The New York herald., 1922-10-01
MRS.MALLORY TURNS
BACK TENNIS DEFEAT.
Triumphs in Ardsley Final
After Miss Browne Leads
5-4 in Last Set.
By SAMUEL j. BROoKMAN.

BY SA VI Ell J. bHOohhAN.
1t required the limit of Mrs. Molla
Mallory's speed and fighting tenacity TO
turn back defeat in the final round of
the Ardsley Club tournament yesterday
With Miss Mary X. Browne of California
leading her. Sd. in an extra set. the
national champion was indeed hard
pressed to come through triumphant.
But she did, thanks to her success IN
bringing all her reserve strength into play
when the occasion demanded and her
determined, almost furious driving In the
last few minutes of brilliant match.
The score of 6-1, 2-6, rs tells how
closely fought the tussle was.
Not since the days when the American
championship was hers has Miss Browne
flashed such splendid tennis as she ala
yesterday in coming so close to victory
over the present title holder. She played
with finished skill that even the uniniti-
ated in the gallery could not help appre-
ciate and wax enthusiastic over. She
covered court as few women can and
recovered shots that looked hoplessiy
out of reach she drove with great dar-
ing and power. playing the lines and the
corners and she followed forcing shots
to the net, where after the first set her
volleying was crisp and decisive. She
was in short at the top of her game and
had far more stamina than
she has shown In several seasons to suS-
tain 1t.
That Mrs Mallory was able to con-
quer so effective and so brilliant an
attack tells eloquently of the wonder
full speed of her own game, OF the un-
shakable control, the sharpshooter ac-
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drive and the astonishing ability to get
everything back. no matter how hard
pressed. The more serious Miss
Brownies threat became the nearer did
the champion rise to the height of her
tennis.
Finds Reserve when Needed.
Four times in that thrilling final set
Mrs. Mallory by gritty exhibition of
court covering and by the very fury
of her returns forced Miss Brown to
yield a game that was within point
of placing to her credit. Had the Cali
fornia girl won any one of those four
games the match would have been hers,
for 1t would have brought her lead to
6-3 instead of 5-4. In the second anne
of the set she led 40-30. in the third
game 40-15, in the sixth game 40-love
and in the eighth game 40-15, yet each
time Mrs. Mallory turned her back by
finding her greatest reserve when 1t
was most needed.
The turning point came in the sixth
game of the final set. which Miss
Brown began with a lead ofs8-2 On
her own service she brought the score
to 40--love in her favor, and apparently
a two game advantage of AZ was here
for the taking, for she was travelling
at her best pace just then. She had
just won two love games by some
dazzling placements, singing shots into
the corners after some brilliant ma
neuverlng. Along came Mrs. Mallory,
however. with an irresistible burst of
speed that gave her five points in a
row, four of them on clean passing
drives that fairly sizzled across, and
the score. instead of being 4-2, was
3 allan entirely different situation.
Still the chances of defeat for the
champion had not been eliminated, for
Miss Browne had plenty of reserve left.
not as much as Mrs. Mallory. subse-
quent events proved, but enough to re-
gain the lead for her AT 5-4, after Mrs.
Mallory had gone out in front. As.
Miss Browne was a bit overanxious i'll
the tenth game. the game that would
have clinched the match for her had
she won it. She drove out in the first
rally and then netted q volley that
ordinarily che would have killed
without any trouble at all. Two hard
fought rallies followed, in each OF
which Miss Browne, after some sensa-
tional recoveries. sent the ball sailing
out of court