oc-plain-dealer 1923-08-18

HELEN WILLS, 17, California Girl Easily Wins over Titleholder By DAVIS J. WALSH L. N. S. Sports Editor FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Aug. 18—Helen Wills, 17-year-old product of Berkley, Calif., justly earned the highest honor within the American tennis this afternoon by defeating Mrs. Molla Mallory, seven times champion, in the final round of the national championship singles. The sub-deb, playing as she never did before, completely smothered the old champion, and made her victory secure in precisely 32 minutes by the watch, winning in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-1. The victory was a clamorous one, the 5,000 spectators in the stand forgetting the sectional prejudice in its spontaneous greeting to the new champion, so tender in years, but so mature in judgment, poise, speed and the certain knowledge that she alone deserved to be ranked as the highest in the land. The shout that went up was prolonged several minutes in contrast to the deep silence that prevailed a moment before it became apparent that little Helen Wills was about to realize her ambition long in advance of what might be said to be natural maturity. Molla, a graceful loser, was the first to congratulate the new champion, reaching far across the net to clutch the child's capable hand, and then thinking better of this, took her in her arms and kissed her. Mrs. George W. Wightman and others of the sex repeated this maneuver but all the stands could do was to say it with vocal chords. They kept on doing this without interruption as Louis Carruthers, president of the West Side Tennis club tendered the championship trophy to its proud little owner. Then as Miss Wills, eyes downcast left the court, the popular greeting took on the volume of a vocal Nigara and the echoes were still ringing in her ears when she disappeared finally from view. As for the match itself, it was dominated by her service stand up by winning the fifth 4 to 1, taking the lead in games at 3 to 2. She earned the points by rushing Mrs. Molla back and forth across the base line and volleying beyond her frantic reach. The same tactic were repeated in ONE GAME BY WILLS A NEW YORK, Aug. is often a day's jouney danger of drowning added significance last you have. Today, Helen Wills in years but wise in tennis racquet, is vowing Seven times nation shooting for the ultimate barrier bett and the title that m hers. It will be a The Wills child her favor—youth, and the strokes—but Molla Mallory. T enough. At least 1 the now defunct fi n in the championship to beat Mrs. Molla riffle accuracy on t anxiety when they f Helen Wills also o vantages over the dominated American en out of eight year ter of severity of no comparison; nel the score of volleying for length and egy. Helen could b in straight sets if the fact that Mallor Mrs. George W. Wrightman and others of the sex repeated this maneuver but all the stands could do was to say it with vocal chords. They kept on doing this without interruption as Louis Carruthers, president of the West Side Tennis club tendered the championship trophy to its proud little owner. Then as Miss Wills, eyes downcast left the court, the popular greeting took on the volume of a vocal Niagara and the echoes were still ringing in her ears when she disappeared finally from view. As for the match itself, it was completely dominated by the child wonder. She allowed Mrs. Mallory only 32 points in both sets, and incidentally gained the enviable distinction of being the first American woman to win from Molla in straight sets, since 1919, when Mrs. Marion Zinderstein accomplished this feat. Expert opinion said Mrs. Mallory would win today but they reckoned without a Helen Wills such as the American courts have never known. Her accuracy was phenomenal, her pace terrific, her tactic unimpeachable, her judgment above reproach. All of her strokes had that precise touch to which the usual reply is not enough. Certainly Mrs. Mallory's wasn't sufficient, tho she fought with all the courage and indomitable spirit of her fighting forebears. Strange to relate, it was the former champion, usually the most accurate of players, who committed the most errors, no less than 41 being placed to her discredit. She was hardly blameworthy in this respect however; Helen's severe game receiving most of them. The child herself made only 23 errors, in all, ten of them coming in the first and 13 in the second. Miss Wills finally made her service stand up by winning the fifth 4 to 1, taking the lead in games at 3 to 2. She earned the points by rushing Mrs. Mallory back and forth across the base line and volleying beyond her frantic reach. The same tactic were repeated in the sixth, which Helen also won by forcing the going, making the