The Washington times., 1922-06-07

she demonstrated that she is quit,
the younger generation.
Wallis Myers. the great English
tennis critic. ranked Mrs. Bearnish
at No. 8 in his worlds rating OF the
best ten women players last year.
with Miss Eleanor 6oss and Mrs.
Marion Zinderstein Jessup at Q and
10, and Mrs Mallory atNo. .. Just
below Mile. Lenelen,.
There are bound to be arguments
on both sides in the discussion that
will follow Mrs. 'Mallory's downfall
at the hands Of her British rival As
a general thing, I DO not think we
can Justly expect any player to play
his or her best game within A few
days after finishing a transatlantic
voyage, as was the case with, Mrs.
Mallory At chiswick The lack Of
practice while on shipboard. the up
set condition due to the motion Of
the boat and the time required 10
become acclimated In a foreign coun.
try, all are liable to seriously af-
feet players game.
IL IL true that last August Mrs.
Mallory won the Metropolitan
championship. after defeating Mrs.
May sutton Bundy and Mrs. Jes.
sup In her march through the
field. starting play on the very day
she landed back In the United
States, after her failure at Wimb-
bledon. That was truly q remark.
able performance, one for which
Mrs. Mallory never received due
credit, and yet II was not the same
as though she were playing In
foreign county, under similar con-
dftions.
She was competing on courts that
she had often played on before, ard
against PLAYERS with whose style she
was familiar and in a climate that
she was accustomed to. Again. Mrs.
Mallory, at Nassau last August, was
more intimately acquainted with
the speed Of the courts and the
weight Of the balls, details that may
seem trivial in themselves to the rn.
Inflated, but that may he OF vital
importance in a close match.
The meager cable reports of the
ted that Mrs. Mallory was plainly
troubled by the heaviness OF the
Enblish balls and the courts, Gnd
that these things affected her usual
clean, powerful stroking.
Considering Mrs. Beannish 8
standing among the worlds great
players. and that Mrs. Mallory was
competing in her first tournament
since last March, when she played
in the national indoor tournament
AT LonRwood, do not believe her
| defeat at Chiswick was Illogical or
10 be totally unexpected. On the
contrary the fact that, after losing
the first set A. love" she was
able to rally and win the second
set at 6--l, and then, after trailing
al % and is, in the third
bring the games up to 4-6, before
Mrs. Beannish could win the match.
indicates that, our champion will
improve materially. within the next
two or three weeks. and should be
close to her best when she starts
play for the worlds championship
at Wimbledon.
William NJ. Johnston's two suc.
cessive victories over Tilden in
California last month made Ger
tain the fact that Little Bill"
will again be among the contend.
ers for fhe national singles title
when play begins at the German.
town Cricket Club next Septems
Der. -.
Vincent Richards told me At Trsv.
ers Island last Sunday that John.
ston had made definite arrange.
merts TO come East this summer,
and that he plans to compete In
several preliminary turf court tour.
naments preceding the national
event
Richards also stated that he be.
lieves Miss Mary Browne and Mrs.
May sutton Bundy, both former
national woman champions, are
contemplating another fling at Mrs.
Mallory's singles honors. This re.
port win be hailed with delight by
followers Of the game in this SEQ
tion OF the country, for thoee two
great players proved iast summer
that they will be most serious con-
- a.