The sun., 1919-06-17
MORSE TENNIS STAR
IN DOUBLE VICTORY
Miss Bjurstedt Starts Defence
of National Title i'm Bril-
liant Form.
MISS WAGNER A WINNER
Miss Zinderstein. and Miss
GOss Score Their Brackets
Through Defaults.
MISS WAGNER A WINNER
Sp.oiaI Despatch to TnE suN.


on the historic turf courts OF the Phila
delphia Cricket Club to-day. There wa,
good tennis, bad tennis and Indifferent
tennis, but what attracted the atten'
ton of the large gallery throughout the
day was the play Of Miss Molla Blur.
stedt, and 1t must be said that play
was good.
The Morse woman has been winning
tennis championships of all sorts from
the national title down ever since 1914
She is only three time national cham.
pion, and she might have won the crown
four times except for the fact that In
1917 the tournament was not for the
championship.
Many OF the followers OF lawn tennis
expected that Miss Bjurstedt might fall
by the wayside in this years tournament
Whether or not she will win is still q
matter of conjecture. With the first
rounds completed, however. the Morse
woman is still very much in the run
ming.
The main reason Miss Bjurstedts sue
cess was questioned was the fact that
she had not competed on the courts In
more than a month. with the exception
OF a brief spell in which she played In
the doubles at Ardsley. 1t was held that
tnasmich as Miss Bjurstedt had to play
through the championship tournament
and might have to mix up with one or
mere strong players in the early rounds,
the task might prove too much for her
and force her elimination.
Loses Only One Game.
Miss Bjurstedt has not had a great
deal OF practice for the championship
tournament, but she has managed TO
hold on. so far. She played two matches
to-day and in each case managed TO
score n victory. In the opening round
tho Morse girl disposed of Mrs Robert
Herold of the Bellheld Country Club
with the loss of only one game, Go,
Gil
In the second round Miss Bjurstedt
had even less trouble and vanquished
another Belfield Country Club player
Miss Marion Murray. The Morse girl
won this match in straight love sets.
Mrs. George w. Wightman of Boston.
thrice winner of the national champion
ship and winner Of the recent Metro
politsn championship. had not any trou-
Bile at all winning her first match. She
moved forward on an easy victory over
Mrs. Erskine Smith OF Philadelphia, at
60, Go.
Both OF the national doubles cham
pions, Miss Marion Zinderstein and Miss
Eleanor Goss. came into the second
round of the tournament without having
10 raise a racquet. In other words. both
/, came through OH defaults. Miss Finder
.stein moved up on the default OF. Mrs.
: Nathaniel W. Niles Of Boston, Miss Goss
came through when Miss Helen Sewell
of Huntington Valley did not appear to
Z play
(. Miss Marie Wagner OF New York. who
has won the national championship on
the indoor courts half a dozen times.
was another of the star players who won
her match without any difficulty. Miss
Wagner galloped through In straight
Gets without extending herself. defeating
/. Miss Katherine Porter OF Philadelphia
at Ga. 6-l. The summarizes
r Momsn,s National Champlonship Singles.
I delpha, defeated Miss Augusta wurm,
New York. GO; 60; Miss Mary Heaton,
sharpless. Philadelphia, 6--l 60:
Mrs. George Wishtman, Longvood. de.
feated MIS- ETssins as Smith PhiIadeph.s
sharpless. Philadelphia. al, 90 Mrs.
. Theodore sohst West Side. defeated Mis-,
SS Ors won from M4a 8 WARM: BY
Z fault Miss Mary Heston. Greenwich Club,
defeated Miss Margaret Brooks. Overlook
: son. westmoreland Club. Virginia defeated
: Miss Muriel Binzen. New. York Tennis
Club eIS 81 st sM - Miss Edith G!nter west
! Club. s--l. 81; Miss Alice Beyard. Short
: Hills. y. j.. club. defeated Miss Susan
Goodman. Philadelphia Cricket Club, 6-l.
