Mrs. Marshall McLean

Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean at the Montclair Athletic Club on September 19, 1913

Mrs. Marshall McLean (?-1949), was the 1906 national tennis champion, and the New Jersey champion for multiple years.^[1] She finished second in the U.S. Open women's doubles with Augusta Bradley Chapman in 1915.^[2]

Biography

She was married to Marshall McLean (1869-1952) a New York City attorney.^[1]

In 1911 she won three of the New Jersey State championship titles.^[3]

In 1913 she regained her title when she defeated Marie Wagner at the Morristown Field Club in Morristown, New Jersey.^[4] On September 19, 1913, she was defeated by Clare Cassell at the Montclair Athletic Club.^[5]

In 1915 Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, the national indoor champion, defeated Mrs. Marshall McLean in the final round of the Class A tennis singles at the West Side Tennis Club.^[6]

She died in 1949.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Marshall McLean, Attorney, 82, Dies. Member of Firm Here Devoted Career to Conservation Served State and U. S.". New York Times. April 7, 1952. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30914FA3B5E107A93C5A9178FD85F468585F9. Retrieved 2010-09-26. "Marshall McLean of 192 Midland Road, conservationist, who was a member of the New York law ...[wife] who died in 1949, was national singles tennis champion in 1906." 
2. ^ "Augusta Bradley Chapman". Rockland County Sports Hall of Fame. http://www.rcshf.org/inductees/inductees_C.html. Retrieved 2010-09-26. "... finished second in the U.S. Open women’s doubles with partner Mrs. Marshall McLean in 1915 ... won the 1917 Patriotic Tennis Tournament doubles with McLean, the equivalent of the U.S.Open that year ..." 
3. ^ "Mrs. Marshall McLean Wins In Three New Jersey Championships". New York Times. September 17, 1911. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0610FC3D5813738DDDAE0994D1405B818DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-09-25. "By a remarkable show of her old driving game, Mrs. Marshall McLean of the West Side Tennis Club captured three of the New Jersey State championships on the ..." 
4. ^ "Indoor Champion Loses New Jersey Tennis Title on Morristown Courts". New York Times. September 13, 1913. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F10FB3D5913738DDDAA0994D1405B838DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-09-25. "Mrs. Marshall McLean, formerly champion woman tennis player of New Jersey, regained her title yesterday, when she defeated Miss Marie Wagner, the indoor champion, on the courts of the Morristown Field Club at Morristown, N.J., in two straight sets, by the score of 6 - 4, 8 - 6." 
5. ^ "Miss Clare Cassell Plays Plucky Game in Montclair Tourney.". New York Times. September 18, 1913. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60A15F6395B13738DDDA10994D1405B838DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-09-25. "Miss Clare Cassell and Mrs. Marshall McLean joined Miss Marie Wagner, the national indoor tennis champion, yesterday in the semi-final round of the women ..." 
6. ^ "Miss Bjurstedt Defeats Mrs. McLean in Hard Match on West Side T.C. Courts.". New York Times. May 9, 1915. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10917FA345A12738FDDA00894DD405B858DF1D3. Retrieved 2010-09-25. "Miss Molla Bjurstedt of Norway, national indoor champion defeated Mrs. Marshall McLean in the final round of Class A singles on the West Side Tennis Club courts at Forest Hills, L.I., yesterday in straight sets by the score of 6 - 3, 8 - 6. Miss Bjurstedt showed little ill effects of her accident, which injured her ankle three days ago, and played very close to her real form."