New-York tribune., 1907-09-08
FAST WORK ON COURTS,
NrS. Pouch and Hiss Moore VII
Meet an Final at Mack.

In both the cup events of the Nyack Country
Club open lawn tennis tournament only two
vivors were left in the women's and mems singles
when the competitions closed yesterday the
courts Nyack-on-Hudson- Mrs. William II.
Pouch and Miss Elizabeth II. Moore, two ex-na-
tional champions. held the brackets Of the final in
their division Of the meeting while Frederick G.
Anderson, the cup winner Of last year and H w
Guernsey yin meet for the holding OF the men
trophy. The fact that Anderson is again hnalist
taken an indication Of the fairness Of having
the cup holder play through and not stand out, as
is the ancient custom.
Mrs. Pouch and Miss Moore were each compelled
play hard three set matches to reach the final
round Mrs. Pouch had as her opponent Mrs
George I. Chapman, the Hudson River champion.
The latters execution her driving game caused
Mrs. Pouch 10 work persevertngly for her points
and il her place shots which brougnt her
through 10 the score of 6-1, 2-6. "a Miss Moore
engaged Miss Louise Hammond IN lively match
The latter exhausted her dash IN the nrst set
which she won at 7-5. Then Miss Moore had her
v-av and won at 6-3. "a.
IN reaching the final round Of the women's dou-
HES an upset was recorded. Miss Moore and
Miss Marie Wagner, favored to capture the frst
prize IN event. met defeat in straight sets Dy
r9atrors outmanoeuvred the maidens scoring the
mach al &c Ga The finals Of the tournament
viii be decided to-rnorrow and 1lesoaY'
The summaries follow:
Mens cup singles CseOond roqnd)willisIn H Pouch
defeated w F Cutler by deiag1'' +I 5' Sefeeted s
steiEfold e-s S-6 6-S; r. L James defeated Anth0ny
Tfd Aaasrgo9 defeated % ;, wiL,sn EIis
Pouch d Si ~ fl0;S 9enseT Ss5 defeated r l. James
- . . >: G Lorraine Wsysfh defea's'd H Bar
se51[6RaI round-Frederck Anderson defeated
L9,Taiae 3s WSese .so6ns S S -5BS H Rapp and G Mil
v : Pouch Bradley defeated F Banks ana p1 n n
defes1ed 4 BassfoTd. r and Anthony Geria2k % e.
beth Moore defeated Miss Louise Hammond d.
ss "a Mrs William H Pouch defeated Mrs George
Z Chapman o-1 %. e-4
Cedric Major a sixteen-year-old youth, provided
the spectacular lawn tennis yesterday in the con
tinuation Of the autumn handicap singles on the
courts of the Brooklyn Lawn Tennis Club, At
Isntic avenue. Brooklyn With a handicap mark
of minus l5, he met H b Robeson an older and
more experienced player, at minus half 80 start
ing thus on nearly even terms with his opponent.
the boy played through the first set with hurricane
speed and drives that held 80 much power that
Roteson =vas unable handle them successfully.
SO that Major practically made walk-away Of the
set, winning IL at e-5
Lawn tennis players completely filled the semi
final brackets in the three events under way IN the
open tournament Of the Riverside courts, 18th
street and Amsterdam avenue DR.. William Rosen-
baum. Of the Harlem Club, succeeded N gaining
the semi-fnal bracket Of the singles in the lower
half where he f. coupled with Walter V
Bennett. The Harlem expert reopened MS unnn-
izhed match with X. NJ Boorman OF Columola
and in lire driving game proved more than
match for his younger adversary, winning at Ga
ca NJ Burt who got his place in the final two
days ago. VIII meet the winner Of the Bennett-Ior
Rosenbaum competition, which is scheduled for to-
day The summaries follow
Mems open singles Ghrd round'.DE william Rosen-
baum defeated X NJ BOOrraan s-4 b-2
Mems o2en round)-I>ouis DTeyfus and
n 5 Wei from n Cornwall and II. J. Reynolds.
IL default
Second roUa6-LOu!s Dreyfus and NJ. S Well defeated
w Burt and - Falls. e.. sc, e.: Walter V. Ben
net, and r Rowe defeated Herbert Jaooby and Harold
Consolation singles round)-T. c.
n Cornwall default; H 1. Nj. Reilly.
CO. 90. Louis Cook defeated l. saisnt e.. Go;
J. II Ste3nache- defeated Lewis 6-2 Ga: H. II.
Rowe won from ], Bsrteilo, by default J. Carr won
from J; A Beach by default; " Brown won from Dr.
Second rOund-H- l. Erich defeated T g. Knox. "a.
81. Ga; J. NJ Steinacher Louis cook Sc.
Ca; r H Rowe defeated J. C.. 6-3. Harold
Moore defeated W. Brown. S-s. C.