The sun., 1905-09-14
LAWN TENNIS.
Play on Staten Island and at the Engle-
wood Field Club.

After delay Of two days. caused By the
stormy weather. play in the invitation tennis
tournament of the Staten Island Cricket
and Tennis Club was started on the club courts.
Livingston. Staten Island. yesterday. There
was a good gallery in attendance. though the
absence Of Champion Beals Wright and ex-
Champion Holcomb Ward was great dis
appointment. Both sent word at the last
moment that they would be unable to appear.
On the card for the afternoon were the
mems singles. and a number OF close matches
resulted. Frederick G. Anderson. tho Kings
County Tennis Club champion. who has just
won the Nyack Country Club cup. played Wylie
Grant. the New York Tennis Club champion,
to standstill. Anderson played his usual
strong base line game passing Grant for points
along the side lines. The surprise Of the day
WAS the defeat OF r. d. Little. one OF the rank
ing players. by Hugh Tallant Of the West Side
Tennis Club. At the start 1t looked like Q
sure thing for Little. who took the opening
set. 60. sharp rally gave Tallant the next
two by narrow margin. Another close
match gave Karl Behr the Yale champion.
two out Of three set win over F. G. lnman.
A start will be made in the doubles to-day.
with tho following teams entered: F. G..
Anderson and Wyie c. Grant. H. d. Belts and
j. D. Pell, Jay Bramhall and Souther. G. A.
Blythe and Ogilby. Karl H. Behf and r. D.
Little, W. c. Allen and W. D. Rising. E. D.
Fischer and G. C. Kelley. T. G. Trask and
Young. T. r. Pell and H. F. Pen. Wylis and
Boyd. Plummer and Inman. c. F. Watson. Jr.
and G. H. Miles. and c. Cragin and o. NJ
Bostwick. The scores:
Mems Singles-Preliminary round-Edwin p.
Fischer. West Side Tennis Club. defeated James D.
PelI. So is. 80: Calhoun Cragin. West Side
Tennis Club. defeated DR.. A. Wadsworth. West
Side Tennis Club. e-s. o.. e-s: George N. Boyd.
defeated Arthur Z. Foote. 81. &c. Theodore r.
u,.u vnyl Cuh defeAtcd q. M. ROAt-
WICK, West Side Tennis Club. 90. Us: Frederick
O. anderson, hings County Tennis Club. defeated
wyne @. Grant, New York Tennis Club. $780,.
e--l; E. p. Young defeated Thomas @. Trnsk. West
Side Tennis Club. e-s. 6-4: Karl n. eehr. Yale
University, defeated F. G. lnman. 81. 20. Ga:
{. Allen % %knckerbocker Field Club. ~. s-.s.1-t;
d...at.S g. r %e!sGHH e. Niles orange &
is, 7-5 Hugh Tallant. West Side Tennis Club.
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Cricket h and Tennis Club. defeated ": D. Rising.
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F. watson, Jr., defeated Hugh Taliant. by default:
6 4; blythe VS.. II. A. Plummer' one set each 'un'
Play in the Hudson River Association
tennis tournament was continued yes Myesterday y
The one match in the mems singles put Henry
Torrance Of the home club IN the fourth
round He easily defeated sst Al The 9oya msns q
close two set match from W. II. Pouch and
start was made in the mixed doublss
round finished. In hard fought CONTEST OF
fseeSetS the home club. 'fi The scores: @
Mems, s,ngles.Thi.d round-Henry Torrance;
desfses Mens 5 Doablesf,Fs. III % reund-y S. cushm.n.
eo s s snd Evan. sas kps ssa
mund, Engiewood Field Club. e-s, e-4.
Second Round--Floyd Smith. Sleepy Hollow
Tennis Club, and L. II. Fl tch defeated W. H. Pouch
and A. Iowa, powslt9n Tennis Club ~ g con
peli and Mrs. Haieht; Englf%Wood % Field Club . de-,
cub 90 80 81 III, Fl TSTrsncss; ,1s s.,!.d Lend NJ
coe and Miss Amend EnIleTood Field CLUB: -
FeId Cubs ho1ens dsiss.ed saa C. E. k. and M. GowrS
EMnseSEoed Se EslfS Sos fed us o1d
Smith Sleepy ESSw Te9n: Cub aqd a fs: fns.S Sl:ia
Ms. Pouch, toweltop Tennis Club, defeated 4;
Coppel and Mrs. Alexander, EngeWood Field
Club. rs, 90 SIS.
fea,ed H. Chatter and Mr. Nm gHm:,sd, S,, 81 49,; 80;
and Mrs. Haight, 6-S 7-6