New-York tribune., 1909-06-29
BIG FIELD ON COURTS
TWO UPSETS RECORDED.
Metropolitan Champion Beaten for
Middle States Title.

An abundance Of interesting lawn tennis made
the opening round of the old established Mlddle
States championship tournament go with plenty OF
swing yesterday the picturesque courts Of the
Orange Lawn Tennis Club at Mountain Station,
n. J. The field of ffty-one aspirants seeking the
title and cup held by Edwin P. Larned came
through the day with two upsets- Alexander
Amend, of the Englewood Field Club in a pretty
driving match, disposed of the University of Penn
svIvania player Hajimie Kavasaki. at GO, g.
while Harvards present holder of the intercoIIegl-
ate championship. Nathaniel ". Niles defeated the
metropolitan champion, Frederick c. lnman' at
6-2, 6-3.
Raymond D. Little the internationalist. proved
to be on his game as he smothered the Philadel-
phian r. L. James. at 6-2, e. James never
had chance against Little, as the latter played
his short game battling drop bail, to perfection
The starting of the matches for the afternoon
delayed by a heavy shower. This wettinS OF
the courts made the playing surfaces slow, so that
driving games in all of the matches was the result
Richard H. Palmer, fresh from his Old Dominion
victories faced Harrison r. Hathaway, local
man. Hathaway handled PaInlers powerful drives
with excellent judgment, and was successful IN do
ing some fine placing in the first set. in which he
carried the games to ALI At this stage Palmer
began to get the range for his cross shots and
captured the match despite Hathaways strong de-
fence at 81 81
Otto H. Hinck. of the Montclair Athletic Club.
whose performances in the Metropolitan indicated
that he had materially improved this season, was
up to his mark against Dean Mathey, the clever
Princetonian. Hnck cut of all of Mathey's line
shots. and his shooting in covering court made 1t
possible for him to turn many of Mathey's shots
against that player. Hinck's racket work was fast
and steady. and he took the match at 6-3, St
Former national champions. sectional title holders
and noted players we'll represented IN the draw
The top half stronger than the lower In the top
were Richard Fl. Palmer. Karl H Behr, Raymond
D. Little r l. James. Gustave F. Touchard, Dr.
p. B. Hawk. Haiimie Kawasaki, Nathaniel W Niles
A 5 Dabney. jr. and Wallace F. Johnson The
lower section contained Charles NJ Bull jr., William
J. Clothier. Dean Mathey. Robert lie Roy and
Hugh Tallant. Some disappointment was ex-
pressed when CIothier defaulted.
Between five hundred and six hundred onookers
made up the gallery. and there was no lack Of ap-
plause in spite of the heat for the many brilliant
strokes.
The summary follows:
Middle states championship. mems singles first round)
NJ e stevens defeated G. r. Touchard by default;
n r lawrence defeated r n. Smith, e 50; Dr.
= r Hawk defeated r H. Dyckman. 50 60; Alex
ander Amend defeated Hajimte Kawasaki. s.. g;
Nathaniel w Niles defeated Frederick {. lnrnan. =
6-3 Wallace F. johnson defeated j. G Neely, II, 90
6-2 charles NJ Bull jr defeated Harry Torrance tr.
g: John ". Forney defeated g E Rhodes
Ga "a: Robert P. Bennett defeated William j.
CIothfer by default Hinck defeated Dean Mahe
6-3 6-4 F. A. jenkins defeated Paul Forster So
second round-RIchard H Palmer defeated Harrison R.
Hathaway Ct. 81; Raymond D. Little defeated X L
Jones. So So: g Frederick Watson, jr-. defeate1
Myron l.. Harris, 60. 50