New-York tribune., 1916-05-11
WOMEN TENNIS
STARS TO FIGHT
FOR SUPREMACY
Miss Bjurstedt, Mrs. Bun
dy and Mrs. Wightman
Will Meet on Courts.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALH

The tennis season of 1915, that
brought into competition three of the
greatest women tennis stars that ever
welded racquets, Is likely to be
eclipsed in the number OF meetings be-
tween the same three stars this sea-
son. The trio are Mrs. Thomas c..
Bundy Miss May Sutton, of Los An
geles; Miss Molla Bjurstedt. of Chris
tiania and Brooklyn, and Mrs. George
W. Wightman Miss Hazel Hotchkss,
Of Los Angeles), Of Boston.
Mrs. Bundy will come East, II has
been said all along, with the express
purpose Of showing that tennis cham
pions who retired, finding no more
worlds to conquer can come back like
Jimmy Callahan.
Mrs. Wightman Will also play, and
perhaps in better form than last year
because OF better physical condition.
Miss Bjurstedt, the Morse nonpareil,
is an indefatigable player, as is well
known.
In the Mrs. Wightman-Miss Bjurstedt
matches in early Eastern tournaments
last year tho champion won three out
of four, but in each case the match
took three sets. II was nip and tuck
until the Bostonian tired and Miss
Bjurstedt, as usual, swept into her
whirlwind third-set style.
When Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs.
Wightman went West to meet Mrs.
Bundy last fall, the former May SUIT
ton, after three years absence from
tournament play, took two out Of three
matches against the Norwegian star on
asphalt courts. The ex-rnampion and
the champion each defeated Mrs.
Wightmsn the only time each played
the Bostonian.
Miss Bjurstedt, with the determine
tion that helps so much TO make her
the great racquet wielc>~ she is, prac-
tises as much as she can in order to
get into such shape that her supremacy
on American courts will not be dis
puted. She is most snNous 10 meet
Mrs. Bundy on grass. and such a match
between the two luminaries should be
worth going leagues to see.
The Columbia freshmen won their
second straight victory yesterday on
the East Field courts by whitewashing
the High School of Commerce repre-
sentatives, six matches TO none. Only
one match went to three sets.
O. Jonas. Columbi, defeated NJ Goldman. Com
merce. %. i-6. G.. w. Felstiner. Columbia
Columbia defeated q. Mccullough Commerce e-l
80 W Miller. Columbia. defeated b. Greans
poables.Jons, and Hsseman Columbia. defeated
and Miller. Columbia defeated Mccullough and
Salmon, 6-2. 60
80
tennis team, which has bested Ford
ham, Stevens, Brown, c. c. n. Y. and
tied Wesleyan, will make an unique
record to-day. The team will play two
matches in two different cities. In the
morning the Blue and White will com
pete against Haverford at Haverford
for South Field. April %, prevented by
I rain. In the afternoon the men will
hustle to Philadelphia, where awaits
the great Pennsylvania team, con-
querors of the strong Cornell sggrega-
young tennis players in captivity
Willis z. Davis. The Columbia team is
composed Of W. Carnall, A. Won
Bernuth, W. F. Collins, L. Knox and
Captain Harold A. Lamb, who hopes to
engaged in a doubles some day with
Karl H. Behr, Charles A. Bull, jr., and
K. d. Wrenn.
The tennis team Of the College Of the
City of New York, at bay on its own
courts, yesterday defeated Stevens four
matches TO two. C. c. n. Y. took two of
the four singles and both doubles
Three of the matches bordered on the
spectacular.
Singles-Jade. c. C. N. Y. DEBATED Lee.
defeated Christie. c. c. N. Y, 81. 3-6.
IS; Appleton. Stevens. defeated Jarmul-
lowski. c. c. N. Y. 90. 81; Drake. c. c.
N. Y. defeated Snow. Stevens. 6-3. 6-3.
Doubles-Jafe and Christie defeated Lee
and Ashley. 6-3, 6-3; Drake and Jarmu-
lowski defeated Phelps and Appleton. S-4.
Is, ll-9.