The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-11
MISS BJURSTEDT A
WOMEN TENNIS PLAYERS
Ranking Committee Will Have Easy Task Selecting
First Name on List if Mrs. Bundy, Who Has
Not Been East, Is Disregarded.

tive form il net known until the two
meet, Miss Bjurstedt's only serious rivals
this seRsOn were Mrs. Wightman and
Mrs Mclean. Mrs. wightman met the
Norwegian four times during the season.
each time IN the Anal round, n played
three sets in all OF the three matches
she lost and won In straight sets on the
single occasion when she was the VIC
tor. At Philad ,lphia for the national
championship. at plttsburg for the clay
court championship and at Boston last
month In the Longwood meeting Mrs.
Wightman took a set each time. but
she never seemed to last out the full
three sets at the same ,op speed. and
Miss Bjurstedt always % the deciding
set.
The single occasion when tn. Boston,
ian conquered her rival was while the
men's championship tournament was go
ing on mt Forest Hills. the match taking
place At Rockaway during "A light drizzle.
Miss Bjurstedt played without spiked
shoes. and she complained afterward
that she could not hold her feet well
on the slippery court. In any case, the
Boston match. h aged several weeks later
under perfect conditions. seems to offse
the single defeat the champion suffered.
n she is clearly entitled to first place
In the official ranking.
Just a. certainly also Mrs. Wight
man should receive the second position.
Although she did not meet Mrs. Mclean
In any tournament play this season. her
comparative scores against the cham
pion were the better. and there seems
little doubt that she is the better player.
At her best. when she won the national
cha mpionship In 1903. 1910 and 1911 ~
Hazel Hotchkiss. Mrs. Wightman was
simply invincihle, and the bset observers
believe that there was but n other
player IN this country. May Sutton, who
WAS equal tn her championship form Of
those years before she was married. But
the 1915 form OF Mrs. Wightman could
hardly be considered equal TO her cham
pionship play or she never would have
been beaten by Miss Bjurstedt.
Mrs. Marshall Mclean seems to have
earned the third place on the honor roll,
and it is doubtful II any one will dispute
her claim to II. In addition to beating
the champion at the Thousand Island
tournament the former Miss Romans
won the Eastern championship for
women at Philadelphia and second
honors In several other ments.
Below these hrst three. however, 1t be-
comes "A much more difficult task to
group the next best players. Miss
Marie Wagner, Miss Clare Cassel. Miss
Eleanora Sears and her cousin, Miss
Evelyn Sears; Mrs. Barger-W allach and
Mrs. Frederick Schmitz all have claims
for positions high up In the honor rolls.
and mos, Of them will be included in the
first ten OF the country Then there are
Miss Martha Guthrie of Pittsburs. Miss
Ina K!ssell OF Philadelphia. Miss Flor
ence BALM of New York. Miss Edna
WIldey Of pla!nfeld. Miss Ann Shea!e
OF Boston. and a number OF others are
also knocking AT the doors.
But the great question OF the year
will probably remain unsettled long afte'
tine ranking committee finishes ~
arduous labors. and that IL IN. relative