New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-19
AN UPSET MARKS
TENNIS BATTLES
BETWEEN WOMEN
Mrs. Edward Raymond
Proves Too Much for
Miss Marie Wagner.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

The scores in the metropolitan wom-
ems tennis championship at Forest Hills
yesterday appear to indicate that Miss
Guthrie is slated right toward tennis
heights. The invader marched right
through the fifth and the semi-fnal
rounds Of the singles, continuing her
superb work of the earlier rounds, and
paired with Miss Florence BALM, she
took third round doubles match with
eonsummate ease. -,
The gusts again were on the job all
around and over the courts yesterday
and good tennis was rendered doubly
difficult. Lobbing was an impossibility.
But Miss Guthrie might just as well
have been raised in Chicago for all the
wind bothered her. She bested Mrs.
Robert lie Roy, 6-1, "a, in the fifth
round, and in the semi-fnal Of the
upper half she downed Mrs. Stanley
Halle, 6-3, 6-3.
That would make it appear that the
day was bad one for married women,
but Mrs. Edward Raymond, who, when
national tennis champion, was Miss
Louise Hammond, walloped Miss Marie
Wagner, national indoor title holder
with Miss jurstedt-there, her name
just had to creep in and we wanted
this to feature Miss Guthrie exclusive
ly-t TO the rafting of Cd, @.
The soft court bothered Miss Wag-
ner considerably, while Mrs. Raymond's
softer game went better. Miss Wag-
ner led at al in the first set. then
failed to gain. The former champion
played excellently, however, and should
make a worthy opponent of Miss Molla
Bjurstedt, who had no trouble what
soever coming through. in the semi
final Of the lower half at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. The finals will take
place Saturday afternoon at the same
hour, with the doubles following and
the mixed last.
The leading doubles pairs of Miss
Bjurstedt and Miss Wagner, and Miss
Guthrie and Miss BALM, had easy
times. Mrs. S. j. Strauss and Mrs
d. Levy had the temerity to get two
games in the first set and three in
the second against Miss Wagner and
the Morse nonpareil, but there was
never any danger 20 the famous play
ers. That was in the third round, and
in the fourth the indoor champions
put out the fine team of Miss Jane
Rowson and Miss Dora Goodbody with
the loss of one less game than against
Mrs. Strauss and Mrs. Levy.
Miss Guthrie's hard cut strokes and
her deep, strong service stood her in
good stead when she paired with Miss
! BALM against Mrs. w. Schif and Miss
Elsa Kahn. Miss Ballin also showed
fine form. The score, therefore, was
/ Go, 60.
In the best of the three mixed
/ doubles matches Miss Bjurstedt and
Theodore Roosevelt Pell. he of the fine
rolling backhand, sank Miss BALM and
T the internationalist, Frederick B. Alex
ander, 81. s. The one-sidednes'
/ of the contest was the chief feature.
Metropolitan championship womens sin
giles fourth round Miss Molla Bjursted
defeated Mrs. +. Hirsch, 60, 60; Mrs
Edward Raymond defeated Mrs. Robert a
Fifth roand-Miss Martha Guthri. defeat
ed Mrs. Robert lie Roy. 81, Ct; Mrs
Stanley Halle defeated Mrs. J.. g. Morris
/ 6-3. 81; Miss VIA Bjurstedt defeate
/ Miss Helen Alexander, o.. 60; Mrs. I'd
/ ward Raymond defeated Miss Marie Wagner
| Cd, 6-2.
Seml-fnal round-Mss Martha Guthrie de
/ feated Mrs. Stanley Halle. 6-3. 6-3:
/ Metropolitan championship women's dou
Z bes (second round) Miss White and Mrs
/ Robert 4. Pope defeated Mrs. Carleoach AM
Mrs. S. Halle. 6-l. l0-l2, 7-5.
Third round-Miss Jane Rowson and Mis-
Dora Goodbody defeated Miss F. Brainer
and Mrs. Adele Cragin. 81, 6-3; Mis-
Marie Wagner and Miss Mola Bjurstedt de
feated Mrs. S. J. Strauss and Mrs. ID. Levy
+ 6-2. "a; Miss Martha Guthrie and Mis-
( Florence Balm defeated Mrs. W. Schif an
! Miss Elsa Kahn, 60, &c Miss Ruh
Schwab and Miss Ablowitz defeated Miss 7
Blum and Miss Dryer. 90, 81, "a
Mrs. Robert lie Roy and Mrs. +. Smith de
I H.
/ SIS, 6-3.
Fourth round-Miss Marie Wagner am
Miss Mola Biurstedt defeated Miss Jan
Rowson and Miss Dora Goodbody. So, e
/ Metropolitan championship mixed double
/ first round Miss Florence Balm an
Frederick b. Alexander defeated Miss abb
Morrison and w. Ross GO, 81; Mr.. an
Mrs. A. II. Chaplin defeated II. Schinzel AM
Miss Bull. 7-5, 81.
Second round-Miss Moa Biurstedt AM
/ Theodore Roosevelt Pell defeated Miss Flor
ence BALM and Frederick B. Alexander, 6-l
6-3