New-York tribune., 1922-03-21
Miss Howlallel
Wins Only One
Came I'm Mattel,
Former Miss Zindersscin
TriumpIls by o., 90:
Mrs. Mallory Plays To-day
By Fred Hawthorne c

soSTON. March %. The womep,s
sixteenth annual national indoor cham.
s;anship lawn tennis tournament began
,s-dsy on the Longwood Cricket Clubs
.syered courts at Chestnut Hill with
tsirty-eight players entered in. the
singles.
Among the entries were Mrs. Molla
p;nrstsdt Mallory, holder Of the M
tisual indoor and turf coOrt honors;
v,s. Marion Iindersteia Jessup. OF
a, the title and one of the greatest
Il our p.a.e $. s4 reSt.e D~ncro.t
yo. on the ranking list; Miss Edith
Ssrourney and Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey
sif Of Longwood, and Mrs Martha BAY
srd and Miss Ceres Baker thc hrilior
voung players from our own metropoli-
;sn district.
Hrs. Mallory did not play to-day.
having arranged with the tournament
tcmmittee t. play her first match to-
narrow, when she faces Miss Rosamond
Newton, Of longwood. in the first
round. Mrs. Jessup, in the opposite
s,de Of the draw, getting bye IN tine
srst round, swept through her second
match with Miss Priscilla Rowland, Of
UN L
The former Miss Zinderstein, al
though she told me she had not played
snv tennis since the close OF the last
artdoor season until she came to Long
wood last week, looked to be in sur
prisingly good form, all her shots
working we'll and her court covering
being quite up to its usual standard.
Speed Deciding Factor
Miss Howland evidently inexperi-
snced in tournament play. fought as
hest she could against the fire of her
roted opponent. but was utterly unable
10 withstand the speed, pace and YER
mtilty of Mrs Jessup's game. The
latter mixed up shots beautifully,
driving with splendid length, alternat-
ing occasionally with a battling chop
Into forecourt and closing in at the
ne. to smother returns with severe.
veil placed volleys for the corners.
The speed of Mrs. Jessup's shots
forced Miss Rowland into hurrying
her own strokes, so that she was un-
able to do herself justice Tomorrow
morning Mrs. Jessup will face Miss
Bsyard in what should bring out q
stirring match
One Of the most keenly fought en-
counters of the opening day saw Mrs.
Godfrey the new Bahama Islands
champion, defeat Miss Florence Ballin.
Of the West Side Tennis Club. The
sets went at So, IS, with Miss Bal
lin making great fight in the second
SCI, after trailing and beirg four times
within single point Of defeat.
There was q bit of everything in
this match. the girls alteTn eng from
deep court to the close volleying po-
sition. Mrs Godfrey was quicker at
reaching the net, and her volleying
and overhead work was superior to
Mss Balins, hut the latter's driving
vss both strong and extremely we'll
placed, although tendency to play
the ball an inch or two too low caused
many of her returns to hit the net
trd and drop hack into her own court.
Mss Bancroft took her match from
Gn K. 5. Billings, of Boston, by a
sore of SO, 6-1, the winner being
E complete command of the situation
rom start to finish. Miss Bancroft
had great deal of pace on her low
forehand drives and her play overhead
vas distinguished BY its SHARPNESS and
severity.
Miss Sigourney won her match from
Mrs. Culver McWilliams, of Cedar
hurst. l.. l., by score Of Go. 6-2
but the match was really closer than
the figures indicate,
Mrs. McWillams did well from the
back court, particularly on her fore
hand drives. Her backhand was a vul-
nerable point, however, and she fre-
ouently made tactical mistakes by 60
ing for the net position at the wrong
time.
Miss Scharman Hits Hard
Miss Lillian scharman, the young
player from New York, won two
matches during the day She first de-
feated Mrs. s. NJ FELTON,. of Long
wood, by a score of %, 4--6, Cd
and then eliminated Mrs. Barger Wal
ZACH, Of New York, 6-1, 7-5. The
match with Mrs. FELTON, was featured
ny hard hitting on both sides; but
against Mrs, Wallach, after winning
Sne hrst set easily enough, Miss
echarman was lured into the mistake
oi softening her stroke in the second
set, and then she had a real struggle
on her hands.
Mrs, Walach knows as much about
correct tactics as any of our players
"a "a 'ne East probably, and she was dead
~ accurate when she could get her
Sraequet on the ball, so that kept Miss
ssEcnarman &c pretty well on the run in
ine second set. After faltering badly,
however. Miss Scharman came back
beautifully re toward the end and swept
hitting.
Miss Bayard and Miss Baker won
,aeif opening matches by exactly SINH
iar scores. Go. I'll, Miss Bayard fore
,ag MISS Dorothy Nyhard to bow. and
p Miss Baker decisively defeating Mrs.
H. 4 Hardwicl, Of Boston.
S;5 MSS Caroma Winn, of the West
SSloe Tennis Club, was another New
iork player to come through triumph
ssntly. Playing with both speed and
me me control, she defeated Mrs. B. n.
&c.
The doubles will begin tomorrow,
*ltn twenty teams entered. among them
sS s0me OF the strongest combinations in