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...upon the middle west. Notables conspicuous by absence from the lists owing to insufficient tennis activity in 1927 were William Johnston, for a dozen years in the first six; R. Norris Williams, potent defender of many a Davis Cup; Elizabeth Ryan, second woman in 1926, and Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup...
...national indoor singles tennis tournament on the Longwood courts, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Superior headwork enabled Mrs. Wightman, mother of five, to tire her younger opponent early in the match; to win the championship, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4. A few minutes later Mrs. Wightman and Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup lined up against Miss Blake and Miss Edith Sigourney in the doubles event finals. Again Mrs. Wightman, mother of five, added to her laurels. Score: 8-6, 1-6, 6-3. The gallery resounded as the hardy matron, paired with G. Peabody Gardner Jr., walked forth for a third joust...
Engaged. Theodore Carrington Jessup, headmaster of Ridgefield School, Ridgefield, Conn.; to Caroline Margaret Starr of Manhattan...
...went east and won the girl's national. She still had her hair down, two thick brown ropes that gently flogged her shoulders as she moved after the ball. In 1922 she played through all the important tournaments, won the doubles with Mrs. Marion Zinderstein Jessup, and gave Molla Mailory a run for the singles. The sports writers boosted her and she acquired a "public." You could not help liking the steady eyes under the crisp sun-visor,* the strong, immature body in the short white skirt and pull-on blouse. That winter she grew four inches. When...
...match. She showed small interest in the game or its result. Fearless Whigs began to whisper that she might not be faking-she might really have something the matter. In the singles, Molla Mallory beat Joan Fry of England, Mlle. H. Conto-slavos of France beat Mrs. Marion Jessup, and Mlle. Lenglen, after displaying a physician's certificate that forbade her to take part in any vigorous match, beat the unknown Mrs. Dewhurst...