New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

,NvitI'.N;t lawn tennis tournament
Ire conqucror of Mile. Lcnglcn def
rms, \. J.. by a score of Go, Cd
I7.o matches were played yesterday
in the doubles. Miss Leslie Bancroft,
O. Loncwood. and Miss BaYard van
gushing MIS-. Spencer Fullerton Wcav-
or and Mrs. G. Aubrey Adam by a
core of 6-3, / in the semi-hna'
round. thus gaining their final bracket
~ the lower half In the upper section
Mrs Mallory and Miss Edith Sigourney
defeated Mrs Frederic SchmiN and
Mrs Samuel Wariug at Go, e IN
nc second round. and went INTO the
semi-iinal, where they will play Mrs.
Ravson l. Wood and Miss Marie Wag-
Icr at 1880 o'clock this morning
At = o'clock this afternoon Miss Ban
croft and Miss Sigourney Will meet in
the semi-hnal round Of the singles, the
winner to face Ms. Mallory tomorrow
.sfternoon at 30 O'Clock. The win
ucrs of the scmi-hnal doubles match
VIII play Miss Bancroft and Miss Bay
ard in the iinal round match at II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Men Players in Team Match
Immediately after Tie finish Of the
uomens singles match tomorrow the
annual team match for mon. between
the players OF the Heights Casino and
the LongNood Cricket Cluu. will be
started. Nine matches in all viii be
nased, six singles and three Goubles.
Richard Norris Williams Cd, n W.
Niles, /. b. Rice. Irving C.. Wright and
Harry C. Johnston win be on the visit
igg team. while Watson NJ. Washburn,
Karl Behr Dean Mathcy, Hugh Keilcher
4 I,
resent the Casino. The team match
will be completed on Sunday.
As was the case when she played
Miss Marie Wagner on Wednesday,
Mrs. Mallory was not hitting the ball
clcaniv or with her customary conf
dence, except fer short stretches. when
she played Miss BaYard yesterday. In
The opening set she was going splcn-
didiy. and this. combined with Miss
Bayard' oNtrcwc nervousness, enabled
the champion to 90 through the set
without the loss Of a game.
Mrs. Mallory was getting fine depth
and pace on her ground strokes in the
first half OF the match, the ball com
ing into court with such speed that
Miss Bavard was forced to extreme
lengths to make the return But the
younger player was holding her great
rival splendidly, only losing each game
after a prolonged struggle. In three
of these games Miss Bayard needed
only point to win.
Miss Bayard Outplays Opponent
Miss Bayard apparently having made
up her mind that she had everything
to win and nothing 30 lose at this
stage. got a firm grip on her nerves,
and with this return of confidence came
better control Of her strokes and add
Cd p cc to her shots. She began to
drive with remarkable accuracy, scor-
ine many fine passing shots for clean
aces as Mr.. Mallory started from her
base line.
The champion had fallen into a
sudden streak Of el9atic play. finding
the net many times with her forchand
drives. and also overdriVing the base
lime by couple Of feet Miss Bayard
was cleanlv outplaying her famous op-
noncpt. and almost before the gallery
realized what was taking place the
Young eir had run into a lead Of Al.
The set appeared to be in her grasp.
Hu. at this point the inevitable hap
pened Mrs Mallory steadied down so
quickly that Miss BayarG, firing now
from her d, sporate efforts. found her
self confronted by voritablc Rock of
tennis to score We're in vain Having
aroused herself to the tasl. in hand
Mrs.. Mallory swept on with unrelenting
responsiveness, winning the next five
Games in . row, for the set and match.
Miss Bancroft Plays Miss Sigourney
The singles match between Miss Ban
crcft aid Miss Sigourney this after
room viii probably result in an evenly
contested struggle. for these two Long
wood Club members are keen rivals
and fight to the last point. | rather ex-
pcct Miss Bancroft to win, if she plays
the tennis of which she is capable, and
if she does get into the final round
against Mrs. Mallory the champion
must needs show more steadiness than
She has shown to date, if She hopes to
escape unscathed.
In earning their final bracket in the
doubles yesterday Miss Bancroft and
Miss Bayard had no path of roses to
tread. Although the set score against
Mrs Weaver and Mrs. Adam was 6--3,
battle unto itself. The winners were
quicker at covering their court and
Miss Bancroft's overhead play and her
driving we're very severe, while Miss
Bayard backed up her brilliant partner
IN splendid fashion.
Mrs. Weaver was most effective at
the net position, smotherng many a
hard drive with block-volleys, and also
smashing dccisiveIy when she Got a
5air chance overhead. Mrs. Adam, Il
greatly improved player over the form
She showed last season. held her own
at times in fast driving exchanges
from deep court. and also came into
the net position occasionally to finish
of point with volley we'll angled.
Miss Bancroft and Miss Bayard, how
ever, were too speedy and too we'll
vcrsed in team play for their oppo-
nents. 1t was we'll played match.
The summaries.
Heights Casino wolncn's invitation
s,ngics (semi-fnai round) Mrs NIolia
HiGrs;ed5 Mallory defeated Miss Martha
wo'noua invitation doubles (secona
round -N,s. Mallory and Mss Edith
sieou'N-y defeated Mrs Frederic Schmit4
and Mrs samuel Waring. 60. 50
Semi-rnal round-A Miss Leslie Bancroft
and Mss Martha iayard defeated Mrs
Spencer Fullerton Weaver and Ms 6
= uerey Adam, t.. 81
Sailor Friedman ReatS