Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-13
BEFORE THE NETS.
First Bounds of the Singles for the
Championship Cup.
STRONG PLAYING OF THE EXPERTS
Doubles and Consultations to Begin Early
This Afternoon.
OUT-OF-TOwN PLAYERS SCARCELY IN 1T
STRONG PLAYING OF THE EXPERTS
OUT-OF-TowN PLAYERS SCARCELY IN IT

The fourth annual tournament of tht
Pittsburg Tennis Club commenced yesterday
afternoon at the grounds on Craig street. AL
though the hour for the preliminaries hat
been set at 2:3O o'clock the attendance wa,
not at its largest until o'clock, when al
the seats provided were occupied. Nearly
half of those who we're on the grounds wert
ladies, among them some experts with the
racket from the East End, Williamsburg and
other points. The carpenters were busy
putting the finishing touches to the interior
of the new clubhouse, but the long shaded
piazza was the vantage ground from whence
many bright pair Of eyes viewed the busy
courts below.
1t was after o'clock when the prelimi.
nary round was completed. This only served
to bring to the front those who were already
favorites The winners of these were Coster,
Ewing, Christy, Pier, Fay, Hopes, Barr,
B. Reed, by default Of Dr. Mercur; Edwards,
Murray, by default of R. R. Reed, and
Moorhead.
Perhaps the most interesting court was
that occupied by Messrs. Porter, of Sewick-
ley, and Christy, of the same place. 1t re-
quired three sets to decide which was en-
titled to play in the first round. Porter won
the first set by a score of Ga, but Christy
pulled himself into shape and won the next
two sets, 6-3 and 6-1.
Another Very Interesting Stage.
Next in interest came the first set be-
tween Messrs. Vail and Edwards. They
played 16 games before the set was won by
Edwards by score of 81. Vail played an
excellent game, but was unfortunate enough
to lose two out of three to Edwards. The
work of Moorhead was watched from the
time he commenced to play with Tibby, of
Sharpsburg, until he defeated Donnelly, of
Latrobe, in the second round. He had been
East, at the Orange tournament, and those
familiar with his play were curious to see
same strong game he has always played,
whether at the net or back court. He
seemed to be just where his opponent
placed the ball and knew just where to re-
turn it out of reach. Christy also played
strong game, and the general opinion
seemed to be at the end of the day that
the finals would be as of yore, between
him and Moorehead. There is an element
of uncertainty in this, however, for Whelen,
of Altoona, is yet to appear. He will play
preliminary round with Peters, of La
trobe, this morning in which he expects to
be victorious, for it is said that he can out
cup from the same place. Next he will
meet Edwards, and it is also predicted that
he will be victorious there, and then he will
face Barr.
just Where tho Rub Comes In.
Here is where the doubt comes in. Barr
is playing frst-class game, better than he
expected, he says If Whelen defeats Barr
he may find himself facing either Christy or
Moorhead or Ewing or Fay in the semi
finals and finals. But the general
opinion is that the contest will be between
Christy and Moorhead. Christy has a very
speedy service, in fact in yesterdays games
he seemed to depend largely on the power
of his initial stroke although he came down
to the net frequently and made some very
pretty drives. Moorhead, as stated before,
He is perhaps better back court player
than net PLAYER, but the superiority Of
his play lies in his power to place q ball
just where eeded to gain the point Ew-
ing played a strong game yesterday. He
has an excellent back hand stroke which
saved him in the round in the final set with
Coster. There was the Iiveliest bit of
volleying on the courts during the day in
this set and Ewing won by making cross
court drive out of Coster's reach.
Scores for the Day.
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
Coster, Pittsburg, beat A. w. Annesley, A.
Ewing: FittsDurg, beat wendt. New
christy. sewickley, beat Porter, sewiskley.
4-6, 6-3, 6-l
] Pier Pittsburg, beat Byrnes. sewickley.
Fay, Altoona, beat A. F. Annesley, A. A.
HOPES, New Briton, beat vandergrift,
Barr Pittsburg, beat roadway. Coraopo-
lis, 6-1 60.
Mercur. Pittsburg, defaulted to B. Reed,
Edwards, Pittsburg, beat Vail. PIttsburg.
~. "a.
R, R. Reed, Pittsburg, ,defaulted to Murray,
Moornead. Pittsburg. beat TibDy. sharps-
Jenks, sSharpsburg, beat Gillespie, sharps-
Ewing beat Coster, 6-3. 81, 6a.
Christy beat Pier, SO, 62.
Fay beat Hopes, go, 60. |
Barr beat b. Reed, 6.l. 90.
Moorhead beat Murrey, 81, 60.
Donnelly, Latrobe, beat Parker, Pittsburg, |
IL 63.
The only set of the second round was |
played between Moorhead and Donnelly.
Moorhead beat Donnelly, 81, so.
Doubles and Consolations.
The drawings for doubles took place last |
vening, and resulted as follows:
Buch and his partner will play Barr and |
Joster.
Aunesley and Annesley will play Brierton |
md SweitZer.
Ewing and Vail will play Christy and |
Byrnes.
Kelly and Tibby will play Peters and Dom |
lelly.
Treadway and Reed will play Pier and |
Edwards.
1Oopes.
Moorhead and Reed will play the winners |
# the last named contest in the first round |
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