The New York herald., 1922-08-17
Miss Wills One of -Four
Title Tennis Survivors
California Schoolgirl Triumphs Over Mrs Jessup-
Mrs. Bundy and Miss Bancroft Extended, but
Mrs Mallory Wins Easily.
BY SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

That II Will be California VS.. the East
In the final OF the womens national ten
mis- championship. yesterdays fourth
round matches at Forest Hills made GER
tain, for they brought Mrs. May Sutton
Bundy of Los Angeles and Miss Helen
Wills of San Francisco into the SEMI
final in one-half and Mrs. Molla Blur
stedt Mallory OF New York and Miss
Leslie Bancroft of Boston in the other
OF this quartet only Mrs. Mallory won
as she pleased.
After two days of comparatively one
sided matches the tournament yesterday
suddenly arrived at a thrilllngiy in
teresting stage and provided contests
that reused the enthusiasm of the gall
lery to a high pitch. The lesser lights
having been eliminated. only top ranking
players remained and all of them seemed
to have reached their best at one and
the Same time. Indeed there seemed to
be crowded into the four matches on the
grand stand courts, more sparkling
rallies, more skillful placing and wonder
full getting and more al-round speed
than in the forty-six contests of the pre-
vious rounds combined. And this too
despite the merciless. oppressive heat
that sapped the strength OF spectators
as we'll as players.
To begin with the gallery saw Mrs.
Bundy carried along for twenty-five
games by Miss Martha Bayard of Short
Hills before she could clinch the first
set. 12-10; saw the wonder woman OF
California played to q st&ndstill by the
young New Jersey girl in the second set.
carried in fact so close to the point OF
exhaustion that she had to concede the
last few games of the set without any
sort of resistance after taking lead OF
fl. 1t was well for Mrs. Bundy that
by courageous play. by gritty court
covering and determination to give no
point up as lost, had saved the first set,
for she was all spent In the second and
could not possibly have won it.
Refreshed by Rest.
The ten minute rest between sets,
however. refreshed Mrs. Bundy surpris-
ingly well. much more so than it did
the fraiI Miss Bayard. who had given
all she had in a splendid two set effort.
A cool breeze came along with a threat
of a Thunderstorm and Mrs. Bundy
found conditions so much more to her
liking that she breezed through the third
set without the loss of game. But she
had had a close call.
Miss Bayard's steadness ability to
get everything back and her crafty
erably worried in the first sct. She
found her best shots coming back at her
and forcing her to keep on her toes
Discovering herself outsteadied from
back court, Mrs. Bundy began advancing
to the net. but it proved dangerous
position in the face of Miss Bayards
sharp shooting, and the New Jersey girl
went into a lead of 5--3. 1t took all OF
Mrs. Bundy's tennis wits and all the
strength she could muster to save the
set at that stage and eventually to win
il after 1t had lasted long enough for an
ordinary match, and it was small won
der that she had little left in the> second
division of play.
The second sensation came in the de-
feat of Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup,
third in national Iank, at the hands of
sixteen-ye -year-old Helen Wills by a score
or 2-6, Ga. e.. 1t was the second
setback In two weeks for the top ranking
player in a duel with the California
schoolgirl. and despite the fact that she
took the first set the defeat was decisive.
Undaunted by tho loss of the first di-
vision of the match, the Pacific coast
prodigy maintained an aggressive at
tack, placed with keen judgment, chose
her shots unerringly and managed to