The New York herald., 1922-06-01
MISS WONHAM Is
A DOUBLE WINNER
Defeats Her Two Opponents by
One-Sided Scores on Forest
Hills Courts.
MISS HOOKER, FAvORITE
Havens, Major and Harrington
Advance in Spring Tourney
of West Side Club.
BY SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

In an effort to encourage interscholas-
Ito tennis for girls and incidentally to
develop new recruits to women tour
nament play, the women's commit
tee of the West Side Tennis Club,
headed by Mrs. Edward K. Van Wrinkle,
launched a tourney for girls OF New
York city private schools at Forest
Hills yesterday. Fifteen girls responded
to the Invitation and all of them ap-
reared on the opening day OF the event
for their first round matches.
The general caliber of play proved to
be surprisingly efficient. Two or three
of them, notably Miss Helen Hooker,
have had some experience in open COM
petition, but the majority have de-
veloped their game in non-tournament
play. Some showed sufficient tactics and
command of strokes to convince the
average tennis devotee that they can
hold their own right now with not
few Of the regular metropolitan tour
nament entrants.
Perhaps the most impressive on the
initial day of the event was Miss Betty
Wonham, the only girl to win two
matches. She coupled control with
more than average speed of foot ana
speed Of stroke and earned twenty-four
games out of total Of twenty-eight,
yielding one game to Miss Florence
Thompkns and three to Miss Kathleen
Gelshenen.
Miss Hooker because of her superior
experience, Is regarded as the favorite
for the final, but indications are that
Miss Wonham will extend her in the
semi-final. Miss Freda Scharman, a
sister of Miss Lillian Scharman, who
has made great strides in metropoli-
tan tennis In the last two seasons, was
one of the seven to win yesterday. She
eliminated Miss Margaret Van Wrinkle
after two well played sets, 6-2, 6-4.
The summary:
FIRST ROUND.
Miss Charlotte Conlin defeated Miss Vic
toria Brill. 6-3, 60.
Miss Emily Cornell won from Miss Mary
Miss Ethel Cutler defeated Miss Theodore
Miss Freda scharman defeated Miss Mar
garet Van Wrinkle. 6-2. Cd. ~,
Miss Helen Hooker defeated Miss Alex
andra Downs, Go. 6-3.
Miss Bay Morris defeated Miss Syoi Hyde.
Miss Betty wonham defeated Miss Flor
ence Thompkins. 6-1. Go.
SECOND ROUND.
Miss Betty Wonham defeated Miss Kath-
leen Gelshenen, 6-1. 6--2.
Play in the annual spring tournament
of the West Side Tennis Club reacned
the semi-finai round in most OF the
class divisions yesterday. In Glass A
Valentine B. Havens. Cedric Major and
II. p. Harrington have advanced to
the ante-final and Ralph L. Baggs
and DIR. S. L. Davenport are to
settle the question of the fourth SEMI
finalist. In the second round of the
tournament Baggs scored with surpris-
ing ease over Murray Vernon. Cd,
Go, and S. G. Kelley. who later was
eliminated by Havens, won the hardest
fought tussle of the tournament from
William j. Gallon at 3-6. 81, 13-11.
In class B Valentine Gress Is the
first to reach the semi-final round and
in Glass c three of the semi-fnaltsts
are A. d. Marks, w. w. Dunklin and
f. p. Haas The team of William j.
Gallon and Thomas Sturges, which ad-
yanced to the semi-final in the veterans
METROPOLITAN doubles championship last
week. went down to defeat In Class A
doubles at the hands of Ralph b. Cat
comb and Dr. S. Il. Davenport. Other
capablc teams entered are Julian S. Ny
rick, president of the national tennis as
sociation. and Karl Behr. former inter-
nationalist: Cedric Major and Murray
Vernon and Hugh Nehring and Arthur
Cragin.
Mrs. l.. M. Burt and Miss Florence
Ballin are in the final round of women's
singles and Mrs. S. Il. Weaver and Mrs.
Burt have qualified for the final In
doubles. They meet the winners of the
second semi-final between Miss Florence
Ballin and Mrs. T. Cassebeer and Mrs.
II. G. Morris and Mrs. Edward K. Van
Wrinkle.