Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-17
BERKELEY GIRL
WINS WAY TO
TENNIS FINAL
BY HENRY L. FARRELL
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

17.-Surviving the semi-final round
here this afternoon Mrs. Molla Nal
lory and Miss Helen Wills will meet
tomorrow in the finals for the
American women's tennis cham
pionship.
Miss Wills earned the right to
play for Mrs. Mallory 5 title by de
feating Miss Eleanor Goss of New
York, GA, 60.
Mrs. Mallory became the defend
er of her championship by eLminat
ing Mrs. r. c. Clayton, the last of
the British stars, GA, o..
FOREST HILLS, n. Y, August
l7.-Cloudy weather prevailed for
the semi-final round of the Amer
lean women S tennis championship,
Miss Helen Wills, California S
hope for the championship, became
a finalist when she defeated Miss
Eleanor GosS, New York, Ga, 90.
Attracted by the two star match
es in which Miss Helen Wills, the
California girl opposed Miss Eleanor
Goss and Mrs. Mallory faced Mrs.
B. C. Clayton, British star, in the
other, Il large crowd was present.
Miss Kathleen McKane and Mrs.
B. C. Covell won their semifinal
round from Mrs. Helen Lockhorn
and Mrs. Lewis Morris so and o.
Miss Wills won the first set from
Miss Goss, O., in ten games that
were filled with beautiful tennis.
Clever placement work marked
the game of both players and they
both carried an aggressive hard
driving offensive. Miss Wills lost
the first game and then won three
straight. Mss Goss rallied and
ran the set to four all. The Cali
fornia girl finished with great
drive and won the set.
Score, first set: Miss Wills 244
IA 124 4-33-6.
Kiss Goss 412 $40 44o 2-2S-4.
Mrs Mallory defeated Mrs. Clay
ton 6-4 in the first set of the
other semi-final round.
The British woman put up
plucky resistance. and won three
straight games "fter she was down
three.
The American woman outsteadied
her and outgeneralled her.
The score, first set: Mrs. Mallory
PA 422 146 4-33-6
Mrs. Clayton 402 pa 424 2-26
II.
The British woman continued to
fight but she lost the second set 90,
and carried the colors of England
out of the championships.
Mrs. Mallory S hard volleys and
accurate placements were too much
for her opponent.
The score, second set: Mrs. Nal
lory 422 454 46-31-6.
Mrs. Clayton 144 OBJ 04-17-2.
Mrs. Molla Mallory, American
champion, survived the round when
she defeated Mrs. R. c. Clayton at
Ga, 6-2.
FOREST HILLS, y. Y. Aug. Il.
One step nearer the prize she has
been seeking for three years, Helen
Wills, the II year old California
girl, faced another battle today
against Miss Eleanor Goss, the New
York star in the semi final round
of the women's tennis champion
ship.
Like Bobby Jones the youthful
prodigy of golf who threatened for
three years and reached the champ
ionship by meeting the most exact
ing test, the pretty Berkeley girl
has fought her way into the semi
f inal round over the hardest oppo-
sition faced by any player in the
tournament.
In defeating Miss Kathleen Nc
Kane, England S greatest player,
little Miss Wills played tennis yes
terday that has never been equalled
even by the great Mile Lenglen,
and her game thrilled with hope
the fans who have been praying
for her to take the championship
away from Mrs. Molla Mallory.
With the gamest of hearts and
INT PicttlSoI VI lCHhISj MinS w MS
advanced through the tournament
by beating Miss Martha Bayard,
Miss Ceres Baker, Miss Helen Pol
lock and Miss McKane, and in to-
day s match she will face perhaps
the hardest opposition of all.
Mrs. Mallory will face Mrs. r.
c. Clayton of England. The Brit
ish woman displayed dangerous
game yesterday in running away
from Miss Leslie Bancroft the
second ranking American player.