New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-01
Miss Marion Zinderstein Mos
Promising Woman Player
Discovered in Years
By FRED HAWTHORNE

The women's national lawn tennis
tournament on the turf courts OF the
Philadelphia Cricket Club, at st. Mar
tins last week, was not for the cham
pionship of the United States, now
held by Miss Molla Bjurstedt, since the
United States National Lawn Tennis
Association has ruled that titles shall
not be placed in competition this year,
nor were any prizes offered, but in
spite Of these limitations, the tourney
was one of the most successful OF the
many that have been held on the beau
tiful st. Martins turf.
The competition was just as keen,
the standard Of play quite as high, and
the interest shown by the galleries
fully as great, as in years when the
championship was involved and the
great silver trophy at stake. More
than this, the tournament served to un-
cover at least one new star whose name
should rank high in the next few years.
We are referring now particularly TO
Miss Marion Zinderstein, of West New
ton, Mass, who gave Miss Bjurstedt
one of the hardest struggles the great
Norwegian has had in the East since
she came TO this country in 1914.
There are others whose work in Phila-
delphia indicated that the ranks of the
women players are certain TO be aug
mented by young women measuring a
little above the standard set in previ-
Gus years. Miss Marion Vanderhoef
who faced Miss Bjurstedt in the final
round and won set from the cham
pion; Miss Dorothy Disston, of Phila-
delphia, girl of really brilliant prom
Use; Miss Susanna White. of Baltimore
another budding star; Miss Leslie Ban
croft, of West Newton, gifted with
splendid strokes, but a bit too head
strong at present; Miss Mollie Thayer
and Miss Dorothy Newbold. both of
Philadelphia and both hard hitting.
cool court generals-these are some 10
whom the game holds forth most prom
Using futures.
Most Promising Player
But of them all, we believe that Miss
Zinderstein is destined for the great
est heights; in fact, we consider her
the most promising woman player in
this country to-day. In no single de-
partment of the game has this girl,
still in her teens and almost untried in
tournament play, a weakness.
Her ground strokes are wonderfully
efficient. both on forehand and back
hand. To see her hit the ball when it
comes TO her on her forehand is to
see again William NJ. Johnston, OF
California, former national champion,
as he sweeps through with his tremen-
dous drive. Johnston has the reputa-
ton of possessing the hardest fore
hand drive of any player on the courts
to-day, most of the power and speed
coming from perfect timing of the
shot.
Miss Zinderstein is as close an ap-
preach to Johnston in this respect as
a woman can be. She takes the ball
nearly at the top of the rise and puts
the entire weight of her body into the
stroke, with a long and perfect follow
through, and she can rip the ball dag
onally across deep court with such
speed that few women players can
handle it at all. Her backhand is al
most as effective, as she brings her
racquet we'll back of her body in max
ing the stroke, and rather high. Like
Johnston, she imparts a decided top
spin to her ground strokes, and this
enables her TO get unusual pace and
still keep the ball within the court
Overhead, Miss Zinderstein is er-r
more effective, being one of the Vs.
few women who can kill" the ball
from that position. She smashes with
the sharpness and finalty Of a man.