New-York tribune., 1906-06-06
STIRRING LAWN TENNIS.
GRANT Has CLOSE CALL.
Many Hard Fought Matches IN tho
Metropolitan Cham pionsh,p.

Stirring lawn tennis matches the order IN
the continuation OF the metropolitan championship
singles yesterday and the list Of corty-efght play
ers was materially thinned out. All OF the nine
courts OF the West Side Lawn Tennis Club, at NTH
street and Amsterdam aveEue. were kept filed with
competitors. and the preliminary and half of tho
nrst round were completed. whie several
petitions in the big handicap. with its record
entry OF hfty-eght players. were got out OF tho
way In all OF the victories form was preserved
the leading successful ones being Harold H
Hackett. Frederick G. Anderson Morris s. Clark
III j. Holt Wyhe c. Grant and Carleton c. Kelley
peculiar feature OF the play yesterday
tnat IN all OF the matches there was a re1narkabls
disposition in evidence hold to the baseIins
game. Anderson. Of the Kings County Club. mot
Ross BGrchard in such match as this The rallies
were hard fought from deep court and IL was
only when either man became weary with tho
constant EFFORT Of hard driving that the point
was scored by either an out or a net. Anderson
proved the steadter OF the two. and at Sd 7-s
Clark's good work from the back OF the court
resulted In his defeat or Howard Richards the
champion of Central China. Richards has been a
missionary there for several years. and says that
all or the Anglo-Saxons who meet in the out-or.
the-way corners OF the world play lawn Tennis
Richards played spirited match with Clark hue
ne was not good in his adjustment of uacs HI.
& outs S counted heavily against him. and Re lost as
hi In somewhat erratic form. wyHe C. Grant won
t1er s1 winning the first set Grant let down on Ills
game SO much that Bodman made hustling efYort
appeared 70 realize that he was being o5rnIevsd
going against him that Grant e baras aecldns m set wss
thing ike aggressive play. Then he began 10 p1s
that Bodman could not do anything with tn. Ssi
the score - hS Ss gos y on his racket Grant forced
the fastest seen on the courts % ror ton' ,Ss Ss
gay ne TOOK the last set and won the match, as
bicb FHe drawings for the Championship doubles
b together IN the history OF This Champion.
viii he I, Senl were made last night. This event
mary OF Yesterdays play follows:
Metropolitan championship singles; prerainary r,,uA
fsated Fl Ba5s: West Side Lawn Tennis Cub:
y EooeTtson BrookIyn Heights casino. defeated z
Brchsrd Wess SSe ~n Isan' Ts55 SSS BY sst.ss,
al 81: Artsmns Fzoimss we we. 4sga , Tennis Club
II Donns Ws. SIDE La Roy -r1! G4uSs y ast:ui;'
F. Hartman. Harlem Lawn Tennis Club. e-I. al. r. r.
I'll, Holt LonssoOd Cricket Club Boston dsfestsd Fi.a
Wylis Gsnt YORK Lawn Tennis 'Sa Club d.rs.ts1
- W BodInan West Side Lawn Tennis Club s-a-
snhs ss cas 50Snd@Roq 6eTss'sg d5 ESSsT. New
Ie ean,7 7 Srle oy default A. C. Bostwick West Side
club sS'ads DEFAULT Dr. Do4Ts %ss.S: New w.s. ss..
HaoH drangs Sss Lawn Lawn Tennis Tn' Gs Gge Hall
~ Haekett. West Side Lawn Tennis C1ub dereas-d
csTe.u crescent Sa z5hes6 Ts1ni euS Sas s...4
fault Carleton g Key Nest s5a Tennis GnS by de-
ns Associato1 tio1r Ssssn Ish Rssme9s Lawn Ten.
Side Lawn Tennis Club. dsfsatsd 3. v Robertson.
dsTson kings County lawn Tennis cub ssf.ss = aos.
5SSrrchard West Side Lswn Tennis Club s-. is:
festsa sosa,, Howard ward Rleharas. csina; T-5. e~I
Tennis club defeated H Carleton cr.sc.ns Ashssio
Ha2dcsp sinsle.; preliminary round-w L Pats. ,u.
haf 10 dsrsStsd Nv W. Ghg5ch Plus half 16 SO sa
scratch. 6-i "a; Theodore Roosevelt Psl minus hsli
40 z1s defeated La A 2 Bostwick, scratch. ell ell
william b crasin. 5r. nninu. 80 rs tunSni.s.iS 81