The sun., 1919-06-21
Champion Beaten by Miss
s Zinderstein in Semi-finals
of National Tourney.
SCORE is 4-6, 6-1, Go
Victor Will Play Mrs. Wight
man in Final Round at
Philadelphia To-day.
By EUGENE n. o'CoNNELL.
r,..,,, p.,cafcx IN TIE suS.

. PHILADELPHIA, June zV.-Tnere was u
forecast some time ago In THE SUN 10
this effect that Miss Moila Bjurstedt. the
great Morse girl who has held the ma
tionai tennis title since 1915, probably
would not hold the crown this year. 1t
was pointed out then that owing to the
fact that Miss Bjurstedt had been kept
or the courts by an injury and also be-
cause quite a few of the women players
Rad improved a great deal the Nor
wegian player would find the opposition
too great
To-day the tournament in singles has
been played up to the final round. and In
tho championship match that will b.
contested tomorrow on the historic
courts of the Philadelphia Cricket Club
Miss Bjurstedt will not be one Of those
competing, for she was defeated to-day
In the semi-nnal round by Miss Marion
Zinderstein, as, 6-1, 6-2. In the
final round Miss Zinderstein. who repre-
sents the Longwood Cricket Club, Bos-
ton, will meet Mrs George w. Wight
man of the same club, and 1t therefore
Is certainty that the championship will
20 TO Boston.
. Miss Bjurstedt, who has been winning
championships with monotonous regu-
larity was never in the running to-day
after the first set The defeat of the
Morse girl hardly came rs q surprise to
the gallery. It Is unusual for a tennis
gallery to expect a champion TO be de-
feated. and more unusual for II to look
for Miss Bjurstedt to fall Miss Blur
stedt has been winning SO often that
whenever she started so certain was the
outcome that many persons lost interest.
=. Boston Girl Plays Fine Game.
The fact that Miss Bjurstedt had been
f.f1 he n
her injury. of course, takes n little from
the victory Of Miss Zlnderstein. There
IL no gainsaying. however, that Miss
Zlnderstein played wonderful tennis to-
day. The Boston girl played the kind
o. tennis that would win nine times out
of ten. 1t was the kind of tennis that
might have beaten Miss Bjurstedt. even
when the Morse girl was at her best
Even IN the opening set, which Miss
Zinderstein lost. the Boston girl demon
strated the fact that she would stand
foI a lot Of beating, Miss Bjurstedt
won three of the FIRST Ave games and
had the lead at SO. 1t was evident
TO the gallery that tho Morse girl had
aNprovision Of defeat and was working
Al her best to stave of the imminent
dika ster.
Miss zinderstein played along smooth
ly and easily in the next couple of games
two points. This put the Boston girl In
the lead at 4-3, and It looked like the
beginning of the end for Miss Djurstedt
The Morse girls unorthodox play was
glaringly apparent at this stage OF the
game The sheer strength that has won
hsf many another match was not In Nevf-
dence and she had. nothing else TO fan
: back on.
With the score as against her, MIS-
Bjurstedt pulled herself together and
put everything she had on the ball. She
had the sphere skimming across the ne,
with all her old time speed and power
Miss Zinderstein, however. refused TO be
annoyed by either speed or. power. She
realized that the Morse girl was on the
toboggan aud, unlike Miss Wagner yes.
terday, would give her no chance to gel
set ... .....-...
Miss Bjurstedt Tires.
Miss Z!rderstein kept pressing the at.
tack. being willing frequently to make
errors in order to keep her style OF play
consistent Throughout the next thre,
games she kept Miss Bjurstedt chasing
from one side of the court to the othei
until the Morse girl showed signs of ex
haustion. The gameness of the cham
T1ion might be attested to by the fac
that she won three games In a row
taking the opening set. .I.
That. however. was tho last stand 70
the great Norwegian player. Befor
the last point Of the FIRST set was de
cided she showed that she was prett,
we'll tuckered out. In the beginning o
the second set Miss Zinderstein. taltini
advantage Of her superior condition. car
ried the attack to her opponent, ant
won the FIRST two games. Miss Blur
stedt, however, was still fighting: Il
fact. she was dying hard. She took tn
next game. and In spite OF the fact tina
the Boston girl carried off the next fou
games and the set the Norwegian wa
nghting hard right up TO the last.
At the finish OF the second set Il wa
evident that Miss B1urstedt would los
the match. Miss Zinderstein kept goin
strong in the early games OF the thir
ret, and soon was in the lead at 81
Miss Bjurstedt then made her fins
stand and took a love game. In thi
game she showed many flashes OF he
old form. but she could not hold tn
pace, and Miss Zinderstein took thre
games in a row. which gave her the sc
and match.
Mrs. whitman Wins Easily.
Mrs. wightman gained her place |
the final round without any difficult
at all. Mrs. Wightman won her mate
in straight sets, at ca. 6-2. in tn
semi-final round. from Mrs Gilbert Har
rey. The Boston woman played the sam
kind of tennis that won her three ma
tional championships as Miss Haz'
- Hotchkiss, and which incidentally wo
her the Metropolitan championship
couple Of weeks ago.
IN the girls singles Miss Adelaid
Hooker. who was picked by a grea
many followers OF the game as a sur
winner. was forced to default In th
semi-fnal round TO Miss Elizabeth War
rem because OF an injury sustained yee
terday. In the final round Miss Ware
was defeated by Miss Katherine Gard
ner, who thereby wins the championship
at 60. 81 s5s.
The Summaries.
womsn's National Championship sinrl,
man defeated Mrs. Gilbert Harvey, Ga. g.
Miss Marion Zinderstein defeated Miss Mol
Biurstedt, -. 6-1. &c.
Girls National Champio ship Singles (Sem
hnal Round)-Miss Elizabeth Warren VIC
from Miss Adelaide Hooker by default.
Final Round-Miss Katharine Gardner q
feated Miss Elisabeth Warren. Ga, 81. g.
women's National Championship DoubI,
fseni-hnsi Round)-Mrs George W Win
man and Miss Eieonora Sears defeated MI
Clare Csssei and Mas Marie wagner, !"
National chsmpionshir Mixed pou,
Fourth RounD-Miss Marion 2lndersto
W aha ~ 49,.