New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-16
KEEN PLAY AT NETS
MSS MARCUS SCORES.
Reaches Final Round for Title
JCith English PLAYER.

Oversiladowirs all eise n the wcrie7s
national indoor lawn tennis championsllo
tournament yesterday was the perfJrEasao.
OF Mss Erna Marcus. OF the Eiizsos1a
Town and County CIab. shs wen her
place IN the final and championship rounds
or both. the singles and doubles On TIE
courts Or TIE sth Regiment arsaO-y after
four hard fought matches. or ten ssts az
sregatinE n!nety-three games. Il WIS a 70
markable showing. In the singles Misc
Marcus muse now meet the English woman.
Mrs. Frederick q. Schusitz. for the ti-l..
II the doubles Miss Marcus. paired WITH
Hiss Elizabeth w. Moore. must play Mss
Marie Wagner AMI Miss Clara Euttro- n
the final round.
Having procrastinated on tie previous
day. Miss Marcus had extra matches %
make up. She began with a stirrius strus-
gle agains; Miss Clara KuttroN. % the
West Side Club. whom she defeated. 81.
6-3. g. IN the third round Of tho singles
Miss Marcus then faced Mrs. s. = weaver.
OF the PIalnheId Country Club. The. lattsy
suffered from the fatigue % a hard s-rfes
OF matches on Monday. and also Champion
ship nervousness. so that she Sgiled 90 80
herself justice. Miss Marcus winning WITH
out much effort at Sc. Ga.
Mrs. Schmitz meanwhile successfully out-
generated the Southern girl. Miss Margaret
s Grove and won at 81. So. although
the match was n every way close. Fror,
the display OF skill on the part &C ire tho
dnalists there appears only a. fair ehsac.
OF the American winning over nc yourE
English matrOn to-day. and II Mrs. Schmits
becomes the successor 90 Miss Mate W4x-
ner II viii be the first time that TIRE ti..s
has passed 20 a BritOn.
Both Of the semi-fnaI matches n ehs
doubles produced excellent competitions. r,
the top half Miss Moore and Miss Marcus
defeated Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Z. Hller-
Burt 4--6. So. SIS: and On the loaer
section Miss Wagner and Miss aSIttt-of, Ge-
feated Mrs. Schmitz and Miss Gert-sds
Pickhardt G., S.
Another feature OF the tournament o,-
casioned comment on the par OF the gall
leTy. and that was that with the rscorf
entry list this year not one dsfau.s was r.
corded IN either OF the champi0nship Hxs-
ures. This is regarded as denoussratlas
the marked enthusiasm with which women
IN and about this city are entering on IN,
sport.
The singles matches held the COURTS dr.
Ing the morning. Miss Marcus was the ars-
out against Miss EuttrOm. and when she
had settled into her game her steadiuess IN
placing and her amazing ability "a getting
the ball back made Il evident that che va
destined 20 win. Up 20 IS the earae-
followed service. Then Miss Marcus placed
Dretttly - The sides for a love game asal7ss
service. bat this was her best e-o~t OF tho
set as Miss Kuttroff rallied with dash ana
spirit az the net. scoring at rs with tia
points az 81 70 IS IN her favor
In the NEXT two sets Miss KuttrO~ Vac
unable 70 md the vulnerabIs spots IN her.
opponents court a majority OF The game.
touched az deuce. but Miss Marcus was AZ
ways ready with the winning ace, scorlnx
BOTH With The points az IS 70 81 and IS.
% %
Mrs. Weaver when she took the cour.
for the seIni-finaI round. appeared unahf.
70 attain to either length or direction
against 50 steady player. and M'-s Ms--,s1
allowed her only four games IN she t-r,
sets.
An entire set was necessary sbasore Mia.
Grove settled into her game in the SENT
final against Mrs. Schnnitz. The American
won the fourth game on service by clevsrIs-
crossing the ball on returns from, the Eng
fish woman. and she forced the sfxth ara
seventh games 20 deuce before losing on
points AT 81 10 n. The Second SCI ~.
closer and contained prolonged rallies. Ms
Grove was feet OF foot. She covered corr
splendidly. six OF the Eanes gcine "a 6e,le~.
while she managed TO lead at 1--we a-4
s.. II was her only showing a, r-o,s
howevers for Mrs. Schmitz so rd-oisiw
changed pace AMI used cut STROKES "a q,
completely baffe her. the set and match
going 70 the English player az ss Ia IS .,
points.
The summaries follow:
WoTneu's natona! indoor chsu1ulorrhi- ,,-xrn
THIRD roundI-Ntss Erns Marcus d,g.ssss H's-
Tara huttrOd. %. SIS "a g
Semi-flnal rOund-Nliss Frns Marcus efer,.s.,
WIS. > ~ weaver. e. 6-2. Mrs. Fred .-1-<
. schmitz defeated Miss Margaret S Csrovs.
Women's rational indoor championship dc.bl,.
tsecora roundl-Miss Flizabeth 81 Moor. al
Miss s.rna Marcus defeated Miss Fanny NJ. Fi.1
and Miss Alice l.. Fish. G-3. Go Mr.. r-ei-
erick g. Schmitz and Miss Gertrude Pickhsrs-
defeated Miss Gertrude Della Tore and H q.
Anne Hamilton. 81. al.
and Miss Erna Marcus defeated Nrs Z. r.
weaver and Mrs. T.. EIillens Burt. IS So.
j; Miss Marie WagneT and Miss Clara t<rt-
trof defeated Mrs, FrsdericS 9. Scnniirs. sad
Miss Gertrude Pickhardt. e. "a
Consolation singles first rOundf-Ni8s AIise
fault: Miss Blanche Brine defsatsd MiSs oer-
trude uela-T0rre. -. G-f
Second rouud-Nlss KatherinO McCooS ds,.at-
a Bagg defeated Miss Gertrude Pickfsrd. "a
rs. Miss Edith Handy defeated Miss q Anc -
Brine. 90 IL; Miss margsret Thomas cssoat-
ed Mss Elsie o.. Dietz. 81. e.,