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Show MflS. BIMDir WINS ' IIIIIlliMlICI Defeats Molla Bjurstedt by Steady Playing; Has Wonderful Record. By E. T. WELLER. By International News Service. LOS ANGELES. Calif., ilarch 10. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy ia still the champion woman tennis player of tho world. After sixteen years of high-class high-class tournament play, in which she has ri. r -ind iK'ieiited the best the world of tennis has had to offer, the champion pro.' d tudav ;nat she is the same heady, consistent, "tireless "May" that won the national championship in 1 S'14 and the v.nrld title at Wimbledon, England, in 190.5-1907. Plxyinff in even better form than d:e disi'iaved in her victory over Miss Mary Bruv.no on Thurs.lay, 'Mrs. Bundy defeat".! Miss Molla Bjurstedt, national nation-al woman's open, national clay court and national indoor champion, in straight sets in one of the most spectacular spec-tacular and hard fought mat'-hes ever plavcd between two women players. It was a triumph of supreme head-work head-work and consistency over a more bril- (Coutinued on Page Three.) MRS, BUY WiNS II TULLIfl ITCH i (Continued from Pago Od.) liant but erratic style of play. Mrs. Bun-dy Bun-dy at times appeared almost indifferent, refusing to run after returns which it would seem she could have reached with comparative ease, but she knew her game and she had studied her opponent. She knew that if she could stand the terrific pace the national champion was sure to set that her steadiness would win through her opponent losing on errors. er-rors. The result proved the soundness, of her reasoning. I Critics had predicted that Mrs. Bundy would be unable to play through a hard match, but at the end of the 7-5, 9-7 battle it was the Norwegian girl who was assisted to a seat on a near-by bench, while Mrs. Bundy was smilingly receiving the congratulations and the homage of her host of friends and admirers. ad-mirers. In the first set Mrs. Bundy pulled up from the short end of a 5-3 score and won by taking four games in a row, two of them to love. She won the seventh game at five points to three after 40-love had been called against her and she never seemed worried. The second and final set wai an even greater battle than the first, and for the second time Mrs. Bundy won after a victory in the set seemed an almost hopeless task. Miss Bjurstedt led at 7-tf when Mrs. Bundy really began to play. Compressing her lips and going after everything, she drove from corner cor-ner to corner, from back court to close to the net, cutting the lines and corners with a deadly accuracy which was too much for the national champion even to , approach. It was a wonderful battle and the 3500 spectators present were j kept on edge from start to finish. Mrs. Bundy won hor first tournament in 1 001. In 1004 she won the national title nnd in 1005 defaulted her American Ameri-can title in order to compete in the English tournaments. At Wimbledon she defeated Miss Kate Douglass in the finals for the world's title. i?he returned re-turned to England in 100(5 and lost to M.ish Douglass, but regained her Inst laurels again through a trip across the water in .1007. No woman player has ever been able consistently to defeat her. Mrs. Bunrlv was married on December Decem-ber 11, 1012, "to Thomas C. Bundy, three times national doubles chnmpiou with McLoughlin and an internationalist. The Bundy s have three children, two boys and an infant daughter. A vear ago last fall Mrs. Bundy lost to Viss Bjurstedt in 8;m Francisco, but later at Long Beach scored two victories over her. Johnston and Strachan came from behind be-hind in their East vs. West play against Church and Throe Umort on, postponed from Thursday, and won, the final seore of the match bcine fi-4, 3-6, 4-6, 13-11, 0-4. In the morning match, between T. R. Pell anil itraehan the In t tor won after four sets, 4-0. 0-J, 7-5. 0-2. William Johnston (west) defeated G. M. Church (east) in their singles match, 0-1, (i-3, 3-0, 0-1. |