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Number 19
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Annual North and South Tennis Tournament
PINEHURST vis
itors were treat
ed to some rare
exhibitions of tennis
during the past week
when the annual North
and South tournament
was held. The tourna
ment extended over the
full week and in addi
tion to the men’s and
women’s singles titles it
included men’s doubles*
women’s doubles and
mixed doubles cham
pionships. Some of the
most prominent players
in the country took part
in the events.
S. Howard Voshell,
former national indoors
champion and runner
up to Vincent Richards
in the North and South
last year, gained the men’s singles and doubles titles, while Miss
Martha Bayard, of Short Hills, N. J., scored a sterling victory
over Miss Leslie Bancroft, of the Longwood Cricket Club, in the
final of the women’s singles and annexed that title. Miss Bancroft
and Mrs. Benjamin F. Briggs, of New York, won the women’s
doubles championship by defeating Miss Bayard and Mrs. Theo
dora Sohst in the final round.
In the men’s singles Voshell defeated G. Carlton Shafer, of
Philadelphia, a former holder of the title, by a score of 6-3, 6-3,
6-3, and later in the day, paired with Fred C. Baggs, of New York,
defeated Raymond D. Bidwell and Josiah H. Wheelwright, of
Boston, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 7-5. The losing pair were former holders
of the doubles title.
Voshell and Shafer started the final matches where play left off
the afternoon before when the game had to be called on account of
darkness with the score standing at 6-3, 6-3, 5-2, and “deuce” in
Voshell’s favor and with Shafer holding service. On the first
point ^Voshell won by acing his opponent with a dazzling volley
across fore-court that Shafer could not get up to. The Phila
delphian then ran out the next four points in a row, for the game,
scoring three times on placement shots, once with a pass down the
side lines, once with a tricky lob as Voshell came in to the net and
the third time on a block volley. On the last point Voshell netted
a backhand volley.
Armed with the service in the next game, Voshell took' the bit
in his teeth, and after dropping the first point on an error, battered
his way through to victory in impressive manner, A sharp cross
ing volley, a terrific smash of a short lob and two errors,by Shafer
off a particularly severe .service marked the final steps in Voshell s
triumphal march. 7 * '
A scene on the Tennis Courts during the Mixed Doubles of the
North and South Championship.
The women’s singles
match improved in the
quality of tennis played
with each succeeding
set,' until, in the final
session, both girls were
bringing off shots that
continually drew ap
plause from the big gal
lery. Miss Bancroft’s
shots always carried
more speed and pace
than Miss Bayard’s, but
the new champion was
distinctly superior in
her placing, was keener
in picking and forcing
her openings and was
getting better angles on
her shots.
After each had won
a set, the struggle for
the deciding session be
came more determined*
both players being keyed up sufficiently to produce some really
brilliant tennis. The games alternated on service up to 3-all, and
then Miss Bayard broke through, aided by a costly double-fault
by the Longwood girl.
Miss Bancroft squared matters again by breaking through her -
opponent’s service in the eighth game, for 4-all, her greater pace
forcing Miss Bayard into hurrying her returns and consequently
committing errors-. At this point it looked like anybody’s match.
Miss Bancroft, however, could not maintain consistent control,
the more so as Miss Bayard’s deadly accuracy of placement had
the Longwood star continually reaching wide for her shots. After
taking Miss Bancroft’s service, Miss Bayard made good her, own
by a series of brilliant shots during spirited rallies, and came
through to stand as the new United North and South champion.
Viewing this match as a whole, Miss Bayard always obtained
better length on her ground strokes, even though she lacked the
pace of her rival, and thus prevented Miss Bancroft from closing
in at the net position consistently. What volleying there was
during the three sets generally saw Miss Bayard the mor^ effective.
SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT
The following delightful program was rendered by the Caro
lina orchestra at the concert at the Carolina last Sunday evening:
Marche Religioso......... Chambers
Overture—“Son and Stranger” ..........Mendelssohn
“Cujus Animam,” from the “Stabat Mater” ...Rossini
Suite-^“Sigurd the Crusader” ........Grieg
“Prelude,” “Borghild’s Dream,” “Triumphal March.”
“Menuet a 1’Antique” ........--Paderewski
Reverie—“Cathedral Chimes” ......:.".Arnold '
Andante, from Fifth Symphony....... . .Tschaikowsky
Excerpts from “Cavalleria Rusticana” ..........Mascagni