New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
PELL And LIE ROY WIN.
La1Cn Tennis Teams Tied for the
Championship.

Even with Karl II. Behr on its team the West
Side Lawn Tennis Club unable to do better
than tie with the players of the New York Lawn
Tennis Club yesterday for the championship of the
Metropolitan League. The competitions were the
second of the final series Behr. Harold II. Hack
EFT and Carleton c. Kelley comprised the West
Side team, while the entire series fell upon Theo
dore Roosevelt Pe and Robert lie Roy for the
home club Yet the only match which the West
Side scored that in which Behr defeated lie
Roy I'm the singles, and then by the narrowest kind
Of margin the final result being Is, Sc. 6-3.
Pel defeated Kelley in the other singles match 63
Go. The surprise came in the doubles in which
Pel and lie Roy easily defeated Behr and Hackett.
6-3. g.
The result is that the two clubs tied. each
with three wins and equal number of losses.
The captains Of the two teams tossed at the close
Of the matches yesterday to the place of decid-
ing the final next Saturday. with the result that
the New York Club won, and the pay-on Will be
again decided on their courts.
The interest centred about Behr. when II was
known that he TO take the place Of Frederick
y. Alexander. He was drawn 10 meet lie Roy
IN the first match Of the singles. He opened with
the service. but while he was successful In this
game II was the only Of the that he won.
as lie Roy ran the next six in regular order three
Of them going TO deuce. The points Of the set
follow:
First set Points, Games,
Es1f E Roy ...:.....:::: &555
Behr set sail for the net in tho second set. Even
then he experienced hard work with lie Roy. who
hit the ball hard and freely for prettily placed
shots. with occasional passing drive. Behr fair
ly camped at the net although Lc Roy was sue
The points follow:
SECOND SET
BE EsaF Foy:...5 VI 9 ts9-s t-s9Gs
Bohr played his best game in the third set. He
sharply aggressive at ali times. while his speed
overwhelmed lie Roy. who IN other respects was
playing fine game. The points follow:
THIRD. SET.
Be Rshf Roy. ..-'.'::39 fss f$ss
Mrs. William II. Pouch and Miss Marie Wagner
the final OF the womens lawn tennis doubles
yesterday In the tournament on tho courts OF the
Essex County Country Club. Orange. y. J. The
former national champion and her young partner
played hustling game They were up 10 the net
most Of the time and their volley shots for passes
combined with Mrs. Pouch's splendid drives for
placement. caused them to win handiiy Miss
Reynolds and Miss Freeman, % and g..
The mixed doubles We're brought down to the final
round In the upper half Miss Eleanor Souther and
George II. Miles their bracket. They defeated
Miss Natalie Widey and Edgar W. Leonard in
straight sets 6-3. 6--3. In the lower half OF tho
draw Miss Edna Wildey and L. $ II. Pcndergast
won easily over Miss Phoebe Reynolds and r. d.
Reynolds at 81 and G-L The final Will be decided
Wednesday,
Walter 7. Pate regained his holding OF the SIN
giles championship Of the Brooklyn Lawn Tennis
Club. Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn, yesterday, in
three straight In the final of the tournament
he met Lewis B Hughes.
The championship of the Kings County Club was
transferred from Frederick @. Anderson to Henry
H. Moilenhauer yesterday in the hnaI on the
courts at President street and Brooklyn avenue,
Brooklyn. The TWO players had come through 10
the deciding match, as the custom prevails there
Of having the holder play through The summary
follows
Championship singles tsemi-hnsl round)-Frederick G.
Anderson defeated \. l. Wison, 4-6. 9-7 rs, 6-S,
-
Final round-Ienry II Molenhauer defeated Frederick
c. Anderson 6-3. 1-6 60. GO.
The Plainfeld Country Club won five matches
against four yesterday IN the first Of the team
match series with the Trenton Country Club. The
matches decided the courts of the former
organization. all giving close result. The
mary follows:
Singies-Willam B. Cragin. r. Trenton. 4. D.
Beers; bIanheld %. 81; c NJ Crapo. Plainned. de-
feated Richard StTockon Trenton 6i, Gi; Coch-
Iane. Painheld. defeated T. s Aikin Trenton. I-6
G. "a: King Aikin Trenton. defeated Wyl!e Brown.
Piainned. -. 60; Flack, Trenton. def
w. Goddard Plainheld 6-2 4-8, "a: W l.. Fighter
Plainhed. defeated J. Z. Aesser. Trenton. Is 6-s
Doubles-William T. Cragn. tr. and Richard Stockton
Trenton. defeated g. NJ Crapo and W l.. Rgher. Plain
field. 4-6. ca, 6-3; H. J. Cochrane a. Beers,
Ilainhed. defeated f. s Akln and King Ai;kin Tren
field. defeated Leon Fack and J. F. Messler Trenton
6-l. G--4.