New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-13
MISS BJURSTEDT
! DRAWS One STEP
NEARER TO TITLE
Norwegian Star of Courts
npfeats Miss Sheafe in
Straight Sets.
p,G Upset OCCURS
IN DOUBLES MATCH
u;ss Casscl and Miss Wagner
Fall Before Miss Bjurstedt
and Miss Balm.
r. FRED HAWTHORNE.

I
,u,. vova B5urstedL the senss-
- Young player from Norway, who
:, .sse8 70 her is: Of titles in every
-~--sns,, she has entered since her
- 81, this country. went 8 step
- the metropolitan lawn tennis
..-.-.o-.pip Yesterday when she de
S S..s Me-. Anne Sheate, Of the Long
- C-.,ket Club Of Boston, By a
80 - 6 g. 6 ! az the West side
,- .-.--rl.rc over the young player
a., po..,r Mss Bjurstodt rose TO
.-,..e1 heights than IT, any Of her pre-
t-s s,rcsra7ccs on American courts,
.ta manner in which she slashed
,,--cs her way 90 victory was sen
'..orst Ter game was at least 25 per
s.-o-gcr thar against Miss Clare
@.-.,' a. Tuesday. and at that she
--. .te '~0-ess Of still greater
,@,.t.l...es should the necessity ever
arse i.... hotor. ,bo
s...-. ~ q craf.,cr. header game. She
,.,s hitting hey ,rcNpcri70ce against
e. s-rorert yc~scd .D every trick OF
o.. ,ssr,s. an opponent who showed no
--s--v once the opening presented
..,.i t-i who played with greater
80 ,-t confidence toward the end
~ ,.e struggle than a. the beginning.
Miss Sheafe Shows Ability.
T, 3.fes, Mss Sheafe left the court
..., ro-e admirers q her ability than
gi.r she started the match. She and
,.,, p..r--eGt v..l meet often before
...'' 49, IL over in all probability,
~. ~ - the meeting Is bound to
on. ''s' we. ~ t.rb Lass lawn tennis.
- - crsetes. ursets of the
~ ..c,,,ej s. tho seri-fnal round
- 10 ro-,c-'s doubles. when Miss
o. go, ,'5 sr5 Ms Florence BALM de-
go 49, clare Cassel and Miss
- U..--e- he Having through
.t.--...--:..' H. o s,o~o - "a So.
'--- - rs-felb shed IN
'i-. - ,,,~-,-,s, ~. docisivaIv de-
CIV. ,-'. 49, ;bo Vow York
,'1-1s "-'s - ,.-o;-b. co.'s a.,
s,@F 'ha-. ~ sor,;-A,al
.. " i....s--.-- ~ n,rsuoI
'- ... CO.. A:-,. 5;g.,I. "go.s" helm
n, Ter 10 win. Mrs. Marshall Nc
J Lea, gained a bracket in the same
----3 lv defeating Miss Helen Simp-
4 az O., 81 81. Outp'aving her oppo-
1 ~. o., ,r stages and Mrs. r. A. Pope
- 10 30 eeo,i-fralist. defeating
a.. go wv a. 81 g.
az e. a. D o.a -eo.s Ms Mclean
49,. a., -cor ga Mrs Wallach and
~. - -. - match az II
~,
V.. s+este va, the toss and elected
20 ter.1 service Twice she sent her
rs.---. ont NJ court. but then took
a., -o;r.. ~ succession and the first
g.~s ~ se-'es ~ nets bv Miss
pgr.,ed.
Tta rsrs irc-esse5 both girls sweep
.-r .bs,r f,re[s~d drives over the net
- a--s, - "a occasionally 90
,,c 90 ,-l 80, ~ f"ieb Inc noint. The
N5-rs,,s- ,i.ve- cor-ured the second
e,,s al ~, .srL Won on service
Mi ,ta s.ge,..- ,.t,cb wont 10 deuce
,.rss -. 80 Mise Piurstedt
k-ots ,bror-5 NE Roston girls de-
lrerv fo- f-S fr., time
.I.,.L
luthiHg oi"' Vi
!, was the turning point o. the
ratsh Until that time Miss Sheafe
te-a folly held her own, and her ia amer
ba2 sat directly behind the DachS. op
~, smiled proudly as ms aauGn.er
I'D the a.!-conQuerlng maid from over
Cis even. ,.,.,.
J, was here that Mss bJurs'euV :
'o.hess under fire and her reseIN : :
.Tength slowly but inevitably t1rhea
e fortunes OF battle IN her favor
lHs Sheafe had been playing ct herr
best, placing with deadly accuracy and
| tapping the corners Of the opposing
court with her returns with so sure an
an TIA, space o. one foot square
you'd have held them all. >,
crsuS. a. IL 49,. - - +ba ma 20