New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-07
Norwegian Defeats Mrs
S. F. Weaver in Woman's
Indoor Tourney.
TWO HARD STRUGGLES
MARK DAY OF PLAY
Miss Handy Conquers MISS
Sheldon and Mrs. Schmln
Beats Miss Della Tore.
By JAMES &. O'NEALE.

Despite inc mower hai "
,oloyed costumes festooned around the
court. Miss Molla Bjurstedt, national
champion Of almost everything in ten
mis-. kept unaffectedly 10 her knitting
Yesterday afternoon at the Heights "a
sine. Brooklyn. The Norweglan's fore
hand swats and network defeated MIS-
: r. Weaver. %, -.
A tennis tournament without an up
Get such as this tournament. IS as rare
as South African whdah- bird. and
the fact should be duly noted. taNor-
tics won all four matches played. Two
matches went by default.
Two terrific struggles marked the
dsv. In one Miss Edith Handy bested
another ranking player. Miss Florence
sheldon. SIS, So. SIS. In the otner
Mrs. Frederick {. Schmitz. former ma
tionsl indoor champion. put out the
nror1iSinc West Side player, Miss Ger
frude Della Tore, 4-6, Is, ID. MISS
Marian Vsnderhoef. another ranking
PLAYER, defeated Miss Addie Morrison
bv the same scores Miss bJursteot
rolled UP over Mrs. Weaver.
Norwegian Their Target.
Miss Biurstedts match was the
,,arred ono Of the day. II is well known
tbat some % the women players have
been working nightly this winter IN
the hone Of catching the famous Nor
Uecian of form and taking away her
title Miss Rjurstedt's strenuous year
on the courts led her 70 take res,
until the indoor season had progressed
o. ord her plav in this tournament,
eneration for the national cham
ZION shirs. which begin At the tth Kegl-
ment Arnory next MohoaS' 10 'e
closely watched.
Feu; weak spots were disclosed IN the
srn,or Of the champion. She was more
-r,+ic than usual. but when the point
ms necessary she usually made II.
oftsr sho hit her forehand sizzlers low
go The net. and her backhand had
tcndoncv 10 sail out OF court. Severai
tin,cs her forehand went under the net:
Vet az all times her strategy was OF
h;eb order. and her net work, whicn
she INDUCED in more than usual
showed 20 excellent advantage:
Mrs. Viewers defeat. on the otnor
hand. is a tale OF poor strategy; o
,errn;.tod Miss Rjurstedt 70 be the az
cressor nearly all the time, by cnopp'ngF
~ drives straight down the centre o.
a. court. Taking the smashes down
,bc centre. Misc Bjurstedt cross-court
"a 4ben, with her forehand or chopped
49,, bsckhanded 20 Mrs. Weaver
b..Lband then ren in and swatted the
return IN the open part OF Mrs. Neav-
er's territory. II
Eover has such an aggregation o.
,.-i.colored silk sweaters burst INTO
lev Even Miss Bjurstedt contributed
20 the gayety by appearing in the warm
nm with Mrs. Weaver m carmlne Gre
alton guaranteed startling. After nasn-
LIGHTS had been taken by two photog
ranhers who found u unnecessary 10
nee fash powder, the champion peeieu
of the outer garment and revealed
form-fttinc baby blue seamiess s"ca'
or. This She played in.
Ne Weaver ran three games
straight after the girl from Christianla
rad taken lead Of %. The first and
+hird games in Mrs. Weavers string
we're on Miss Biurstedt's service. when
Nrs Weaver took for the only times
in the match. &C.,
Tire champions backhand. which had
bccn going badly. braced az this juno
,ure and Mrs. Weaver did not get an
other game i'm the set Miss BJurstedt
made the score 3-all when her oppo-
nent drove out after long rally. lhen
the winner took her own service AZ
love. developing unexpected strength IN
this department and taxing inc maj
point with clean service acc.
Beautiful Play Wins Game.
Mrr. Weaver again hit out, IN her
anxiety 20 keep the champion back IN
the court. and the tally came 70 %.
Again. for the final contest, Miss
Wolla's service brought home the bacon
in love game ended by the champion
beautiful backhand line pass after she
had been drawn out OF position by
chop stroke.
Mrs. Weaver led a. 81 in the sec
ond set. but the Norwegian drew
abreast and thereafter was never head
cd. the contest being played in almost
the same manner as the first, except
that, with a lead Of "a against her.
Mrs. Weaver threw caution to the four