/ 80 Miss Elizabeth Frazier. Huntington
Valley c; c., defeated Miss Marian Donog-
: hue. PHILADELPHIA Cricket Club. Go. s-i;
} Mrs. NJ. B. Hun. New York Tennis Club, de-
feated Miss Margaret Noes. Chevy Chase,
S., IS; Miss Eleanor Goss West Side.
delphis Country. defeated Mrs. George
stanwix. New York Tennis Club. Ga.
St; Miss Anne Townsend Merton. de-
feated Miss Jessie Gott. West Side. 6-s,
Miss Elizabeth Warren, westmoreiand.
Mrs MI Robert eroy "S West s's sid. de-
90; Miss Nj. Her, New York Tennis, de-
phia Co; n'ry,S defeated Miss Augusta
W9-m: Ne York Tennis, Go. Go; Mrs,
s; F. Fullerton Weaver. West side. won from
Mrs. Rawson Wood. West Side, by default:
Miss Ansie MAYOR. Philadelphia Cricket.
Won from Miss Deborah Seal, Merion, by
default; Miss Mary Newbold, Philadelphia
Cricket. defeated Miss Margaretta Dixon.
rrhiladelphia Cricket. by default; Mrs.
GLADYS Paine, Germantown, 6-3. 6--i
Miss May Heaton. Greenwich Field Club,
defeated Miss Margaretta Sharpless, Phila-
delphia, 6-l, 6-I: Miss Dorothy NewboId,
Philadelphia, defeated Miss Peggie FurEu,
son, Philadelphia. 6-4. 2-6. GO; Miss
Clement wainwright, Philadelphia defeat
"a. u
90; Miss Molla Biurstedt. west Side, do,
feated Mrs. Robert Herold. Belheld. 60,
Miss Marion Murray. Belheld. defeated
Miss Gertrude Tore. West Side. by default
Miss Marie Wagner New York Tennis
, phia, Is G--l; Miss Katherine Gardner,
Yves; Side. defeated Mrs. j. E. Bailey
Longwood. G-i.'6-S: Miss Katherine Lau-
ger Greenwich Field. defeated Miss Re-
beeca Thomson, Philadelphia, C. 6-S;
MISS virginia Carpenter Philadelphia. de-
feated Mrs George Powell, Cynwyd, by de-
fault Miss Mary D. Thayer. Philadeiphia
cricket, defeated Mrs. Lewis Bailey, West
SIDE, g., e-2; Miss DeForest Candee
West side, defeated Miss Margaret Taylor,
stein. Longwood. won from Mrs. n. W
Niles Longwood. by aefault: Miss Flor
sncs BALM. West Side, defeated Miss
Penelope Anderson, weslmoreland. Ga,
feated Mrs. II. +. Kerbaugh. Beineid, g.
SIS; Mrs. 7. Cabot. Longwood defeated
Miss A. d. Smoker, Belheld, 81, 81,
Second Round--Miss Molla Bjurstedt.
Belheld, 60. 60; Miss Mary d. Thayer''
Philadelphia, defeated Miss VIRGINIA CO.
penter. 'Philadelphia, 90. Ga
Girls National Championship Singles
First Round-Miss Alice Hayard defeated
Miss Susan Goodman. q; 50. Mis-
Elizabeth Frazier defeated Miss Marion
Donohue. 60. G-l Miss Margaret Hss'
ton defeated Miss Margaret Brooks, e.
"a; Miss Virginia Carpenter defeated
Miss Carolina Graham: 90. SO: Miss
Baker. IS, 60; Miss Peggy Ferguson
r defeated Mics Mary Geary. liz, G.
Miss Penelope Anderson defeated Miss
Muriei Binzen; a., 81; Miss Edith
81, 81: Miss Adelaide Hooker defeates
Miss Helen Sewall Sc. 6-l, l2-lO