Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-20
PHILADELPHIANS
In TENNIS MEET
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Few Events on Court Cal
endar Until August Is.
Brilliant Matches in June
and July Were Staged in
City and Suburbs.

With the second annual lawn tennis
championship of the Schuylkill Valley
concluded, racquet wIelders will enjoy a
much-needed rest from competition for
the space of several weeks. With the eX-
cepton of the regular weekly matches in
the Tristate and Suburban Leagues, and
the occasional meets OF the West Jersey
Field Clubs League, there is nothing in
tennis until the middle of August.
The annual tournament for the South
Jersey championship, until this year held
on the private courts of Harvey Lake, at
Ocean City. will be played at the Ocean
City Yacht Club beginning August 81.
Previous to this the first tournament for
the Atlantic City title will be played at
the Atlantic City Yacht Club, and both
will find number OF representative Phil
adelphia tennis players participating.
The spring and early summer season
Just closing has been frauEht with in
teresting developments. Several new
stars have been discovered, and several
titles have changed hands
As usual, the season was begun with
the inter-club team matches. The Merton
Cricket Club again won both first and sec
Ond divisions.
The first tournament was the annual
doubles event for the Huntington VAL
ley challenge cups. In this, j. j. Arm
strong and w. +. Davis went through a
fast field and captured the trophies from
W. q. Larned and w. j. Clothier. The
next event was the Pennsylvania State
championship in women's singles and
v1No oFtF rad
the first appearance in Philadelphia ot
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, who later won the
women's national singles title. Miss
Biurstedt played only in the doubles,
with Mrs Marshall Mclean for her part
ner, and in the mixed doubles, with II. 10.
Schnlzel, of whom little was known
then. and even less after he had gone.
the women's doubles. Mrs. MacLean the
singles, and w. f. Johnson and Miss
Claire Cassell the mixed doubles. In one
of the early rounds of the mixed doubles
Miss Bjurstedt and Sohinzel lost to Mrs.
MacLean and w. Il. Tllden. Jr., who later
lost to Johnson and Miss Cassell Mrs.
Edward Raymond. titleholder in three
events, did not play.
The following week found the players
at the Philadelphia Cricket Club. with the
18th annual championship OF the United
States in women's singles and doubles and
mixed doubles the titles at stake. In a
history-making match Miss Biurstedt won
the singles by defeating Mrs G. w.
Wightman, titleholder in 1909 1910 and 1911.
Miss Mary Browne, the Californian, did
not defend. This is the first time that
the national championship has been won
by foreigner Mrs. Wightman and 70.
c. Johnson won the mixed doubles and
Mrs. Wightman and Miss Eleanora Sears
the women's doubles.
Next in importance to the winning OF
the titles was the appearance OF a young
Pittsburgh girl, who on some not too
distant date will win the national cham
plonship. She is Miss Martha Guthrie,
the only player in the event. save Mrs.
Wightman, who was able to win a set
from Miss Bjurstedt. Miss Guthrie has all
the various strokes, but In addition to
that she has brains, and with her strokes
improved bit, that combination will be
supreme.
The scene shifted back to Merton the
next week, where the Pennsylvania
State championship In mems singles and
doubles was played. For the first time
IN a number OF years there were no out
of-town entries. j. j. Armstrong, OF
Merton, and eX-Middle West titleholder,
captured the singles crown by defeating
w +. Johnson In the final at his own
game. Both these players favor the chop
stroke, and Armstrong was Just a little
more resourceful than his opponent.
Johnson and A. ID. Thayer gained perma-
nent possession Of the doubles trophies
by defeating the veterans OF decade OF
years, DR.. %. b. Dewhurst and ]. h. Car
penter, Jr.. in the hnal