New-York tribune., 1918-05-29
Women S Tennis
Tourney Goes
To Semi-Fi Firlals
Eighteen of Most Prominent
Players in East Compete
Doubles To-day
By Fred Hawthorne

by Fred Hawthorne
With a splendid entry of eieht..
the most prominent players in the ~.
the annual women's invitation H.
tennis tournament began yesterdsr
the clay courts of the Pelham co.,.s' &
Club, at Pelham. Mrs. Beniam;r
Briggs, chairman of the tourn.
committee, kept the field 50 ~.
throughout the day that before su,s'.
the survivors had filled out the sem;
Gnal brackets. 'sa'-
Inc four who are left to cont;n..
play tomorrow are Miss Marie w.
ner, New York state chamn;on w
Moila bJurstedt. national and ms,.s
poiItan title holder; Mrs. Edward Pso
n,ono, iormer metropolitan chamn;c,
ana MRS. Rawson L. Wood. sor,ea. sr,vn.
so.Laa !i state champion. The surv;v.I
that quality will tell. on tha ss more
courts as elsewhere, for each s sennis
TOUR was logical winner ovsr :. sne
VINO opposed them yesterday nose
MISS BJurstedt, the invinc;hIs -.
ASIDE all opposition in forcing her r"ss. wsa
from the first round to the sem;-fns1,sy 1sy
a single afternoon. The great M -
weglan played three matches. frst a,;,. .tv.-
mating Miss Helene Pollat ~ ~ sl'm-
81, then defeating Miss Ed;th Ho.I
by score of 81, Cd snd u;sI .ano!
un her day of triumph by tak;nn aohs ths
measure of Mrs. Homer Stuart ts Gr. sas
OF Ardsley, by score of 6-2. ga
MISS Wagner, who is in the ma.
nan OF the draw with Miss BiurstarS.
won v, Two matches, her first victim bs;ass
Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur- Morris. wbo
yIeioed oy score of 6-1, 6-2 snS
sne SECOND Mrs. H. F. Morse, the for. ,.
lner MISS Marion Vanderhoef. runner
up IN 1917 for the national chamn;nn-
sh'p' VINO was defeated at 6-l, s-a.
Miss Cassel Shows Strength
Mrs. Raymond came through a, Oh.
expense of Miss Caroma VIM whs shs
was vanquished by score of s-3 es
IN the second round, and Miss C,ors
oassel, who was defeated by score ~
o-l' f-5. 1t was Miss Casseps 6rst
appearance IN tournament since 1aIs
ana while she was evidently SUFFERING
from lack of competition she gave ins
dlcatlons that with little mora comna
tltlon she will again take her nIs.a
among the ranking players of the conn. conn
try. So""-
Mrs. Wood, after totterinp on tba
verge of defeat in her second match -
the day, came through courageouslv n
gam her bracket. She and Mrs Raw.
mond VIII meet in the lower half To-
morrow morning, while Miss Bjurstedt
and Miss Wagner are struggling in the
other semi-fnaI A'
Mrs. Wood first defeated Mrs
Briggs, the former Dorothy Green. bv
score OF 90, Cd, and then took the
court against Mrs. Edward v. Lynch
the strong player of the New York Ten.
ms Club. The latter was going beaut;.
fully Yesterday and her severe dr;y;ne
through deep court had Mrs. Wood on
the defensive from the start.
After taking the first set at e-4.
Mrs. Lynch began with a rush in the
second and soon had lead of 40 on
games. Things looked dark for Mrs.
wood, but at this stage she proved her
mettle by rallying superbly to bring
the games even ut ALL The former
Florida champion had finally gained
control of her fast, low drives for the
deep corners and with returning con-
fldence she forced her way to the net
position, and from there volleyed 80
sharply and accurately that Mrs. Lynch
was frequently caught out of position
and lost the second set, Mrs. Wood
winning at rs.
In the last set Mrs. Lynch was ut.
terly unable to withstand Mrs. Woods
brilliant attack, having apparently
played herself out in the first two sets,
and the Florida star marched straight
through to victory at Go. It was q
notable example of courage under FIRE,
and Mrs. Wood was frankly delighted
. at her success.
Perhaps the greatest surprise of the
afternoon was the crushing defeat .;
Mrs. Johan Rogge, of Norway. Miss
Bjurstedt's doubles partner, bv Mrs
Green, who triumphed at 60. ca,
Mrs. Rogge's game has shown so much
promise of brilliant achievement, that
she was figured as a possible winner
over Mrs. Green. and at least Iikelv "a
succumb only after desperate strurs
gle.
The summaries follow:
Pelham Country Clubs women's Invitation
singles (t,rst round).Miss Molla Bjurstedi
Caroma Winn defeated Mrs. r. s Leach.
man. GO, 2-6. 6-2
us Second s,s I'd. round tarst round byes)MIss
81. 81: Mrs. H. F. Morse defeated Miss
Bessie Holden. 6-4. 81. 6-4: Mrs. Homer
). Green defeated Mrs. Johan Rogge, 60,
60: Miss Bjurstedt defeated Miss Edith
Handy, 6-l. 6-4: Mrs. E. w Raymond de-
Ieated MISS Winn. 6-2. 6-3: Miss Clare
Cassel defeated Mrs. Ernest Eberhardt.
6-2. 60; Mrs. Rawson r. Wood defeated
Mrs b. F. Briggs, Ga. 6-4 Mrs. E. v.
Lynch defeated Mrs. w. H. Priichard, e--2,
Ga. =
Third round-Miss Wagner defeated Mrs.
Morse, 81. 6-2; Miss Bturstedt defeated
Mrs Green. 6-2. 6-3: Mrs. Raymond de-
ieated Miss Cassel. 81. 7-5; Mrs Wood
defeated Mrs. Lynch, 4--s. 7-5. Go.