The New York herald., 1922-08-18
JESSUP- WILLS TEAM
Is TITLE FAYORITE
Reach Semi-Finals in W0men's
Doubles - Mrs. Bundy and
Miss Hooker Extended.
by SAMUEL J. BRoOKMAN.

BY SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.
IL yesterdays play In the women's
national doubles championship at Forest
Hills may be taken as a criterion, the
title ought to go to Mrs. Marion Zin-
derstein Jessup and her sixteen-year-
partner, Miss Helen Wills of California.
Certainly no other doubles combination
during the afternoon showed as much
speed nor such impressive flnality in
their strokes as the team that recently
won both the Seabright tournament and
the metropolitan championship; GER
| tainly no other pair flashed as aggrss-
sive an attack nor maintained as swift
pace from start to finish
Three other teams advanced with Mrs.
Jessup and Miss Wills to the semi-hnal
round during an afternoon devoted en-
tirely to doubles. They were Mrs. Molia
Mallory and Miss Edith Sigourney Mrs.
| May Sutton Bundy and Miss Helen
Hooker and Miss Clare Cassel and Miss
Marie Wagner. II YVES spirited. interest
ing and as a rule spectacular tennis in
every match of the four that brought
the teams into the ante-fnal round. hut
the scintiliating work of the Pacific
coast schoolgirl and her partner, who
has been doubles champion on three
previous occasions, stood out as prom
inently as sharply cut intaglios.
! 1t was just as well that the committee
had decided TO postpone the singles
semi-fnal for day, for. II anything,
| the heat was more oppressive than on
| the previous day, when three of the four
singles survivors had come through
after hard fought matches that sapped
their energy. II was too hot even for
doubles, and under the circumstances
play was surprisingly near champion
ship quality.
Skill Blended with Speed.
Skillful maneuvering was successfully
blended with speed and severity Of
stroke in the exhibition of Mrs. Jessup
and Miss Wills in their fourth round
match against Mrs. George l.. Chapman
and her daughter Miss Marion Chap
man. While they depended as rule
on the aggressiveness of their attack
and their ability to voley and smash at
the net, they frequently softened their
returns when they had their opponents
near the base line and scored with shots
| that just SKINNED the obstruction. OF
the pair Miss Wills was the steadicr and
the more effective, although Mrs. Jessup
also yolleyed well and covered a lot OF
ground.
| The exceptional steadiness of the
mother and daughter team, particularly
Of Miss Marion Chapman, who made
very few errors in deep court driving.
enabled the losers to keep the score
fairly close in each set, but whenever
Mrs. Jessup and Miss Wills speeded up
and carried their attack to the net the
games went their way In a hurry The
Chapmans tried to break up the net at
tack of their opponents by lobbing fire.
quently, only to find the metropolitan
title holders deadly overhead. But the
persistency of the losers and the daring
OF the winners made the contest de-
cidedly interesting from start to finish
| Superior control was the factor in the
straight set triumph of Miss Cassel and
Miss Wagner ever Miss Leslie Bancroft
aud Miss Martha Bayar rd The latter
pair played aggressively stroked hard
and fought at top speed all the way, but
the errors at critical stages OF Miss
Bancroft. who had trouble getting the
range of the net, proved costly. Then,
too. in the choice and anticipation OF
strokes the Miss Cassel-Miss Wagner
combination proved the better by far.
| Miss Cassels Hard Luck.
The winning advantage In each set
came i'm the last three games, all OF
which Miss Cassel and Miss Wagner
1 won. Throughout the tussle Miss Cassel
bore the brunt Of the work. covering a
lot of ground in deep court and driving
steadily while Miss Wagner waited up
AT the net to block shots that rarely
came her way. The contest was featured
by hard fought. well sustained rallies,
and the point score, so to ~, indicates
ho IN ayta lxae
all the way.
In the only extra set contest of the
day Mrs. May Sutton Bundy and Miss
| Helen Hooker had little to spare against
Miss Katherine Gardner of Boston and
Miss Gladys Hutchings of Bermuda. the
score ending. 6-3, 10, ca. Thanks
to the decisveness of Mrs. Bundy's play.
the winners were able to come from be-
hind in the first set and take 1t at 6--3
after their opponents had led at 81.
Again in the second set 1t was uphill
work, for Miss Gardner and Miss Hutch
ings led Al. This time Mrs. Bundy
and Miss Hooker caught up TO their
rivals at b--all, but failed to sustain
their squirt long enough and lost the set
eventually In the sixteenth game.
In the final set. too, it was nip and
tuck up to the time that Mrs. Bundy
and Miss Hooker broke through Miss
Gardners service In the tenth game end
clinched the set and match at 6-4. Miss
/ Gardner was by far the more effective
for the losers, her severe driving and
excellent placing saving many an i'm
portant point. On the other side OF the
net Miss Hooker found the opposing at
tack concentrated on her side OF the
/ court. and considering the effort she had
TO make 10 keep the rallies going, she
did very well indeed. But II was Mrs
Bundy. with her superior generaishir
and ability to finish Off points who
figured more prominently In the victory.
Extended All the way.
Mrs. Mallory and Miss Sigourney ad-
vanced at the expense Of Mrs Biclsle OF
Toronto and Mrs Frank Godfrey OF Bos-
l ton by a score OF 6-2, ca, but had to
extend themselves for more than the
score shows TO clinch their victory In
straight sets. The rallies were as brill
liant as In any other match OF the day
with the exception OF the contest In
which Mrs. Jessup and Miss Wills tri.
umphed.
In the singles semi-final. which will
open the program at p. NJ. to-day Miss
\ Bancroft will meet Mrs. Mallory In the
4 first match. and Miss Wills will play
Mrs. Bundy in the second. The sum
mary:
! SECOND ROUND.
Mrs. Marion zIndcrstein Jessup and Miss
| Helen Wills defeated Mrs William NJ.
/ shedden and Miss Marguerite Davis. Cd.
| CO. - -
Mrs. Jessup and Miss Wills defeated Mrs.
I, Chairman Chan