New-York tribune., 1903-06-10
LAWN TENNIS.
Ward, LIE Roy and Trask Get in Second
Round at West Side T. C.

Several Of the veteran college lawn tennis players
made the first round OF the singles remarkably in
teresting yesterday in the championship tourna-
ment for the metropolitan trophy and title on the
courts of the West Side Tennis Club. One-hundred-
and nd-seventeenth-st. and Amsterdam-ave. At the
end of the days play Holcombe Ward the Harvard
veteran: Robert LIE Roy, the young Columbia Uni
versity expert. ard Thomas c. Trask. an old time
Yale player. had worked their way into the second
round. The collegians also made the handicaps
the real of the first part of the tournament
for the intercollegiate ex-champion. Raymond d
Little the Princetonian met defeat after three
hard sets with Frederick G. Anderson. the Ca
madam title winner. Little gave the Canadian
odds which were of generous proportions, and this
was more than he could overcome. as he was NOT
in the best OF physical trim stroke. The present
holder of the metropolitan championship, Harold
H Hackett. formerly of Yale had difficult prob
lem as to the best to defeat the Philadelphian
Harry F Allen. But Hackett brought his ability to
play accurate passing strokes to the fore. and
these proved too steady for Allen who lost after
forcing the play from the start to the final point
Holcombe Ward, who is expected to win the
tournament. engaged David Sands. of the New
York Lawn Tennis Club. The latter was no match
for Ward, as he depended almost entirely upon his
placing which kept Sands running about the court
SO Jas oved p to the second round because Of
the default of Calhoun Cragin. the best OF the Ith
Regiment Association players whose retirement Is
-Tbe match between Hackett and Allen was prac-
tidav decided in the first set which the old Yale
champion won at 81. Allen made the mistake in
this set of endeavoring to get to the net despite
the steady way in which Hackett kept passing
him on every attempt in behind his returns
An interesting match in the singles resulted IN the
defeat of Theodore Roosevelt Pell, relative Of the
President. Young Pell played a most aggressive
game but he was not steady enough at the critical
soned and a brilliant PLAYER. who was trife the
better of Pell general class
The summary:
Mems championship singles preliminary roundiW J.
Hall Hamilton Grange Tennis Club. defeated H 3
Homans West Side Tennis Club by defapl5 % ,-,s cr-
First round-Thomas {. Trask West Slde Iennls CIuD
defeated Calhoun Cragn Side Tennis Club by de
Tau1t Robert LIE Roy York Lawn Tennis Club. de-
feated samuel A WestfaI. Kings County Tennis Club
"a 6-1: H Torrance. Sleepy Hollow Tennis Club, de
feated Theodore Roosevelt Pel Nev-York. 6-i. o-4;
Ovicdo NJ TostvicIS West Side Tennis Club, defeated
F p Fox. Nevr-York Tennis Club 6--1 60;
Frederick G Anderson. Kings County Tennis Club de
s lockwood. New-York Lawn Tennis CLUB
90 e.; Henry Mollenhauer. Kings County Tennis
club defeated Frank + Hague. Kings County Tennis
club 6-3. 10 J. P Paret, New-1ork Lawn Iennls
C-Inb defeated R NJ Beckley. New-York Lawn Tennis
fIub g 6-l Ross Burchard West side Tennis Club
"a G. Wyeth. New-Hork Lawn Ienfls
Clrh 1eTeated Louis Grant. Nev-York Lawn Tennis
club 60 e-4 Holcorlhe Ward Orange Tennis club
defeated David Sands NewYork Lawn Tennis club 50
Ga: E II Stern. Inwood Country Club. defeated c NJ
Relvea New-Y1rk Athletic Club by default
stern 5scratch) defeated NJ Kastner scratch IS
64 Ga: E II Hart lowe 15) defeated g G. Brnker-
boff (owe 49, 3-6, FL. Ct
First roind-FredericS G Anderson lowe 800 defeaed
RAYMOND u Little 4Oj. 6--S. "a 6-1 Harold n
Hackett lowe iO defeated Harry F Allen (owe 3d. 81