The New York herald., 1922-07-06
Defeats Mrs. Edginton 6-2,
Ga on Slippery, Satur-
ated Turf.
TO MEET MRS. BEAMIsH
American Champion Must
Eliminate Rival Who Has
Beaten Her Twice.
BY STANLEY N. DOUsT.
Veteran Internationdlist.

Special Cable to THE New YORK HERALD.
Copyright, 1929, by THE NEW York HmALp.
WIMBLEDON, England, July 5-Mlle
Suzanne Lenglen of France. Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory of America and two
British women. Mrs. Beamish and Mrs
Peacock. have reached the semi final
round of the British lawn tennis cham
pionship.
It rained almost incessantly to-day,
but some play was disposed of before
the downpour, the most important
match being Mrs. Mallorys victory
over Mrs. Edginton on one Of the out
side courts. The saturated turf rem
dered Mrs. Edginton's cut strokes
doubly effective the ball skidding con-
siderably Mrs. Mallory. on the other
hand. was unable to make use of her
speed of foot owing to the slippery
turf. Considering this handicap Mrs.
Mallorys performance in winning at
6-2, "a was highly creditable. There
was never any. question Of skill, the
only question being who could dig the
ball up better and Mrs Mallorys
greater versatility enabled her to make
the best of the poor conditions.
Mrs. Mallory's hardest match Of the
tournament b fore meeting Mile. Lenglen
In the final will be that against Mrs
Beamish to be played on Friday. They
have met three times this season and
Mrs Beamish has won twice. The first
victory. however, scarcely could be con-
sidered seriously as a tria, of strength
for 1t occurred the day after Mrs. NAL
lory's arrival. At that 1t required extra
sets. The following week Mrs. Mallory
! obtained revenge in a straight set match,
and then at Roehampton ten days ago
the American champion was beaten after
winning the first set at 6-1.
Mechanical Accuracy.
Mrs. Beamish's mechanical accuracy
IL always difficult to overcome, but Mrs.
Mallory seems more alert before a great
crowd. and fancy that when they
meet in the center court the American
titleholder will be keyed UP to her high
est tennis pitch and will set quite a diff
ferent pace. She must, however avoid
her common error of easing up when she
gains the lead.
Mills. Lenglen should have little diff
Guilty in reaching the final. Her oppo-
nent, Mrs. Peacock, Is very good
volleyer and has a useful backhand. but
she lacks anticipation. She rarely starts
moving until the ball is well on it's way
and in that way loses many points.
Lack of determination is another handi-
cap Mrs. Peacock must overcome.
Barring accidents and luck, expect to
see Mrs. Mallory and Mile. Lenglen In
the final
Randolph Lycett was the only man to
reach the semi finals to-day when he
defeated p. M. Dawson in four sets. His
pertinacity aided him greatly In win
ming to-day. He simply refused to give
up when Dawson by some keen placing
had him running all over the court.
Patterson in Lead.
Gerald Patterson won the lead over
Cecil Campbell two sets to one, but play
1--all in the fourth set. Patterson de-
served to lose the first set. After gain
ing a lead of 5--3 the Australian for
some unaccountable reason discarded his
hard hitting game for slow cut shots.
Campbell, who had been all at sea In the
face of Patterson's speed, Jared far bet
ter with the slower game and took the
lead at 6-5. The set was not settled,
however, until five games later. Patter-
son recovered his form and won the next
two sets after which rain interrupted.
Spectators believed the Australian was
exploring new fields and tuning his
strokes for his coming match with
James o. Anderson