New-York tribune., 1918-02-08

characterized by hard hitting and -,
lcying rallies Of the speediest sort ~, W.
all four players taking their t,r. ava
providing the spectacular featu,.. :,
would be difficult to pick out snr .
of the four as excelling on the -. "'
Moons play, but, in the later stac..
the struggle, when errors meant :,
feat. it was Mrs. Wood and Mis-. r.
who steadied their game and hr.s's
off the shots that made certain III. - ~
tory. VIZ
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, national u.
an champion, paired with Mrs 1.s-
Rogge, her twin star from Norw.,v' ,'Aa' u
fcated Miss Bessie Holden and and, u! ee'
b. Harwood by a score of 81 s M'ss
with the two Morse girls boldin. ~ ~
mand at all times, although in the 'I"', lss,
set the clever driving of Miss HoldsH ,as'
ana her partner made the battle ~.
points lar closer one than was tts IL.
case in the opening session. VIZ
In the upper half of the draw w..
Edward Eberhardt and Mrs. " u; :
Prltchard vanquished Mrs. Percy WI 4
bourn and Miss Barbara Hoois, W, y,
6-3, 6-3, and Mrs. David MI ~
and Miss Marie Wagner defeated Nh M
Gilbert Humphries and Miss Blan.,.
Brine by score Of 81, rs.
Mrs. Candee Defaults
Mrs. de Forest Candee, who was :,
have met Mrs. Mills in the third ronrS :
OF the singles on Wednesday. but W..
prevented because of a cold. was cor "~'
PEELED to default to Mrs. Mills ves.a,
day, and also let her doubles matcb .,
by default for the same reason NJ
Candee's illness was considered NO..
tlcularly unfortunate at this staea =.
the tournament, for she had been nl.y
ing better tennis in this tourname.,
than at any time in her career on Il.
courts. Many favored her to defs., o.,
Mrs. Mills and thus gain her place i
the semi-tinals. In anv event. M,s
Candee and Mrs. Mills would have MN.
Vldcd rare match, as both are hand
hittlng, daring players.
Players in both doubles and sinol.,
are in the semi-fnal round TO-DAY ,i sni
VIII go into the final brackets af,,,
iiOVH , md dtCNeS are com.
pIeted. Miss Bjurstedt meets Mis-
Mills IN the upper half of the single
at IL o'clock this morning. and Mis-
Goss and Miss Ballin will face eac
other in the lower half at 1880 o'cloe
IN the afternoon
The final round match is schedule
TOR 1880 o'clock tomorrow afte rnoo;
At 2:15 o'clock tomorrow there wi
be a special exhibition mems double
match, with Frederick B. Alexands
and Harold A. Throckmorton. WHINE,
OF the national double tournament
l9l. T. opposing Harry McNeal, Ii
Casino professional, and James Burn
the Rockaway Hunt Club pro.
In the doubles Mrs. Eberhardt an
Mrs. Pritchard will play Mrs. Mills sa
MISS Wagner at o'clock this afte,
noon, and Mrs. Wood and Miss Go.
VIII play Mrs. Rogge and Miss Bjur
stedt at 2:30 o'clock The final vii
be played tomorrow morning at /
O'Clock.
1t was 8 O'Clock before Mrs. Woe
and Miss Goss took the court againy
Mrs. Weaver and Miss Ballin and Ii.
nght was just beginning to wane b.
lore the three furiously contested sss
were completed. Miss Bjurstedt w,s
elected by unanimous vote to presto
as umpire. and her administrator 0.
the offlce was a great success, nobody
having any doubts as to the correct.
ness of her decisions, mirabie dis.g.
Starts With Double Fault
Miss Goss began the service, start.
ing off with double fault. 1t might
De as we'll right here to mention that
throughout the match this young plHy.
er's service was one of the striking
features. In several years of following
lawn tennis we have yet to see any
woman player serve with the speed saG
power that distinguish Miss Goss:
delivery. Yesterday she was partieu
larly good IN this respect.
A noteworthy feature of her game ID
this match was the fact that she served
the second ball with the same trs-
mendous speed as the first. and ye'
she made only three double faults dui.
ing the afternoon. 1t might be san
that her service was the determlnirl
factor yesterday. fer when Mrs. Weav'
er and Miss Ballin began to falter TOW
ard the end. it was Miss Goss's serlee
that clinched the ninth game. Miss BS'
I'm, for the greater part Of the ma!e''
was only a bit behind Miss Goss on ser.
vice, and her splendid voleying tron
midcourt was brilliant and at times
spectacular.
Mrs. Weaver vas a shining figure g.
the net. and It was rarely that sn35.
thing within her reach was not KILLED
with a 1inalitv that ended the psel91.,
right there. She fairly "cannonsaea.
her returns through the opposite t0s teu'ss
Mrs. Wood, while never "strosns
the ball with the power that the o'ass.
employed. was remarkably eHees".
with her low drives across deep eo.'
and her sharp volleying for the e. ~,
ners. She made an ideal partner w. ~.
Miss Goss. When the latter, fol0s
ing in the service, grew a bit eITss; era;
on her volleyiag it was Mrs. W. ~,
VINO came to the rescue with beau'''
placement shots. .,,
After gaining a lead of 50 on gan,.
in the last set Mrs. Wood and her psss y.
ner lost control of their strokes vs 1.
period, and Mrs. Weaver ana ~.
Ballin. forcing the attack at the ys u,
drew level at ALL. Then came I l.s
Goss's severe service, and IN the =
game Miss Ballin, who had oegu" 4,
tire from the pace. lost her own
livery and the match was over.