New-York tribune., 1922-08-17

ship tournament, on the turf courts
Forest Hills, in one case being defe
bitterly fought match, and in the
Mrs. Helen Wills, Of Berkeley, Calf,
the seventeen year old schoolgirl,
gained her place in the tennis Hall
of Fame by defeating Mrs, Marion
znderstein Jessup, of Wilmington,
Del, former national clay court cham
pion, by a score of 2-6, Cd, 6-2, in
the third round, while Mrs. May SUIT
ton Brndy. of California, was pressed
to the limit of her resources to defeat
Miss Martha Bayard, of Short Hills,
N. j., by a score of 12-1o, 4--6, Go
in the same bracket. Both the winners
advanced into the semi-final round,
which will be played tomorrow after
noon.
Che two other players to reach the
semi-fnal barckets were Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory, the playing-through
champion, who conquered Miss Edith
Sigourney, Of Longwood, by score of
Go, 6-1, and Miss Leslie Bancroft,
who gained her place by defeating Miss
Glare Cassel at 8--5, Ga. Tomorrow
afternoon Mrs. Bundy and Miss Wills
will meet in the upper half and Mrs.
Mallory and Miss Bancroft in the lower
section, with the winners scheduled to
battle for the championship on Satur-
day afternoon.
the round before the semi-fnal, with
the favorites asserting their superior
lty in each instance. Four matches are
scheduled this afternoon, the winners
TO go into the semi-fnal round, and
one second-round match, between Mrs
Jessup and Miss Wills and Mrs. w. NJ.
Shedden and Miss Marguerite Davis, is
scheduled for 10 o'clock this morning.
In connection with the running of
this tournament | think that n word
should be said here in praise of Joseph
der, his MAN Friday; AL Gibney, in
charge of the assignment of courts;
+. Clifford Black, chairman Of the
Umpires' Association, and Mrs. j. c..
Brush, chairman of the women's aux
iliary committee, for the exceptionally
able manner in which every detail has
been handled. 1t has been nothing
short OF perfection.
Far From Cut and Dried
I have heard remarks this week to
the effect that this tournament was
lacking in interest and was "cut and
dried" as to the results. l wish these
pessimists could have been present yes
terday when Miss Wills was playing
her sensational winning match against
Mrs. Jessup and Miss Bayard had Mrs.
Bundy dangerously close to defeat
You will rarely see finer exhibition
of women's tennis than was shown in
these two matches. DR.. George B.
StanwiX umpired the Wills-Jessup
struggle, and Albert L. Hoskins, Of
Philadelphia, held the chair in the
Bundy-Bayard contest.
Miss Wills and Mrs. Jessup played
on the clubhouse court, with the larg-
est gallery of the week in attendance.
The California schoolgirl had defeated
the No. ranking player at Seabright
two weeks before, but yesterday Mrs.
Jessup was far more dangerous cppo-
nent, and think the prevailing opin-
ion before the match was that she
would triumph in this second meeting.
In the opening set Mrs. Jessup was
going at a wonderful clip, every shot
under full command, while Miss Wills
did not seem quite confident Of her
ability in the early stages. She was
not stroking'' her returns with full
force, partly, perhaps, because Mrs.
Jessup was SO brilliantly aggressive as
she forced her way inside the service
court lines, to smother returns by daz-
ziing volleying and decisive overhead
play.
When the Delaware girl had won this
opening set at 6-2 Miss Wills ap-
peared doomed to defeat, yet never
lost confidence in her ability to turn
the tide, and, if not to win, at least to
make three-set match out of 1t. AS
though realizing that the time to strike
had come the California girl added to
her pace at the start of the second set.
Her drives began to eat deeper into
Mrs. Jessup's court, and the ball to
strike closer TO the side lines until
Mrs. Jessup found 1t ever more hazard
Gus to go to the net position in the
face of such opposition.
Thrilled the Gallery
Both girls thrilled the gallery by
some of the most brilliant rallies seen
in the tournament to date, many of
these exchanges being diagonally
across deep court, off backhand When
She could reach point inside the
service court lines Mrs. Jessup gem
orally had the better of the exchanges.
her overland vollcys being beautifully
played, but Miss Wills refused to be dis
couraged and gradually forged ahead.
The California girl was wonderfully
severe IN her smashing, and handled
everything overhead In mastery style.
Az in her play on Tuesday, she was a
bit too addicted to trying soft trap