New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Mrs. Wightn1an Of Boston
FaUorite for Tennis Title
Mrs. Stuart Green Also
Has Chance for Hon.
ors at Indoor Tourney
By Fred Hawthorne

Although lacking the magnetic at
traction always injected into women's
tournament by the presence in the
entry of Miss Molla Bjurstedt, ma
tional outdoor and indoor champion.
the twelve annual national indoor title
tourney that begins at the 7th Regi-
ment Armory tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock, will not be lacking in in
terest and high quality of play.
For one thing, Mrs. George H.
Wightman, of Boston, who was ma
tional woman champion on turf courts
in 1909, 1910 and 1911, will make bid
for the honors voluntarily rclin-
pushed by Miss Bjurstedt. The for
mer Miss Hazel Hotchkiss is one of
the most finished players on the courts
OF this country to-day and she seems
quite capable Of capturing the chief
honors.
A Skilled Lobber
A skilled lobber and wonderfully
accurate volleyer, Mrs. Wightman is
liable to go through her half of the
draw with colors uncovered. 1t will
take strong player to beat her.
Mrs. Stuart Green, q member of the
Ardsley Club, and present holder of
the Middle States singles champion
ship, is another who may be relied
upon to make q strong bid for the
indoor title. Before her marriage, as
Miss Adelaide Browning, Mrs. Green
had gained notable reputation on
metropolitan courts, but it is doubtful
If she ever played with greater bril-
lancy than was the case last season.
In the final round of the Ardsley Clubs
annual invitation tournament last sum-
Iner, she faced Miss Bjurstedt and
forced the champion stubbornly
throughout very keen match.
Later in the season, on the clay
courts of the Orange Lawn Tennis
Club, she fought her way through
strong field to win the Middle States
Green is likewise a spectacular get
ter" and one Of the hardest deep court
drivers among the women players of
the country. She rarely goes to the
net to win her points, but it takes the
most aggressive of net games to beat
her.
Miss Marion Zinderstein, that dy-
manic, hardhitting, little player from
Boston, will be among the favortes
when the tourney gets under way. This
Will be her first attempt to gain fame
may spring one Of the big surprises
of the winter season Gifted with an
unusually severe fore and backhand
drive and very crisp volleying stroke,
Miss Zinderstein is always a fascinat-
ing figure on the courts and her play
ing fairly scintillates with spectacular
shots.
Miss Phyllis Walsh, the tall Phiade1-
phia girl, who has figured prominently
in tournament play for the last two
years in her home city, will be among
through the first part of the tourney,
but does not seem likely to achieve any
startling success when the champion
ship itself is at stake
Mrs. Morse Welcome
One of those whom followers of the
game will be glad to see again in COM
petition is Mrs. II. F. Morse, who, as
Miss Marion Vanderhoef, was runner
up to Miss Bjurstedt in the women's
national patriotic" tournament at
Philadelphia, in 1917. Starting out as
back court player, Mrs. Morse has
gradually acquired a sound net game,
with resulting improvement in her
all-round play, and she may prove one
of the factors in the later rounds.
Miss Clare Cassel, who played some
of the outdoor season Of 1918, will
be competitor once more, after quite
a lengthy absence from the indoor
titular tourney. She is finished
court general and dangerous oppo-
ncnt for even the top-rank flight, as
she showed last autumn, when She de-
feated Miss Marie Wagner on the out
door courts.
Miss Helene Pollak, who has been
climbing steadily in her journey to the
top of the ladder during the last two
years, will also be a contender on the
armory courts. Those who remember
the very keen struggle she put up
against Miss Eleanor Goss in the semi
final round of this tournament last
year are expecting great things of the
Harlem Tennis Club star.
While it is g great pity that Miss
Goss will not be able to compete this
time, and Miss Wagner will be seen
only in the doubles, the entry of the
players named above means that the
big tournament will measure we'll up
to the high quality set in former
years.