The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-28
MISS WAGNER FAILS
IN TENNIS MATCH
Eliminated by Miss BALM in
Pelham Country Clubs In
vitation Tourney.
ny EUGENE n. o,CoNNELL.


For quite a few years now the annual
invitation tennis tournament for women
at the Pelham Country Club has been
furnishing the tennis world with re-
markable upsets and form reversals.
This years tourney started at the club
courts yesterday and brought about the
expected by furnishing the unexpected.
In other words. It was day replete
with surprises.
The first startling thing that happened
was the defeat OF Miss Marie Wagner,
who has been national indoor champion
half dozen times and is the present
holder Of the New York State title. by
Miss Florence Ballin OF the West Side
Tennis Club. 1t took three strenuous
sets for Miss Ballin to earn her victory
at Sc. Ga, 60.
The victory was well earned too, for
Miss Ballin had to play some Of the best
tennis that she ever has shown to accom-
plish the feat. She got away to a bad
start and seemed unable to do anything
with the hard. deep court drives of the
New York State champion. The West
Side girls returns were going any place
but where she wanted them to.
Late Start for Miss BaIlin.
Toward the close of the first set Miss
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late for her TO save the set and she had
to content herself in the last few games
with chasing her opponent around the
court.
These tactics turned to her advantage,
for In the second set she outdroye and
outplaced Miss Wagner She gained an
early lead and was never headed there
after. In the final set Miss Wagner
worked hard, but Miss Ballin never fall
tered and held her ground until the VIC
tory was won.
BY a strange coincidence, Miss Ballin
featured In the next big surprise of the
day. 1t was she who was defeated this
time. In her second round match she
was opposed to Mrs. Edward v. Lynch
OF the New York Tennis Club. and after
her brilliant showing against Miss wag-
ner was generally picked by the gallery
to win without much difficulty. Mrs
Lynch. however. played some real ten
mis- herself, and defeated Miss Ballin in
| three hard fought sets at "a, 4-6,
It's.
There was another surprise, which
might better be called disappointment
| 1t was the announcement that Miss Molla
B1urstedt, national champion and three
| times winner of the Pelham tourney
| would not defend her trophy. Miss Blur
| stedt. acting under the advice of her
physician. withdrew from the tourney
| because of an injury sustained recently
on the courts The Norwegian girl is
! anxious to conserve all of her strength
for the women's metropolitan champion
! ship tournament. which will be played
next week. and the national titular event,
| which will be staged at Philadelphia
| starting June 16.
Miss Go.s Favored.
With Miss Bjurstedt out Of the tour
| nament, the gallery generally has picked
| Miss Eleanor Goss as the winner of the
tournament. Miss Goss was the runner
up to Miss Bjurstedt in the last national
championship event, and the manner in
| which she won her matches yesterday
convinced her followers that she will
be a hard girl to beat. In the first
round she took straight love sets from
Miss Bessie Holden of Montclair in re-
markaoly fast time. and topped this by a
victory over Mrs Percy wilbourne, at
60, 6-3. The summaries:
Pelham Country Clubs Annual women's
sic Holden defeated Mrs. =. c. Dubie. e-~i.
| Is; Mrs Robert lie Roy won from Miss
Grove defestsd Mrs. Frank Bishop. IDS.
IS; Miss Florence BaIlin defeated Miss
M Msr' v w .ERsS I @s ,,sm ~ Mrs.; ga
| by default: Mrs. Rawson l. Wood defeated
Mrs. Mrsi lewis Nv. aSuvssneSr Morris, IS. s.s
Ms. xdsi. HS"aSa W.: hsymona defested
Helene Pollak defeated Miss Margaret Tay-
Tor. SIS, e--4; Miss Caroms VIM won
from Miss Gertrude Della Tore by de-
fault: Miss Helen Gilieaudeau defeated
| Mrs. W. II. Pritchard, 6-s, 60.
Second round-Mrs. Percy wnbourn won
from Mrs Samuel +. waring by default;
Miss Eleanor Goss defeated Miss Bessie
Holden. 60. 60: Mrs. Robert lie Roy
defeated Miss Margaret Grove. Ga, 6--l,
Mrs. Edward " Lynch defeated Miss Flor.
ence BAllin, G. 4-6. IS: Mrs. Edward
w. Raymond defeated Mrs. Rawson L.
Wood. 6-3, Go: Miss Helene Pollak de-
feated Miss Caroms winn. Ga. s-?: Miss
Helen Gilleau deau defeated Mrs. Benjamin
F. Briggs, 60, "a; Miss Glare Cnascl
| defeated Mrs A. c. Chisolm. Go. 81.
Third round-Miss Eleanor Goss defeated
Mrs. Percy wibourn, Go, 6-3.