New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-20

Again she showed the versatility and
power that stamp her as potential
champion, but the wonderful control,
the terrific hitting and remarkable
court covering of the champion proved
too much for her.
There was never g moment during
the match, however, when Mrs. Mallory
was able to let up the slightest in the
speed of her attack or tie alertnesg Of
her defense, for Miss Wills stroked
boldly and severely; took all sorts Of
chances in driving deep with the IN
tention Of breaking up the accuracy Of
the champions returns. Had she been
able to control those drives, Miss Wills
might have made close match of 1t,
but she injected far too much speed
into her forcing shots, and the ball
sailed out of court too often for COM
fort.
The youngster, too, was unfortunate
in facing Mrs. Mallory when the lat
ter was travelling at her very best.
There were times during the contest
when her excellent placing and change
of length and pace had Mrs. Mallory
racing all over the court to keep pace
with the ball, but the title holder and
the speed Of foot necessary to keep the
rallies going, and her remarkable re-
coveries and accurate returns from all
sorts Of difficult positions saved many
a point for her. The surprising thing
about the girls play throughout was
that her strategy was excellent, but her
execution erratic. Many time when
she had Mrs. Mallory we'll beyond the
baseline the Coast girl suddenly short
ened her stroke in an attempt to drop
the ball just over the net, but her
stroke as a rule did not prove short
I'LL l.
race in, catch the ball on the bound
and turn the shot into a winning point
for herself.
For the greater part of the first set
Miss Wills threatened seriously. She
broke through service in the first
game but dropped the second, and then
ga1res went on service all the way
to the eighth game, when a costly dou-
bic fault on the girls part and timely
s!deline placement by the champion
gave the latter a lead of 5-3. Mrs.
Mallory then ended the set on her
own service in the ninth game.
of her SO points in the set, Miss Wills
contributing II out, nets and
double fault. If anything, the pace
grew swifter in the second set and
the stroking severer. Again Miss
Wills's tennis flashed brilliantly at
times as she stroked powerfully in
the rallies, but again she could not
match the control Of the champion,
who had the advantage, too, of strength
and stamina. Mrs. Mallory was get
ting everything back and it was Miss
Wills who had to be on the alert for
passing shot after driving stroke
across that looked good for point but
wasn't.
Miss Wills was able to win only the
third game of the second set and that
after the points had been deuced
twice, but she kept the champion on
her toes and it was only the superior
control of Mrs. Mallory that checked
her.
But Miss Wills did manage to win
one title, or rather share in the vic
tory, when later in the day she and
Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup
triumphed in the final of the national
doubles championship. 1t was a bril-
liant match, a thriller that the gal
lery of $500 grew highly enthusiastic
over There was one stage in the final
set when the opposing pair, Mrs. NAL
Tory and Miss Edith Sigourney, seemed
headed for victory They led 80 and
were pretty close to making it 40, but
Mrs. Jessup and her youthful partner
came through with surprising uphill |
rally that gave them six games in
row, the set at 6-3 and the match at
6-4. TO. 6-3.
Throughout the tussle Mrs. Jessup |
dominated. She was brilliantly effec- |
tive at the net where her crisp vol