St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-08-12
The State Tennis Tournament.
Mr.. Moiienhauer of Brooklyn Lifts the
State Cup.


G State Cup.
! The Vermont State Tennis Tournament
e opened here last Tuesday and closed FIR
day afternoon when Henry Molenhaue
of the Kings County Club OF Brooklyr
: won the state championship by defeat
J ing Arthur G. Sprague of St. Johnsbury
Mr.. Mollenhauer received the silver cul
offered by the Old Pine Golf Club and tt
keep it must win the championship two
more years. T. c. Trask, of the West
Side Club, New York, was runner up ant
also received cup. The doubles were
won by Molenhauer and Tillson and
they each received cup. AS the state
tournament was held under the auspices
of the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association it was open to all
corners and 10 players came from out OF
town. These included Mr.. Molenhauer.
Mr.. Trask, George A. Gordon of New
Bedford, Harvard, 'O6, E. G. Campbell
OF New Bedford, formerly of Lyndon
Center, Dallas Pollard and Ned c. Ray
of Bellows Falls, Henry Cover OF Wash
ington, who has just been graduated
from the Harvard Law school, Ramsey
Hoguet and ]. P. Hoguet of New York,
one in Columbia and one in Harvard, B.
F. Tillson of Montclair, N. J., Yale, 'O5,
while the rest were members OF the local
club.
The local players were all defeated in
the first round, while it was conceded
from the start that Mr.. Mollenhauer
would win the championship. He gave
the prettiest exhibition of PLAYING that
has ever been seen here, and while there
was nothing particular difficult about
his serves he had perfect control of the
ball and his place hits and difficult re-
turns from the back of the court elected |
hearty applause. Mr.. Trask, while not
In Mr.. Mollenhauer's class, had fine |
overhead service and did some very effec-
tive volleying at the net. The final
rounds were played Thursday before a |
large crowd, and in both singles and
doubles there were many fine plays and |
few poor ones.
In the championship round in the
doubles Messrs. Fairbanks and Sprague
played a plucky game from start to
1nish and their, score was most credita-
DIE. Both play faster game than last
year and played steady game on
Thursday. Mr.. Mollenhauer played Mr..
Sprague on Friday morning, winning by
placing his strokes and putting the bail
ust where he wanted to. The official
score OF the tournament follows:
sNGLEs-FIRsT ROUND.
Hoguet beat Steele, 60,
Campbell beat Clark by default.
Cover beat Stone, 60, 61.
Trask beat Ray, 6-1, So.
Gordon beat Pollard, 4 6, 6-3,
Tillson beat Tinker, 6 4, 4-6, 60.
Baker beat Currier by default.
Mollenhauer beat Fairbanks, 6 2, 81.
SECOND ROUND.
Hoguet beat Campbell, 6 0, 81.
Trask beat Cover, 60, SO.
Gordon beat Tillson, 6 8, SO.
Mollenhauer beat Baker by default.
THIRD ROUND.
Trask beat Hoguet, 60, ca. |,
Mollenhauer beat Gordon, 6 O, Ga.
FINAL ROUND.
Molenhauer beat Trask, 6-1, Ga, 60.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
Mollenhauer, challenger, beat Sprague,
Older, rs, 1.6, 6 2, 6-3.
DoUBLEs-FIRsT ROUND.
Gordon and Trask beat Pollard and
Ray, 2, 6-1.
Cover and Campbell beat the Hoguet
Brothers, SO, 6 3, rs.
Stone and Steele beat Tinker and Baker :
y default.
SECOND ROUND.
Mollenhauer and TilIson beat Stone
md Steele, 6-1, 81.
Gordon and Trask beat Cover and
Ga, Sc.
FINAL ROUND.
Mollenhauer and Tillson beat Gordon s
md Trask, rs, 6 3, So, Ga.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
Mollenhauer and Tilson, challeneers.
peat Fairbanks and Sprague. holders.
"a, 81, 6, 6-1.