The sun., 1919-06-11
'PLAY FAST TENNIS
ON ARDSLEY COURTS
Four Players in Invitation
Singles Advance to Fourth
Round.
BY EUGENE n. o,CoNNELL,

Making UP for the time lost because of
the rain on the opening day play in the
women's invitation tennis tournament on
the turf courts Of the Ardsley Club at
Ardsley on the Hudson was carried on
with expedition yesterday, and four of
the competitors are out Of the round
before the semi-f1nals The committee
had planned to complete both the first
and second rounds in the singles and
one round in the doubles They bettered
their plans by getting four of the eignl
matches in the third round finished, and
furthermore were able to chalk I'D a
couple OF matches In the second round
OF the doubles.
The players who reached the fourth
round In the singles were Miss Florence
BALM. Mrs. lingo Hartman, Miss Edith
Handy and Miss Gertrude Della Tore.
Miss Della Tore was the only one Of
the quartet who was forced to play a
three set match in the third round AZ
ter coming through the second round on
default she had to night hard to defeat
Mrs. Rawson Wood at 3-6. Go, 6--1.
Miss Bjurstedt Defaults.
The tournament brought out quite a
Few disappointments and a couple of up
sets. The greatest cause for chagrin to
the gallery, however. was the fact that
Miss Molla Bjurstedt, the national cham
pion. did not play in the singles. Miss
Bjurstedt was at the courts, but de-
cided that she had not sufficiently re-
covered from injuries received some time
ago to play in the strenuous game Of
singles, and would content herself to get
into championship form by playing in
doubles during this tournament. Miss
Bjurstedt later played in the doubles
with Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver and
won first round match from Miss Clare
Cassel. Pennsylvania and Eastern States
champion. and Miss Helene Pollak, at
Ga, 90.
Another disappointment was tho with
drawal OF Miss Marion Zinderstein from
the tournament. Miss Zinderstein, who
holds the national and metropolitan
doubles crowns with Miss Eleanor Goss,
and who has been playing a great game
In singles lately. had to return TO her
home In Boston and was forced to de-
fault. Miss Helen Gillaudeau, former
Barnard star; Mrs. de Forest Candee
and Mrs. Robert LIE Roy were other high
class players who withdrew from the
| tournament
Ardsley Clubs women's Invitation
singles-F1rst round-Mrs. H. ]. Ellsworth
c. c. Parsons. 6-2. IS; Mrs. Benjamin
+. Briggs defeated Miss Marion Iler
second ROsnd-EI5st round syes-Mrs
,eated Mrs Frank Bishop. rs. e1s;
Mrs David c. Mills defeated Mrs. Arthur
so,le ,,o 60 Miss N1 III BT9wSIns
! Adele Crasin defeated Mrs. ]. @. Duncan
81. ,&li Miss F1oresee Hallin wor
| from Miss Marion Zindersteln by default
F.
seA.t asi. sH,a 9r, a' Dass. s-. as
Smi. 10: Mrs S ". r. Pritehard won rom
Miss Helen Gilieaudesu by default; Miss
Edth Handy won from Mrs de Fores
Morris defeated Mrs. Percy wilbourn. "a
| 6-3; Miss Gertrude Della Tore won from
Ra%son /. WOOD defeated Mrs. samus
Taylor defeated Miss Csroma w,nn, "a
Robert lie Roy by default.
Third Round-Miss Balm defeated Mis-
e G. s? soS. 60 Mrs b M.. asS ate@ de-
feated Mrs, Morris IS. 60; Miss bells
Tore defeated Mrs. Rawson l.. Wood
Invitation-First Round-Mrs Raymond
and Mrs. Briggs won from Miss Mulqueer
and partner by default; Miss MaIiaI
defeated Mrs. wnSourn and Mrs. Hart
man. 81. 80; Mrs. Marshall McLeaI
and Mrs, n. Farley defeated Mrs. L. V
I Lynch and Miss Margaret Greve. 7-s
| 80, 6-2 Mrs Warning and Miss cragir
won from Mrs. A. HUMPHREYS and partnei
by default: Miss Molla BJurstedt and Mrs
| Spencer Fullerton Weaver defeated Mis-
| Cassel and Miss Pollak, g., "a; Mrs
Wood and Miss Phyllis Walsh won from
Mrs Arthur Butler and partner by de
! fault.
Second Round-Mrs. Bishop and Mrs
Butler defeated Mrs Parsons and Mis-
Whitley. Is. 81, g.: Miss Chapman
and Miss Browning defeated Mrs. Ray
| mond and MIS-. BriEEs. 0-6. a.. GO.