The New York herald., 1922-05-26
DOUBLES PARTNERS
IN SINGLES FINAL
Miss Wagner to Oppose Miss
Cassel for MOntclair
Tennis Cup.
BY SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.

Miss Marie Wagner and Miss Clare
Cassel. doubles partners for half a
dozen years or mores are TO experience
the novelty of playing on opposite sides
or the net tomorrow. Having disposed
of all other opposition in the annual
open tournament of the Montclair
Athletic Club. possession of the tennis
singles cup now rests between them and
they will have to settle the point in the
final.
In advancing to the cup match yester. !.
day both Miss Wagner and Miss Cassel
played skillful. convincing tennis that
left no doubt as to their superiority
III anything their form showed improve
ment over that in any previous round
OF the tournament, for they disposed of
opponents who figured to extend them
without the loss OF a set without any
great anxiety as to the result in either
case
Miss Lillian Scharman found Miss
Wagner too skillful a tactician, too
versatile and too steady for her through
out two rather one sided sets and the
best she could do was to earn three
games out of fifteen contested. Miss
Cassel. cup holder, had sterner task
against Miss Florence Ballin. who really
had her own unsteadiness at critica.
stages to blame for her defeat, but there
was no questioning the superior con-
sistency and soundness of Miss Cassel's
game. The latter won at Ga, 6-3.
Missed the Easy Ones.
1t was a hard match for Miss Balm
to lose. She fought very aggressively
throughout. followed forcing shots to the
net and took the initiative at all times.
but in many rallies after playing brill
liantly and gaining an advantageous
position she threw opportunities away
by inexcusable errors. She covered
court splendidly and seemed to get al,
the difficult shots back in surprisingly
fine style. only to fall down on the
simplest sort Of returns. She dropped
not a few games in which she had
gained lead of 40--15 or 40-30
Miss Cassel was quick to take adj
vante sc of the opportunities thus af-
forded. She was by far the more de-
pendable in the rallies that meant most.
In addition she employed excellent
strategy. mixing long drives with short
and changing pace as well as length
Her tactics had Miss Ballin running all
over the court to keep up with the ball.
A backhand cross court return that
dropped quickly into the forward court
as 1T crossed the net accounted for
large number of Miss CassePs earned
points. She had the shot under per-
fet control, and 1t came usually when
Miss Ballin was out Of position.
May Win Doubles, Too.
So far as execution. of strokes went
Miss Scharman in her match with Miss
Wagner left little to be desired. but
she could not match her experienced
opponent in court generalship and ver-
satility, and the contest quickly slipped
away from her.
1t will not surprise, TOO. IL in doubles
as well as in singles Miss Cassel and
Miss Wagner will divide the honors of
the tournament among themselves. In
defeating Mrs. James McMillen and
Miss Edith Moore in one of the semi
finals yesterday they played in the
from that won them the New York
State championship two years ago, and
that has earned them other victories
aplenty in recent years. individually
and as a team they showed to advan-
tage, finding their opportunities with
out much trouble and making short
work of the rallies. They scored at
6--3, 6-1.
In the other semi-finals Miss Florence
Ballin and Miss Martha Bayard de-
feated the metropolitan indoor cham
pions, Miss Scherman and Miss Ceres
Baker, after sharp tussle, 6-S. 6-3
and Ga, and will meet Miss Wagner
and Miss Cassel In the cup round to-
day. The semi-fnaI in mixed doubles
will also be decided this afternoon,
weather permitting, leaving the singles
final and the mixed doubles final for
to-morrow's program. The summary
Wilson's home run in the fourth inning
rolled to the track between left and
center field and Darling's in the eighth
was one of the longest clouts ever seen
on Yale Field. The ball landed far up
in the right field stands.
The summary:
SINGLES.
sEMI-FINAL ROUND.
Miss Marie Wagner defeated Miss Lillian
Scharman. g.. 6-1.
Miss Glare Cassel defeated Miss Florence
Balin, Ga, 6-3.
DOUBLES.
SEMI-FINAL ROUND.
Miss Marie Wagner and Miss Clare Cassel
defeated Miss Edith Moore and Mrs. James
Miss Florence BALM and Miss Martha Bay
ard defeated Miss Lillian Scharman and Miss
Ceres Baker. 6-S, 6--3, 6-4.
MIXED DOUBLES.
SECOND ROUND.
Miss Ceres Baker and Leonard W. Knox
defeated Miss Lottie Sleeves and Earl G.
Backe. 81, Go
THIRD ROUND.
Miss Margaret Grove and Harry J. Stein
kampf defeated Mrs. S. 7. Tobey and John
Miss Marie Wagner and Gerald b. Emer-
son defeated Mrs. G., f; Miller and Lawrence
ID. Woodbury.. Ga. 60.
Mr.. and Mrs. lingo Hartmann defeated Mrs.
Percy wilbourn and Edward E. oelsner. 6-2.