. Mallory regainca the lead at
4-3, only to have Miss Browne take il
from her at Sd after d siDreme ef.
fort. 1t was then that the champion
called on her reserve and turned i'm.
pending defeat into victory In what
proved to be the final game the score
! 10 ID
ing.
Gallery Raises Protest
Then the California girl drove deer
shot that seemed to hit the baseline
but the linesman called it oat, while
the gallery raised q subdued protest
The official was appealed to again and
repeated the decision of "out," and
thus the score went to 1870. Mrs
Mallory, however, feeling certain that
Miss Brownies shot had been good, de-
liberately netted the next service, and
the crowd cheered generously. Two
long rallies followed. The first ended
in drive out of court by Miss Browne;
the second in a slam into the net, and
it was all over. The comparative
point total, 80 to T8, shows how close
tussle it was.
II. the opening set Mrs. Mallory was
complete mistress Of the situation.
Miss Browne was slow in getting the
range of the net and the base line and
her errors were paving the way for
the champion. The Pacific Coast girl
was coming up frequently, but was be-
ing passed by Mrs. Mallory time and
again. The latter was scarcely miss
ing at all, and never at an important
stage.
The tables were turned completely in
the second set as Miss Browne sud-
denly found her best speed and
launched an aggressive skillful attack
that Mrs. Mallory was not quite pre-
pared for. Miss Browne placed beau-
tifully all through the set, getting
great sting into her shots and follow
| ing forcing drives to the net success
fully. She won five games in a row
before Mrs. Mallory checked her tenn
porarily. The coast girl. however,
| ended the set in the eighth game at
| g.
Third Straight Victory
The victory gave Mrs. Mallory a
third leg on the Ardsley Cup and with
it permanent possession of the trophy.
I, In the doubles final which followed
Mrs. Mallory triumphed again, this
time with the assistance of Mrs. l..
1 Gouverneur Morris. They defeated
Mrs. Benjamin F. Briggs and Miss Les
lie Bancroft in two close sets replete
with hard hitting and spectacular raj
lies The score was S5, 7-5, and
both sets were evenly fought from
start to finish. In the long run it was
the superior control of the winners at
critical stages that turned the match
| their way. Mrs. Morris, as usual,
blocked decisively at the net but Mrs.
| Mallory's severe driving furnished her
with most of her opportunities.
! The point score and stroke analysis
Of the singles final follow: