New-York tribune., 1907-05-14
PLAY ON MANY COURTS.
LITTLE IN GOOD FORM.
KeHey and Bull Also Um IN Vest
Side Singles.

Raymond D. Little. Charles L. Bull, jr., and
Carleton c. Kelley provided lively sport yester-
day in the opening round of the championship
singles on the courts of the West Side Lawn
Tennis Club, 117th street and Amsterdam ave-
nue..
Little the captain of last years international
team, in good form. His game at the net
was snappy, and he brought off his volleys with
a vim that caused him to defeat w. Slade in
two sets by q score of 6-1, g. c. c. Kelley,
the holder of the Hackett and Alexander cup.
who is playing through, made a runaway match
of his meeting with John c. Tomlnson. The
champion was clever at cutting the ball to the
side lines, and worked so unfalterngly at Tom
linson's backhand that he forced the opposing
player to make errors, by which he won.
The Crescent Athletic Club champion, Bull,
had a hammer and tongs finish with G. y. L.
Dionne In the third set Dionne led at 5-3 and
again at 81 and 40-15 He was not equal to
making the point however, for Bull fought him
off and finally won the game and later the set
and match The summary follows:
aes5 sq F. Fi osa 3 s fist & r2gn9 t5res S b baf' Rn
Burns defeated a b Gadwiq a.. e-l 6- Wilom r,pSo1 b;
s'' Sr@s" dsfeasd " 6 De Nde - So; caElelon
D. Little defeatod William siade, G-l. &c,
singles of the New York Lawn Tennis Club.
Wylie c. Grant. playing from minus half 40
proved 10 be in excellent form. and won his place
in the second round He defeated Otto NJ.
Sternfeld. playing from minus 10 by O. e.
The ex-indoor champion was severe and accu-
rate overhead and his drives found the corners
Of the opposing court with plenty of speed. \.
G. Johnson won a close t.ree-set match with j.
y kirby in which the rallies were the feature.
The summary follows
Mems handicap singles. first round-E. a. Gun
ther Cplus 10 defeated the Rev II. p. Schauf-
fer (minus half 10, Go, 6-;}: y. c. Johnson
pIus half 1D defeated J y. Kirby (plus 10,
Go 3-6 e: Wylie G. Grant GninuS half 4'H,
defeated Otto n. Sternfeld (minus 10. e., o.
Mrs. s. Weaver and Miss Campbell were the
winners yesterday in the womens handicap sim
giles matches on the courts Of the Plainfield
Country Club. Mrs Weaver, playing from
scratch engaged Mrs. W. L. L. Rider plus 10
in a competition OF remarkable length, and won
ct SO C. 14-12. The last set was hoty
fought through twenty-siX games As the games
fell to deuce at y all. Mrs. Weaver began the
service. She Won the vantage game handily and
then came into the following game with a
series of dashng rallies that swept Mrs. Rider
before her and gave her the match MIS-
Weaver will meet Miss Edna Wildey in the
semi final round In the lower half Miss Camp
bell will meet Miss Blackwell in the third round,
and the winner will meet the winner Of the Miss
Leese and Miss Barbara Fleming match.
The first tournament on the courts Of the
Brooklyn Lawn Tennis Club in scratch singles
has brought three men to the semi-fnal round.
In the upper half of the draw J. c. Remond will
meet the winner Of the match between Z. W.
Brunn and y. c. Durham. Walter l.. Pate and
H Robson will meet in the lower half The
proba bity is that Rerond and Pate will be the
competitors in the final round. which will be
played on Saturday.