New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-11
MRS.W'LEAN WINS
TENNIS MATCHES
Miss Bjurstedt Also Gets
in Finals on the Courts
at NyaCk.

Nyack. y. Y. Sept. l0.-Miss Moiia
Bjurstedt and Mrs. Marshall Mclean
fought their respective wavs through
to the final round Of the women's sin
giles in the championship tourney az
the Nyack Country Club to-day. and
will meet for the title.
Others reaching the finals are I. l..
Johnston and Abraham Bassford. IN
the mems singles: Miss Russell and
Miss Lindley and Miss Wildey and Mrs.
Stuart Green, in the wOmen's doubles.
Because Johnsto has arranged TO play
Mt WOodmeTe tomorrow, the maj
round Of the mems singles will not be
played OF until Saturday Of next week.
Bassford already has leg on the cup,
but he refused 70 take second by de-
fault. preferring 20 await Johnstons
convenience for the title match.
The meeting between Miss BjurStedt
and Mrs Mclean will intensity the
rivalry existing between the two. The
woman's national champion has VIC
tory TO her credit over Mrs. Mclean
on turf. but Mrs. Mclean turned the
tables when the pair met on dirt at
Alexandria Bay. As to-mOrrow's match
IS 20 be played on n dirt court. senti-
ment is slightly in favor OF Mrs. Nc
Lean 70 defeat Miss Riurstedt.
Mrs. Mclean was hard pressed 70
reach the final bracket, because she
was forced 10 play a stirring match
With Miss J. Kissell in the semi-fnal
round. The first set ran through eigh-
teen games. Mrs. Mclean winning at
lO-S. Miss Kissell, however, came
Lack strongly in the second, and won
at IS. but she suffered complete re-
lapse in the last set, and failed TO win
n game from Mrs. Mclean. who won at
60.
Miss Bjurstedt met her strongest
opposition in the same round, wherein
she met Mrs Stuart Green. The pair
see-sawed through the first set, first
enc, then the other leading. until the
games stood AT Sail. Then Miss
Biurstedt found herself and won the
next two games and the set at ID.
She took the second at 6-1. Mrs. Green
being completely outplayed by the
champion.
Hugh Tallant met his Waterloo in
the mems singles at the hands Of A.
Bassford. the playing through title
holder in fast match. Tallant capt
ured the first set at Ga, and he
played strongly in the second, only to
De beaten at %. DaSSlOTu Hdu eHclJ .
thing his own way in the last set, win
ming at GO. Johnston did a good
days work in playing through TO the
other half of the final bracket. He
first defeated A. VI. Kidder in de,
ferred match at 2-6, CO. 60 ana
then won over Henry Bassford IN 'h'
semi-fnal round. 6-3. 10.
The summaries follow:
Mems singles fourth round)-C L Johnston de-
,sated A NJ Kiider %. Ga. 81: 81,
. semi fral rouud-A. Bsssiosd defeated husa
TaLant 4-6. s-6. 90. c l. Johnston defeated
II Ve,s,o-d "a -
Mems doubles (third roundl-H. Bassiord ana
Leon crowley defeated II llomans and o. has-
ms by default J. /. iowa AID o. II Hsss ae
feated " r Comfort and J. NJ Gesirer. -;
90 T. Leo aud K. Stein defeated q. PecA anu
II West Sc G--3. IS.
Fourth rounl-Nan Houten and Saunders De
feated Strislef and Heudrictson by de,euIt
Church and Kider defeated Eaton ana frIH'
%. I'll II. Bassfofd and L. II. Crowley, &c
ieatfd l. iowa all o. II. RIGS. az. 6-3;
Hugh Tallant and A. BasSfofd defeated L. Leo anu
r. Stein IS 80 60 ,.,,,
Women's singles third round)-Miss kSsell
defeated Miss Bernhard 5--I 81. "a MIS- Nc
lean defeated Miss Della Tore. %. 81; Mss
BtIrsteit defeated Miss Liudley, 81. 60: MS
Stuart Green defeste Mss T. Wiley ID. 81.
semi anal round-Nrs Mclean deiested Mss
Kis,el lO-s 81, SO. Mss Biurs;edt deiesed
Mrs. Green - 8-l. ,
Women's doubles sent final roundl-Mis hlSsel