New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
UPSET IN LAWN TENNIS
eventritt and Phillips Reach
Finals at New Rochelle.
MATCH STIRS THE GALLERY
Hobart and Cragin Defeated
Setless by Spirited and Spec
tacular Playing.

smashing IN spectacular fashion over
head. 7. L Leventritt, the famous old Co
f,5r7ljs lawn tennis player, paired with Ben
-s-7fn NJ. Phillips. Of hockey fame. scored
-- unset in the ser17i-final Of the doubles
--ester5sv on the courts OF the New Ro-
rbena Lawn Tennis Club. They defeated
clarence Hobart and Calhoun Cragin set
loss al 6-s. IS.
This match, which landed the victorious
-asr in the f7nal. was the feature Of the
5sv. The Two pai-s were going strongly,
s~ each had arrived in the semj-dnals by
straight set wins. Hobart and Cragin de-
featirg a Dudley Britton and Alfred F
7.s-tirler. The BrorxviTle Athletic Associa-
tion pair, 81. 81 Leventritt and Phillips
had 6reezed through Two sets. in which
-hev had scored a. 81 s-i. over Charles
2. Porter and c. N. Smith
Two matches in the second round Of the
mixed doubles also provided spirited WELD
ing Of rhe racket on the part Of the women,
e-d marked the appearance Of Mrs
ST. Weaver. the New Jersey player, who
paired with Calhoun Cragin- The first
round this pair took by default, and then
moved OF 10 the finals by defeating Miss
Else D3e-z anG Dr. William Rosenbaum,
SIS g. The Pelham Manor pair, Mrs. 3.
? TIeusn and Lewis Il. Freedman. also
scored. by defeating Mrs Charles F. Por-
~ and Richard T. Aug1r. 81, -.
II vas with an air Of expectancy that the
zalls-v surrounded the court ~ the ap-
rea-auce Of Hobart fer the great doubles
u-z-ca While the famous player has been
doing vel. Phillipss high bounding ser
-ice wiki rs twisting ball. which had
bothered Al The competitors, was ex-
oecreE ID cut q figure n the match Il did.
BIZ il vas secondary. Leventritts auaz-
~ smash provided the thrills Il seemed
IS i II could no- miss 2 stroke From
rhs back Of the court OF near the net The
rl6 Columbia man brought his racket
around to- powerful sweeping strokes that
ref- Hobart sn5 C-zgtn nc chance az : re
t--n
Throughout Tie nineteen games Hobart
--zve6 steadily ana surely His drives fer
--s-ere.- spotted the ball down II pace
nat kept Phillips and Levenc-itr active
--eg!R vas slightly below his usual stand
SO. however Ee could not seem 70 gauge
rhe lobs with which he -ried 70 drive the
opposing pair away from the net The ball
(4ll short most q tbs time. and Il was this
-ast offered Leventr1tt opportunities fer
-nashire. When Cragin -rlet to Iengthen
- eE-1.S T2e nZE Ff-E nan CilLSlCG court
-zsstn vas unsteady a. voIleying service,
especially On hiS own games. When he
-sr,= ~ 70 The net ne seemed 70 lose range.
With the result that he failed TO get the
ball back 10 rlls opposite court. as his shots
we're all too lon In every respect how
ever. Lhe match Ess claselv fought
The summary follows.
21sa Ridge Championship mems singles
ftcI--h round Frederick 2 rex defeated
4. Dude -st-1r1er, e e-@- Morris (
ark defeated p'r- william Rossunau117. g
wez's doubles 5frsr round1-1. Il. Rope
--5 = Black defeated George e G-oe=hecIl
77c Edwin :, Fischer, O.. -. = Howard
-osre- and pr. William Eosenbagm defeated
second -ound-T I I.eventritr ard Be7ia-
ri9 n Phi!lLps Dictated Richard T. Augur
-a5r9 rcand-E- 4. Leventritt and BENJAMIN
:. Fh-l'iss defeated Charles 2 Porter and
4 smith. 81. g. Clarence Hobart and
Calhoun Crsgin defeated A Dudlev B-itton
77e Alt-e1 l. La5tilaer. g q.
-am.n II Philips defeated Clarence FEoba--
=n5 g lh7a1 Cragin- e--4. e.
Deg aad Dr, william Rosenbaur defeated
ff-ss Juliet Leech and Lowell Lamb. ca
So. Miss Anna Martin and Abraham Bass
w-a~sr and Ca4boun C-arln de<safed
tsa7
sscond round-M-s. : r Weaver and cal
Tf-- william Tose-hs urr- S-s C Mr. 2.
r. -i=rra1 and Lewis Il Freedman defeated
,-rE. CHARLES p. Porter and Richard F. Auk1r.
81 -.
:. z DIsher and II T. de Rivera won
-1H round robin doubles lawn tennis tour
-auenr on the courts Of th= WooGme-e
E0untTv club, V-oodnere. Long Island
--es-erday- II The final round they defeated
E N zimmerman and ! Hard. who were
fla runners up. Is. 5-s The winning pair
we're indicated and disr'aved dashinz
low.
7-sr5 robin 5ru5les--C- N zimmerman erH (
Ez-- Eetezted Z. Pearl and y Phlrus 6-4
H-- C. NJ zimmerman and =. Hard defeated O.
N--- and 7. rttrps- s. e. a. H Rearnau
s-s IT. LongwC-t1 defeated c. Worn and T.
r-.r-s Ct g. u Pear ard ". Phi-rs &C.
-zs-=- -- Worm and I. Fh-prs. G-3. @ L.
?. Tis-e- and H r ce Rivera defeated C NJ
a-------ar ~ s Es-E. q. c.