New-York tribune., 1909-09-05
KEEN PLAY ON COURTS
CUP FOR Mss HAlINOND
oedrer Beats Mollenhauer at Mack
Country Club.

MSS Louise 5 Hammond and r c Seave- ~.
Fiueu honors in the Nyack Country Club tourna
men. YESTERDAY Miss Hammond successfully held
' u''0 III the cup singles, maintaining her posi-
Co" !" Suaisht sets against her chaIIengsr Mrs
NeO'Se L. chapman. at s. 6-2 The Massacbu-
Set's state holder, Seaver. experienced more 5-
Nui'S III MS match against the former Long Islan1
C.I,lNlioh, Henry J. MoIenhauer. Of the Kings
county Cub. but won at 6-1 SIS s. 81
another match which contributed 10 the ,,,s-ss.
OF the day that in which VIZ, Z, &C. -
DF, William Rosenbaum defeated Henry Nroran
h&ter and Joseph T. Mcmahon %2 81 s. This
co"pe'uon was one of the fastest Of the dav ON
ta .He courts overlooking the Hudson and kept the
dig gallery in lively state Of excitement
Two other finals were reached Nriss ro,,,s =
hammond and Mrs George L. Chapman vinninv
'he womens doubles, In the final OF This svart
tney defeated Miss Edna WIdey and Miss Alice
browning the Piainfeld-Ardsley combination at
- - The final OF the consolation singles was
won by Earl Ftnck, of the Englewood Field Club
VINO defeated w H Bradley. Ct Ct
"hi'e Mrs Chapman, as the challenger was al
"aSS aggressive and her shots the lines splen-
uiu'y managed. she was not successful in checkfng
the winning game played by the defending PLAYER
MISS Hammond The latter followed nm ber drives
win a speed that outstripped her rival Her mass
ing shots were all accurately placed. and rbrougb-
OUT the two sets Of the match Miss Hammond
five games for the match
For lively rallies the mixed doublas a,a1 - L,.
MISS browning, the ArdsIey club expert and II
NosheL Won was one of the best OF the dav 1rss
browning played spIendidIy in this contest and
her VoHeying was remarkably fast and suc,assf,I
as point winner At the net She easily ou+nlavad
Miss Hammond. on the opposite side % ,bs ~.
50 'hat after losing the initial set her side came
through for the hnaI which will be decided to-
morrow w
The summary follows:
WSeRs sh3nPonsh!p challenge cup ss challenge
fanla afazraI
NeHTgs L CHAPMAN. challenger. Ga. So
dssss Moaahausr na a@a oR l03n93E s 81 E sfav'r
29hd T} and Mrs George I Chapman defeated Edna
Mems iou6es (fna ro4Va1mTvyie & Grant and D-
William villa RQseE9agm feated Henry and
Mixed doubles (seni-fnaI round-Miss Alice Browning
" H Bradey 81 s"s l-s sEs Louise ; hammond and
". H Bradley "a. Is.
Henry H Rurdick won his place in the hnaI
round OF the second series of matches for the
RuEyon Cup YESTERDAY. on the courts of the Park
Hi Country Club. On the minus Is mark Bur
dick. in the seni-fnaI defeated r Wiesbach plus
80. 6-1, g The winners game was series
OF steady drives for placement, and when his
opponent attempted the net position Burdick shot
the ball over for swift passing stroke. The
finals will be reached in this cup series tomorrow
The summary follows
Runyon Cup handicap singles. first round-Harry
Ma-tir plus go. defeated Henry Reichenbach plus
d Carman, scratch. IS. 7-5. S-6: F. Weller.
plus So, defeated =. Stewart, plus so 81. 6-1
Second round-(iraham Moore, plus Sc, defeated
dick. minus l.. defeated F. Weller Plus 80 So
st; r. WiesbsCh. plus so. defeated c. B. Trube
plus 30 -. 60. g
SENT final round-Henry Fl. Rurdick minus IS.
defeated r. Wiesbach. plus so. s-1. s-2
Smashing with all the power of man. Miss
Estelle Laukota carried her match in the final Of
the Central Park mixed doubles 10 a successful
termination yesterday With her partner A
Scheffer, she defeated Miss Juliet Deutsch and
Wainstein, 16-l4 and 81.
Harold King and o. p Stenrath won their places
IN The final round of the cham pionship singles on
the Van Cortlandt Park courts Yesterday King
defeated Allan Chester. 81. 60 60 while
stenrath defeated s. MindIin by default
Henry c Martin, chairman OF the lawn tennis
committee OF the Crescent Athletic Club ar
nounced yesterday that all of the prizes and tro-
phles Won by the internationaist. Frederick B.
Alexander. had been turned over to the club for
exhibition purposes.