New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-19
JOURNEYS IN ABEYANCE PLANS FOR OCEAN RACE
Storm Drives the Lawn Tennis
PLAYERS from Courts.

Fifteen matches We're under way on the
turf courts of the West Side Tennis cum
22sth street and Review Place, yesterday
In the first round of the metropolitan
championship in mems singles, when the
storm OF the afternoon put an end TO the
play Few had reached even compleleo
set so that Harold H Hackett, the rel
cree decided that the tournament must
he continued to-day In order to finish the
heroic task of bringing out champfoIi
from among the 115 competitors entered
This is contrary to the original intention,
but as the schedule calls for Ia matches
in singles alone. to say nothing Of the dou-
bles. which will probably add an adoi-
tional fifty matches there will have to De
some activity on the part of the manage
ment 30 finish within the week
AS the draw stands William A. Larned,
national champion. is in the top quarter
together with Frederick c. Inman, present
holder OF the metropolitan title, and Ross
Burchard the holder of 1908. Carleton H.
Gardner, of California: Wylie I. Grant
Reuben A Holden jr, of Yale. Western
player, who has captured titles arouhu
Chicago; Harold H Hackett. national dou-
bles champion and internationalist, ana
George NJ. Church, the Princeton inter
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ter as the ending of the top half
In the third quarter are DR.. Philip b.
Hawk. of the University of Illinois, Ur-
bana, H.: Frederick B. Alexander. national
doubles champion and internationalist; {.
Gilbert Plimpton, of Boston; Gustave f.
Touchard, of California; Walter Merrill
Hall regimental champion; Charles NJ.
Bull. IT., Crescent Athletic Club, and the
New Jersey State and Old Dominion cham
Mon Richard H. Palmer. The final quar-
ter. contains Theodore Roosevelt Pell, New
England and Southern champion; William
B. Cragin. jr. Long Island champion: Kan
H Behr, internationalist; John G Nicely,
ir. OF Chicago; George o. Wagner of Buff
falo: Lyle E. Mahan, the former intercoi-
legfate champion OF Columbia University,
and the internationaIst. Raymond d.
Little.
1t was the same storm story with all of
the other lawn tennis tournaments OF the
day The finals for the Ardsley cups in
singles and doubles had to be postponed
number of the players had reached the
courts of the Amackassin Club, at fon-
kers. but none of the matches reached d
decision. 1t was in the series OF the Met
ropolitan League championship that the
greatest confusion occurred, as two rainy
Saturdays in succession have considerably
tangled the schedule; Park Slope was 10
have played at the New York Lawn Ten
mis- Club, Bedford Park at the Knicker-
booker Field Club, Montclair Athletic Club
at Brooklyn, Kings County at the Crescent
Athletic Club and the Harlem at Hamilton
Grange.
There were also delayed tournaments at
the Woodmere Country Club, Woodmere
Long Island in the mems handicap singles
for the cup offered by President George G.
De Lacy The special tournaments at the
Plainfield Country Club and the Montcialr
Athletic Club likewise hold over for the
coming week. In many seasons there has
not been such confusion caused in the
tournaments as has resulted following the
rain that has been more or less frequent
FOR the last week The Long Island cham
pionship and the Englewood Field Club
both have finals, which. as matters now
stand may not be decided for month