New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-11
FOUR WOMEN LEFT IN
FOR TITLE Of JERSEY
Keen Play Marks Matches in
Continuation of Big Lawn
Tennis Tourney.
MISS WAGNER LOSES A SET
Finds Miss Jane Rawson Most
Worthy Foe and Is Forced
to the Limit to Hold
Her Place.

Miss Marie Wagner Mrs Marshall Nc
Lean, Miss Edith Condit and Miss
Theresa r Kuser won their places in the
semi-fnal round of the womens singles
in the New Jersey State lawn tennis
championship tournament on the clay
courts OF the Morristown Field Club yes
terday. at Morristown. n. J.
The best Of the matches was that in
which Miss Wagner, the national indoor
champion. was forced 10 the limit Of three
sets by the sprightly Miss Jane Rawson.
She blocked off Miss Wagner's prettest
drives. and by slashing returns took the
first set from her famous opponent and
carried the second to 81. With all OF
her peppery playing II was Impossible
for Miss Rawson TO sustain such breezy
pace 10 the end, so in the deciding set
Miss Wagner ran out without LOSING
game The score was 81, 81, SO
Mrs. Mclean, who has previously held
the title, engaged Miss Alberta weber
in one OF the most interesting Of the day
battles. The latter taught her adversary
70 respect her ability 10 cut the lines on
her drives. She met Mrs. Mclean In The
rallies and fought out each one with pen
~ of pace TO the limit In the END IL was
the forcing tactics Of Mrs. Mclean that
prevailed TO the score of O., ID
The women also reached the seni-inai
round Of the doubles, Mrs. William H.
Pouch and Miss Weber, Miss Helen name
and Mrs. Frederick Schmitz. Miss Edna
Wildey and Mrs. Mclean and Miss Clare
Cassel and Miss Wagner being the sue
oessful pairs. The last named worked in
brilliant fashion against Miss Marjorie
Pierson and Miss Rawson The first set
Of this engagement was filed with some
Interesting Tits, as Miss Plerson ana
Miss Rawson tried to dislodge their OPP
ponents from the net by high and deep
lobbing. They weakened in the second
set and lost the match at IS, 80
Alrick II. Man, jr., of Yale, tne playing
through champion; W. Dickson Cunning
ham. of Yale: r. b. Kelsey and A. r.
Van Orden won their places in the round
before the semi-hnal Of the mems singles.
All scored easily in straight sets win
the exception of young Cunningham VINO
was a bit careless with the steady ana
hard Uniting Halstead Little, whom he
finally eliminated at 6-3, 3D. e-L
The tournament was in full swing yes
tsrdav. Mrs. Schmitz. the referee, keep
ing things moving along rapidly. In near
" all of the matches women acted as
umpires.
The summary follows:
New Jersey -eS stat M3@'a Theresa K KsseT
defeated Miss Bessie c. Holoen -, 1890,
Marie Wagner defeated MISS gane Ssf.ated
81 - Go; Mrs MarshaA Mcbs go Tsith
condit defeated Miss Aida HaHliOoh'
g., - obs,nriopship doubles third round
" omen T,.s,, Gle,'' y Pouch and Miss Alberta
yySher defeated Miss Hazel Newhonse an - -.
= Y Johnson, Go, ~ Mles a ,,;ss Rovn.
ana Mrs. Frederick schmitz deies'g !, Me EDNA
Jon alo 49, Mrs Marshall Mclean defeateu
,,iss Grace Bastine and MISS bes ,S,,S Mic
den e-3. 81; Miss CIsIe OS.a-toris Pierson
Marie Wagner defeated Miss AlaFJoI'e
an5 Miss Jane Rawson, t-5, - ..,,,,d,-S Mis-,
Wornen's handicap singles ClTst tyGn T,,nus
Ptrson plus 40 dsie@'GPs a s tine Cscratch) dc
s.,tes NJ Hopkins (minus l-el ~ ~ Pope
~ MILE fninus SD defeated MIS- VIZ
minus a Is 1,,oSS md Murray Cplus 10 De-
1900 Miss Yvonne Stemmler lp!us I ~
a. 50: Mrs J. NJ. Mclean tsc' a. a.
feated Miss Mary HaIniiIo,n 81 defeated
S,i,s s+emmler tplus l5l. - ,r,ie-sor
Miss Bastine (scratch) eefeate9 ME- Nc, Mills
plus 40, 81 M Ms, iSragie Gpius 40.
81 6~l: Miss Doyle plus 40 ~. Anne
Miss Wilson (plus 15). So, % a.. yabie
hSin"S ,s1 - e-4 e.; Miss Gardner
f fp1;1p. t' SO, defeated Miss Helen Kane
(pju. I.e1. e.. "a. $780,, lsc-stcb,
Third round-Mrs. ,, h M1 5rtns la. 30.
go Miss Gardiner (minus 80 oeteeSeu
Miss Anne Hamilton (plus so, 81 ~ i,,r,
New Jersegg -ornS,-c;eorge S. GtoesbeciI
defested L. J. Grtnnell, 81 g; oetauHeG'
Thir6 round-Nen {. Stevens deieatso Lana
s sy,tod y w. stair. 81. o-6, jos; spen-
eeI nfiIier, st.. defeated Edwin W. PeasIee;
e-7. e., Or. william Hoseh9 % P,cT Sa Fl
SeVIse dn,csted Allan Fox. GO. o-4; II Y.
Marlin defeated Cherries Demonlco i -.
"a; Wayne Marshall dtfeatea dssssts6 r p
ers. BY default; X Is, hc'S9'
Humphreys. by defagt- 49,, o-d,, defeated p
Fourth roundaA. r. Van Ir GT1ep p 'e Man. IT.,
?. Bennett % Marin GO. 50; R. b. Ksl-
80, dsfeated Wayne Marshall 80 ~ w, W.
go, SS5nntngham defeated Halstead Li'tie'
g., %, p c,bsSmpionship doubles Csrst round
Men Se;Iroesbsck and Allan H Behr oe-
fested A. c. Brsgsw ana n TSTockmor-
oefanlt. L IN a Hague and Clifford Cairns.
,'h des se: 4. NJ HYDE and y AyGe
defeated J. II oconnei s sng rsrtrer defeated
m X Pslch and partner by dei 5 ~ p smith.
second round-Lesie Cooper a ana T - by de.
jr def ated J. Coghll am q vreeuan de-
fss,ss p watson ir. and partner as ~ fe
fault: {. Delmonico and H. He GGiauit H. Lit
r. C. Corwn and partner, Dy s 1eteS' = { II
Pe e snq and PARTNER. b. default 15Sryfc
Bennett and A. Roche. j.. deiea1so Pierson
and 7 r.. Hills defeated J. Macy ana PaI ny
GO a.. WjIliam Cunningham and Dd '-1
son Cunningham defcatei D. hoi''tS '''
ner. BY default A., Marshall
McT[ar and II. Tlttlr defeated MI ana "''
J. " Williams by default , = q
II Penderrast defeated Miss Wilson ana >; r.
" Hopkins So e-3: Bliss A. Brinley ohu "a
nurvee defeated Miss Laura LivingsIoh ~, ~
CiiNord Cairns bv default. Miss Barbai, 4
r1emrirR ana T p. Day defeated Miss iila
Fahle and II. G. Martin. g.. G-l