New-York tribune., 1922-08-25

the winning teams going into the sc
Tomorrow afternoon Johnston and
Johnson will face the national cham
pions, William T. Tilden I'd, and Vim
cent Richards, in the upper half, and in
the lower section Borotra and Miles
will play Gerald l.. Patterson and Pat
O'Hara Wood. The winner in these
matches will play for the championship
on Saturday afternoon.
In the women's Longwood invita-
tion singles, played earlier in the day
Miss Helen Wills, of California; Mrs
May Sutton Bundy, Of California; Mrs
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, national
champion, and Miss Martha Bayard, of
! Short Hills, N. j., came through to the
semi-final round, Miss Bayard's bril-
liant victory ever Miss Leslie Bancroft,
of Longwood, by score of Cd, IS,
Ga. coming as distinct surprise,
| since the latter has borne off the
] honors in their most recent meetings
on the courts.
Mrs. Mallory displayed invincible
going Miss Helen Gilleaudeau, of Ma
maroneck, and won by score of 6---1,
6-2. !. Greater speed and pace. and a
restless attack again won for Mrs.
Mallory.
Miss Wills, going beautifully against
Miss Edith Sigourncy, of Boston, won
| by Il score of 8-3, Go. The Califor-
mia school girls greater versatility Of
strokes and tactics oyercame Miss ST.
gourney's steady, -deep-court game.
Mrs. Bundy was extended consider
with Mrs. Frank H. Godfrey, of the
Longwood Cricket Club, winning by a
score of 6-3, T-5. With the games
at 5-8 in her favor in the last set
Mrs. Bundy looked like quick winner,
but here Mrs. Godfrey made thrilling
stand, bringing tho games to all by
keen driving and spectacular volleying.
The effort cost her dear, however, for
Mrs. Bundy gathered herself together
and took the last two games for the
set and match, running her opponent
ragged by cleverly placed returns into
/ all parts of the courts.
a A Spirited Struggle
Miss Bayard and Miss Bancroft had a
very close and spirited struggle before
Miss Bayard gained the honors, and
sets Miss Bayard gave a splendid ex-
hibition Of court covering and fine re-
coveries of placed shots.
4 Tomorrow Miss Wills ard Mrs.
Bundy will meet in the upper half and
Mrs. Mallory and Miss Bayagd in the
lower section. Mrs. Bundy will thus
have chance to even the score against
Miss Wills, who defeated her in the
semi-inal round of the national cham
pionship at Forest Hills last week.
In the national junior championship
singles Lewis N. White, of Texas, de-
feated William Wingham, of Provi-
dence, by score Of 60, Cd, in the
upper semi-fnal brackets. Arnold W.
Jones, Of Providence, gained his place
in the final by defeating John F. Whit
beck, of Loomis Institute, Windsor,
Conn, by score of 6-2, 6-3, in the
semi-fnal round.
In the boys national singles cham
pionship Malcolm Hill defeated Brain
crd W. .Whitbeck, of Loomis Institute,
by score of 6-3, TO, 6-2, in one
David O'Loughlin, of Pittsburgh, van
| quished Stewart Gayness, of the West
Side Tennis Club, New York, by
score Of 6-2, 6-1. O'Loughlin and
Hill will meet for the championship
tomorrow
Six teams were in the round before
the semiAfinal of the mixed doubles
when the last match of the day had
been completed, Mrs. Mallory and Mr..
Tilden, Mrs. BENJAMIN F. Briggs ond
S. Howard Vossell, Miss Phyllis Walsh
and Manuel Alfonso and Miss Sigourney
and Willis Davis being among the IA
vyorite combinations to fight their way
to victory.
Last Word in Speed
cannot ever remember having seen
a man more closely akin to chained
lightning in his movements on the
court court than Borotra in his match with
Niles against Williams and Washburn.
Last week, at Germantown, | was ready
to acclaim Manuel Alfonso, the Span
iard, as the leader in this respect, but
after watching Borotra this afternoon
there remained no doubt in my mind
that he 'is the last word, both in speed
OF foot and in volleying
The bounding Basque" appeared to
pc on springs, so amazingly agile was he
in covering not only his own portion
OF the court but also a goodly portion
close TO the net to the base line. 1t
was TERRIFIC pace the young French
man Davis Cup player was setting.
Borotra's volleying was sensational in
the first two sets and in the last. Stand
ing within two feet of the net when
Niles was serving, the FrenchmaYl's
racquet flashed in the air like swords
mans blade--and it was fully as potent
a weapon, for neither Williams nor
Washburn, nor the two of them COM
hined, could overcome the young
Frenchrnan's volleying at this stage.
Williams and Washburn broke
through Borotra's service at the start
OF the fourth set and went into the
lead with such rapidity and ease, UP
to 81, that it appeared Borotra and
Niles were heading for defeat, in spite
OF their brilliant play in the first two
Williams and Washburn won the set
at 6-2, squaring the match. In the
last set, however, Borotra and Niles
went into the struggle with renewed
determination, and again the French
man was dominating the court, bring
ing off the most amazing shots from
every position, and this time Niles was
backing him up spIendidly.
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