New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Notable Performances b
Boys and Girls Mark
Recent Journeys
By Fred Hawthorne

Those who have been inclined to ig
more the remarkable progress made
within the last twelve months by the
younger lawn tennis players of the
land have had cause to revise their
views within the last two weeks, for it
has been the performances of players,
both girls and boys. that have been the
most striking features of two different
tournaments.
A little more than a year ago Miss
Eleanor Goss, of this city, entered her
first sanctioned tournament-we be-
lieve it was at the Heights Casino, in
Brooklyn-and her play was SO unusu-
ally good, even though most Of her
strokes were in the formative stage at
that time, that we predicted brilliant
future for her.
A year ago this month Miss Marion
Zinderstein, of Boston, appeared in the
womens national championship tourna-
ment at the Philadelphia Cricket Club
I and went through several rounds of
the tourney in brilliant manner, yield
ing finally to Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the
champion, in two hard-fought sets. 1t
was the first time the young girl had
ever appeared in an important court
event, yet her work stamped her at
once as far above the average, so much
so that we had occasion in these col
umns to prophesy that she would go
far toward the top of the ladder within
the following year or two.
Showed Latent Ability
So plainly did these girls demon
strate the latent ability that was en-
x,,,tb hat
quired no genius of foresight to recog-
nize the fact that they were stars in
the bud. We simply draw your atten-
tion to them now because they have
both arrived" in the higher circles
and the end is not yet.
In winning the all -comers' tourna-
ment at Philadelphia ten days ago and
thus qualifying to meet Miss Molla
Bjurstedt in the challenge round OF
the women's national championship
Miss Goss advanced through the vari-
Gus stages of the tourney by the sound
est of playing strength and skill. True
her path was not one beset with great
difficulties, Mrs. Rawson l.. Wood and
Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver, of New
York, being her most formidable op-
ponents up to the final bracket, and
neither was anywhere near the top of
her game. In the final round Miss Goss
met and conquered Miss Helene Pollak
in straight sets, although pressed
closely.
Against Miss Bjurstedt, when playing
for the title, the New York girl showed
only occasional flashes of the tennis
she is really capable Of, apparently
going on the court with. the idea firmly
implanted in her mind that the great
champion would be too much for her
That is where inexperience told it's tale
failing that could only be eradicated
by much tournament play.
Showed Big Improvement
But nobody expected Miss Goss to
wrest the crown from the wonderful
girl from Norway. That was placing
too much of demand upon her, vel
there was general surprise expressed at
the striking Improvement in her ground
strokes shown by this most promising
OF players. A year ago Miss Goss had
practically. nothing but her severe SER
vice and her brilliant though erratic
overhead play to pit against opponents.
Since then she has set about polish
ing up her ground strokes, forsakin. !.
| her favorite net attack with commend
able determination to round out her
| game, with the result that to-day her
| fore and back hand drives are almost
models of their kind, the follow
through being long and smooth and
the amount of pace" impaired to the
| bali unusually great.
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