The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-18
MISS CUTHRIEJ JUST
AS GOOD IN DOUBLES
Pittsburg Girl Pairs With Miss
BALM and Wins in Sec
Ond Round.
WILD STROKES IN WIND

The mornings rain put . cri'np IN the
playing Of tho singles in the metropolitan
worcn's championship tennis tourna-
meut AT the West side Tennis Club
courts IN Forest Hills. l.. /. Yesterday
and the evenings showers held up the
mixed doubles. Between prccipitations
good progress was made in the womcn's
doubles. 10 the Joy OF the committee.
There was a great variety Of tennis,
doubles. but all were affected by the gale
witch swept across the courts. The wind
made the good appear poor and the bad
to look relr lively good because the on
locker could not be certain whether IL
was the weather and wind or the player
that was accountable " the Wild
strokes.
However bad the weather and there
fore the playing conditions. one thing
stood out as it has been standing out
since the ~tournamen. bc-an. and that
was the playing OF Miss Martha Guthrie
OF Pittsburg. IT doc. not follow that a
good singles playc must be a topnotch
- lh1 - b'N sft'' Ssb'th' ~
yesterday that she is as much at home
in the doubles play as In the singles.
The P%ittsburg girl paired up with Miss
Florence Balm of the West Side club
and defeated Mrs. lingo Hartmann and
Mrs. Percy Wilbourn OF the New York
Lawn Tennis Tub In the second round.
winning straight sets at GO. S-l.
Miss Ballin Improves.
Me Hartmann, a,l NgVu NCtlhp,rp
had beaten Mrs. W Noss and Mrs. j W.
Jenkins in consecutive sets at 70. 81
IN the only first round match OF the
tournament and appeared capable ~
giving an ordinary team "A good fight.
Az no time during their match with Miss
Guthrie and Miss Balm, how ever. We're
they even In the running Miss Guthrie
did everything well. Her service WAS
strong and her drives, propelled by a
free. hard swing. were too much fnr the
opposition to handle. The p1ttsburg
girls brilliant ghtEe had "a good effect
on Miss Balm too. II brought out the
best tennis IN the part OF the West SID"
club girl that she has shown during the
tournament.
Miss iuthr!e's remarkable work in N,
tournament To date has brought many
Mandatory words from tho experts who
have watched her on the courts. The
opinion that she viii sin her way
through the entire upper half of the
draw and reach the final round IL nr,c-
''cally unanimous and because of the
fact hat In the national champ.unship
at Philadelphia last year the YOUNG
Pittsburg girl made Miss Molls Blur
stedt fight hard To win a three set
match many believe that She has more
than an outside chance to win the title.
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. God Win.
Mrs. spencer Fullerton Weaver and
Mrs, Rawsou Wood were the only pair
To win two matches during tn" d..
They advanced - the round before the
Scmi-finals. In the second round they
defeated Mrs. r. G. Miller and Mr..
in the day eliminated Mrs. Manhoimor
ami Miss Levy at e. o. Mrs. Thco-
dore Cassebeer and Miss Marian Wan
derhocf also reached the fourth round
hut had 10 play only one match To do 80
They scored their victory over Mrs.
~ r. Bailey and Mrs. T.. Zohst at 81,
=.
The only thing that resembled an
! upset during the curse OF the play
was the defeat of Miss Helen Alexander
and Miss Ina \. kssel, a Philadelphia
team. by Miss JAM Rowson and Mtss
Dora ioodhody. The latter par won
in straight sets AZ s-3, 6-3, outplaytNg
thelr rivals AT tnc WAY 'iIN one htt-N
was played ~ the mixed doubles and
resulted in an cas-! victory Tor Nj,
Rjurstcd; and Theudore Roosevelt PclI
over Mrs. II. Pennington and Phelps
stokes AT Sc. a.
The schedule for to-day calls FOR the
PLAYING OF the NTH round Of the sim
I, giles and the third round ~ the doubles
/, iu the morning The fourth round Of
s the doubles VIII lie completed IN thu
A.. early afternoon. weathe- permitting. an,
two rounds Of the mixed doubles played
Z, In the late afternoon. The summaries
Metropolitan chamrionship ,,Women''
Doubles. Frs; Rouni-,Mr@ lingo Hartmtni
d, W ~ vSss ana Mrs. j " Jenkins SIS, g..
:. second Round-Miss Jane Rowson am
Miss Dora Ho"dhoiy defeated NJ H.,
,|S, Mis-, !. Rrainerd and Miss ~ Crasir
won from Miss Margsret Iay!or. ana Mrs.
Mrs u Levy defeated Mrs. George IL
Gersdorn and Mrs q ,irecn"' g: a.
s;ci, dictated Mrs David 9 .Mi.s ,an'
Mrs. Albert HUMPHREYS. e: 81 Mrs
EIward Raymond and Miss Edna WNdt'
I p,y 60 "a Mrs. scHl.n ana Mis
ga Kahn won from Mr. u Il Hun an'
Mrs Florence. Bsllin and Miss Marth.
. Guthrie d~efea,.d Mrs. lingo Hartmann nv
A Mr. re FEnucr,o iV'w't ravcT and Mrs. p""Wy'
son Wood d~etca'ei Mrs. Il {. Miller an
M n1na 4 ana M t Mi.s ley ~ won %Ts from Mn Mr N'p =,
VI Josephy and Mis-. A. DietsCh by dc
t.ul', ~. cgriGgA wi9n ana Mis- AZ.
pwyer, Is. 6-i Ms. Ruth schwah al
. Miss Ablownz won from Miss Kather,n
Won from Miss Oshman and Miss L Rayss
y e. Sn. a ac,s MF: + M,l n'f ESr, cnd sA Ms
d WsI 60 2;o,. ~ uoH MI iron ). + hs''ey a.
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