LAWN TENNIS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 67, 18 March 1916, Page 16

LAWN TENNIS.

Entienlars of the thud and ftui between Mrs T. C. BnndyTifcTui*** ton, and Mac Moßa ]«?&& on the Hotel Virgin*, c£&fy*, - Beach California, are now toSSd.&S ; these two champione finrt net it $* ' girl won in straight eets, but Jfafe \ ' did when they met T match, therefore the third mife* ■£** large gate. Two thousand ftvTiSlHi ' crowded the etands and ■' wonderful match. Both play**. iSlii ' with a raeh, each figured to aahtt% " other, and played for r ings into which would be hurled cane drive which more afW ! •won a clear race. Mrs BoW ,£?<**■ : steady and waited for her chanced when it came she hit with a streSiS Saccuracy that were most tel U ti?°i? ■varied her pace, and .was ex«Mt U placing, to such an extent that •Hβ wl her opponent on the run. Mice Bfo»2J s'S depended on the epeed of her ebote , *3 forehand and backhand. Sh<eo«2 ; court in a moet wonderful nuaner I*2 : epeedy and strong. Although her 'fc2 ; <' was not so steady perhaps v waST was more brilliant, had to be, in ficVt! cope with her opponent's »tttok..fo. Norse girl won the first game, hot V» Bundy evened on her own service, &S players drove hard and cleaa -jjw Bundy played to her opponents fdrehni but Misa Bjurstedt manoeuvred tifnS her ball away from her opponent , ! 'teS. ing" forehand drive. "Two alF'^Si 1 called, then Mrs Bundy opened out : t2; won three games in succeaeibniS being love games, and the other 15." The Noree girl now marie Ser ; n6t*d stand, and took a game, butifwae "vj!" Sutton" who led 5-3. and ehe beit d«#i all the Norse girl's attack, and i«iei L winner of the first set 6-3, *ith-» W "game-15." The second set ' BjuTstedt much steadier, and ishe' ikdiii harder and cleaner. Time and igiin ifc drew Mre Bundy to the'net, md titi beat her. She ran to "4-love/ »nd't4*a Mre Bundy appeared to openi out uj; took a game, .but Miss Bjunrttdt M the next two games and set, Wr «.- though beaten 6-1, Mra Biwdy done nearly so much work a* jiir' opponent, who had ibeen running from conic to corner. The third eet eaw'MwßiiadT: all on edge for fight, and she {orce4t« ; game from the start, and waa qiielli "3 games" up. The latter seearej'tiij' fourth game, but Mrs Bundy was ofit to win. She covered the court like a racehorse, and was good both at the tue as well as at the net. She returned her opponent's furious drives in a nioit'wen-■: derf ul manner, after having had to hard right across and off the cpnrt to' get at them, ilra Bundy led «4 there was a great fight for the setentS game, but Mrs Bundy was not to ty denied, and she also took the next game and set aj 6-2. Mrs Bundy by her : 4efc»t of Mice Bjurstedt secures the beantiful 150-dollar silver bcwl presented by ;ibjSouth California Association. : 'ii'm; Bjurstedt is still the United SUtk l«dy- " J champion, but as the western .plijcja put it: "Our player t some, «ad*c!)B I is the best woman player in the Btttei, : I if not in the world." It Is reckoned ttuif-l Mrs Bundy is playing quite as *tfl, i! I not better, than she did in 1905 »nd MOT. when ehe won of" Wimbledon: » grent thiujr ,t» mj after (being away from tie game.;for »y few years. She may have moTg »xfenence, but methinke the -May. Sutton of 1 1907 .would have beaten the Slr».Bttn4y of 1915. Nevertheless, the latter .W; I good enough for Mies Molla • end that was all Calif ornia. w»nt«4. - ■"