New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-07-03
MISS HAMMOND IN FORM
Beats Miss Nicely and Retains
Middle States Title.
KEEN LAWN TENNIS SHOWN
Hackett and Alexander Taxa
Doubles Championship by
Default of Holders.

Ever alert and executing her shots Tis.
speed and accuracy. Miss Louise z Har-
roond successfully defended her holding q
the Middle States vrornen's singles chs-.
pfonship title yesterday on the turf cour.s
Of the Orange Lawn Tennis Club. az Noa-.
tain Station. N J. Miss Hammond ia
feated her challenger, Miss Carrie 2 Nselr.
Of Chicago. by a score Of 3-6- 81, 81 z
was from Miss Nelly that Miss Hamrona
took the title a year ago By default Yes
4erdav Miss Hammond was the only "a
Tending champion Edward P Larned hai
defauIted in the mems singles 20 Na-nansa
w Niles. The Harvard man succeeded .
n after the championship had been for
wears in the keeping Of the Larned family,
as william a Larned won II from Fred
erfcLc 3. Alexander n 1875 ard he turned .
over TO Edward P Larned TWO years ag1
Harold H Hackett ard Frederick 2. A.
exander added the Middle States 1oUoes
title TO their holdings BY the default Q.
William A Larred and George L Wrsna.
tr In the final Of the tournament Hacket-
and Alexander defeated rhe Western par.
Louis n. Wardner and p Gardner, by
score of So. 50. 6-3- The latter had Won
with unexpected ease over me Harvart
pair, Nathaniel " Miles an1 Arthur 8
Dabney. So. 2-S. - Fackett ard Alex
ander held the title in 1866
The consolation singles resulted n 2 VIC
tory for Otto H Hinck. who defeared the
Yale PLAYER. z N War-ous. SIS -
Hinck. in his seminal also defeated ths
former Harvard crack, Frederick 2 "a
Rham. 81. 81
The playing OF the two women furnished
the real competition Of the day Both oe-
gan with hard driving. and for a time tas
Western player appeared 70 have much re
better Of this style. as she hit the oaB
with more powerful sweeps OF her rackec
and so constantly passed Miss Hammond
as she came up for closer range shots that
the champion lost the opening set
This did not daunt Miss Hammond. Not
in the least She was finding the corners
Of the court with the shots that sire
whipped over the net and Z vas Mss
Neely's turn TO DO the running in IRE sec-
ond set. For downright fast work this SCI
surpassed the others Of the match Mss
Nicely fought out each point with vlsor
that compelled Miss Hammond TO use al ot
her resource and ability 10 command ths
bail Miss Nicely crossed her base line as
the returns zigzagged across until Z
seemed that she must drop
In the third set the persistence OF -hs
Western girl was somewhat rewarded
Temporarily she gained a lead But she
was not strong nor certain enough 70 nod
it Faced with the danger OF losing her
CUP and title. Miss Hammond opened fra
of returns to the favored corners u re
court So accurate was she that. despite
Miss NeeIys close play, tha holder Won
without the games touching at deuce
Tho summary follows:
%ri5d1a States Wo-en-s char-pto-shi,
singles challenge -ound)-Niss Louise E
Hammond defender. defeated Mss Ca--,s
B Nelly. challenger. SIS. e-1 e -.
Mems championship doubles fse1-t-S.ss
round)-HaroId II Hacketr and FREDERICK 2
Alexander defeated F " War-ous and Rsg-
Waidner and P Gardner defeated Natha-,ss
" Niles and Arthur DabneT- SIS -
Final rourd-Ha-oIa 4 HacEett ard E-s5
erfck & Alexander defeated Louis Z Watd>
ner and P Gardner. 60. 6-2. IS
Challenge and championship round-Ea-c&
H Hackett and Frederick 3. Alexander. cha-,
IenEe-s defeated william = La-CsC ara
George L Wrena. r. defenders BY deta---
Mems consolation singles Seminal -c-11f
r ". Ws-rous defeated Q : Rhodes. 8.
&c OTTO 4 Eincz defeated FREDERICK :
Final rourd-Otto n Ei-ck defeated ? Y
6-5- G.