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ball with the keenest interest, but
made no comment.
Mrs. Peacock had the first service
and captured the first game, Mile.
Lenglen getting only two points. The
french woman won her own service
game and then, driving fine hard balls
to Mrs. Peacock's left hand. she quickly
ran through with finely placed shots
to ii.
Cross Volley Wins
Then her opponent began to show
greater initiative and speed in the
placement of hei returns. The English
woman drove hor balls in fine shape to
the base line and occasionally went to
the net and won with cross volley.
Mrs. Peacock played through the
sixth game and captured her second
against Mile. Lenglen, with the French
woman making a double fault to IS
40. Mrs. Peacock followed this up with
great winning drive to Mile. Leng-
lens left. The enthusiasm was intense
when Mrs. Peacock, hitting very finely
and harder than her opponent, won her
third game.
The rallies became long, with lots Of
great driving on both sides in the next
game Mile. Lenglen, who was serving,
won this game, and increased her lead
to 5-3. Amid a tense. dramatic
period Mrs. Peacock took the next
game with splendid service balls, and
the French woman was forced into er-
rors.
Mile. Lenglen went in to serve at the
tenth game with everybody extreme civ
anxious, but she braced herself coura-
geously and sent over two magnificent
service balls with the greatest speed
any woman possibly could achieve.
These services overwhelmed her OPP
ponent. She could do nothing with
them, and Mile. Lenglen captured her
hrst set without conceding Mrs. Pea
cock a single point in the last game.
Inc English woman won the first
game in the second set, scoring her
last point after a baseline rally With a
perfect drop shot She had raced to
the net and Mile. Lengen tried to oct
the ball past her on her left hand, but
Mrs Peacock deity st~oked the ball
and 1t fell dead just over the net, the
French woman not attempting to reach
1t. On other occasions Mile. Lenglen
worked her way in driving rallies right
into the net and scored with beautiful
volley shots.
French Star Regains Lead
1t was in this fashion, aided bv fine
serving, that the winner scored the
second game to love and captured the
third, thus leading 2-1.
Mrs. Peacock then put over Some
very hard shots and got to within a
point of the fourth game, but this
proved another of those critical stages
in which Mile. Lenglcn could bring out
a trump card. On the next service she
sent over hurricane service ball which
the English woman failed to receive or
her racket, and with some perfectly
magnificent drives to her opponents
left Mile. Lenglen reached 81.
When serving the next game Mrs
Peacock reached 40--15, hitting SPLEEN
did shots on both the forehand and
the backhand, but here once more the
French woman was equal to critical
stage. Placing in beautiful fashion to
the lines and taking deliberate care
with every return, she kept the English
woman racing from side to side until
she beat herself. Mile Lenglen thus
got to Al, winning four successive
points in this game.
at the beginning of the next game
there was a downpour of rain and play
was suspended. For an hour the gal
lery waited, and at few minutes to 7
o'clock the players re-entered the court
o'.N Viz IildtCH was nnlSneQ IN lew
minutes, Mile. Lenglen taking the two
games required without having to over
tax herself to any great extent.
The crowds expected more play when
the match was concluded. There were
tumultuous cries from all parts of the
grounds: Anderson and Paterson"
These became SO insistent that the
committeeman entered the royal box
and one Of them shouted through
megaphone that it was far too late
to put on match of such Importance,
and it would not be fair to the PLAYERS.
The first match of the day, preced-
ing the Mallory Beamish and Lenglen-
Peacock matches was that between
Randolph Lycert, of Great Britain, and
j. B. Gilbert, fellow countryman, in
the semi-fnals of the mems champion
ship. Lycett was the victor in straight
sets, So, 81, 6--3.
Both men revealed a fine all-round
game, with splendid driving and spec
tacular net play.