The Washington herald., 1922-07-06
DOWNS MRS. ELLIS
IN 3SETS TO GAIN
CITY net CROWN
Spectacular Rally by Vic
tor Brings Crowd to
: Feet in Third Set.

ME- clarence r. NOTulcut.i j."
took the women's District tennis
crown from Mrs. winifred Ellis.
title holder. in finals of the women's
singles title play yesterday after
noon in one of the most hard fought
ana spectacular matches fought in.
this event in many years.
Mrs. Norment won in three sets.
4'. 81, Is.
Fay IN the mems singles, which
have reached the second match in
the serinnafs. were delayed an
other day by the rain. Mrs. Nor
ment anu Mrs. Ellis battled on the
concrete courts at the Chevy Chase
Club.
Fights Uphill Game.
Fighting a game uphill battle in
the third and deciding set. Mrs,
Norment stubbornly gained back
four-game lead garnered by Mrs.
Ellis and again fought back to get
on even terms after Mrs. Ellis had
run the count to 5-4 in games and
had, the point match at her COM
mand in the tenth game.
Deuce games prevailed through
out and the terrific rallies and
volleys brought the huge crowd to
their feet time and again. Mrs
Ellis was employing a smashing
stroke which carried a world of
speed. but Mrs. Norment was max
ing. seemingly impossible gets and
her placement shots were little
short OF miraculous. the balls nip
ping the side and back lines with
UNUSUAL consistency.
Mrs. Norment Cops Lead.
Mrs Norment gained a two
game lead with a bang in the first
set, taking both by love scores.
Mrs. Ellis evened the count and
they battled on even terms until
fOur-all was reached. when Mrs
Ellis gained the next two games
and set.
Mrs. Norment found her pace in
the second set and quickly ran up a
FIVE game lead. Mrs. Ellis took the
sixth game but dropped the seventh
and set.
With the set score all squared
the two started in earnest to cap
ture the rubber" and it looked like
Mrs Ellis would retain the crown
another season when she took the
first four games with a smashing
attack.
Play Hot Mt Close.
Mrs. Normant again hit her stride
and by a beautiful assortment Of
side line place shots and remark
abI- gets batled to even terms.
The terrific pace OF the nnalists
by this time brought the crowd to
its feet and cheers followed the de-
clo'ng of each rally. Every point
was fought back and forth for
minutes before the ball was driven
out or netted. Mrs. Ellis captured
the ninth game and had the edge
at So. With her serve she then
ran the score to 1910 On the next
game and was within a poilI of
the title. On this point she drove
out of bounds after a long rally
and Mrs Norment took the game
on the next two points. The next
game went to deuce five times be
fore Mrs. Norment got the decision.
She then took a 1910 lead in the
stroke just over the net caught Mrs.
Ellis in the hack court. The cham
pion made the bali but her speed
took away her control and the bail
hit the tor of the net and bounced
back, giving Mrs. Normeni the
championship.
MIS-. Norment "Dark Horse.r
Mrs. Norment gained the title af-
ter the hardes. kind Of a fight In
.he last two natches. She defeated
Miss Marywill wakeford. popular
favorite to gain the crown. in the
ssmi-hnals and then. yesterday, con-
tinued her dark horse" ways. She
left early last evening after thu
match for Nantucket Island who're
she expec ; to take paIt la other
tournaments during the sumner.
Arthur Yencken and ]. Ballard
Moore will fight the remaining SEMI
inal match in the mems singles this
afternoon at $40 o'clock on the Dunn
barton Club courts. The winner meets
Clarence Charest. present city cham
oion. who gained the finals by defeat
ng Jack Dudley in straight sets on
Monday. in the finals tomorrow.
Yesterdays Results:
WOmen's singles tnnal round Tor District
title)-MrS Clarence r. Norment jr.. de-
feated Mrs winifred Ellis. "a. 81, IS.
women's Doubles fourth roundl-Misses
wakeford and Kelly defeated Mrs Nor
ment and Mrs. Donaldson. So. Ga.
Mixed Doubles fourth roundD-Miss Wood
en- and Iadd defeated Mrs. Nornent and
Maj. Elliott Thy defaulD.
Todsy's Card:
$50 p. M.-Men's Singles tsemi-hn
roundl-J. Ballard Moore vs.. Arthur Yenck-
IN: women's doubles third roundl Misses
Doolittle vs.. Miss King and Mrs. Keplinger:
mems doubles tsecond round)-Bates and
Miller ". Hirson and Knapp; third round)
Cox and Elliott vs. London and Whiting,
-harest and johnson BurweTl and Thomp-
son. Purinton and Lincoln vs.. Fowler and
Edwards.
500 p M.-Nixed Doubles (second
roundl-Miss Kelly and Graves Miss De-
souza and BurwelL Mrs. Ellis and Charest
rs. Miss Frazier and Purinton: third roundl
Miss wakeford and Col. Johnson vs.. Miss
:. Doolittle and Lane; mems doubles (sec-
ond roundl-Yencken and HELEN vs. Fiske
md Parker. Dudley and Moore vs.. Phillips
md woolworth: third round)-Mayheld and
Ladd winner Miller Hi rson- Knapp
match.
500 P. M.-women's Doubles Fourth
-oundl-Mrs- Ellis and Sinclair vs.. winner
Of Misses Doolittle- King -KeplinEer match;