Daily Kennebec journal., 1922-03-24
Team Play Narrows
in Indoor Tourney
at LongWOOd Cricket

Boston. Mar. o3-Three of the 1921
finalists will play in the National In
door Womcn's doubles windup at the
covered courts of the Longwood
Cricket club tomorrow afternoon.
The tournament progressed without
a hitch on the fourth day. narrowing
to the last two teams in doubles,
four women's singles players and six
mixed doubles teams. In each of the
three events the seeded" players
gained their brackets without serious
opposition and appeared to be in
form for keen closing contests.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and
Mrs. T.. G. Morris of New York. run
ners up for the doubles title of last
year will oppose Mrs. Marion Zin-
derstein Jessup of Wilmington. Della,
and Mrs. Frank II. Godfrey of Bos-
ton for the title tomorrow. The
Delaware entrant captured titular
honors last year in partnership with
Mrs. George w. Wightman of Bos-
ton. Mrs. Jessup needed to be on
her game today for she and Mrs.
Godfrey we're hard pressed by Miss
Edith Sigourney of Boston and Miss
Martha Bayard. the hard hitting
Short Hills. y. j.. player in the scml-
final round. which required II games
in the brilliant opening set.
Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Jossup have
been court rivals for Years and are
! cXpected to meet in Saturdays SIN
giles final. but they face difficult tests
tomorrow in the semi-iina's round,
Mrs. Mallory. the champion, IS 10
face Miss Edith SigourneN, VINO mas
forged through three singles matches
with the loss Of only three games III
six sets Her victim today was Mrs
Frank H. Godfrey. q LongWood club
mate, and recent winner of the Ba-
hama Islands championship. who
was forced TO accept single game as
her share despite strong, consistent
stroking.
| Mrs. Saunders Taylor Of Winning
ton. Della. made an excellent snow
! ing in her fourth round singles
match against Mrs. Mallory, until
the champion spocded up in the sec
| ond set. Mrs Leslie Bancroft. Bos-
tons leading eft handed player and
number eight in the National rank
ings for 1921. was not extended to de-
feat another left handler, Miss Ca
roma Whine of New York in straight
sets. Tomorrow size will challenge
the right of Mrs. Jcssup to become
fnalist. the latter having moved
round ahead on Wednesday.
While the events throughout tie
tournament have run remarkably
true to form two of the seeded
doubles teams had scarcs today. In
tie third round doubles encounter
the Metropolitan Champions Miss
Ceres Baker of Orange, \. j.. and
Miss Lillian SCarman of Brooklyn.
\. Y. won the opening set with ease,
then We're completely subdued in the
second set Miss Bakers fashy net
play aided in putting the Metropoli-
tan title holders ahead at so, and
81. but Mrs. William Endicott for
mer English woman player and Miss
! Rosamond Newton. her Longwood
clubmate. kept the ball in play and
! finally drew even at five all before
lowering their colors. The Metro
politan champions bowed to Mrs.
Mallory and Mrs. Morris in the semi
final.
The other near upset came when
Henry Guild. last years Harvard
champion pairing with Miss Martha
/ BaSard, lost the opening set of
second round mixed doubles match
to Miss Edith Sigourney and Morris
Duane. The Harvard captain. Guild
lost his services three times, but sud-
denly gained control as the match
wore on and the outcome was not
long in doubt. the seeded" pair los
ing only four games in the last two
sets.
Tomorrow's schedule calls for the
singles semi-fnals at II A. NJ. the
concluding third round mixed doub-
les match at noon, the doubles final
at 3 o'clock and the semi-fnal en-
counters in TIE mixed doubles match
at noon. the doubles final at 3 2. NJ.
and the semi-finals encounters in the
mixed doubles at p. NJ. On Satur-
day the singles finals will be started
at 145 to be followed at once by the
mixed doubles final. -.