New-York tribune., 1905-08-19
STEVENS PLAYS FAST.
REACHES FINAL ROUND.
Base Lane Expert Beats Hobart and
Anderson at Meadosc Club.
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southampton Long Island. Aug Is-The lawn
tennis players came through 10 the final rounds
of the singles and doubles to-day on the Meadow
club courts. Richard Stevens. the expert base
line player. won a place in the final OF the
singles
Stevens beat Clarence hobart in the fourth
-ound ard then by the same score. s-l. 6-3
defeated the Kings County champion. Frederick
I; Anderson. for the place in TIE final round.
stevens has come through this tournament TO
she final several times. but he has always been
,osten As he viii meet the winner of the Dew
bursi-Behr match in the morning it is believed
hx the experts that at last Stevens is TO tri-
umph here
The doubles yielded good sport to-day. as the
oornittee hurried the matches through. and
o,,v one match remained unplayed in the third
,,ns when The competitors retired for the day
Three pairs advanced TO the semi -finals-Henry
Torrance and T r. Pell, Harry F. Allen and
Frederick 6. Anderson and William a Larned
and Henry Holt
i was the spectacular team play OF the pairs
IN the doubles that centred the attention OF the
gallery Of fashionable spectators who crowded
the clubhouse porch and spread cut over the
lawn This was also because the mixed doubles
were put under way.
There was considerable rivalry among the
women as to pairing with the foremost OF the
players. They finally agreed TO draw for part
ners ana Miss Katherine Barney got william A
Larned IS partner They played spirited lawn
tennis together. winning Miss Coster and
7 A PeII. O.. 6-4
No other result than the victories of Dew
hurst and Behr was expected in the competitions
for the semi-fnal round Dewhurst over
whemed The Harvard player, Blagden, 6-1,
6-l
Behr made a fast match Of the meeting with
the Harvard representative. Holt. The latter
pushed Behr for the points, but the Yale man
won iT two sets. 6-3. 6-4-
Invitation singles fourth round)-Richard Stevens 81.
seoEes triekeJ cub defeated Clarence Hobart Orange
47En Tennis 1-Gn. 81 % Edward g. DeWhurst, Uni
Aefsits t- fels wanna. deIeated Wendell p Blsgden
aarFara e-l- 5-i. Kari Behr. Yale. defeated Henry
Seminal round Rchard Stevens 81 Georges Cricket
CUB eeIeaiea Frederick C. Anderson Kings County
in'5tseoH doubes ,hFs1 round,-Edward B. Dewhurss
Stewart WIler ard Alfred SULLIVAN Yale e-8 e-4
Second round-F- 9 Coston and Kari Behr. Yale. de
S-8 O. -. B Vincent Lyon and George A, Lyon.
surst ane EGsar W Leonard. Pennsylvania Harvard
PeI EnEevoo5 and New-York Robert NJ. Miles
tnd q p Watson. jr, Orange Lawn Tennis Club. e-l.
fssfsa lance Hosf ana Vile ~ Cram orange snd
NeE York Lawn Tennis Club, s-I. -.
NtKed doubles ,frst roundl-Mss A Kobbe and Harry
-. s8: Mss cross george a NetJetoA. defeated
T1oi-s ar Cs5oss~o Stfar, r =, ~ SeFeats5 NJ
boyessen and Samuel A. Besrdsley. by default: Miss
a Lyon. e aI6 s-s. Miss Rarney and Tr Wirism %
rned defeated Miss Coster Theodore Roosevelt Pe
Mss Peabody and wendell II. BaEden: e o-2; MS,
gf-ed stfllman e-2 s-a: Mrs Livingston and Roberf
} Huntington defeated Miss Middlebrook and wyle c
second round-Mrs James H Mclean and w A "
f'sTart defeated Miss Barton and Clarence Pen e-4
g. Miss Clark and Rex Fincke defeated Miss Cross and
George =. Nettleton. 6-l. 6-4.