Miss Bjurstedt Defends Title At U S Championships
Philadelphia hosts the thirty-second annual women's lawn tennis championship with Miss Molla Bjurstedt leading a field of sixty four. Key rivals include Mrs George W Wightman Miss Eleanor Goss and Miss Marion Zinderstein as the start sees Bjurstedt win two matches 6-0 6-1 and 6-0 6-0 while Wightman cruises with no game loss.
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Philadelphia
United States
Philadelphia Cricket Club
St. Martin's
Molla Bjurstedt
Katherine Porter
Bjurstedt
George W. Wightman
Eleanor Goss
Marion Zinderstein
Boston
Miss Bjurstedt
Mary Thayer
Robert Herold
Belford Country Club
Marion Murray
Mrs. Wightman
Miss Zinderstein
Miss Goss
Ardsley
Tia
National women's tennis singles leads in first round
Margaret and Eleanor Gass triumphs and many players advance by default or straight sets as the national championship unfolds. Mary Bayard and Alice Bayard post strong wins while Erskine Smith and other leading Philadelphia players contest near flawless shotmaking. Tomorrow's schedule shifts to 10:30 a.m. singles and 6 p.m. doubles and mixed doubles.
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Mia
Margaret “Mors
Eleanor Gass
George W. Whentsend
Ersiinw Smiths
Hte Aliss
Phyllis
Revere Kerey
Duble
Reb
Marion Tee
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Mim Gilbert Harvey
Mina Augustavurin
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Wood
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Trdine
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Mra
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Misa
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Miss Leslie
Bancroft
Mise
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Bor
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Elenied Atisy
Susan Goodman
Eilaaneth Frasier
Maylon Donehue
SU Leis
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Fil
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Mirkinia Carpenton
Carolin
Graham
Wleabeth Warren
Ceres
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Pewey Ferguson
Alisa Mary Gaury
Mize
Muriel Millen
Ted Seah
Clits Marth Culler
Gred Carpenter
Adelaide Jonker
Helen Newall
Mike Margaretta Br Mind Eatcher
Brian B. Norris
Ana Bayard
Ae. Inserprise
Erskine M. Smith
Philadelphia
Wesleyan Coach Leaves to Rejoin Wichita Team
Wesleyan general athletic coach E. 3. Liston departed Middletown for the summer assignment with the Wichita team of the Western League. A former Wichita pitcher and Eastern League player, Liston will resume his Wesleyan duties on September 20.
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Middletown
Conn
Liston
Wichita
Davis Cup Holders to Invade U S for Title Tourney
The Australian lawn tennis team, holders of the Davis Cup, will travel to the United States after Wimbledon to participate in the American championships. Norman Brookes may join the squad. The American Expeditionary Forces tennis team, arriving to compete at Wimbledon, includes Captain Weedburn, Lieutenant Mathey, Captain Graves, Captain Cannon, Major Wrenn, and Lieutenant Brown Jr.
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Ondon
Paris
United States
Norman Brookes
Wimbledon
Watson M. Weedburn
Dean Mathey
Graves
All-New Yorkers
Cannon
Missouri
Robert D. Wrenn
Brown, Jr
Harvard
Rumson Polo Player Injured in Collision at Philadelphia Club
J Bor ens Waters of Rumson Polo Club was seriously hurt in the seventh period of a match against Bryn Mawr Freebooters at Philadelphia Country Club when his horse crashed into a goal post. The Freebooters won 9 to 6 in the Temora cups tournament, with G B Fletcher substituting for Waters.
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J. Borens Waters
Rumson Polo Club
Bryn Mawr Freebooters
G."b. Fletcher
Waters
Italy Names 160 Athletes for Inter-Allied Games
Paris June 16 Italy's delegation to the Inter-Allied games will total 160 of its top athletes including oarsmen fencers boxers football players wrestlers and horsemen plus sprinters and distance runners. The United States will field a strong broadsword team led by Colonels Pullen Vidmer and lieutenants Fleisher Vanse and Bartel to face Italy Poland Belgium France and Portugal.
