New-York tribune., 1922-02-25
Local Player
Is Near Defeat
In Second Set
Nanquishes Miss Walsh, 40.
IS, 6-4, on Palm Beach
Court for F1ag!er Cup
By Fred Hawthorne

the playing through title holder, In the
final round of the singles. MISS Cassel
won BY Il score of Is. 75, "a IN
match that was in the balance until
the final point had been won and lost
Miss Walsh fought hard for victory,
for win this afternoon would have
given her permanent possession of the
Flagler gold challenge cup the hand
soonest tennis trophy now in competi-
ton. II the second set, while leading
at all and 80 love with one set in,
the defending champion served what
seemed to majority of the spectators
a clean ace down the center line. The
ball was called out" however, and the
score instead OF being 80 love in Miss
Walsh's favor was 30-15, and on her
next service the Philadelphia girl, evi-
IDENTITY fustercd. served a double fault
for 80 all.
Miss Cassel, who had appeared a mo-
nleut before IN imminent danger Of
defeat, steadied down beautifully at
this point and took the game with two
c,everly timed deep lobs over Miss
Walsh's head as the latter was caught
midway between the net and the base
line. The next game. for the set at
IS, went TO Miss Cessel on four err
rors by Miss Walsh, and thus the
match was all square again.
Miss Cassel Rallies
III tho third and final set Miss Cas-
sel was always in the lead, yet when
Miss Walsh was traiing at % and
the challenger appeared to have vic
tory within her grasp the Philadelphian
made notable bid for the honors.
winning the eighth and ninth games
and bringing the score to 5--4 Miss
Cassel was not 90 he denied. however.
and won the tenth game by the aid Of
three brilliant placement aces and a
netted backhand return off service by
Miss Walsh on the sixth point. This
gave Miss Cassel the set at "a, the
match and the championship
Miss Cassel and Miss Walsh, paired
as team, won their way into the final
round Of the doubles by vanquishing
Mrs Howard Brokaw and Mrs. Ernest
1selin. at 81, 6-3, in the semi-tnal
round In the other halr of the draw
Mrs C. NJ. Amorv and Mrs r Board
man proved themselves winning com
blnation against Miss Elizabeth Choate
and Miss Marjorie Bryan, taking the
match by score Of 6-4. g.
The doubles championship will be
decided tomorrow afternoon at 8
o'clock, and | cannot see how Mrs
Amory and Mrs. Boardman can hope
to cope with the greater experience
and closer team play of Mss Cassel
and Mss Walsh
Many Stars Entered
Many entries have been received TO
date for the mems championship sin
giles tournament, that begins on Mon
day. The. entries will not close until
Sunday afternoon at l o'clock, but AL
ready on the list are such we'll known
stars as William A. Larned famous
inteTnationalist and seven times hold
or of the national singles title; Cap
tain Guy Westmacott, OF the British
army, a candidate for last years Brit
ish isles Davis Cup team; G. Carleton
Shafer, former national indoor doubles
champion; Dr.. William Rosenbauin,
Ne~ York, also former indoor double
title holder; Manfred Goldman. b
hama Islands champion; Ralph
Baggs, of New York; Gregory Bryar
and others known to tournament pla,
in New York.
Miss Walsh began the service in IL,
singles match to-day and ran into
lead Of DO before Miss Cassel could
get her strokes under the proper con
troll. The defending champion did not
make use OF her height and reach to
force the net position. rs is her Gus
tom. but stayed we'll back in court.
seeming content to merely keep the
ball in play until Miss Cassel made
an error or al easy sitter made it
possible to finish off the poiut at the
net without much vish
It was evident THAT The champion
had carefully planned her battle before
going or the court. and that her judg
ment was sound, was proved b. the
very narrow margin that separated her
from victory. Had one or two "breaks"
gone IN her favor instead Of against
her. Miss Walsh would have still been
the champion to-day.
Miss Cassel Earns Honors
And yet. Miss Casse cams by her
new honors rightfully. Trailing all
the way through the first set and for
the major part of the second, she kept
stubbornly at her task. Increasing her
aggressive attack as the match wore
on until at the last She was goinr
Splcnoidly, getting more pace and
variety IN her attack and always keen
80 take advantage Of the slightest
iapses by her opponent.
II was match in which the back
hand played leading part. Miss Cassel
was always intent upon attacking Miss
Walsh at this point, with the result
mat there were many spirited eX-
changes across court. The new cham
pion showed more pace and control n
THIS department than Miss Walsh, and
vet doubt if she gained any ad-
vantage, for the Philadelphan was very
steady aud deliberate in making her
returns. It vas only in the last half
~ the final set that Miss Cassel began
20 establish her clear superiority in
<eis respect.
The point score and stroke analysis
follows:
POINT SCoRE-FrRST SEA
~ n
sTROkE ANALYSIS
,,. sets. Outs pI. sA. pE
Mlss Mlss Tsl.b Csc b.......i .......i9 70 70 . .
SECOND SET
s5s.4o 44-4o--7
Miss walsh
f5s : it,
STROKE ANALYSIS
Ne's. outs. III. sA DF
slias Csssal. l.....-.I5 s O.
hisa Walsh ...--. -
THIRD SET
M!ss Cassel l.....4 4 :. 4-s2--s
Nsss Walsh - o - -
STROKE ANALYSIS
Nets outs. PL. sA DF
ni.s 5'ss wsiss. Sslss' -. = @
RECAPITCLaTION
Nets. outs P1. sA. pF |
x Mss IS waish......s5 sisf' q - - e.
Manhattan College Five Wins
The Manhattan College quintet de-
feated Cooper Union on the latter's