The New York herald., 1922-03-22
Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Jessup
Among Winners in Indoor
Championships.

Special Dispatch 10 THD NEw YoRK HERALD.
BosroN, March 21.--Mrs. Molla
Biurstedt Mallory, national indoor and
turf singles champion, made her first
appearance IN the woInens annual ma
tional indoor tennis tournament on the
Longwood covered courts to-day and
with the usual result. She won two
matches in the singles and was also
triumphant in the women's doubles.
Mrs. Marion ZindersteIn Jessup,
closest rival of the champion; Miss
Leslie Bancroft of Wilmington, Del. I;
Miss Edith Sigourney of Longwood and
Miss Ceres Baker Of South Orange, n. j.,
and Miss Caroma Winn of the West Side
Tennis Club were among the other
favorites 10 come through successfully.
Thirteen survivors were left in the
singles at the end of the day. Mrs. Jes-
sup, Miss Baker and Miss Sigourney are
in the round before the semi-final one
round in front of the celd Twenty
pairs began play in the women's doubles
and half dozen teams reached the
round before the semi-final. The mixed
doubles entry. consists of twenty-five
teams, among them Mrs. Mallory and
W. d. Tiidcn I'd. Mrs. Jessup and irving
c. Wright and three or four other com
binations of almost equal strength. II
is the highest quality field in this event
that has competed in recent years.
Not So Impressive.
Mrs. Mallory's singles matches to-day
did not hold the interest they might have,
had the opposition that faced her been
stronger 1t was taken for granted be-
fore she started. that the national title
holder would win, which was sufficient
H. thatll u
the gallery. Even so, Mrs. Mallory, who
has always been a favorte In Boston.
drew the lions share of the gallery
when she took the court. Her showing
was not particularly impressive. owing.
probably, to the fact that she had just
alighted from the midnight train from
New York and gone direct to the courts
al Chestnut Hill
Miss Rosamond Newton of Longwood
was the first victim TO so down before
the champion. the sets being scored az
6-2, e.. Mrs. Mallory really played
better tennis in this match than she dio
in the second round. against Mrs. W.
w. Sheldon of Boston. who yielded by
a score of 6--4, e.. She was not
hitting the ball cleanly most of the
tine. except when she made an evident
effort, but of course she was always
prepared to let out an extra flare OF
speed and hard hitting when the oc-
casion seemed to demand it. and her
skill in playing straight for the open
ings, after drawing her opponents out OF
position, made 1t impossible for either
Miss Newton or Mrs. Sheldon ~ make
great headway against the champion.
Tomorrow morning Mrs. Mallory will
face Miss Lillian Scharman in the third
round, and this should uncover some
hard hitting and stirring rallies.
Sevcrer stroke Wins.
Mrs. Jessup figured in the best singles
match of the day when she defeated
Miss Martha Bayard Of Short Hills. n. j..
by n score of Cd. 6-3. After trailing
in each set Miss Bayard made great
rally, squaring the games score IN both
sessions and forcing Mrs. Jessup TO
travel at her fastest pace. MISS
Bayard's most effective shot was a fast'
low forehand drive down the side hhe
ON her return of service, and she scored
many clean aces in this way. But MIS-.
Jessup was more severe and more con-
fident when she took the net posHion'