The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-09-21
FIELD CLUB NEWS.
Finals In the Tennis Tourney Cham
pIonships Golf Scores.


and the interest taken in the closing
matches Of the tourney was mani
Tested by large and enthusiastic
audience The finals Of the Men s
Scratch Singles Championship was
the first to be played. In it Leon s..
Freeman met Samuel III. Gillespie
The first set of the match was close
and full of excitement, and while the
set finally went to Gillespie, Freeman
led at 5---4 an 6-5, and came within
one point of the set twice or three
times on each lead However, the set
was scored to Gillespie at S--6; the
second and third sets also went to him
with GA and 6--8, giving him the
Tournament, and the right to chal-
lenge Mr.. Cochran, the winner of the
Fourth of July tournament for the
1900 Championship, but as Mr..
Cochran was abroad the cham
pionship went to Mr.. Gillespie by
default, and secures for him the first
name on the new three year challenge
trophy cup.
In the Mems Scratch Double Cham
pionship, Leon s. Freeman and Oscar
B. Smith, Jr., met E. Fl. Woodward
and Halstead Little. AS in the
singles, this was only three set
match, it going to Freeman and
Smith with the scores of Ga, 8-6, 6--3.
Woodward and Little did not seem to
get into their game at all, except
perhaps in the second set; but on
the other hand Freeman and Smith
played careful and shrewd game. Mr..
Smith using his cross-course strokes
to good effect, and Mr.. Freeman play
ing in his usual splendid style at the
net.
In the Junior event, Karl Behr
met A. Turnbull for the championship
and won in three straight sets, 60,
Go, 6--8. This gives Mr.. Benr pos
SESSION of the Griffith Cup. he having
won it twice before. In the finals of
the Ladies tournament, Miss Mary
Lewis met Miss E. Little for the
championship. The first set went to
Miss Lewis with score Of 6-t, the
second to Miss Little, 6-3, the last
to Miss Lewis, Cd, giving Miss
Lewis the championship.
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Mems Scratch Singles Champion
ship-Final ronnd, Samuel H. Gilles
pie defeated Leon S. Freeman SO,
Cd, 6--3.
Challenge round-Samuel H. Giles.
pie defeated Henry Cochran by default.
Mems Scratch Doubles Champion
ship-Final round, Leon s. Freeman
and Oscar b. Smith, Jr. defeated E. I'll.
Woodward and H. Little 60, So,
6-3
Juniors Scratch Singles Champion
ship-Final round, Karl Behr defeat
ed A. Turnbull 60, Go, 5-3.
Ladies Scratch Singles Champion
ship-Final round, Miss Mary Lewis
defeated Miss Z. NJ Little 6-1, So,
Cd
Ladies' Scratch Doubles Champion
ship-Final round, Miss Mary Howell
and Miss Emily J. Adams defeated
Miss Margaret Behr and Miss Julia
Hurlbut 81, Ga.
Ladies Ccnsolations-Fin round
Miss Julia Hurlbut defeated Miss
Margaret Young 70, Ga.
Field Club Colt
George H. Chadwell defeated R. H.
Williams, Jr., in the semi-final and
Fritz Ewing in the final, and thereby
won the handsome McCurdy loving
cup. Chadwell proved to be great
driver and frequently during the
tournament made distances of over 23C
yards, and generally put up brilliant
game. Norman L. Snow won the
consolation cup presented by the
Club, defeating O. A. Rickard in the
finals. The TryAgain Cup, open to
the eight defeated players in the first
round for the MoCurdy Cup was wen
by Max Behr.
The following were the scores:
McCurSy Cup Semi final Chad
we'll beat Williams by up and 3 to
play Final, thirty-six holes-C Chad
well beat Fritz Ewing by 8 up and
to play.
Bates by . up; M. Behr beat q. K.
Woodward by up (19 holes); w.
Ewing beat ]. T. Gillespie by ! up
Merrill beat Thomas by 8 up and 2
to play. Second round-Behr beat
Jennings by 5 up and to play
Ewing beat Merrill by up and 2 to
play. Final-Behr beat Ewing by uI
and l to play.
Consolation p-Semi-fnal- Snow
beal VanVleok by up and to play.
Final-Snow beat Rickard by uI
and / to play.
The regular weekly handicap last
Saturday had twenty four entries and
was won by Carl @. Schmidt. The
four best net scores were Schmidt,
90, 22-68; r. B. Duckykinck, 70,
10-69. #. v. Farrelly, 8S, 1870; O.
X. Woodward, S5, I4-7l.