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Show SCHOOL GIRL TO PLAY ENGLISH CHAMPION Moll Mallory Cinch to . Reach Semifinals of Tourney n. By Henry L. Farrmll TO UK ST HILL, r. Auf Jl Without hovlna; produrod anythln that cm Id approarh an upoat, tho national wemon'a tonnta champlonohlpo wont into tho round h faro tho oomlflnala todar with throa Briuoh and flvo American ataro aurvlvln. Four matcfava en todajr card ta tno atnrtoo will prduo four ' loooro aftor what ahould bo tha boot and tho moot acltlna- tnnla of tho w. MtolTln Wnia tho 17-yofrT Tall-" fernta Irl, who haa had th crowd eomplotolr bohlnd hr nlnco aho otartod playlna. lo boekod for tho fonturo match , of tho dar with Mlao Kathloon McKano, tho formtr'tft room mold of Load and tho boot p lay or la Knajlnad. MAt.T-ORT-W II I.ft MATCH POAM1BL.K. Tho California lrl dofatod Mia Me-Kono Me-Kono In ono of th matctuto of Wichtman cup tournamont and alneo thn aho baa booa plarinaj auporb ton nia Vletory today will pat hr la tho ootnl-flnal ootnl-flnal round with tho chanooo pood that aho will moot Mra. Moll Mallory. tho Amortcao champion 1a th final rowad tor tho championship. ft far In tho ehampfontilp match tho moot aboorblna Up to of dlacuaaloa hao boon a tout tho California alrl'a chanooo of becoming ttia nost champion and If pb!le vltbpi coald crown hor aho would bo tt cinch for tho title. Mra. Mallory playa avalnat Ml Holon Ho.ilier, tho Oroonwlfb Ctrl who advanced ad-vanced thrauth tho feurtb round when Mioa Ooroldino Hramloh, on of tho Brltloh p '.ay-era, wa forced tbrmicb 111-nooo 111-nooo to (Ufa ii it. MTTT.R worn rOK MJHO HOOK SB. Mloo Hookor 1 tho tenth ran It I n play or imoni tho Americano and oho ran hardly hopo to do much acalnet the American champion. Mra. Leelle Bancroft, th toft banded band-ed at or from boet.a and tha, acond ranklna- player, will moot Mra. R. c. Clayton. tho Knajlleh cooerod court champion, and aho may have the battle of her life' to ourvlve. Mrs. B C. Covll, tho third eurrlvlnv Rrltieh plavr. will oppone Mloo Rleanor Om, tho Xow York ejiri. wha baa been playing oomo very good teanla. MISPOPTT'Nt; POI.IArWS ' I KNtiUHH PLA1KRS. j FORBST HILL". N. T, Ang tl (By! A. P I Plvo American and throo Brit-I let! at era remained In tbo run n I a for tho national women's atne ebamptdn-ahtp ebamptdn-ahtp wheai third round play wa com- ; pletod on tho turf eourts of tbo West Side Tennis ctub. Competition for the national douhlea title wa narrowed rVtwR to one British and oeva Amerlo pairs at the ond of tbo eeeond round. Mlefortun struck tho ranks of th British p layer e whea tho Illness o Mrs. Oeraldlao Heamlah obliged ber To do-feu do-feu to Miss Hole Hooker of Oreen-wleh. Oreen-wleh. Conn., In the singles and alee contributed later to her defeat In tho doubles, paired with Mr R. C. Clayton, by two youthful Americana Mies Ceres Baker of Orange, N. J . and Mies Lillian Lil-lian Be harm an of New Tork. The elimination of ths British pair la tha doubles marked the first real playing play-ing upaet of tho tournament. Tho looers were clearly not up to their ueual etandard, but Mies Raker aad Miss Sherman aided their own canes by particularly par-ticularly brilliant teamwork In' the laet two sets to pull out ta match by oeoree of l-l. 1-4. 4-1. Mies Baker's erratic play cost the Americans many chances In the first set 1 bat thereafter she atracjed down, scoring scor-ing brilliantly with her partner In a eparfclln exhibition of not play. The y nun ter. gathering eoafld'aee and displaying greater stamina aa the matoh went on. drove and volleyed brilliantly, frequently catching their more experienced experi-enced rivals far out of posit loa with paeelng aho Is. IMVORITKM HATS LAV T1MK. The' default of Mra Baa m lab In tho etna Ira prevented fulfillment of preo-pecte preo-pecte for an sll-tatornstlonsl Mnewp to-doy to-doy in the fourth round. Tho seven other "seeded" players all cam throuvh derisively with the exception of Mra Leelto Bancroft of Rooton. No. f In the national ranking, who was forced to three bard fought seta to eliminate Mr. B. P. Stns of New Tork. ft-ll. 4-1, l-l. Mrs. Moiia B. Mallory. campalnlng for her eighth national title, waa slvea a momentary acaro by Mies Mayie MacIonald of Seattle, bolder of tho womon'a rlay court crown, but nulehly eettlec. Into hr stride to vanquish the western girl. Displaying a puialing chop stroke. Mloo Mac Donald sen up lead of 4 1 tn tha first set, btpaklnv through tho champion's service In the third game. The little coaet etsr wilted, however, at this point and began netting abet after ahot aa Mra Mallory put more finishing finish-ing power Into her stroke Tho rham-pi rham-pi in took flvo straight games to rapture the first set and waa never In danger In the eeeond. t bough Mies MarDonald showed her gam mens by mstching drive for drive in sum ber of brilliant back court ralllea MISS M'RANR TLATINU STHONCLT. AH three of tho remaining Britishers tn th singles played convincingly In gaining their fourth round bracket a, particularly Miss Ksthleeaj MrkUne. ranking star of tho Invading team. She quickly disposed of Mra w. M. SnedAea of Boston, ft-i. 4-1. and tomorrow ferae Mloa Helen Wills. Berkeley. Cel.. sebaol girl, who govs another Impreeafvu exhibition ex-hibition today tn defeating Mra. Helene Pollak Falk of New Tork. wltb tb of bt one seme. Mies wills gained th verdict over Mloo McKn In their flret meeting laet Saturday when the International series wa opensd. but their play tdey was so eloeely en a par that experts were divided divid-ed tn their opinion as to tbo probable outcome of tomorrow' a encounter, which Is tho reaturo ttratloa of tb f earth round program. Mra Nancy Co veil and Mr. Clayton wre the other Engl tab women to advance, ad-vance, thb former outgeneraling the veteran vet-eran Boo ton player, Miss Edith Slgour-aey. Slgour-aey. 4. 4-1. while the tetter quickly eliminated Miss Agae Sherwood of Rye. N. T-. 4-1. 4-1. Mies Eteaaor Oosa of New Tork. tk remain In member of tho- last eight, showed ssaln that aha must b reckoned with In title caleula-ttone caleula-ttone br overpowering Mrs. Helen O. Lock horn. No. T In national ranking-, by a mergt of 4-1, ft -ft. Completion of tbo second round doubles dou-bles play left two outstanding teams I the running They are the Brltleti pair. Mlas McKsno and Mr. Covell. who ad- vaned today by putting out tor vwtemn Americano, Miss Msrle Wscnor and Mrs H. S Oreea. and Mlsa Oess and Mr Oeorge W. Wivhtman of Boatos, wbo wen two matches with th loo of hat eaa pan.. - |