New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-07-22
Williams SemiFna Round of tennis ong
Miss Bancroft
Again Defeats
Girl Champion
Boston Player Triumphs
Is, o. Over Miss
Wills in Greenwich Tennis

GREENWICH, Conn, July 21.-For
the third time within q week Miss Les
lie Bancroft, of Boston, in the third
round of the Field Clubs invitation
tournament to-day, defeated Miss Helen
Wills, the sixteen-year- Pacific
Coast champion, by more or less de-
cisive margin. The score was Is,
6--2, and the winner had the match
in hand all the way
AS in the Rhode Island title round
last week and again in the Newport
final last Wednesday Miss Bancroft
played whirlwind game against the
California girl. She stroked with great
severity from start to finish, keeping
the ball low and sharp angling, as
much as safety would permit. She
played daringly and had the control
necessary to make her boldness effec-
tive. On the other side of the net
Miss Wills, too, fought at top speed
and at times passed her opponent brill
liantly, but the pace proved too much
TOT her. She could not catch up with
the hall as fast as Miss Bancroft and
found herself plunging in vain for
shots at critical stages.
SO versatile was the Coast girls
game, however, so decisive her volley-
ing when she came to the net that she
was able to carry the first set into
deuce games, Is, and incidentally
force four of her losing games to
deuce points. Miss Wills led at one
time at "a, but Miss Bancroft took
tour of the next five games for the
set. The points were az to 40.
in the second set Miss Wills started
promlsingly, taking the first two
Tor the next four games, but lost them
all after deuce points, Miss Bancroft
being trif1e steadier and trife
quicker when an important point hung
IN the balance. Toward the end the
schoolgirl tired and Miss Bancroft was
able to count six games in a row. 1t
was easily the most spectacular match
thus far in the women's division of
the tournament.
Miss BaQcroft's victory brought her
INTO the semi-final round, in which she
IS 10 meet Miss Lillian Scharman. of
Brooklyn, tomorrow. In the onnos;te
half Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, Copp eStie
cut state champion and sixth in ma
tlonal rank, proved too steady and too
much OF strategian for Miss Marv
Heaton, while Miss Helen Hooker. who
trlumphed unexpectedly over Miss
chapman, New Jersey state champion
yesterday, furnished another surprise
at the expense Of Miss Ceres Baker.
IN a hard fought extra set tussle Miss
Hooker, who has made great Strides
IN a year, defeated Miss Baker. 7-6,
IS, 81 The latter played her usual
enectlve net game, but lacked control
at critical stages.
The summarizes:
y, Women,s singles third round)-Miss
Helen Gilleaudeau defeated Miss Mr.
aeaton, 81, SIS; Miss Helen Hoolser de-
IHeated Miss Ceres Baker, rs, &c, 6-4;
Miss Leslie Bancroft defeated Miss Helen
wills, Is, CO. ~
Mems singles (frst round)-Harr;s n
ca 81 81 Richard pi Hnohle NS9 efaataa
Alex Her, lo-s, IS. "a. Henr uei Gmiid
defeated Ludlow Vandeventer. 6-i. 6-4:
Leonard Beekman defeated r. r Guilbert
SS-I, -; James Davies defeated Alfred
p 2, ia, 6-2, e.; Zenzo Shimizu de-
feoted p mngh G. NJ. Kelloher, Go, IS,
ray Vernon, Ga. 6-S Cd
Womens doubles (frst round)-Miss
Katherine Gardner and Miss Martha Day-
ara defeated Mrs. Frank Welty and Miss
G Gth HANDY SIS 81, 0-7; Miss Phyllis
Walsh and Miss Margaret Grove defeatnd
Go. s. '4'7' ~ NA"f'ih'
The point score of the feature match
follows:
FIRST SET
MISS Bancroft. 81 0014424 7-42-7
Miss wills. ..... 4 535444o14 6-40-5
SECOND SET
Miss Bancroft. 4 2 Z a 4-ae--s
Miss Wills. s / 1 -ss-S