New-York tribune., 1918-05-30
Stirring Play
Marks S
Tennis Meet
Twelve Teams Start ir
Doubles-Semi-F inals
Open Tomorrow
By Fred Hawthorne


tention of good sized gallery yester-
day on the second day of play IN the
women's annual invitation lawn tennis
tournament on the clay courts OF the
Pelham Country Club, at Pelham Man
or. The afternoon was given over en-
tirelv to play in the women's doubles
twelve teams starting and four reacn-
ing into the semi-fnal round.
In the top half the survivors are
Miss Caroma Winn and Miss Margaret
Grove. who will meet Mrs. Homer
Stuart Green and Miss Marie Wagner
tomorrow afternoon, and in the lower
half the contestants will be Mrs. oman
Rogge and Miss Molla Bjurstedt' the
Norwegian stars, against MRS. GeoIse
l.. Chapman and her daughter Mario1.
If the players perform according 70
their records the final round match
should see Mrs. Green and her part,
ner nitted against Miss Bjurstedt and
This morning, starting at IL o'clock,
Miss Wagner. the New York State
champion, will meet Miss Bjurstedt,
national indoor, outdoor and metropol-
itan champion, in the upper half OF the
singles semi-fnal round, while IN tne
lower section the opponents VIII be
Mrs. Edward w. Raymond, former met
ropolitan ttleholder, and Mrs. Rawson
T. Wood. former Florida State cham
pion.
Miss Bjurstedt and Mrs. Raymond
look like the finalists in this event, al
though a falling off in play by either
Miss Biurstedt or Mrs. Raymond may
turn the scales the other way. The ma
tional title holder has not been playing
with her customary dash and aggres-
siveness so far iE this tourney, but she
NAV rise to the occasion to-day.
playing two rounds in the mixed
doubles. with several of the most prom
inent men players in the metropolitan
district pairing up with the women.
Norwegians in Three Sets
The feature match yesterday occurred
in the second round, when Mrs. Rogge
and Miss Bjurstedt defeated Mrs. Spen-
GER Fullerton Weaver and Mrs. Wood
gle by score of Cd, 3-6, 6-2. In
the opening set Mrs. Weaver, national
indoor doubles champion, with Miss
Eleanor Ross, played the most brilliant
game OF the four, her smashing of !obs
and blocking of hard drives being OF
the spectacular variety.
Mrs. Rogge was distinctly off her
game in the early part of the match,
and had it not been for the splendid
uphill fight made by Miss Bjurstedt,
who covered three quarters of the
court in meeting the slashing attack of
Mrs. Weaver and her partner, the Nor
wegians must have gone down to de-
feat. Mrs. Rogge was weak in every
~ ~ oc <1,1t u c
period, except her service, which was
very severe and we'll placed, so that
she scored several service aces, but
this was not sufficient to turn the bal
ance, and she and Miss Bjurstedt lost
the set at 4-6.
Seeing the way things were 60
ing, Miss Bjurstedt placed her part
ner' up at the net in the last two
sets, and there Mrs. Rogge began
to block off drives with a snap and
accuracy that baff1ed Mrs. Weaver
and Mrs. Wood. The national cham
pion also began to add pace to her
shots and was soon racing about the
court with the old, impetuous dash
that has brought defeat to SO many
players in the past.
After taking the second set at 6-S
the Norwegian stars went after the
third with all their confidence restored
and soon ran into substantial lead
on games. Mrs. Wood, who had been
rather erratic overhead for a time
settled down and she and Mrs Weaver
went into the fast rallies with vim
But by this time Miss Bjurstedt was
travelling at splendid rate, ripping
terrific fore and backhand drives
through deep court, taking balls on
the full volley and making marvellous
gets" all over the court. Mrs Rogge
backed her famous partner up we'll
Mrs. Weaver and Mrs. Wood, who ap-
peared upset when several bad line
decisions were called against them
Winning this set at GO, Miss Blur
stedt and Mrs. Rogge took the match.
Another Three-Set Match Played
Mrs. Green and Miss Wagner were
also forced to three sets in the second
round by Mrs. Raymond and Mrs
Briggs, winning at 6-3, 4--6, 60
1t was MI rs. Green's unvarying stead
Iflness in back court, her ability to re-
cover what seemed almost certain
placement ace shots, a..d the "paca'
that she put into her deep court drjvv
that aided materially in this victory.
She and Mrs. Raymond settled the;~
differences from the back OF the court
almost entirely. while Miss Wagner
and Mrs. Briggs took their stand at
the net position, engaging in many
spirited rallies.
Mrs. George L. Chapman and her
daughter. Marian, were another pair
to come through after a three-set
match. Originally Mrs. Marshall Nc
Lean was picked as Mrs. Chapman's
partner, but when she found it i'm
possible to play Miss Chapman stepped
IN and filled the position in brill
liant fashion. She and her mother
earned their mi-final bracket by de
feating Mrs. Edward V. Lynch and
Mrs. K. S. Leachman at 6-4 2-6. 6-4
Mrs. Chapman guarded the net position
and her daughter defended the back
court, and between them they forme
winning combination.
The summaries follow:
Doubles first round)--NIrs. + ". Raymond aod
,umphrles and Miss Bessie Holden, g. t:Des' ea
defeated Miss Elizabeth H. Moore and Miss E1f
Weaver and Mrs Rawson l. Wood defeated Mrs
81. G-3: Mrs; .!ohan Roggc and Miss MoiIs
i,!!nfsIedl defeated Mrs Ernest Eberhardt and Mrs
w. H. Pritchard g.. 6-S
Second round. upper half first round hyes)-
Miss Caroma Winn and Miss Margaret Grove won
m rom Miss Clare Cassel and Miss Helene PollaE
y r default oi Mrs G,sen ana Miss Wagner defeated
Lower half.-Mrs. Rogge and Miss Bjurstedt de-
feated NJ, Ms Weaver and Mrs. Wood. e-4. s--s
Chapman defeated Mrs. Edward v Lynch and
Mrs H. s Lachman. Cd. 90. o-4.
Ev. n- C-IL.