New-York tribune., 1918-03-29

few expect to see Miss Goss vanquis
same is always open to surprises. al
will accomplish the seemingly impos
In the doubles final. also scheduled
for tomorrow morning, the team OF
Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver and
Miss Goss will meet the smoothly
working combination formed by Mrs.
Homer Stuart Green and Miss Caroma
Wlnn. Both. matcnes should develop
some brilliant lawn tennis, for all the
players are in the front rank as TO
quality. The competition in the dow
bles should he particularly close, with
the chance. in favor of Mrs. eaver
and her partner. for both are unusually
clever players at the net position.
The semi-tinals yesterday went ac-
cording to form. with the logical win
ners coming through to the final test
Miss Bjurstedt simply swept her coun-
trywoman, Mrs. Johan Rogge, off the
court, vanquishing the latter by score
OF 60, 6-1. Miss Goss had Tar
more difficult time with Miss Helene
Pollak, finally winning by score of
were carried to three sets before they
triumphed over Mrs. Albert Humphrles
and Miss Bessie Holden by score of
4-6, 6-4, e..
Play Back Court Game
The two stars from Norway fought
out their match from back court, Miss
Blurstedt only once going to the net
for any protracted period, and when
She did it was to score a love game IN
the second set with four dazzling vol
ieyine shots to the corners.
The match served to demonstrate
once more that Mrs. Rogge has not yet
struck her true game. Her strokes,
particularly off the ground, are eX-
ecuted with a grace and frlctlonless
sweep that are a delight to watch, but
she has not yet apparently reacheG
that pon twhere she can be sure OF
bringing off these shots successfully.
Many, many times yesterday Mrs.
Rogge struck the net cord with her
forehand and backhand drives. In
other words, she was just failing to
win points that should have been hers.
Once she gauges the height of the net
and the length of the court more ac-
curately she will prove d dangerous
contender in almost any company.
Miss Bjurstedt started in at once to
hit the ball with her customary pace.
and romped about her court with won
derful speed. She seemed able to an
.icipate every move Mrs. Rogge was
about to make and was always in posi-
ton when the ball came over. The
struggle was quite bit closer than
the games score would lead one to
believe, four of the games IN the first
set being fought out to deuce.
Again it was Miss Bjurstedt's ability
70 score OF placement shots. the
faculty of earning her points instead
of relying on her opponents errors,
that featured her work on the court.
Both players showed preference
when taking service to whip the re-
turn at sharp angle across the court,
and the champion was more uniformly
successful at this.
Gives Fast Drop to Ball
Mrs. Rogge, while she does not get
the same amazing amount of pace IN
her ground strokes that Miss Bjurstcdt
does, imparts u fast drop to the ball
tendency to skim the net that ac
counted for her many nets yesterday.
In this respect she follows the prece-
dent set by r. Norris Williams, I'd,
national champion, who is either un-
beatablc or mediocre in his playing,
according to the way his finely judged
strokes arc going.
There was no halting the great Nor
wegian in the second set until the
third game, and then Mrs. Roggc, aided
by two beautiful cross-court shots for
placement, won her first and only game
of the match. Hiss Bjurstedt again
took command, however, and reclcd off
the next four games in a row, for the
set and match.
Miss Pollak was not as steady yes
tcrday in her match with Miss Goss
as she has generally proved to be,
with the result that the hard hitting
and severe overhead game of the lat
ter brought victory in straight sets,
In the opening set Miss Pollak, by
speeding her forehand drives down the
side lines as Miss Goss started for the
net position, held her opponent even
on games UP to sail, but dropped the
eleventh game on her own service and
lost the last on four errors She
vas lncilned to overdrive the base line
and when she attempted to meet Miss
Goss at her own style of play, at the
net, she was not equal to the task.
The second set found Miss Goss
playing with more confidence, and al
though she was sometimes caught out
cf position when she hesitatcd a mo-
rncnt before rushing the net. as a
rule she handled Miss Pollak's returns
aplendidly, volIeying with a severity
that finished off the points quickly, to
win at 6 g.
Doubles Match See-Sawed
The doubles match sec-sawed quite
frequently before the winners were de-
cided. From start to finish the feature
was the sterling play Of Mrs. Green.
who carried the brunt Of the opposing
attack in the first set and through
good part of the second. The girl
rom Ardslcy was always the d0minat
'ng figure on her side Of the net at
this stage. Not only did she cover
almost the entire back court, but also
did her share from the voleyinp posi-
ton. rN'-
The first set found Miss Winn verv
erratic. She appeared utterly unable
10 control her shots. Both Mrs. Holden
and hrs. Humphries aimed their hcav-
iest batteries at Mrs. Green. but tbe
iat'er never faltcred, scoring on snrc.
.acular gets In addition she stead
ied MISS "inn until the New York o,rl
"haiiy gained control Of her net nh.
ana a1ier that the result was not lony
Mrs. Humphries was the strorcor
player on her court. driving with ure.t
severity. both on fore and backSand
But once Miss Winn had steadied down
me snotnered these shots with hesn'
t!ful blocking and smashing. The d.
ciding factor in the match. howevcr
was Mrs. Green's courage under Gre
"nen victory appeared remote. The
summarizes follow:
Women. National Indoor Championship sieylc.
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