New-York tribune., 1918-06-14
Miss Pollak
Sensation in
Tennis Meet
By Fred Hawthorne

The most sensational unset of fi,a
season occurred yesterday afternoon in
the fourth round of the women's anss.
nual metropolitan lawn tennis chauaes
plonshlp singles on the turf courts Of
the West Side Tennis Club at Fores,
H1ils, l.: l., when Miss Helene Pollaks
6e1eated Miss Marion Zinderstein. of
boston, d, %, 6-3, and gained her
seml-final round bracket.
While it IS true that Miss Pollak
scored surprising reversal, il is but
1air to her to state tnat she won the
match fairly on her merits, maintain-
ing splendid deep court driving game
ina. eventually caused Miss Zinderstein
to falter and grow wild in her control.
Playing with machine-like regularity
and an unsual amount of "pacen Miss
poiiak gradually finished off her points
IN the final games with ever increasing
confidence. Her victory places her
as the opponent of the winner of the
match to-day between Miss Eleanor
loss and Miss Bessie Holden for the
place in final round bracket in the
lower half of the draw.
In the upper half Mrs. Rawson L.
Wood, former Florida champion. and
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, national and
metropolitan title holder, will clash,
Doth having gained their semi-final
rounds yesterday by superlative play
ing. The doubles and mixed doubles
goI under full headway also, with the
iatter event reaching into the SEMI
maj round, the veteran team of Miss
Clare Cassel and Miss Marie Wagner
being among the winners for the d.
OF play.
Mrs. Wood came through by defea
ing Mrs. Robert A. Pope at 6-2, 6-3, n
the fourth round, after the latter had
eliminated Miss Caroma Winn in an
diminished match, by score of 0-6, Ga,
6-4. Mrs. Wood was driving with Ill
her skill yesterday and likewise was in
such perfect command of her volleying
shots that she frequently ran into
mid-cou to finish off her points. Mrs.
pope's driving could not prevail against
the kind of lawn tennis Mrs. Wood was
playing and the result was never ia
doubt.
Miss Bjurstedt gave indications that
she is again about to win the locsI. !.
honors by the impressive manner jn
which she swept to victory in the tve
matches that she played in the singles
In her first encounter she took the
measure of Miss Clare Cassel at 6-2s
6-1, never giving her opponent chanee
to make the affair close. In the fourth
round she was opposed by little Mis-
Helen Hooker, the thirteen -year-ead
schoolgirl, who had gained her bracket
by defeating Miss E. Gott at 6-4, l1-4
1-5. in the second round, and thrcugA
the default of Mrs. Spencer F. Weave
in the third.
Against game of such tremendcue
hitting power and unrivalled speed q
the national champions, Mss Helen, 9
course, was utterly unable to make g I
impression and was vanquished y
short order at 6-1, 60, although fhe !
spectators gave her great round g
applause when she won a game IN tse
first set. Play will continue to-day.
The summaries follow:
women's metropolitan singles tseecnd round,5sf
4-S. e-4; Nrs. T. sohst defeaisi hiss salis s
s,cd. defeated % Miss clare csssel. e.. 81 M;:.
Miss Issee Goss w0n dsfsssed a.a M m sehs. "ss
Bessie Holden defeated Miss T. Davies. 50. 49,
Miss Helene Pollak defeated Mrs JohAn bosse' v
Fourth round-Mrs Rawson L. Wood De- ds,ssas,.e g.,
Hooker 81. 60: Miss Helene Poilsk defsse
Miss Marion zinderssein. 4-S. ga, s--3 80
roundi-Aiiss j. Pelham and MIs Carson dsfs,sse
Miss Il. Gott and Miss II. Thcmpsou, 20. ~ - +
Miss CarosnA Winn defeated Miss Julie Brosn -
Mrs jenkins Ss s1i: ;at MIS- Mo MoA1 slasua e
Wood and Mrs. 8. r. wearce. Sd. s-S 49,
Helene Pollsk won from Mira, W. H. Pntsss$
and MRS. D.. C.. Mills. by deranit: M,ss ~. =
ham and Mrs Carson e-i. s--2: Aiiss
White and Miss NJ Curry defestsa ,,sinsss Mlssg s
Miss Adele cragn DEBATED Mrs. Grant hoesz eS'
and MIRA. f. Duble, e-o, p-I. i6sx75
Third rcssnd--Aiiss BsuStest and Mrs 1cxez ~ IS.
featd Miss winn and Miss Della rcfTu - ~
S..s. s.-s; Miss casssl and Asss Was;sss e "a
Mrs. Do Forest csndss nnd Mr. IT. q 49, IT. 5
den. 6---2 As, 6--A Miss Wssner and MI ~ s
defeated Mira Warang and Mis- cxsasn& 80