St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-10
Outdoor sports.
The State Tennis Tsurnament.

was held on the courts of the Old Pine
Golf Club from Tuesday through Friday
and was undoubtedly the leading tennis
event of the season in this state. Inter
est in the games increased as the finish
drew near and at the championship
round Friday afternoon there were
nearly 800 people present to witness the
fast playing. The visitors spoke highly
of the entertainment given them by the
Old Pine Club, the social events of the
tournament including reception at the
club house last week Tuesday evening,
supper to the participants at the club
house Wednesday evening and a dance
at Pythian Hall on Thursday evening.
The tournament developed several
surprises. Our local players found
themselves up against a fast set of
players and Mr.. Sprague was the only
one to get into the semi-fnal round.
Supt. Dempsey had sharp contest with
every one of his opponents and won the
cup in the consolation round. Fair
banks and Sprague are state champions
in the doubles again, after years in
terim, defeating Stearns and Howes of
Burlington in struggle full of good
plays on both sides.
The boys had named Mr.. James,
Cornell man, as the winner of the tour
nament early in the week, but his work
in the championship round surprised all
his friends. Henry Mollenhauer of
Brooklyn, the present state champion,
entered the match confident of victory
and easily won the first two sets. In
the third set he let up a little and Mr..
James won it. In the contest for the
next set Mr.. James was at his best. re-
turning the volleys of his opponent by
lofting or by his swift back handed
stroke. Mr.. Mollenhauer strained the
muscles of his calf in this set and there
was an appreciable difference in his play
ing. It lacked the snappiness and force
of his early work. Mr.. James took ad-
vantage of this fact and in the last set
brought the games up to six all, and
stood an excellent chance of getting the
match in the next game. Mr.. Mollen-
hauer then defaulted, saying he could not
play out the match with his leg in the
condition that it was at the time. The
result of the match was quite disappoint-
ing to the spectators who had sympa-
thized with the challenger from the start,
but they contented themselves with the
thought that they had seen the fastest
tennis ever played in St. Johnsbury.
Both men played back court game, Mr..
Mollenhauer winning his points by well
placed volleys in the corners of the
court, while Mr.. James excelled in swift
back handed strokes that just skinned
the net.
AS a result of the tournament MIR.
James is the present state champion, and
holds the state cup and the cup offered
to the winner OF the tournament. Mr..
Cornwall won the cup offered to the run
ner up; Mr.. Dempsey got the consola-
ton cup and Messrs. Fairbanks and
Sprague won the cup offered for the
champions of the state in the doubles.
games beyond those not reported in last
weeks paper:
SINGLES.
PRELIMINARY ROUND.
G. e. Howes beat Harold Aver, 6-1, Cd.
FIRST ROUND.
Stearns beat Stone 6-1 Go.
James beat Trask, 6-1, Cd.
A. 6. sprague beat E1wyn Campbell, SO.
60.
II. Clark beat F. w. Taylor, 4-e. 1911,
default.
3. B. Cornwall beat Roscoe Annis, Go,
Go
Howes beat Dempsey, 4-6, Cd, e-3.
Fairbanks beat Tinker, Ga, 6-1.
SECOND ROUND.
James beat Stearns, Go, 6-3.
Sprague beat Lamb. 6-1. go.
Cornwall beat II: Clark. 6-1. 6-1.
Howes beat Fairbanks, 6-1, 6-3.
sEMI-FINAL ROUND.
lanes beat sprague. eoa. a-e. 60.
Cornwall beat Howes. 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
FINAL ROUND.
James beat Cornwall, 10, 61, 6-1,
Go.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
James. challenger: beat Mollenhauer,
defender, 3-6, [6, 6-3, ,7-5, 6-6, default.
DOUBLES.
FIRST ROUND.
Fairbanks and sprague beat James and
Campbell. Cd. So, 6-3.
Steele and Tinker beat Clark and Lamb,
stearns and Howes beat Cornwall and
Taylor and Peck beat Stone and Dempsey.
60, 3-6, Cd.
SEMI FINAL ROUND.
Tinker, 6-1, Go.
Stearns and Howes beat Taylor and Peck,
6-3, 6-3,
FINAL ROUND.
Fairbanks and sprague beat Stearns and
Howes, Cd, @6. Cd, 6-3.
CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.
Fairbanks and Sprague, challengers, beat |
Mol1enhauer and Tilison, defenders, by de- |
fault.
OLATION-SINGLES
FIRST ROUND.
Trask beat Steele, .6-2, Cd.
Kicker beat H. Clark. 6-3, 6-3.
Dempsey beat Campbell. Cd, 3-6, 6-2. |
Annis beat Currier by default.
SEMEFINAL ROUND.
Trask beat Kicker, 60, Cd.
Dempsey beat Annis by default.
FINAL ROUND.
Dempsey beat Trask, SO, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3,