New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-21
Miss Bjurstedt
Hard Pressed to
Win at Tennis
Miss Zinderstein Forces Ma
,;onal Champion to Limit
in Close Match
Nv FRED HAWTHORNE

,,,.ao,,bia. June 20.-It was only
-.,,;,c 20 her aid her most furious
s,;vine for the lines and her most Drill
~, volleying at the net that MISS
volla Bjurstedt, national woman chsm-
-. came through VIGOROUSLY TO-DAY
1 '.si,.t Miss Marion Zinderstein' OF
w.. Newton. Mass. in the third round
=. 30 women's national lawn tennis
.usnt on the turf courts OF the
ptSI.delphia Cricket Club at 81. MI ",
.;a,S The girl from the North won py
v" cove : OF ca. -, and that score
49,, m. half tell the story OF the
',rrgcle for the mastery. II.
LIE, ysss Biurs.edt unleashed her swift
~ hs,octbaud drives for the deep cor
-. Miss Zinderstein responded Win
me- hss.tLsnd lust as swift. The national
Sn;on tried 10 drive her young op-
800 ar. baek from the net by the sheer
p Of her famous forehsnd drive:
\. Ibis the girl from New England
etched her with truly remsrkaple
@wsllop." There is no other word fof H.
PLAYS Like Johnston
v,. Zinderstein takes the ball on
t.r forshand much as William NJ. john
~, Of California, handles 1t. Surely
49,, i praise enough. She lays the
nee Of her racquet wei! over the pan
IN making the stroke, and the sPnel.
ro.s over the net with such deeioeo
stcp spin" that it fairly ouzzes INTO
court.
Z sssd the West Newton girl cuts short
r h. fight with a splendidly sharp and
Sseisiye smash. and her sudden soften
n, Of stroke when volleying from
,lsse TO the net is something not often
: 'ssn in women's tennis. Her service,
.ysre and with plenty of top. is quite
10 70 the rest Of Miss Zindenstein's
rsme. and unless appearances are oe-
eeiying this young woman, making her
frst appearance in an important tour
rsment. is going TO be another sensa-
lion of the courts before another year
rolls b.. 49,,
Miss Marion Vsnderhof, of New
York. reached into the seminal rouno
IN the upper half Of the draw by van
gushing Miss Susanna White, OF Baltl-
more. 3-6. %, 80. and is the
iurtbest advanced Of the field toward
the final brackets. In the second ana
third sets Miss Vanderhof's wizsrdry
al placing and her skill at lobbing TO
her opponent against a burning sun
more than counterbalanced Miss
Whites net play. Although Miss Van
derhof had to cover more ground dur
ing the match than the Southern girl,
she was the fresher of the two at the
end.
Mrs. Dahl, who is the champion Of
Switzerland. not Denmark, eliminated
another New York player by defeating
Miss Helen Bernhard at Ga, 6-3.
The summaries follow:
wolTN's NATIONAL singles
ri-i rounl-Mrs Kuud Dahl defeated Miss
H.sn Bernhard. 6. 6-3 Miss Ilssnors Soar
i.fsTsd Miss Dorothy Dbs,on - IS. Miss
Nals B.1nisd, defeated Miss Marion zinder,ein
H'ah e. Nelson b default. Mis- Rawson J..
.Waol defeated Ms james Nathan. 81. 6-l
Fogrh rounf-Miss Marion vanderhoe' defeated
woMEN's DOUBLES
S,cood -ound-Miss Gertrude Holis and Miss
Nitorie TAYLOR WOO from Mry. CorIindt -
B,ries ard Mrs. Arthur II. L. Burden hy de
hs, Miss Leslie Bancroft ard Miss Marion Zin-
6ss.in defeated Miss Anne To~nsend snd Miss
R,te1-a Thomson. - 81. Misc Dorothy New
"a s,d Miss Man Thayc- defeated Mrs. John
y Bale ard Miss Gertrude Henry, Is. -.
Mss Eiifshe.h Thompson and Miss Mildred VIII
I'D sol from Mrs Gilbert Harley ard partner
b d-4ul,. Ms Robert Leroy ard Miss Phyllis
RaIh defeated Miss Helen Bernhard ard Miss
Hss1r Po.sk. 81. b-f.
raird roInd-Mrs. Kane Green ard Miss Jacque-
Be Crser defeated Miss Gertrude Hollis and Miss
Mage Taylor "a. G-3 6--5.
MEMS EASTERN DOUBLES
ssrad roond--WIuism T. Tde1 "a ard n ~.
h,cf from Ellis Giuloel and Louis dc Cazeno'a
b istt
nj. roand-Paul W. Gibbons and Charles y.
Bad c<et,ed Kenneth Snyder and G. IT. nIcri--
-. 81. -. william r. T1ldeu p AL x ".
bari ds'rziad HEM Hanna ana =. i. Huuhins.
81. g.