New-York tribune., 1921-02-06

Zinderstein might have Won by an
occasion risen.
A stroke analysis of the two brief
sets shows that Miss Zinderstein scored
almost three times as many placement
aces, fifteen to six, as Miss Wagner,
while her errors were thirty to her
opponents thirty-nine.
As is we'll known, Miss Zindcrstcin's
forte is her net game Her ground
strokes are sound and forceful, when
she has control, but it is at the net
position, where she can volley and
smash with the best, that the national
doubles champion is in her element.
Seldom Goes to Net
could not help noticing yesterday,
however, that Miss Zinderstein rarely
went to the net. She seemed to be con
fident of victory without these aggres-
sive tactics, and that confidence was
amply justified, as the score of the
match will show. Yet on the few oc-
casions when she did run in to volley
aud to smash the Boston girl accom-
plished things SO easily and decisively
that you could not help wishing she
would finish matters off in that manner
more frequently.
tanned by Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
two weeks ago that forced her to de-
fault in the Casino tournament it was
foregone conclusion that the final
round would have found the national
singles champion and Miss Zinderstein
fighting it out for the chief honors.
Mrs. Mallory has won the Casino
trophy for five consecutive years, but
there were plenty of spectators at the
courts yesterday who believed Miss
i~Gersten would have proved most
trous opponent for the great
Use player, and l agree with this
criAiou.
The match was delayed for more
.han an hour by the late arrival of
Miss Wagner, owing to miX-up in
the announcement of the scheduled
day afternoon early it had been de-
cided to start the match at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, and Miss Wagner
apparently left the clubhouse under
that impression. Later in the after
noon, however, it was determined to
change the hour to 1880 o'clock, and
Miss Zinderstein was promptly on
hand.
When there were no signs from Miss
Wagner. therefore, she was called on
the telephone at her home. She de-
clared that there was no notice of the
change in time in her favorite morn
ing newspaper, and that therefore she
could not be expected to know. All
OF which made it evident that Miss
Wagner does not read the right morn
ing newspaper. (Advt).
Miss Wagner Nervous
The match began with Miss Wagner
hall flar h,tt
stein won the opening game, after the
points had reached deuce once. In
this and the following game it was all
straight driving from deep court, with
Miss Zinderstein leading at 90 as
her opponent kept hitting the net cord
with her shots. Miss Wagner was
plainly nervous.
The New York player took the third
game on her own we'll placed service
aided by some splendid driving, and
then Miss Zinderstein ran off with the
fourth and fifth, stroking beautifully
and with world of pace and top on her
ball Miss Zinderstein threw away the
sixth game when she made two double
faults, the last time for the game point
but thereafter she steadied down finely
and took the last two games, giving
her the set at 6-2.
The point scores of the two contests
follow:
FIRST SET
Miss Miss j5G jZ5indorstein'55 or a,t3aa 2S 6
SECOND SET.
Miss zinderstein. a 5 4444 27 6
Miss Wagner. ......1 ) / l , : IA ]
Game Goes to Deuce
Miss Wagner began the service in
the second set, and was again broken
through as Miss Zinderstein sent hard
fore and back hand drives ripping
through the openings. The second
game went to deuce before the Boston
girl could bring off the winning point,
and then Miss Wagner, making her last
successful bid, took the third game on
her own service.
The New York player did some very
splendid driving from deep court at
this stage, and her placing was such as
to draw applause from the gallery, but
the loss of the game only served to
put Miss Zinderstein more on her
metal, for she ran away with the next
four games with the loss of only six
points, thus winning the set at 6-1
and the match.
In the last half of the match the
Longwood girl made several dashes for
the net position, smothering all re
sstance by brilliant volleying IS she
or shot it deftly past Miss Wagner as
the latter made vain attempts to inter
cept. Miss Zinderstein was far too
swift, both in her stroking and in her
court covering, however, for Miss Wag-
ner to compete on anything like even
terms,
suppose Miss Wagner's nerves were
trihe upset as result of her delayed
appearance, and that may account for
the fact that she was losing points by
hitting the net on her ground strokes
with far greater frequency than is
usual in her accurate game. But it is
just as true that Miss Zinderstein was
quite as nervous because of the long
hours wait she had after appearing on
the court ready to play. SO there was
no advantage materially either way,
and the result of the match is fair
measure of the two players relative
ability, think.
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