New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-21
MISS BJURSTEDT
AN EASY VICTOR
WITH RACKET
Norwegian Star Easily
Defeats Miss Guthrie
at Forest Hills.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

Young Lochinyar came out OF the
West, but not from Pittsburgh. where
Miss Martha Guthrie nails from. At
any rate. after having been the sensa
ton Of the METROPOLITAN women's ten.
mis- championship tournament, held the
last week at the West Side Tennis Club.
Forest Hills, Miss Guthrie bowed be
fore the peerless champion, Miss Molla
Bjurstsdt, in the finals yesterday after.
noon by the One-sided scores Of GO,
Go.
The Morse nonpareil was not so fort
innate in the doubles, losing with Miss
Marie Wagner 10 Mrs. Rawson Wood
and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver
after bitter struggle at 3-6, e..
SO. This was also the final round, and
is rated as a great upset, as Miss Wsg
ner and Miss Bjurstedt are the national
indoor doubles champions
Miss Bjurstedt IS just like Ty Cobb.
who when pressed hard by rivals goes
leaf from Ty's book when she played
all around Miss Guthrie yesterday
making ace after ace on terrific fore
handlers that clipped the lines.
A Magic Racket.
In the entire match the Christiania
girl, under the magic potency Of her
pet racket Mj0lner, I'd. scored q place
ments against her Smoky City rival.
Miss Guthrie's drives accounted for
/ only six. all these coming in the first
set, when she earned her two games
| The young Allegheny County champion
simply could not slip the ball past the
reach of the panther-like leaps that
carried little Miss Biurstedt everywhere
ION the court.
Miss Guthrie changed from her Gus
/ tomary chop-stroke game TO a deep
/ driven, topped drive, except for an oc-
/ casional chop. She tried TO out-stroke
I Miss Bjurstedt, and as many another
/ has failed she failed also. Her splen-
| did showing last year in her first ma
tional championship. when she sent
/ Miss Bjurstedt 10 three sets, had led
/ followers of the game 10 expect that
| in view of her excellent work all
/ through the earlier rounds at Forest
/ Hills she might be the one TO take the
measure Of the doughty Norwegian.
Whether IL was stage fright or some
unknown ink, or not. Miss Guthrie
! played set-up game for the national
/ champion yesterday. Repeatedly she
/ barely tapped the ball back, and left
/ the Norwegian, who has that trait that
always distinguishes a champion, the
faculty of never missing the easy ones.
oppor unities for kills. Miss Bjurstedt
however, was eager and ready for d
hard test. and probably il was as dis
appointing 10 her as 10 the gallery that
she did not find an opponent worthy Of
her steel.
Il took "Mj0lner and Mola' Just
twenty-one minutes TO win her metro
politan title again. There we're practl-
cally no sustained rallies. In the open
ing set Miss Guthrie tried 20 chase her
opponent all over the court, and for a
while succeeded admirably, but in thu
second she hit Il great deal down the
centre or out. The great champion
playing with her usual superb conf
dence and nerve, kept speeding up the
pace. and at the end was hitting her
! forehanders with the speed that some
Of the California men own.
After a short rest Miss Bjurstedt
came out for the battle royal OF the
/ doubles. Always weaker in the COM
bination game than in singles, she
proved probably the least brilliant OF
the four women engaged Her errors,
both of commission and omission. had
| "A large part 10 do with the defest. She
I was at times guilty of posehing upon
! Miss Wagner. but the latter played her
/ usual steady game.
The Brooklyn pair showed far better
| team work than the indoor doubles title
i holders. Mrs. Wood was psrticu lsrly
/ brilliant in deep court. where she took
B the hardest drives of Miss BJGrstedt
and Miss Wagner with extreme ease
and efficiency. Mrs. Weaver scored
many points by sharply angled yolieys
at the net.
The point scores follow:
Metropolitan championship vomen'' single. a..
I round Miss M0ila BluHtedt deieatel Miss Msrhs
Guthrie O.. 90. The point score and STROKE
FIRST SET
Ms, d Fia';.:l' .....: - -
ANALYSIS
Nets. outs. Place 5 \. D. D.
Nj. Bmni.dt .... ~ IS
SECOND SIT
y My d bigg,:d' ..........S 49, -
ANALYSIS
Nets. outs P.e, ). \ D. y.
ME- f biI's'ysa'
I Metropolitan champl0nshiy sonen's double.
/ sent m al r0undl- Mis- Moia Bursfedt a0d ME
Marie Wagner defeated No. Edward RAYMOND snd
Miss Edna WILDE, t-l 6-i The point score
FIRST SET
Miss Bluntsdi and bliss wssner.
Sc q
Mrs Raymond ard Miss wi.dey
2Os g. fE ]
SECOND SIT
| Mas Bmlstedt All Miss wagner
D IS &
sfr, Raymond and Miss wl,5
] Finsi rouud-Atrs RtRson Wool and M >pel
n raf Iu'terOu Weaver uafF .fl bliss MONA hINfN.t'
. ana MIS-, Marie MsVef b-3. i-e. O. M,
Z r.frt slnre .nl .ffara aIFsis