New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
Women Tennis Players
ShOw Little AdpanCe

regarded ~ ono Of the leading cand''
dates for q high place among the r1nA-
ug players.
Tbc former Miss Sheafc posscsscs
ono of tho most severe forchand drives
of any woman 100 the country I'm Tact
Miss MoIa Bjurstcdt. national cham-
Mon. - Tho only player who cNcels ner
I'M fhis rcspect Added 90 this great
asset. the Boston girl can voiley WIN
power and precision, and covers her
court with unusual speed.
Goodness Under Fire
Miss Eavser> poteutisliues as a
PLAYER OF the first rank have been
written about before in these columns.
s natural upplcnces OF wrist and ARM
together with an ease OF stroke and q
cooIrc.s under fire She already has
The chief thing now lacking 300 her
game is experience, and this, OF course
will conc with continued competition.
Rarely have we seen 4 woman player
who could vo'lcy with such unusual
strength and effectiveness, and voliey
ING has always been considered as
something not iu woman,s category
of tennis strokes. Besides being young
in year. Miss Rayser is new 90 tourna-
nent competition. and a season or Two
more ON The courts viii undoubtedly
work wonders IN her game
Miss Coward first attracted atten-
ton two wears ago. when only fourteen
wears old. by her work i'm the annual
Eastern New York State champion.
ships. at the County Tennis Club OF
Wcstchester Here she earned VIC
tories against opponents Of far greater
experience and reached well out INTO
the later brackets.
Last season she did not appear so
frequently on the courts, and u IS
perhaps lust as we'll that she should
not force her game at this early stage.
She has no particular weakness. unless
% is d tendency 20 become discouraged
at times. when her shots 90 not come
of with their customary success.
Miss Bernhard possesses one great
virtue. az least, In that she never stops
irving until the final point Is played
and this never ssy-dle spirit mas
brought her through VIGOROUSLY iu
many a hsrd-fought match. Her game
has been marked N the last two years
bv uninterrupted improvement IN all
around plav. Her tactics are essen
tiallv Of the back court variety, her
deep driving being hard and accurate
and her gets" OF difficult shots un-
usually excellent She is not stylst
as to strokes, but manages 70 get re-
suits. which, after sN, is the main
thing TO be considered
Sure to Improve
Miss SAWYER, champion OF the Mont
clair Athletic Club, has only come 10
the front within the last twelve
months. vet among her friends she IS
regarded as almost certain to reach
lar toward the top Of the ladder III the
immediate future.
Frequent playing against strong men
PLAYERS has done much 20 develop Miss
Sawyer's strokes, and her game seems
modelled after the masculine style,
plenty Of dash, hard stroking and all
around ability 70 get 90 the ball, no
matter where placed.
Mrs. George l.. Chapman, herself
tournament player OF reputation, has
been schooling her young daughter IN
the finer points of the game, and with
in another couple OF years Miss Chap
man will make her presence felt among
the most prominent Of the women
players.
The Browning sisters come by their
ability naturally. being descended from
a family Of tennis players, and they are
among the most promising OF the
younger school. Miss Tyndsle, cham
pion Of Staten Island, viii no doubt
rise 10 greater heights within the next
season or two, being possessed OF
speed. strength and fine assortment
Of strokes
Miss Pollock is q patient, 2ainstak
ing player, always studying the tech
nical points of the game, and will prob
ably be heard from in high class COM
pany before long.
Miss Martha Guthrie, Of Pittsburgh;
Miss Mary Snyder, from the same city;
Miss Dorothy Disston, of Philadelphia;
Miss Blanche Brine, Mrs. Embree Hen
derson and Mrs. c. V. Hitchins, all OF
The Bronx, are others who showed en-
couraging Improvement on the courts
last season.
There are s number Of others, some
Of whom are just commencing to take
up the game IN earnest. who will be
able 10 take their places among the
ranking players when the present
"frst ten" bid farewell to the grand
old game. And each season sees new
faces among the women players, which
would seem ample assurance that Amer
lean women will hold their own with
their sisters from overseas when in
ternationsl competition is once more
resumed.