New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-06
WOMEN TO BEGIN
TENNIS PLAY AT
HEIGHTS CASINO
uoIIa Bjurstedt Will Face
Mrs. Weaver in After
noon Match.
d.. 1,vrS s. O'NEALE.

rs.ter Of nimble feet will be
.. the Heights Casino, 70 Mon
a'-ls Street. Brooklyn, at 3 o'clock
AZ. ss..ernoon. as Miss Molls Bturstedt,
or - ~ many American tennis titles,
a'.N. 80 nosition for her famous fore
iil1 '.-~et On the other side OF the
'-.. In he seen the alert form OF Mrs.
si. Wesver q wen known player in
=. metropolitan O district.
,is m.tio6ed by tie national sssocia-
10 Heights Casino tournament
rob- ss ao excellent conditioner for
is'es : national indoor champion
49, which begin o week from to-day
. {. 81 Nh Regiment Armory. Entered
IN the women players OF conse-
ns - in the vicinity, with the eXcep'
..",s Miss Marie Wagner, who lost
l.l t,,.ricsn indoor title 20 the then
y -. 90 Miss Bj1rstodt last March.
~. ~, Wagner VIII keep In practice
,..;,g the week, but prefers not to 90
go The strenuous tournament play
uiy-s Cssino meet Just before the ma
sarsr 81 the ranking women OF the
-, are among the twenty-thrce
..-,ss;ants. Nauy Of the others are
...,.;rert PLAYERS who for one reason
4. sro,her. such as playing IN an IN
.-s.isrt number Of tournaments, were
a-urked last season.
w.. Piurstedt. o. course, is national
.-,;or and ranked at the head Of
,..s-,csn PLAYERS. Miss Edith Handy
,..,s.snts the second ten, and no less
~ svs Of the third ten are TO com
.... these are Miss Marian Wander
"a Miss Florence BALM, Miss Ina A.
v...el Miss Florence sheldon and MISS
Irs Rowson. Other prominent com
.-.,.r, are Miss Adele {. Cragin, Mrs.
49, Mrs. Della Tore. Miss Alberta
w. Mrs. Theodore h. Cassabeer and
vr. Humphrcs. 60
LIZ This morning. on the lower
.,., MS Vanderhoef will play Miss
isSs Morrison arl on the upper Miss
~, Alexander win meet Mrs. Raw
III Wood. who is due 10 arrive from
d. .esre of her Florida successes this
r,r,r. A. II o'clock the kissel-Winn
al Sfeuard- Cassabeer matches are
srsr one Of the biggest features Of
.-r vouen's tournament, the recess for
'--.ieon. the courts will greet At :
ot,,k Mrs. Schmitz and Miss Della
love and Miss sheldon and Miss
,-ir When Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs.
Weaver start as o'clock on the lower
--r Yrs. Cardee and Mrs. Mills Will
a.
e f. expected that Miss Bjurstedt
SD core through 20 the finals Of the
r-r iali. bl. arrayed against her
sn Be harder tcld than she met
ar hen say 20 the finals IN the indoor
.nronsh.p last winter. II she wins
t.r frs. match the Norwegian Will
ree. either Miss Handy, of the second
sa. or Miss sheldon, another ranking
rruo- w.elder. All the women are
uruU.ar'y ambitious 20 defeat the
1Sanal Miss BJurstedt
Kiss Nndernoef. who learned such
a.al tennis az her summer home a.
,,g-i Beach. Conn. is the only rank
q slayer n the lower half, but Mrs.
S,trii.. Mrs.. Humphries and others
ag Of Championship class and will pre-
VI. any one-sided condition Of affairs
be half Miss Varderhoef, however,
"a Der cut strokes working extremely
VEL Last Wednesday In practice at
.,s III Regiment armory she took the
,i.i set from Miss Bjurstedt, 81, but
'., he next, 10, when the champion
zane on" and her sturdy little op-
scent faded after making her supreme
i-,ri in the first set
The progress Of Miss Corinna Vim,
re hard hitting Chicago southpaw, will
e watched win interest. The auburn
'irsd girl. who appears 20 be a conner,
logs everything with abandon and
ped and il her drives get going
',Psrly viii make trouble.
he draw follows:
49,. fcgf .a-r r.t tye.l-nss Jane Row
p he tersr.e Ic Mlss Margaret Taylor
- A-ts lfls
- fl.ii-Na N1 Biurstett ~ Ms s :
~, N.s Florence -1e4 don IS. Nis fdrn
VS. htal Au4lleg ~ MIS- haHsoI
p A41 I- a h..ae. r Miss C9flra WrI.
- f,s-rs s.au'z fs N.ss Gertrude De- "A
AH ,tr,t-t fs Sire I.-o11-e X. Casa
A-H NliI Ntter.1.f IS. Ms A4ile Alor-
'e.sas ro1ai 's-, r9u-d tvssl-Mr. Perez
- - si-ass g match between Mss Van
a. - lsTi G. Nl.s. Ms. A HuuYhries Va
N-s 49, Mr.lf