The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-05
MORSE GIRL VICTOR
IN TENNIS TOURNEY
Miss Bjurstedt Reaches Final
Round of New Jersey
Championship.
By FREDERICK @. LIEB.

Miss Molla Bjurstcdt. national singles
champion, and Miss Marion Zinderstein.
national doubles champion. reached the
final OF the women's singles in the New
Jersey State championship tournament
yesterday on the courts of the Orange
Lawn Tennis Club. at Mountain Station,
N. ].
Miss Biurstedt. played tennis that was
almost perfect and defeated Miss Clare
Cassell with the same ease with which
she brushed aside her less illustrious OPP
moments earlier in the week. Miss BUR-
stedt lost only one game, winning at
6-1, Go.
Miss Marion Zinderstein, the clever
Boston girl. reached the final by defeat
ing Mrs David c. Mills OF Orange In
straight sets at 6-3, 60.
While Miss Bjurstedt won a sensa-
tional victory in the singles she met her
first reverse OF the tournament when she
and Julian s. Myrick were defeated In
the third round of the mixed doubles by
Miss Csssen and Duke Thomas. the Pei
ham Bay sailor, at Sc, SIS. This
match was continued from the preceding
day.
Judging from the scores with which
Miss Bjurstedt won her singles match
It might be assumed that MISC Cassell
had an off day. but this was not the case.
Despite the. onesidedness OF the score
Miss Cassell played well. but the Morse
wizard played super-tennis. She played
one OF the best matches of her brilliant
career. Despite her hard driving her
errors were practically negligible.
Both players drove hard. Each put
powerful force In every stroke. but the
uncanny ability of Miss Bjurstedt to get
over the turf enabled her to make some
wonderful gets and place the ball in
the corners until she got through a
placement or forced Miss Cassell to hit
into the net or drive out Of the court.
Miss Bjurstedt Sets Fast Pace.
II tried everything knew" said the
Park Hill title holder after the match,
but simply couldn't put anything that
Miss Bjurstedt could not get back. She
is a wonder"
Miss Bjurstedt never let up for a
moment She kept up such terrific
pace that the clever Miss Cassell was
PLAYED of her feet.
Mrs. Mills PLAYED some smart tennis
against Miss Zinderstein, but the Boston
girls dash and ability to cover ground
were too much for her. BY keeping the
bail low Mrs. Mills gave Miss Zindersteir
some trouble and forced her to net fire.
auently. Near the finish the New Eng
lander's driving game tired her oppo.
nent and the Jersey woman's returns
had less and less steam behind them.
Miss Zinderstein picked openings In
her opponents defence. and whenever
Mrs Mills tried to rush the net Mis-
Zinderstein responded with hard driver
strokes.
Miss Bjurstedt and Myrick made 9
game fight in the mixed doubles. bu
could not turn the tide. After losins
the first set 6-S last Thursday the,
| were behind s-5 In, the second se
yesterday. when a great rally by tn,
| Morse girl tied up the match at SIS
but Miss Cassell and Thomas again tool
| command and won at Sc.
The semi-nnals OF the mixed double
will be played this morning and tn
three finals this afternoon.
The sum ma ries.
= New Jersey State Championships-
| Women's sinGles-Semi-nnal Round-Mis
| Moila BJurstedt defeated Miss Clare Cas-
| sell. 81, 60; Miss Marion Zindersteir
| defeated Mrs. David c. Mills. 6---8. 6-2.
| Mixed D'ubles - Third Round - Mis-
Glare Cassell and f. r. Thomas defeated
Miss Moiis Bjurstedt and Julian s. Myrick
| Sc, st.