The sun., 1903-06-20
LAWN TENNIS.
lie Ro. Defeats Wyeth In the New York
r. 4. Tournament.

IN spite OF the heavy courts an attempt
was made yesterday TO continue the open
New York 7. {. tournament at ia3d street and
St Nicholas avenue I, was nearly O clock
before the ground was tit for play. The balls
soon became soggy rendering last work out
OF the question,
The me /. scrat Ch singles WAS the only event
contested. all matches in the other events
going over until to-day Calhoun trugin
of the West side Club. who was considered
one Of the likely winners. defh TO Wyeth
in thc preliminary round The latter was
then easily beeten by Robert lie Boy OF the
home club. Ct. al. eRoy will meet the
winner Of the Clark Walsh mutch for place
in the scn.i-fEal round The others still
in the running are: l.. Y. Grant, II To-
rance. Jr.. T. h. Poll. f. p, Fox, David Sands
and J. p Pare,. The last named player is
already secure for the semi-inals. IN order
to finish as many matches as possible, play
will be started to-day n l23, % clock.
Mems Open Scratch Singles Preliminary round
G. l.. Wyrth. New York 7. &: defeated Calhoun
ras Me,! Sae u BY q denu t:;wc. /, dTHs,
.'flrst Round .Roorr, lie Roy defeated G. l.
f6wIns !" weather sGndiom. on all left @ ,oe oyer
nament at 10th stree and Amslerdnm
i1ia leftover sem-hnal in the New York
T c. tourney. begun week before last. viii
%sn >" s"sa syhe I and Dayd d sa1ds 0Sn are
players. The winner will meet Bryan in the
iinals later in the day Robert i,,e Roy. the
"ffin"p'1i fne Inierc % cub Iernis mis- Lensus viii begin
tournament play for the season this AFTERNOON,
IN" meeting VIII s asd on the ,Ss courts oi tine
match 10 be called at 40 o clock The event
today will be mems doubles and all IL sx fs,fd clubs
iuzedo , Racqnet and Tennis. Peane MILLER
and George +. Scott and Gordon Doug lass
and Lydsl Hpn; Roekn;'way Hpnt Club. Club.
and n. X. Evans: Meadow Brook. Herbert
King and Francis B Stevens. ,Jr. Ardsley,
Hams II lis o ESy kaFsr donns s%a gNsfS and Ns n" n"
and S 4; l.awton and. Il. strebeign Country
g. 7, Adee. and q. +, Batcheller and { ; Lee.
For the Kings county open tournament
K be held ne1, Hs.dd1s ,nd T. 4s esS
been. received. Frederick q: Anderson; last
aenSanes T"err r e'T41fbss 4a1bo as "e "v s2s
s%ifs' and i B. Hague from tie hom. club The
GHo SsT k ms' is vi" ssnd hs he
Crescent 4 c. The entry list closes tonight.
The seventeenth annual tonrnament % ,'1,I for
Ise be hed %ees after nexi on the courts Of
the Orange Lawn Tennis Club MoHntain 'I, sta,
,ion. near oranse j.; Play VII H. begin vs9, on
viii viii he ; Mems sin sIes, rQsns doubles womans
singles and mixed dojihles. First and run
ner-up prizes will he given in each event
In the mems Singles there will also be a con-
ISOLATION prize. holcomba Ward. the pres
ept Mi Idle states champion and the recent
viii be on hand TO defend his title. The
champions il, mems doubles are. Dwight 7.
Davis and floloomb" Ward. Miss Maude
BosroN June 10, -Beales C. Wright this
! afternoon successfully defended his title
Kenneth Horton winner of the Long wood
tournament, in three straight sets. This
is The third time that Wright has won the
and although the result never in doubt.
Horton put W stubborn resistance -reS, csreSS,
earn his victory. Wright took the frst and
second sets by the score of ga and the third
at 90. Horizons playing fell of noticeably
in the final set due to the fatigue of the mat CHI
Xhile his onuonnnt finished In good shane.