Clare Cassell

Clare Cassell was a lawn tennis champion from the Bronxville Athletic Association.[1] In 1913 she won the Montclair Athletic Club women's tournament, despite spraining her ankle.[2]

Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean at the Montclair Athletic Club on September 19, 1913

References

"Miss Clare Cassell Defeats the Champion in Women's Singles,". New York Times. September 11, 1912. Retrieved 2010-09-25. It remained for Miss Clare Cassell of the Bronxville Athletic Association to tally the first reversal in the New Jersey State championship lawn tennis tournament on the courts of the Morristown Field Club, at Morristown, N.J., yesterday. The girl who developed her game on English courts created a sensation by defeating Mrs. Marshall McLean, the playing through winner of last year, in straight sets at 6 - 4, 6 - 3.
"SPRAINS ANKLE, BUT WINS TENNIS MATCH; Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney". The New York Times. 1913-09-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-31.

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[1] "Miss Clare Cassell Defeats the Champion in Women's Singles,". New York Times. September 11, 1912. Retrieved 2010-09-25. It remained for Miss Clare Cassell of the Bronxville Athletic Association to tally the first reversal in the New Jersey State championship lawn tennis tournament on the courts of the Morristown Field Club, at Morristown, N.J., yesterday. The girl who developed her game on English courts created a sensation by defeating Mrs. Marshall McLean, the playing through winner of last year, in straight sets at 6 - 4, 6 - 3.

[2] "SPRAINS ANKLE, BUT WINS TENNIS MATCH; Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney". The New York Times. 1913-09-18. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-31.