The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-17

or the Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis
Club In the semi.Hnai round OF the
wcnen's championship singles at tho
seventh Regiment Armory straight
sets at SO. s-3. Miss Bjurstedt viii,
meet Mrs. Frederick Schmitz, another
former champion. In the mai round
Tomorrow morning. the latter having
advanced to tho championship round
through q n sided victory over Mrs.
David c. Mills at 60. 6--i. In the
final OF the doubles Miss Bjurstedt and
Miss Wagne will be opposed by Mrs.
Schmitz and Mrs. spencer Fullerton
| Weaver.
The matches in the singles were Jus,
as disappointing az they possibly
could have been. Miss Wagner, the
player who In form should have given
tho Morse Girl "A fight for the title and
Who was considered BY arsny as the
only one in the tourney with a chance
Of taking II away from the foreigner.
after playing championship ennis all
week Tell of her Am At the crucial
point. Miss Wagner was 90 per cent.
on her top speed when she met the Nor
wesian girl yesterday. and to make the
match less thrilling for the onlooker re-
Miss Bjurstedt reached heights AT tho
game which she has not touched in any
match Ia this section Of the country since
her arrival here.
The singles match in the other half
OF the draw turned out exactly the same
way loo Mrs. Mills had a slump yes.
terday and could not play anything like
her best game while Mrs. Schmi,s
played the best tennis she has shown
In the tournament.
The defeat OF Miss Wagner was a sad
blow to the members OF the Hamilton
Grange Club. who turned out In force
TO zee the -four time winner OF the cham
pionship make a grand effort TO regain
her title from the Norwegian. Miss
Wagner had been playing 70 we'll III
practice and In the earlier rounds of
tho urnam that II seemed as II
the Scandinavian Was about due for Il
fall. Even the most ardent followers
Of the foreigner felt that she was going
TO have a task OF her hands 10 beat
the Hamilton Grange cir, and felt thai
II she did win It would be only by a
narrow margin.
II seemed TO b. the consensus o:
| opinion among close followers or the
/ game that the battle would he one OF
strategy and accuracy. wherefore II
should have been one OF the best ever
played IN "A women's The
two rivals were believed to be about
equal on speed. while Miss Wagner Is
supposed to have the better service and
overhead. The latter. as II turned out
| had little use for her overhead, because
Miss Bjurstedt refused TO lob. and she
threw away her opportunities IN h'r SER
vice games through errors.
Miss Wayne seemed unable to make
the ball behave. h opened service
| and after leading at <0-lo. Threw away
| four straight points or errors ana keNt
up the practice for the remainder OF
the set. Miss Rjurrtedt made eleven
ace. o. her twenty-five Oh placement
strokes in that set. but they were mo-.
! the clean cut placements that hnm.. vi
no explanation but sounder tennis MOE.
OF the Morse girls placements IN 'na'
set and In the second one too were the
direct result, OF Miss waerer's tendenc!
TO feed the ball right back into her
rivals hands. The former champion
frequently had an open court and every
opportuni,y TO score a clean r'acemen.
by driving back to II, but she seemed
unable to send the ball to the place u
obviously should 60. Miss Bjurstedt
mado only 6 errors in the opening set
As against II for Miss Wagner.
After tho poor showing In the hrs'
sct--as a matter Of fact. II was the Wors'
, made by Miss Wagner in years-ths
former champion braced and showeu
some good tennis. Her game was stf-
fened too late, however. and the Morse
| girl had little trouble winning the match.
II was not until after Miss Bjurstedt
had won four straight games In the
second set, or ten straight In the match,
that Miss Wagner finally broke into
the winning u The former cham-
pion then played something like her
regular game and won on her own SER
vice At v
Incidentally. II Miss Wagner had
played anything like AZ well as she can
she should have won both the first and
third games on her own service. In both
these games she came within an ace OK
victory only to be unable to make the
winning stroke. The play was much
more even in this set, Miss AK.
! nade 20 errors agalns, 20 for Miss Blur
| sted,, but cared only . points. while the
Morse girl earned IL.
Mrs. Mills made an auspic!ous start III
her match with Mrs, Schmitz. but tnat
Is about all that can be said about u.
| Mrs. Mills carried off two game by play
ing at the net, but when she founh II
easy to win by playing ms style OF
game, instead OF sticking at II she
dropped back into deep court n allowed
Mrs. SchInits 10 come to the net. ara as
a result, sh. lost nine straight games.
Mrs. Mills won her only other game OF
! the match in the second set on Mrs
Schritz's service on the errors OF the
latter. -.
Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Wagner had
,,,,e more than somt good practice in
, winning their doubles matches In both
| the third and semi-tinal pun OF inc
! doubles. In the third round they ois-
| posed OF Mrs. l., $. Knapp ana Mrs' al:
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