The New York herald., 1922-08-09
VISITING PLAYERS
ADVANCE With EASE.
But With Mrs. Mallory at Her
Best, Title Is Likely
to Stay.
LOVE SETS PROVE RULE
Miss Davis Of st. Paul Com
pletely Outplayed by Ma
tional Champion.
ny SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

survivors in the women's metropolitan
turf court championship, but that
doesn't mean that the chances favor
the loss Of the title to one Of the out
OF town invaders. On the contrary.
only one of the most startling upsets
of the season can prevent the title
from remaining here. for one Of the
two unbeaten local players is Mrs.
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, and be 1t said
for the steenth time In week that the
national champion has never played
better tennis than she is showing right
now.
Imagine a player as strong as Miss
: Marguerite Davis OF st. Paul, who heads
the tennis ranking Of the Northwestern
section. and who showed decidedly inn
!. pressive tennis In her first two matches
Z of the ournament--imagin her being
81 beaten in love sets by any OF the top ten
in national rank! After the ease with
which Miss Davis triumphed over Miss
Katherine Gardner and Mrs. Theodore
Sohst, the gallery at the Nassau Country
Club had reason to expect the Western
girl to make quite showing against the
queen of American tennis. Instead she
was unable to make any sort Of headway
at all, being outsteadied. outguessed
outplaced and outspeeded by Mrs. Nal
lory from start to finish
Mrs. Mallory kept her running from
ono side of the base line to the other un-
til she had forced her out of position,
. and then came a whizzing forehand
cross court drive that Miss Davis had no
chance to catch> up with.
Favorites Win DecisiveIy.
OF the eight who arrived in the round
before the semi-fnal California has two
Miss Helen Wills the sixteen year-old
3 Pacific coast champion, and Mrs. Nav
Sutton Bundy; Boston has three, Miss
Leslie Bancroft. Miss Edith Sigourney
+ ana Mrs. Frank III. Godfrey: Whining
ton has Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup
and New York has Miss Helen Hooker
besides Mrs. Mallory. All those who
came through were favored to win and
they scored more or less decisively
There was not one extra set match IN
singles
Three California girls. playing for the
first time In Eastern tennis, were elimi-
mated during the day. They were Miss
Jessie Grieve. Miss Grace Mungen and
Miss Marguerite Strahler. Miss Grieve
found Mrs. Jessup's speed, accuracy
and net game too formidable COM
Y btnation and was unable to take more
than three games from the woman who
rates third nationally. The Pacific
coast player showed an effective back
( hand shot with which she passed Mrs.
Jessup every now and then when the
Z latter came up to force the attack, but
on the whole Mrs. Jessup was able TO
block the drive and defect II for an
earned point. The winner followed up
the victory with another over Miss Flor
ence Sheldon OF Montclair at 6---3 6--1.
Miss Mungen met decisive defeat at
the hands of Miss Wills, saving one
game OF the twelve played. Miss Wills
incidentally flashed the most impressive
net game she has shown thus far this
season. In her first match she fairly
smothered the shots Of Miss Amy Egbert
Of Kansas City, taking twelve games in
a row and volleying with great precision
after coming UP behind singing forcing
drives. The sum total of Miss Willss
. effort for the day was twenty-four
games out OF twenty five contested.
Seabright FinnIist Scores.
Mrs. Bundy duplicated that perform
ance exactly at the expense OF Miss X.
caldwell and Miss Jean Robertson. al
though the latter played far better than
the score shows Miss Strahler gave
Mrs Godfrey plenty to worry about In
the first set OF her match which went
TO Us but In the second the Boston
woman ran away with the match. Miss
Leslie Bancroft. Seabright finalist, won
perhaps the most interesting singles tus-
sic OF the day from Miss Ceres Baker
at 6-3, Ga. The latter's Willingness to
take chances at the net. the frequent
yolieying rallies and the crisp decisive
stroking on both sides made the match
spectacular.
a start was made in doubles and Mrs.
Mallory and Miss Sigourney were one
OF the teams to reach the third round.
Other strong combinations are Mrs. Jes-
sup and Miss Wills. Scabright winners,
Mrs. Godfrey and Miss Gardner and Mrs
Bundy and Mrs. Henry. The summary
sINGLEs-sEcoNp ROUND.
Mrs. Marion zinderstein Jessup defeated
Miss Jessie Grieve, 6-l, 6-2.
Miss Ceres Baker defeated Mrs. Samuel
~, Waring. 60. G--4.
Miss V, Cape defeated Miss Martha Hollis
Miss Helen Hooker defeated Miss Betty
,Wonham. 6--3, Go.
Miss Marguerite Davis defeated Mrs. Theo-
\ dora Sohst, 81, 6-1.
Miss Helen Wills defeated Miss Amy Eg-
Mrs. May sutton pundy defeated Miss X.
lCauldweli. Go, 60.
N THIRD ROUND,
Mrs. M. u. Jessup defeated Miss Florence
Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey defeated Miss Mar
fgucrite Strahier, T-5, 90.
( Miss Leslie bancroft defeated Miss Ceres
Baker, Ga, 81.
Miss Helen Hooker defeated Miss v. Cape.
. Ga, Co..
| Mrs. Molia u, Mallory defeated Miss NJ
Davis. 90, 60.
Miss Helen wills defeated Miss Grace Nun
gen. G-f, 60.
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy defeated Miss Jean
Robertson, Go, 6-i.
Miss Edith slgourney defeated Miss Flor
ence Baliin, ell SIS.
DorBLEs--TIRsT ROUND.
Miss Florence Ballin and Mrs. Robert ID.
Farquhar defeated Miss ". Cape and Mrs.
Grace Chisholm, Cd. 6--3.
Mrs. DE Forest Cardee and Mrs. r. Sohst
defeated Miss Agnes Sherwood and Miss
Betty wonham, Go, 3--6. Ga.
Mrs. f. n. Godfrey and Miss Katherine
/ Gardner defeated Miss J. Gricve and Miss q.
j Nlungen. g-f, "a.
Miss Alice Vail and Miss Gladys Iutchns
defeated Mrs. b. Atterbury and Miss Martha
Holistcr, T--5. ca.
SECOND ROUND
Mrs. Molla u. Mallory and Miss Edith
Sigourrey defeated Mrs. Innis O'Rourke and
Mrs Meyer, 60, 0-2.
Mrs. NJ. u. Jessup and Miss Helen Wills de- |
fcnted Mrs. Victor and Mrs. Fox. G--3 d.. |
Mrs. Godfrey and Miss Gardner defeated |
Mias Vail and Miss Hutchins, G--2, 6--f.
Mrs. William III. Pritchstd and Mrs O. |
Fnicher defeated Mrs. Schniewind and Miss |
Schniewind. 0-3. G--f.
Mrs. May Sutton Bundy and Mrs. William |
Henry defeated Mrs. Bernard II. Stem and |