champion commit errors. Once, Helen came to the net to volley a placement. Little Helen made it four in a row with the loss of only one point by winning the seventh at love; ;the champion's game losing its steadiness as deep court driving pounded on her fore and back hand. Successive inaccuracies by both players carried the points to duce in the eighth but before this Helen brought the crowd up stalking with a great back hand "get" only to lose the point when the champion dropped a drive down the sidelines. She came back herself with a volley placement and then won the game and set by driving to Mrs. Mallory's backhand and the latter's return went out of court. Her game seemingly having collapsed entirely, Mrs. Mallory yielded the first game of the second set at love by driving four straight balls into the net. Helen, however, also netted the first point of the second game and the second point went to the champion by the gratuitous means of the ball climbing the net scored two startlin points to begin the fourth game, making two wonderful backhand returns and dropping a placement for the first point and cutting the other out of reach for the second. Mrs. Mallory then relinquished the game with two errors, another love victory. Helen rapidly raced to 40 love in the glittering drives to end after netting Molla to loft one of the game point at Helen the lead at 3. In the fourth time a 30-all each score off the back failed to get another Molla drove behind it duce. Helen did next two shots and won her first game. The child wonder drive twice into the in trying to solve he she netted a drive count and watched on beyond the lines. In a passing shot off tha ball dropped in Helen won the game lead 4 to 1. Molla obliged with ed rally in the sixth first two points with from her foreshand drive and then forced beyond the lines coast entry electrified with successive place bristled with action ped in Molla's open. The points went too times. FREE TICKET TO CIRCUS BOYS AND GIRLS Ringling Bros. An Ringling Bros. An Will Be In San HERE IS Y TO SEE THE BIG The Plain Dealer will give a Free Ticket to the Circus to Any Boy or G months. Start working today and bring or mail your subscription to T Dealer Office" on Tuesday, September 11th. August.....192..... I hereby subscribe for the Plain Dealer to be delivered to me daily for the term of three months, for which I have paid the sum of $1.00, with the understanding that..... is to receive Free of Charge a Ticket to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's Circus as specified above. Delivery of the paper to start..... and is to be continued daily thereafter until I order it stopped. Name..... Address.... ONE GAME BETWEEN WILLS AND TITLE NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—One stroke is often a day's journey to a man in danger of drowning, one takes on added significance when it is the last you have. Today, Helen Willis, a mere child in years but wise in the lore of the tennis racquet, is within one match of the national championship in singles but it carries at once the tribulations of a day's journey and the significance of a last dollar. She is to meet Molla Bjurstedt Mallory in the final round. Molla, the indomitable, the precise, the consummate in accuracy. Seven times national champion and shooting for the eighth, she is the ultimate barrier between Helen Willis and the title that must be inevitably hers. It will be a great match. The Willis child has everything in her favor—youth, speed, tactics and the strokes—but she is to meet Molla Mallory. That is usually enough. At least three members of the now defunct field that started in the championship have the game to beat Mrs. Mallory, but they sacrifice accuracy on the altar of over anxiety when they face the champion. Helen Willis also holds natural advantages over the woman who has dominated American tennis for seven out of eight years. In the matter of severity of service, there is no comparison; neither is there on the score of volleying, pace, the varying length and the use of strategy. Helen could be figured to win in straight sets if it were not for the fact that Mallory is Mallory. and falling safe. Helen rapidly ran the points up to 40 love in the third game with glittering drives to the back court and after netting another caused Molla to loft one out of court for ANAHEIM WINS TWO With McGaugh toppling pins for a total of 596, Anaheim Elk bowlers took two out of three from Glen dale on the local alleys last night. This lifts Anaheim from the cellar in the So. Calif. Elks league. Totals: Anaheim 882 869 811—2562 Glendale 854 839 822—2515 VICTIM OF FIRPO CONSCIOUS AGAIN INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 18.