New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-09
Champion Also TriunphS.
in Mixed Doubles When
,ss
Paired With Alexander
By Fred Hawthorne


sen once more Yesterday afternooTs
when she defeated Miss Marie Wac1@
ner' New York State champion. in the
maj round of the women's invita-
ton lawn tennis tournament at the
Heights Casino, BROOKLYN.
The great Norwegian won At ss
ID, despite the fact that Miss Wag-.
ner was playing at the very height
OF her game, and in winning the cham!o
plon gave the impression that she al
ways held plenty of speed and stay
ing power in reserve.
Earlier in the day Miss Wagner haa-
gained the right to face Miss Riur
stedt by defeating. Miss Eleanor Goss.
at l0-S. g in the semi-hnal rountF
or the singles. IN match that showed.
the value of tournament experiences
ana court generalship Miss Goss
found 1t costly to go to the net against
her able opponent, and although shs.A
put up a desperate struggle in the
first set, her efforts left her an easy
victim in the last session. ut
Special Doubles Match e
Following the match between Misss
~ d NctI anu hiSS w dI2ncf "a
clal exhibition mixed doubles matcfr3
was played, and here again the Morse
queen came through with her star unz>
dlmmed by defeat. She, paired with
Frederick b. Alexander, the great ing
tornationalist, defeated Mrs. George
W. Wlghtman, three times former mar
tional woman champion, and Marry j..
McNeal, the Casino professional.
The score was 6-3, 1O-8 the last
set hplur sciDf illaf;,,tr !,
fast drive and lightning volley, with
Alexander Standing out bit abovel
the others. The Davis cup veteran was
as deft with his low volleys and as
keen court tactician as of yore. and
the gallery had plenty Of chances to
enthuse as the pairs battled for the
points.
There was quite prevalent feel
lng among the spectators YESTERDAYS
that Miss Wagner would at least take
set from her great opponent in the
match Tor the chief honors, and thia
leellng was strengthened. after her
DflllIant victory over Miss Goss IN.
the morning play. The New York
State champion has never yet in arp
her meetings with Miss Bjurstedt. il.
our memory does not play us tricks.
Morse girl. ~
But all week Miss Wagner's plavinr
at the Casino had been distinctly bet-S
ter than anything she has shown i'm
doors within the last year or two
ner driving was very strong. her CONF
lrol OF strokes excellent and her work
at the net very effective. 1t was feltE
e lnere that yesterday was her.
great chance to attain at least parfiaiS
revenge Tor the unending string of de.-
leats that have marked her meetings
win the national title holder. nj
An Irresistible Stride
But it was not TO be- Miss Biurstedg
seemed able to rose her game with
hardly perceptihG effort notch hvr
notch, until she had worked into an r.
reslstiple stride. In the second set Of
the match, when Miss Wagner was
MAKING her strongest bid, and led at
r. oha on games, breaking through tho
champions service in the fourth game
LOT lhe only time in the match. tho
national title holder reused herself and
started session of furious deep courp-
driving, down the centre, down the side
lines and into the far corners. 4
MISS Wagner fought bravely to rex
tain her lead, but she found once more
as have SO many who have attempted
TO defeat the queen of the courts. that
she could not match her great opponT
ents speed of court covering, nor vie
with her in the amount Of "pace" puts
lnlo drive and VOlley.
when the state champion tried to
gam the net and cut off, Miss Blur
| stedts singing drives she found herr
sell beng passed by balls that just
caught the side lines or shot across the,
court at almost unplayable angles
The sixth, seventh and eighth games
went to the Morse girl with the loss
OF only two points, and then came a
feeting letup on the part of Miss Blur
stedt, Miss Wagner winning the ninth
game in decisive manner
The next game saw the end, for thor
champion unleashed a series Of light
ming drives that Miss Wagner could not
meet successfully, and the second set
and the match were won by Miss Blur.
stedt.
Better Against Miss Goss
Miss Wagner showed to far better3
advantage in her tilt with Miss Gosst
The latter's game is still in the;
making: that IS, she has not vet takenl
. full advantage OF hen natural ability
/ She possesses all the clements that col
to make up 4 winning game, but hass
not yet learned to make full use oil
them.
Against Miss Wagnes yesterday thes
tail West Side Tennis Club girl relied
almost entirely upon net game, and
1t was not good enough to win against
/ ~'N-' o ceNAA''lS payer dS the SlAlcs
! champion
The first set was a pretty struggle;
Miss Goss charging continually for tho
net position, IN spite of the beautifully
timed drives that her opponent kept
hammering down the lines.
Many times she was successful iIs
blocking off Miss Wagner's shots. and
often she brought off spectacular.
smashes overhead, but the WONDERING
steadiness of her rival more thals
counterbalanced this, and. after exs
pending tremendous amount of
energy in her rushes to the net, MISC
Goss found herself played to a stands
still when it came time to start ther
second set Miss Wagner marching
along to victory with little oppositions
Alexander and McNeal had manys
thrilling duels from mid-court, botla
playing the ball on the half-volley as
they came running in to the net pos+
ton. Mrs. Wightman, too. took a HAND
in these Exchanges, but she and hefs
partner could not get their team plaw
working as smoothly as that Of the ops
/ posing pair, although in the final sen
/ they made a determined bid to gairs
the upper hand.
''Strangler" TO Meet Stecher
CHICAGO, Feb. SD STRANGER.
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