Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-19
HIGH-CLASS FIELD COMPETE
English Expert Beaten by American
Girl in Two Straight Sets.
MATCHES HOTLY CONTESTED
Four Favorites Won at New Orleans
Golf at Pinehurst-Bowling
Battles-Base Ball Notes.

NEW YORK. February 19.-An upset, the
defeat of Miss Freda Meyer. the English
lawn tennis expert, infused dash Of
piquancy into the opening days play of
the eighth national indoor lawn tennis
championship tournament yesterday. The
matches were started early on the be ard
courts of the It'll Regiment Armory. s8th
street and Park avenue Miss Meyer. who
last season played Miss May Sutton a
close competition abroad, was among the
first to take her place on the courts. She
was opposed by Miss Louise Hammond of
the West Side Lawn Tennis Club, and the
majority looked for a walkover for Brit
aims representative. The American girl
however. began with a vim that easily
swept all before her in the opening set.
She hit the ball with powerful full-arm
swing of her racquet that sent it whizzing
through the English woman's court for
aces earned on well-placed shots. So ac-
curate was Miss Hammond that she took
the first set at love. Miss Meyer steadied
10 her game In the second set. Her re-
turns We're adroitly gauged. and each Of the
women won on service up to ALI. Deuce
was twice called on the ninth game as both
tried to obtain the lead. At this juncture
Miss Hammond made a sensational get of
the English players place shot. The ball
struck the top Of the net and hung there
Tor a moment. Then 1t fell on the English
side of the net and gave the vantage TO
the American. who won the next point.
and in the following game the set at the
score of Go and Ga.
Surprised the Gallery.
Miss Marie Wagner of the Hamilton
orange Club surprised the gallery by
showing excellent command of her strokes
In the match in which she defeated Miss
Laura Fischer Of the West Side Club. The
for no I,;x-
court were OF remarkable length and speed.
80 skiiifully did she vary her game that.
despite her many attempts at lobbing Miss
FISCHER was unable to break up the SPLEEN
did driving plays of Miss Wagner. The
latter was cooily decisive on all Of her
shots for placement and passes.
The field of forty competitors i'm the
mems singles was reduced to twentv-ona
players The unlooked-for victory was that
VI NHiiam D. Cragin, jr., over Herbert L.
Westfall. after three sets Of hard tennis
H ,h the TN Regiment expert, so placed
the ball ar difficult angles that in the Sec
ond and third sets Westfall sent the hall
out OF court on his returns and worked his
Own downfall to the score Of 4-6 90 and
~. Matches in all of the events will be
continued today.
The Summary.
,o Women,s ms. ehampionship MISUNDERSTANDING
defeated Miss A: L. Fish. Hamilton Grange Lawn
Tennis Club. 60, Go; Miss Marie Wagner, Ham.
Laura Fischer, West Side Lawn Tennis clubs sL,Ss
r. -. 81; Miss Louise Hammond. West Side Lawn
Tennis lem Club defeated Miss Freda Meyer, Sussex
Mems championship singles.-Preliminary round
defeated j. b. Close. Elizabeth Town and Conntry
Tlub by default; IL. Nick. Glazebrook, Elizabeth
Belmont an crc GSn''y Club dsse.sS James
80; Morris ). Clark, Seventh Regiment Tennis
Tub defeated Floyd Smith, Sleepy Hollow Lawn
enth Regiment Tennis Club. defeated +. p.
Grosvenor Seventh Regiment Tennis Club. by de-
Tennis Club defeated Richard Bishop Longwood
Cricket Club, Boston. by default; Theodore Roose-
g. Carleton schaefer West Side Lawn Tennis Club.
SO, ell q. NJ Bostwick. West Side Lawn Ten.
Ii: c Tssn st ss b, s q1fH ives, Side
bert l. westfalf. Kings County Lawn Tennis Club,
First roGnd-A. L. Hoskins Belmont Cricket
Club Philadelphia defeated Alexander J. DeImar,
Rathbun. Seventh regiment Tennis Club. defeated
Grant Burns. West Side Lawn Tennis Club. BY
Country Club defeated r.. G. Jones Moy amensng
Tennis Club. PHILADELPHIA by default; II. ID.
Julio NJ stelnacher Hamilton Grange Lawn Ten.
mis- Club: SIS. 8-4; Harold H; Moore. Seventh
fault: Theodore Roosevelt Pell, New York Lawn
Tennis Club. defeated DR.. William ROsenbaum,
Harlem Lawn Tennis Club. 6-1. 6-1: King Smit..
Seventh Regiment Tennis Club. defeated DR.. P.
Il. Hawk Belmont Cricket Club. Philadelphia, by de-
fault: George Fouchard. Harlem Lawn Tennis Club,
defeated X. A. Weeks. Elizabeth Town and COun-
try Club. by default; l.. II. Fitch. Seventh Re3i-
ment Tennis Club defeated. Walter Chase. Har-
lem Lawn Tennis Club. 10. 6-3: T. Godfrey.
Harlem Lawn Tennis Club defeated e p Fischer.
West Side Lawn Tennis Club. by default.
Second round-George Fouchard. Harlem Lawn
Tennl. club. defeated L. II. Fitch. Seventh Regi-
ment Tennis Club. Go. 60.
Mems championship doublcs--First round-O. NJ.
Bostwick aud ". e. DE Mile. West Side Lawn
Tennis Club defeated G. Carleton Schsefer and
Grant Burns. West Side Lawn Tennis Club. 81,
Sc