—Joe Downey, opponent of Luis Firpo, heavyweight champion contender, collapsed after their bout here at midnight, regained consciousness 7 hours later. While Downey's condition was serious, physicians that his recovery likely. Downey was able to walk out of the ring and his collapse was not attributed to any particular blow by Firpo. Downey took a severe beating, particularly in the tenth round, though 16-ounce gloves were used by order of Sheriff Snider. LAST NIGHT'S FIGHTS AT HOLLYWOOD—Benny Diaz beat Dannie Stansil, decision; Red Williams knocked out William Williams; Frisco Lewis got decision over Benny Killroy; Young Datto got decision over Jimmy Hackley; Teddy Silvia beat Franklin Grandatta. All four round bouts. Tagging All the Bases George Burns socked a home run far into the left field stands and the Reds gained an eleven innings decision over the Giants, 5 to 4. "Bitter" Pillette, the untamed wild cat was generosity itself, his gratitudes giving the Athletics a 7 to 6 win over the Tigers. George H. Ruth, the well known STRONGEST LINEUP AGAINST MONROVIA Determined to cinch the So. Cal. title of the Elks' State Baseball league, the local Bills will send their strongest lineup against Monrovia-Arcadia at the local high school field tomorrow. Manager Pete Hax stated today. This one game is needed to make certain the locals will go to Eureka for the finals next month. Hax said the lineup as that which so thoroly trounced Pasadena would be sent in tomorrow. Hughes will start, with Salveson in reserve. Harris will pitch and Sam Leake catch for the visitors. GOLDEN BEARS' GRID SCHEDULE ISSUED SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18.—The 1923 collegiate schedule of the Golden Bears was announced today by Andy Smith, U of C coach. On Smith's return from Los Angeles Thursday he expressed the belief that the Bears might go thru the season without defeat but added that U. S. C. Trojans could be expected to furnish the liveliest sort of competition. The schedule follows: Sept. 29.—St. Marys at Berkeley. Oct. 6.—Santa Clara at Berkeley. Oct. 13.—Olympic club at Berkeley. Oct. 20.—Oregon Aggles at Berkeleq. Oct. 27.—Washington State at Portland. Nov. 3.—Nevada at Berkeley. Nov. 10.—U.S.C.at Los Angeles. Nov. 17.—Washington at Berkeley. Nov. 24.—Stanford at Berkeley. FRISCO MAN WINS NEWPORT, R. L., Aug. 18.—Howard Kinsey of San Francisco defeated Huntsville. The old editions of this newspaper are no longer available online or through print sources. The content may vary depending on current issues and availability of archives. and falling safe. Helen rapidly ran the points up to 40 love in the third game with glittering drives to the back court and after netting another caused Molla to loft one out of court for the game point at 4 to 1, giving Helen the lead at 3 love games. In the fourth points went to a 30-all, each scoring pretty placements off the back hand, but Helen failed to get another over the net and Molla drove behind the lines, making it duce. Helen did likewise on the next two shots and the champion won her first game of the set 4 to 2. The child wonder caused Molla to drive twice into the net in the fifth in trying to solve her service. Then she netted a drive on her own account and watched one of Molla's gall beyond the lines. Mollla then tried a passing shot off the back hand but the ball dropped in the alley and Helen won the game, making her lead 4 to 1. Molla obliged with the long awaited rally in the sixth and took the first two points with placement aces from her forehand. She netted a drive and then forced Helen to drive beyond the lines. Whereupon the coast entry electrified the gallery with successive placements that fairly bristled with action as they dropped in Molla's open court. The points went to duce three times. Tagging All the Bases George Burns socked a home run far into the left field stands and the Reds gained an eleven inning decision over the Giants, 5 to 4. "Bitter" Pilllette, the untamed wild cat was generously itself, his gratitudes giving the Athletics a 7 to 6 win over the Tigers. George H. Ruth, the well known left fielder, made a personal matter of presenting the Yanks with a 5 to 4 victory, his double in the 8th paving the way for Van Gilder's ultimate defeat and his homer in the first giving the Yanks their first run. The latter was his 31st home run of the season. The Braves lost their fifteenth game in 19 played with the Cubs, 6 to 2, Keen having a decided edge on the Boston pitcher. The Senators moved into fifth place by scoring a ten inning victory over the White Sox, 6 to 4. RICHFIELD PLAYS WASHINGTON CUBS Washington Cubs of Los Angeles will play Richfield-Spanish team at Richfield 2:30 p.m., Sunday. Richfield won in g previous meeting. EARN THEIR MEAT Ralph Pontuso and Charles Peralta have brot in a four point deer, weight 125 