New-York tribune., 1918-06-12
Wet Courts
Call a Halt
In Tennis Play
Women's Tourney at Forest
Hills Postponed Until
This Morning

By Fred Hawthorne

me continuance OF damp weather
yesterday and a mist as heavy as a
true London fog caused the tourna~
ment committee Of the women's
metropolitan lawn tennis championship
tournment, that started at the West
Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills, l..
l.. on Monday, to call everything off
for the day.
The turf courts were so slippery and
heavy that it was deemed best not to
attempt running off any of the sched-
uled matches. but this morning at II
o'clock q number Of unfinished events
in the singles will start.
The women's local title tourney takes
on peculiar Importance and interest
this year because of the fact that 1t
Immediately prccedes the annual ma
tionaI championships for women and
girls at Philadelphia next week on
the splendid grass courts of the Phila
dclphie Cricket Club.
Tuning-up Event
The tourney finished last week on
the Ardsley Clubs turf courts, which
saw Miss Molla Bjurstedt triumphant
in the singles and Mrs. Stuart Green
and her sister, Mrs. Arthur F. Thurber,
winners in the doubles. was the pre-
liminary tuning-up for the national
and developed some of the highest
quality of tennis seen on the local
courts this season.
The playing Of Mrs. Green at Ards
ley, when She took set from Miss
Bjurstedt in the final round of the
singles and won the pair event, was
exceptionally strong and makes her
look like a formidable candidate for
at Philadelphia next Monday. The
Ardsley girl will prove truly danger
Gus competitor for any player, particu-
larly if the latter is unsteady.
A majority of those who played in
the Ardsley tournament are competing
in the Metropolitan fixture, and before
the final round is played on Saturday
several interesting developments may
be looked for. Whatever happens the
result of the matches to be played at
Forest Hills should furnish fairly
reliable line on what may be expected
to take place at Philadelphia.
While the tournament on the West
Side courts has seen, only one day OF
play completed, we venture to predict
that the final round match will find the
occupying the upper bracket, while in
the lower section her opponent should
be either Miss Marion Zinderstein, Of
| Boston, or Miss Eleanor Goss, of New
York, runner-up to Miss Bjurstedt for
the national indoor title this spring.
Should Be a Classic
These two players both Young to the
courts, both gifted with hard-hitting,
free-stroking, dashing type of game.
should meet in the semi-final round,
and the result promises to be one of
the classics of the courts this season.
IT both are playing at the top of their
game we should rather expect to see
Miss Zinderstein triumph by a close
day the one who is able to control her
shots ought to carry off the honors.
Powerful "stroking" of the ball and
fast court covering are the outstand-
ing features of the game as Miss Zin-
derstein and Miss Goss play it. The
Boston girl will have the advantage on
ground strokes, her fore and back hand
drives being second only to Miss Blur
stedts in power, but overhead Mist
Goss may show slight superiority if
she is in full control. There will be
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although Miss Goss possibly hits the
ball harder, but Miss Zinderstein makes
us for this by imparting more of q
twist to her delivery.
1t would not be surprising if the
winner of this match should appear as
the tnalist when the national title is
at stake next week, although that con-
clusion is rather taking a leap in the
dark when the uncertainties of lawn
tennis are considered.
Among the matches to be played to-
day are those between Miss Caroma
Winn and Mrs. Rawson L. Wood, Miss
Bjurstedt and Miss Glare Cassel and
Miss Zinderstein and Mrs. Edward v
Lynch, all Of which are certain to pro-
duce lawn tennis of high quality.
Miss Goss will meet the winner of
the match between Mrs. Theodore Sohst
and Miss Julie Brown, while Mrs. Spen-
Ger Fullerton Weaver will take the
court with the winner of the match be-
tween Miss Gott and Miss Helen Hook
err. the thirteen-year-o schoolgirl.
Miss Helene Pollak will meet Mrs.
| .IOhaO ROpco in tho ho%to,o h,o,