The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-27
FOR EAST JERSEY TITLE.
Tennis Competition Begins Today on
Elizabeth Courts.

ELIZABETH, Aug. 2L-With the closing
of the all-comers tennis tournament at
Newport followers Of the game will turn
their attention to the courts of the Eliza
beth Town and Country Club. where the
championship singles of the East Jersey
Lawn Tennis Association will start this
afternoon.
II was last night that Kar
Behr, the Yale crack, holder of the title, will
not defend 1t his year. 1t is said that his
reason for this action Is that he desires TO
have some other player get a chance to
have his name engraved on the cup which
at present is i'm his possession.
Seventy-one players, representing clubs
from all over the East, have entered and
the drawings were made ut IL o'clock last
night al the Town and Country Club,
North Broad street.
The three Westfall brothers promise TO
give a good account of themselves, but
the ~favorite for first place is the veteran,
+. G., Anderson. of the Kings County
Tennis Club. Last year Anderson won the
tournament and gave Behr. the title
holder, a hard fight in the challenge round,
| losing after a heart-breaking hve-set
match had been played. This year there
will be no challenge round. the t~itle-holder
in order to gain a leg on the cup, being
forced to play throughout the entire tour
nament.
In the first round Alexander will be DR.
Rausenbaum's opponent. The veteran !:
well placed. and with an even break should
not %disappoint his many admirers here.
Teddy Pell, another local f~avorite, is
in well, being paired against w. B. Eakin,
of the Elizabeth Town and Country Club,
who will probably default PelPs gritty
playing last year earned him runner-up,
and he gave the veteran Anderson a phe-
nomenal fight for the privilege of meet
ing Karl Behr. Many believe that he will
be the runner-up to Anderson.
The pairings are as follows;
G. C. Thomas. jr., and O.. w. Salinger,
f. A. Leo and Clarence Bardler, j. A.
Cissel and Paul q. Tomlinson, r, Richie
and /. s. Freeman. II. A. cotter and II.
j. Curtis. H.. ID. Milford and Carleton
Kelly, II. P. Smith and S. A. Westfall,
II. II. Mohenhauer and II. A. Wolf, Fl.
l.. Enrich and p. w. McAneny, A. q.
Westfall and r. L. James, II. d. Sham
berg and w. b. Cragin, jr.. j. S. Messner
and A.-G. Norris, II. d. Montgomery and
r. D. Richey, h Rev. II. r. Jackson and
W. M. Dunn, IL. II. Walsh and II. l..
Westfall, Miles S. Charlock and L. g. Me-
Aneny, DR.. b. O,Conner and H. Mex.
Glazebrook. Eads Johnson and II. r.
Smith, Edward p. Larned and ]. w. c.
Bowden, r. H. Palmer and Earl Alexan-
der, s. r. Hughs, Luther Davis and S. F.
Touchard CTouchard to play winner of
Dayis-Hughs MATCH, e. S. Cameron and G.
c. Thomas, John Reynolds, jr, and p.
Bacon, r. NJ. Beckley and w. r. Johnson,
r. NJ. West and C. Fl. Belknap. q. b..
Littell and Charles Barnard, Dean Mathey
and Gardiner H.. Miller. F.. G. Anderson
and DIR. william Rausenbaum, Robert lie
Roy and Calhoun Cragin. A. f. Else and
NJ. L. RICHTER. A. Gerlach and H. p.
Banks, Paul Forester and II. S. Appleton,
]. Parmly Paret and L. f. Fleischman,
f. B. Hague and A. x. Aitkin, Theodore
Roosevelt Pell and w, b. Eakin.