The New York herald., 1922-06-11
TENNIS CUP
FOR MISS BAYARD
New Jersey Girl Defeats Miss
Marie Wagner in Hard
Fought Final.
MATCH GOES EXTRA SETS
By SAMUEL ). BRooKMAN.


It was no mere flash in the pan
Miss Martha Bayard's victory over
Miss Leslie Bancroft on Friday. Every
bit as effective. every bit rs impress
sive was the tennis the New Jersey
girl played in the final round of the
Pelham Country Club invitation tour
nament yesterday when she defeated
Miss Marie Wagner in a spirited
match. She had speed, she had con-
troll and she had stamina In ad-
dition she practically matched her ex-
perienced opponent in court general
ship. After two stubbornly contested
sets Miss Bayard finally wore Miss
Wagner down and breezed through
the last division of play, winning at
Cd, 3-6. 60.
1t was Miss Wagner's first defeat Of
the season. After a mediocre start she
seemed to have found her best tennis
In the second set and series Of bril-
liant side line and cross court place.
ments gave her that division OF play
by convincing margin. She fought
hard for the first two sets of the third
set and then after dropping a game
that had gone to deuce eight times, sud-
denly lo,s. all speed and power. Miss
Bayard had succeeded in keeping her
running after the ball. plunging and
reaching, and the effort proved too
much for her. Miss Wagner was able
to offer very little resistance in the
last four games OF the match.
Throlgh0iIf the greater mart of the
tussle Miss Bayard outsteadied her OPP
ponent In deep court driving exchanges
Miss Wagner discovered early that sh,
could not afford to take her usual mid
course position. for her young rival was
too accurate in gauging the lines and
passing her. There was not the Gus
tomary finality to Miss Wagner's
strokes. She played bit too carefully
and failed to inject the usual speed and
sting into her drives.
The Effective shot.
Miss Bayard's most effective shot was
n deep cross court backhand drive
which bounded wide of Miss Wagner's
backhand and had her reaching repeat
edly. Time and again the drive es-
capped her altogether. At other times
her return was purely defensive and
gave Miss Bayard an opening for
placement
Taking advantage of Miss Wagner's
slow start Miss Bayard ran into a lead
of 5-2 in the opening set. A rally on
the part of her opponent brought the
score to 81. but Miss Bayard ended the
set in the next game In short order.
The score went to 3-all in the second
set and then Miss Wagner showed her
most brilliant tennis OF the match. TAX
ing three games in q row and earning
the greatSmajority Of her points The
effort of saving the set. the torrid
weather and Miss Bayard's speed COM
bined to exhaust Miss Wagner in the
final set. and she failed to win a game.
Like most of the matches in the earlier
rounds the doubles final was as close
as a contest could be without going into
extra sets. Miss Marie Wagner, re-
freshed after a rest OF two hours. and
Miss Clare Cassel won II finally, but
not until after Mrs Benjamin f. Briggs
and Miss Helen Gilleaudeau had ex
tended them to the limit of their endur-
ance and skill The score was lie
S-6. The heat was at its height dur
ing the progress of the match and Il
was surprising that the women were
able to maintain as fast a pace as they
did.
Miss Cassel from deep court did the
Dulk VI Tic WoTh LOT HtT blut. Sne was
very stead:-. got plenty of sting into her
drives and used an underspin slice oc-
casionally with good effect
The point score and stroke analysis
of the singles final follow:
Point Score.
FIRST SET.
MI: MI. Rsss1s %sssnsr..i ssiisssfsssss-ssss-ss
SECOND SET.
Miss Bayard.. g 34t 2-24-3
Miss Wagner........4 as . "a 4-31-6
THIRD SET.
Miss Bayard. d..............5 ~ !. .33-6
Miss Wagner. 10 o 1 3 1-fT-0
Stroke Analysis.
FIRST SET.
Place vico Double
Nets. Outs. ments. Aces. Fits.
Miss Bayard. 10 O o
Miss Wagner. ....13 IA ~ o o
SECOND SET
Miss Bayard. IL o 4
Miss Wagner.....7 IL IL o o
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