New Britain herald., 1927-08-26
ENGLAND HAS BAD
 DAY IN TOURNEY
British Women Players Fall Be.
 fore American Attack
By MARY K. BROWNE

(United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Aug. 25-(Copyright, 1927. by United Press)-The two ring tennis "circus' at Forest Hills was full of thrills but bad day for England. Their players fell like ten pins before the curves and straights of the American bowlers. Out of the seven foreigners in the last 16. only one Dutch girl. Kea Bouman and the youngest of the English girls, Betty Nuthall, survived.
 The match which upset the dope sheet was the Fry -Chapin match for most of the dopesters looked forward to return meeting between Mrs. Mallory and Joan Fry. Very few of Mrs. Chapins friends thought she would win from the Joan of Arc" outplayed the English girl in every department of the game, even matching forehand drives, though Mrs. Chapins weakest stroke is on the right wing. The results of ham, mering the opponents weakness is either to smash it to pieces or set it on fire" Joan Fry set Mrs. Chapin's forehand on fire" while Mrs. Mallory, who hammered the life out of Gwendolyn Sterry's fore arm smashed it to pieces.
 When we analyze the games of Mrs. Chapin and Joan Fry, we should not be surprised at the results, for Mrs. Chapin has a stronger service. better back hand and a better net game. Miss Fry is her superior only from her forearm and her ability to cover court on ordinary occasions. but Mrs. Chapin played inspired tennis.
 She has won the right to play Mrs. Mallory and close match should result Though Mrs. Mall lory has defeated Mrs. Chapin twice this season, in their last match a week ago Mrs. Chapin took her to the full three sets.
 Betty Nuthall. England's school girl wonder, played with her usual youthful abandon, pounding over swift, deep drives which kept her opponent, Nip" Anderson, away from the net, where Miss Ander- son shines. Then Betty would slip over a short cross court and kept her opponent guessing. Beyond that. there was little or no tactics. simply that Betty was steadier and more accurate.
 The Sterry- Mallory match was an exciting one. It went to three sets. but it was unusual that they were all love sets. Little Gwendolyn Ster- ry had all the gallery crazy about her. They were cheering her wild ly when she took love set from our national champion.
 She was going a mile a minute but the ten minute rest after the sec ond set was her undoing. For in England there is no rest allowed after the second set and both Miss Sterry and Miss Fry got cold and out of their stride. In the cold climate in England rest would be suicide. Your muscles would stiffen up, but in America the heat is often intense and the rest after two sets is necessary and advisable. The ten minutes seemed like hours to the two young English girls. Mrs. Mallory took her rest calmly and had her tea with four Jumps of sugar and came back strong. Mrs. Chapin, whose greatest handicap is lack of stamina, relished her rest.
 Considering the difficulties of playing in a foreign country and that it is the first trip for both Sterry and Betty Nut hall, they have done wonderfully well. Betty Nuthall is not through doing things yet. She has an even chance of going into the finals.
 The tenacious British are won derful adversaries. Miss Harvey of England fought with bull dog spirit against Eleanor Goss. From the of good tennis it was the best match of the day. Neither player let up on their hitting the three hard sets and though America represented by Eleanor Goss, triumphed in the end, it was moral victory for Miss Harvey, who has just recently gain ! ed a regulations as singles play i CT. Though she has been to Ameri- ! ca twice on the Wightman Cup ! team, she has represented her coun- ! try only in the doubles. The match | was the last on the program and the | deciding set went to 11-9. The points were so closely contested and the | play so thrilling that the gallery ] stayed for the last gasp.
 Mrs. Hill of England. another to fall by the wayside, at least, had the , great distinction of leading Helen Wills for few brief moments in the second set, at games to l, but her ead soon vanished. Helen has lost l total of eight games in three matches. Mrs. Hill contested her points so well that the gallery was ,reated to the thrill of seeing Helen Wills slightly extended and obliged o call upon her great speed to win.
 The two ring circus affair at Forest Hills is both distracting and lisconcerting to the gallery and the players alike. Not nearly so peace- ul as Wimbledon where they have ,nly one "center" court enclosed |