Tennis

At Seabright. It takes a gallery of friendly eyes to put Mrs. Molla Mallory on her best game. After disastrous June wanderings in search of European titles she turned homeward for the American season. Last week she won the Seabright (N. J.) tournament, defeating in the process Miss Kathleen McKane (British champion) and Mrs. R. C. Clayton, also of England.

A singular reversal of the matches was the defeat of Miss Helen Wills, youthful prodigy from California, by Miss Eleanor Goss (who lost to Mis. Clayton in the semi-final).

Four leading players of the English courts arrived just in time to compete at Seabright. They compose a team which will dedicate the new Forest Hills stadium in the first international women's team matches. The British team: Miss Kathleen McKane, Mrs. Geraldine R. Beamish, Mrs. R. C. Clayton, Mrs. B. C. Covell. American opposition: Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Miss Helen Wills, Miss Eleanor Goss, Mrs. Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman.

The Seabright Bowl will rest permanently on the mantelpiece of William M. Johnston. He won his third and final leg on the trophy by taking a furious match from R. Norris Williams, II, 8-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Johnston lost six pounds during the match and came off the court weigh- ing 111 pounds. Despite his miniature stature he has already won this season the world's grass court championship at Wimbledon and the world's hard court championship at Paris.

William M. Johnston and Clarence J. Griffin, Californians, won for the West the men's doubles at Seabright. R. Norris Williams, II, and Watson M. Washburn (Harvard graduates) were their opponents in the finals.

Davis Cup. The absence in America of Manuel Alonso, Spanish ten-nis player, cost his nation the team championship of Europe and a chance for the Davis Cup. The French team barely defeated the Spaniards in the finals for the European zone of the Davis Cup matches. The defeat of Count de Gomar by

Rene Lacoste, French schoolboy, decided the title. Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Jacques Brugnon will sail shortly for America to play the win- ner of the Australia-Japan tie for the chance to meet the U. S. in the challenge round for the Davis Cup.

N. Y. State Title. Burly Molla Mallory gave further evidence of her supremacy in the New York State title play at Westchester-Biltmore Country Club. Helen Wills opposed her in the finals, but not dangerously after the first set. Score: 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Paired with Edith Sigourney, Mrs. Mallory also won the doubles at this tournament.

Western Champ. The championship of the Western Lawn Tennis Association was won by Walter Westbrook, left-handed player from Detroit. He defeated in the finals George Lott, from Chicago, 6-1, 9-7, 7-5.