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Italy
United States
Pullen
George S. Vidmer
Louis N. Fleisher
Robert §. Vanse
John Bartel
Poland
Belgium
France
Portugal
Yale Oarsmen Draft Light Workouts in Blue Monday Row
GALES FERRY Conn June 16 Yale oarsmen described as blue Monday after hard Saturday row. Freshmen and second varsity rowed a half mile with the latter winning by a half length in 2 20 against the tide. Varsity eight later paddled a mile upstream and a mile downstream at easy stroke.
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Conn
Yale
Varsity
Groh suspended three days for language to umpire
Cincinnati June 16 Heinie Groh third baseman and Reds captain was suspended for three days by National League President Heydler for language used toward umpire Quigley in Friday's game.
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Cincinnati
Heinie Groh
Reds
Heydler
National League
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Jamaica Race Track Maiden Sprint Draws Close
Weather clear and track fast as Jamaica Race Track hosts a full card on June 16. Three year olds and older vie for purses including a $950 allowance event won by a filly trained by Watervale and ridden by a jockey noted for a steady drive. multiple entries discuss pace and positioning with
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le Teawvil
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Atrtch
Tavaria
Tima
Oruenidale
Siveiah
Loftus Captures Stakes Ride on Damrosch at Jamaica
Johnny Loftus steers six year old Damrosch to victory in the Garden City Selling Stakes at Jamaica, defeating Frederick the Great after laying off the pace and surging clear on the backstretch. The card featured several upsets as favorites fell, with Loftus the standout winner in a day of racing surprises.
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Johnny Loftus
Commodore J. K. A. Ross
Damrosch
Garden City
Jamaica
Loftus
Damroseh
Lefias
Lotus
F. Housman
Frederick the Great
Johnny
Tie
Frederick
Reflecting Mirrors Move Up Motor Truck Safety
Motorists and trucks share the road with growing emphasis on safety. New York passes a law requiring reflective mirrors on all trucks and large commercial vehicles after September 1 to aid passing and reduce highway delays. The era sees aging cars common on roads as new supply strains appear. The Dert Motor Car Company plans a New York branch with showroom on Broadway, serving Manhattan, Long Island, Connecticut and parts of New Jersey, headed by F. L. Sanford who brings Studebaker experience to the venture.
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Dert Motor Car Company
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Broadway
Ehret
Fifty-eighth Street
Manhattan
Longsland
Connecticut
New Jersey
F. L. Sanford
Sanford
Studebaker
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Ex King of Wurttemburg joins Swiss exile club
The former King of Wurttemburg has arrived at Romanshorn from Friedrichshafen by ordinary tourist steamer on Lake Constance. He motored to a villa he recently purchased nearby. He is the third former king to seek refuge in Switzerland.
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Geneva
Romanshorn
Friedrichshafen
Lake Constance
Switzerland
Clergyman and His Nurse Deny Stories in Court
The Rev. Josiah Martin Neifert, former city clergyman now Maine rector, defended against Mrs. Emilie Neifert in a divorce suit. He denied friendliness with nurse Caroline Elizabeth Cooper, who cared for him during rheumatism. His daughter Isabelle testified she distinctly saw the father kiss the nurse, a claim he disputed.
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Church
Maine
Supreme Court
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Carole Elizabeth Cooper
Isabelle
Neifert
Miss Cooper
Miss
By Jingo Wins Manchester Cup Handicap in Tight Finish
In Manchester on June 1 the Manchester Cup Handicap worth 12500 dollars was captured by By Jingo owned by W de Pledge. The horse finished four lengths clear of Aynsley owned by Horatio Bottomley with Happy Man belonging to F Hardy finishing third among nine starters. By Jingo started at 7 to 2 betting.
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Manchester
England
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Aynsley
F. Hardy
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