New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Miss Bjurstedt
Gains Another
Tennis Victory
Norwegian Girl Successfully
Defends Club Title by.
Defeat of Miss Goss
BY Fred Hawthorne

AS the official wind-up of her tour
nament season for 1918 Miss Molla
Bjurstcdt, national indoor and outdoor
champion, successfully defended an
other Of her numerous lawn tennis
titles yesterday afternoon, on the clay
courts of the West Side Tennis Club
Of Forest Hills. when she defeated
Miss Eleanor Goss III the challenge
round of the women's annual club
championship tournament. The won
derful Morse girl won by q score Of
Go, 4-6, 6-2, and once again dem
onstrated that she has no peer on the
courts to-day.
This tournament started on Monday,
Miss Goss gaining her final round
match by default over Mrs Robert A.
Pope. The women's doubles champion
ship was also played. Miss Bjurstedt
and Miss Florence Balin and Miss
Edith White and Mrs. Pope reaching
into the final round, which will be
contested tomorrow afternoon.
But these were not the only activ-
tiles on the West Side courts yester-
day. In fact, the principal event was
the girls Junior open Metropolitan
tournament in both singles and dou-
bes, which were started in the morn
ing and reached the final rounds.
Miss Helen Rice, the present Met
rcpolltan junior champion, and Miss
Adelaide Hooker advanced to the final
round in the singles and will meet this
morning in the decisive test. In the
douoles G on, one team, Miss Rice and Miss
Cerese Baker, gained the final brsck
by defeating Miss Doris Goss and Miss
Denlce Wagner at Go, 6-3.
Eight girls started in the singles, the
best match of the day coming in the
iirst round when Miss Adelaide Hooker
defeated Miss Betty Baker, daughter
OF Colgate Baker, by score of 4-e.
81, 90 The youngsters confined
most mos? OF their efforts to deep court
drivlng, and it seemed as though Miss
Baker was to win in the second set.
Miss Rice defeated Miss cerese
baSer at Ga, GO, in the first round,
and then trumphed over Miss Doris
Goss, the fourteen-year-old sister Of
MISS BJurstedt's brilliant opponent. bv
score of 81, Go. Miss Goss had
previously defeated Miss Marie Dun
nlngham at %, 6-3. showing indica-
experience. to make her a fit partner
for her elder sister.
Miss Goss started the service in the
challenge round match against Miss
Bjurstedt, but the champion took the
game after deuce had twice been called.
4 ne issue was largely fought out from
the, back of the court. Miss Goss went
to the net at times to finish off her
FONTS by. severe overhead play and
sharp -angled volleying for the corners.
hut as rule she found it safer to
stick near her base line, in view of the
terrific ~ain of forehand and backhand
drives that Miss Bjurstedt ripped
through the court. Four of the games
went to ceuce before the Morse queen
had taken the set at 60, with the
playing lightning fast a! the way.
into the lead at 4-.3, and timing her
shots more carefully. took the set at
ID. AT this time she was playing
with great determination and earned
many points by beautiful placement
shots down the side lines.
Some of the spectators thought that
perhaps the impossible was to be
achieved then, and Miss Goss would
take the last set and the championship,
but the national title holder proved
her irresistible skill in the crisis by
taking the final set at 60
GIRLS JUNIOR OPEN NIETROPOIlTAN SINGLES
r. First First n round-Aiiss Helen Rice defeated Miss
MIS- sIisss Adesid0 Hooker defeated Miss Betty Baker
81 80; Miss Hooker defeated Miss Roesman,
GIRLS JUNIOR OPEN METROPOLITAN DOUBLES
First round-Aiiss Donohue and Miss Dunningham
defeated Miss Alice Postlcy and Miss Dorothy Fox
3-G 6--3, G-4.
Semi final round-Nfiss Rice and Miss Cerese
Baker defeated Miss Goss and Miss Denice Wagner
Co. G--3.
woMEN's CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
Challenge round-Niss Molla Bjurstedt defeated
Miss Eleanor Goss, CO. 4-6 g.
The point score of this match fol-
lows:
FIRST SET
Pts. Gs.
Miss Bjurstedt. ..6 4. IS 6
Miss Goss. ss.............4 7 10. 20 0
SECOND SET
Miss Bjurstedt. 4 s 3 q 4 2 4 I. 20 4
Miss Goss. .....1 8 4 2 4 q. 32
THIRD SET
Miss Bjurstedt. 80. 6 4 4 2 4 4 4. 81 6
Miss Goss.. ........4 a 2 2 q o /. 18