The Washington times., 1929-08-20
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IMPRESS
By Malcolm Roy

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FOREST HILLS, Il. l., Aug,
20.-Slightly more difficult
opposition faces most Of the
seeded stars in the women s
national lawn tennis champion
ship which goes into the
second round on the Forest
Hills courts today.
likely to be an upset unless II
comes. out Of the match between 1g
yearsold, Sarah Palfrey, Of Brookl1nes
Mass. and Mrs. ID. C., Shepherd
Barron, OF the English ~ htnlan
Cup team. Helen Wills. the reign
ing queen of the courts, has what
should be an easy match againsts
Mrs. Charlotte Hosmer Chaplin.
although it is recalled that II was
Mrs. Chaplin who in the quarter
finals last year gave Miss Wills
the stiffest battle she encountered
in the entire tournament. History
is not likely to repeat itself in this
particular year, however, ais Mrs.
Chapin II playing far below her 1928
form.
One. Of the real surprises of the
opening round was the Indifferent
showing OF Helen Jacobs. The
young California girl was frankly
disappointing i'm her play against
Penelope Anderson, Of Richmond.
She appeared still to be suffering
the insiisposition which almost kept
her cut Of the Wightman Cup
| matches, She was decidedly off her
I nveaV Oh
| wanted to do anything in the word
but play tennis.
It Is certain that Helen, the
younger. win have to speed up
/ her play before the tournament
Is much older II she hopes to
! remain in the picture. Her
match today against the veteran
| Eleanor G0ss should hold little
trouble for her, but the third
| round tomorrow will probably
| be marked with danger IL she
does not hit more accurately and
with greater force and crisnness
than she did against the
Virginia girl yesterday.
/ Helen Wills gave an exhibition of
rapid-fire scoring that undoubtedly
4 ENN@ y AGC0Aue oAG C0USuINGu Only
Is minutes in defeating Miss Kath.
crime Lamarche Of Seabright, N. J.,
and did it with a minimum Of
points scored against her. Only Is
points were. made by Miss Lamarche
in the course Of two sets, Miss
Willis in the meantime scoring 43
points.
1 England's threat against the
American title is still as strong to.
day as it was yesterday. Despite
the fact that the first round saw
all three of gCanada's leading
players go into the discard, each
and every one of the English women
i came through, with Betty Nuthall
land Mrs. Michael r. Watson show.
ing the way with decisive victories.
In addition to the second
round Of singles, the doubles
4 will also get under way minus
4 Miss Wills. For some un.
i announced reason the champion
viii not team mp with Edith
Cross to battle for the title she
4 won jointly last year with Mrs.
| George Wightman, Of Boston.
The star matches on today's card
include:
i 2:00--Mrs. L. A. Harper, San Fran
| cisco, against Miss Marjorie Morrill,,
| Dedham, Mass; Mrs. L. C. r. Michel,
England, against Miss Mianne Palfrey,
1 Broukline Mass.
4 s:O0-MrS. d. G. Shepherd Barron,
England, against Miss Sarah Palfrey,
Brookline, Mass; Mis- Helen Jacobs,
Berkeley. Caiif.. against Mrs.. Eleanor
Goss New York.
u 4:00-MiAs Helen willis, Berkeley,
Calf. against Mrs A. H. Chaplin.
Springfield. Mass; Miss Betty Nuthall,
England. against Miss Gertrude Dwyer,
New York.