pounds. They shot it in Piru Canyon, Ventura-co. They had to carry it out five miles. It was the only buck seen this week. DENIES HE STATED SIEGEL RETURNING C. L. Schroeder, field representative of the American Credit Men's Assn., when shown published reports that Joe Siegel, altered embezzler, is on his way back to Anaheim, told A. A. Mills, Siegel's principal victim, that he hadn't said any thing of the sort. Schroeder who has been stopping at the Valencia Hotel, is out of town until Tuesday. Schroeder was quoted as saying that he had advised Siegel to return and expected to meet him here last night or this morning. He said further, according to the report that Siegel would pass thru Los Angeles on his way here. Siegel was accused of making off with $885 cash of the Anahelm Building Corp. of which he was president. ATTENTION GIRLS OF NORTHERN ORANGE s. And Barnum And Bain In Santa Ana Tuesday, September IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO THE BIG CIRCUS WITHOUT SPENDING A DAY to Any Boy or Girl in the north half of Orange County who turns in two new subscriptions to subscription to The Plain Dealer as soon as you get them. We will give you a credit slip w All Subscriptions Must Be Confined to the North Half of Orange County. Yes—You Can Have Two Tickets if You Turn in Four New Subscriptions FOR FURTHER INFORMATION INQUIRE Plain Dealer CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923. ENNIS CHAMPION LINEUP MONROVIA The great football team of the U. of C. for four years is a thing of the past. The great stars have passed out form the college life but another team has risen to carry the Golden Bear on to victory. From reports coming from graduating students the new Golden Bear is a wonder. They claim that even the great Brick Muller will not be sadly missed. It does not seem probable that another great team can be built up so soon but it is possible. Old Sam Langford has about passed out of the active pugilistic world. He is hoping for one more match and the public will give him one but he is through. He is now running a tailor shop in El Paso, Poor Old Sam, after having made millions, to drop down to spend his last day in a dinky tailor shop or some other occupation that will just keep the wolf from the door of the once great fighter! Jack Doyle, the Vernon fight motor, has finally made enough coin to build a real arena. He made a pot of money out of the old shed that has been out of date since it was built. It was a regular fire trap, and was the stuffiest place imaginable. You almost had to get ring-side seats to keep from being placed behind a post, and yet for years the old shanty with all its drawbacks was jammed at every show. The fight promotor is a funny bird. He does not have to be a business man but he must have the knack of getting the public coming his way. Many thousands will attend a Tex Rickard promoted match just because they think Rickard is the greatest promotor in the world. PRES. COOLIDGE TO URGE LOWER TAXES WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Lower taxes will be strongly recommended to the next congress by President Coolidge, it was learned today. The president will seek a better adjustment of the tax burden, to satisfy urgent demands from all classes that the present revenue law is operating unfairly and actually deprives the government of larger revenues. Secretary of the treasury Mellon, in his report to congress, which will be cited by the president in message, will urge that congress make possible the creation of new revenue sources by lowering sur-taxes. Secretary Mellon will recommend a reduction to a 25 per cent sur-tax bracket from the present level of 50 per cent. Adoption of a lower sur-tax proposal the administration contends, will make it easily possible to lower the income tax rates on moderate incomes. Most of the discontent now evidenced from high federal taxes is the result of the present high scale of rates on small incomes below the $5,000 class. Secretary Mellon will stress the need of action by congress to lift the tax yoke off industry to permit the spread of capital into new channels, out of the hiding places into which wealth has gone since the prohibitively high sur-tax taxes were authorized. The treasury's view today was that only by this method will it be possible to secure an equalization of the tax burden. The administration will renew its fight against tax free securities. The secretary today estimated that $15,000,000,000 of American wealth is now sunk in tax free securities, from which the government obtains no revenue. BASEBALL TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE BASEBALL TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 6; Chicago 5 R. H. E. 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