New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-09
DOUBLES PLAY
INAUGURATED AT
HEIGHTS CASINO
Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs. f
c. Schmitz Are Forced
TO Limit to Win.
b. JAMES 5. O'NEALE.

wav in which Bliss Molla Biurstect
swatted herself and Mrs. FrederieA =
Schmitz 10 victory over Miss Gertrude
Della Tore and Mrs. Theodore h.
Cassabeer after the latter pair led at
5-3 and 3O-love in the first Sc. at
the Heights Casino, Brooklyn, tourna-
ment yesterday.
The champion had peen playing poor
Is. and the opposing pair were on the
way 20 victory. The reason Miss Blur
stedt was off her game is because 1t is
difficult 10 think Of two things at the
same time. Miss Bjurstedt is from
Chrlstiania, the City Of Shows. All good
Christianians or Christianianesses SKI
The Morse girl is a crack skier. In TINS
country we skid instead Of ski, but 10
matter.
A. 8O-love a rumble was heard, and
A swishing sound came as great mass
OF snow Slid OF the skyilght over the
Nothing but the snow. 1t is very
soft" treasured Miss Beecher, the LADY
umpire.
"0h. then that spoils my skiing party
sfterward." murmured the champion.
whoever heard Of skiing n SOFT
snow"
So Miss Bjurstedt's thoughts became
confined entirely TO tennis. Her last
driving and her volleying thereafter
were superb, and she found the going
indoors as soft as II would have been
out. She and Mrs. Schmitz won the
next seven games, taking the first set
az Is. and running up d 30 lead IN
the second.
Then Miss Bjurstedt's mind again
wandered. this time 10 the contempla-
+ tiou of the new orange silk sweater she
intends getting. Nowadays she we~rs
on two az a time. the carmine one
over the baby blue At any rate. while
thinking O. the new addition she SUI
feicd Miss Della Tore and Mrs. Casa
beer 10 bring the score 20 80. hen
the orange faded the champion and Mrs.
Schmitz, who Is an eX-champlon IN
doors, put on speed and won the set
60
In n match in which eleven OF the
twenty games went 20 deuce Miss Flor
ence BALM and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton
Weaver defeated Miss Edith Handy and
Mrs David c. Mills CO. "a. This
match also was a thriller, with one
game going 10 deuce even times for
the record breaker Of the tournament.
Miss Cor.nna VIM, the hard biting
Windy City southpaw. and her partner
had an easy time winning over Miss
kbbie Morrison and Miss Margaret Tay-
Tor, 50. 6-3. Miss Ina A. Kissel,
who suffered in the singles the proceed
ing day because OF the loss Of her
eli d n mo- dflsF Ear
play improved greatly. She and Miss
Helen Alexander put out Miss Adele
Bull and Miss Cornella Cousins, "a,
Go.
The first set II the Biurstedt match
every body referred 10 il as the Blur
stedt match--was a melOdramatic hum
mer A loop-the-loop. regular style or
Bassford's iobs. could not have been
more thrilling. Miss Biurstedt, think
ing about the ski party started poorly.
but as she Is usually q slow starter
her adhcrcnts were not uneasy. Miss
Della Tore and Mrs. Casabeer, who
ns Miss Clara kutrof was winner OF
MANY local tournaments, played well
and took the score 20 5-3. 3O-love.
Spectators began 90 look for an upset.
Then tho snowsiide. revealing the soft,
melting condition of the snow. and the
champions real game
Miss Biurstedt became a whirlwind
Of activity and effectiveness. She COW
cred her own court and much Of her
partners. IN her desire 10 slam every
thing. The mistaken notion Of her
opponents that the champions net
game. which used 70 be her weak
est point, had not vastly improved
gave Hiss Biurstedt a chance 70 hit
almost everything. The losers played
10 the Norwegian far more than they
directed their attack ~ Mrs Schmitz,
who is excellent at the net because Of
her height
Miss Bjurstedt drove like a fend at
the wheel Of racing automobile. Even
her drives Of the day before. when
she defeated Miss Edith Handy with
ridiculous ease, were not so fast as
those She fairly sizzled across yester-
Jay Miss Della Tore and Mrs Casa
beer. who were at a disadvantage be-
cause they couldn't play net well
enough % warrant their taking The
ret position. even on their own ser
vice, returned some, only to have the
ball driven back at lightning speed
for the point.
Miss Biurstedt picked the holes in
her opponents court with uncanni-
ness. At the net she volleyed sharply.
cr handled lobs severely IN the hori-
zontal style Of Kari Behr Her long
and short work here was d revelation.
One volley would 70 20 deep court.
with so much speed that il shot past.
The next would be babied over the
net. too short % be reached All the
time Mrs. Schmitz was rendering able
and steady assistance the few times
Miss biurstedt did not handle the ball.
As the Midnight sun daughter fin
ished the first set with two aces. one
bacshand drive and the other back
hand crop-voiicy, the opposing pair,
having made their fight. appeared fab
bergasted by the rain OF shots A few
drops of melted snow, falling from the
ylight upon their court. impressed
them with the fact that it was snow
juice, as the German comedian always
patters. and they offered little resist
ance IN the first games.
In the third game, however. the
score went 20 deuce eight times, by
reason mainly Of some excellent lobs
Miss Della Tore sent over the head of
Mrs. Schmitz as she crowded the net 10
get sharply angled volley shots The
next game, the first won by the losing
pair. went 10 deuce five times. Two
more games were won by the losers.
but they took only one point in the last
two games Of the set, Which was ended
by Miss Bjurstedts sizzler at Mrs.
Casabeer, too hot TO handle. The score:
IA s i55 %
F.S .............s : Il 10 g
The singles will be resumed to-day.
The starred match will occur at
o'clock between Miss Bjurstedt and