Women’s Tennis Tourney In U.S.A.

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6620, 5 August 1931, Page 7

Women’s Tennis Tourney In U.S.A.

TWO ENGLISH PAIRS IN SEMI-FINALS. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph. —Copyright. ' VANCOUVER, Aug. 3. A message from East Hampton, New York, states that at the Maidstone invitation tennis tournament, Miss Penelope Anderson (Richmond, Virginia) in the first round beat Mrs. Eileen Bennett AVhittingsall (England) (3—4, 6—3. Mrs. Dorothy Shepherd Barron (England) got the first round bye and beat Miss Alice Marble (Ban Francisco) 6—3, (3—4 in the second round, and Miss Josephine Cruickshank (Santa Ana, California) 7 —5, 3 —6, 6—3 in the third round to gain the semi-finals. In the semi-finals to-day Mrs. Shepherd Barron defeated Miss Mary Grcei (Kansas City) 4—6, 6—3, 6—2; Mrs. John Van Ryn defeated Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup (Wilmington, Delaware) 6—4, 10 —8. In the doubles two English combinations Misses Betty Nuthall and Phyllis Mudford, and Mrs. Whittingstall and Miss Dorothy Round reached the semifinals together with two American pairs, Mrs. Jessup and Miss Marjorie Morrill and Misses Penelope Anderson and Mary Greef. ;■ ? « U.S. Wightman Cup Team Received Tuesday, 9.50 p.m. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. The United States Lawn Tennis Association has selected the following AVightman Cup players:—Mrs. Helen Wills-Moody, Miss Helen Jacobs, Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Jessup, Miss Marjorie Morrill and Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss. Mrs. "Whitman ■will captain the team.