New-York tribune., 1910-09-04
PLAY ON SODDEN COURTS
| owl Beats Sammis After Hard
Fight at Riverside.
UPSET IN MIXED DOUBLES
scheffer and Miss Stephens Go
Down to Defeat IN
Straight Sets.

c,IonnfnR around the court. but olSPia|IhS
all of the activity that goes WIN oeeDel
conditions. the lawn tennis players oro1sho
to,o events to the finals and nnlshed Two
others Yesterday on the Riverside conrss~
- .ta mems singles T Levi scored over
DIR. J. F. Sammis at So - % -
.herabv winning that fixture II was bard
80 co., ,au,n tennis for while until ths
hau became water soaked. and then tne
J-,,,os rac,,ired all the muscle that tas
pIavers could bring 70 bear Lew. po"
eyfuIIv built Young man. stood the srnst~
ling ~ the long match better than MS op-
nonent ard scored his victory by MS aoiht17
N force the mace at the end. In the conso|
Jation singles Russell Brown. a forrner
Trinity School champion. scored IN the nna1
round.
The mems doubles and the mixed dounies
reached the final rounds, and the eee4dlns
matches will be played on TUESDAY a-te
noon On fire courts OF the West Side Tennis
C,I1,h 23sth street and Review Place og
sneciaI invitation of that ORGANIZATION Lh7
sunrise, in the serni-fnals OF the mlxeL
do,,bIes was the defeat of Miss Buda SFeS
nhens and Arthur Scheffer by MISS Huff
nbrlas and 4 ! Ostendorf at So. 80, u
was impossible for Miss Stephens 70 ny 1o
bau u,ith her accustomed speed. and ths
enforced slackening Of her lightning llAs
game handicapped her to such an extens
that she fell an easy victim 20 the S-o"E
but steadier players
The Southern and Allegheny chanp'ons
Miss Margaret Grove paired with Harry
stefnkannp won the other sernt-fnal n1atchs
defeating Miss Jane Ravson and Allaa
Reade ar 81 81 The fnaISrs IN thd
mems doubles are the Rev. Edgar A Low
ther and A J. Ostendorf. who Will rnees
E. H Enrich and Louis J. Dreyfuss-
1.,,-r, +a,,,is nravers Of the rnetrepoItts.1
district have begun to receive blanks rro.,s
the ranking conrnfttee-D1i1es s. CharlocEs
Edwin F. Torrey. tr. and Harry Torrance
ir-asl,ing for a record of their performs
ances throughout the season. An eTrorf -
being made TO secure the most coT1plets
informs ton. as the unusual number OF re-
yersaIs of form and the fact that many
of the old guard of the courts are retlrtnx
promise to cause the list TO require VaS3
amount Of careful calculation
The famous players who are retiring tnts
season from further active corpetitfVs
matches in championships and tournaments
is one of the most remarkable lists IN tne
history OF the American game. II tncludes
RAYMOND d Little. Beals c. Wright, ROB-
ert LIE Roy and William j Clorhier. IT -
planned to issue the list ar the earHesa
possible moment. 90 that the rankings nav
properly come a fitting endlng or ms
year on the courts
The rain of Yesterday caused considerable
changing of lawn tennis plans. The besl7-
ming of the tournament on the courts ot
the New Rochelle Tennis Club. with its sew
enty-seven aspfrants for the challense cup
offered by J. H. Ranger. had to be put
over until this morning The continuation
of the tournan nent at the Marine and Field
Club the finals Of the mems singles and
doubles. and the challenge cup match. VIII,
Miss Louise z. Hammond defending
against Miss Adelaide Browning, at ths
Nyack Country Club had to be postponed
until tomorrow
An effort was being made 70 finish srs
postponed matches of the Brooklyn tourna-
nnent and these will be decided during
the coming week. A number Of the cluu
tournaments also had been scheduled for
the triple holidays. so that the early para
of this week promises considerable activity
on the courts
All the foremost women players in this
section of the country seem likely TO as
sembIe in the special women's tournanenc
which the MontcIair Athletic Club has ar
ranged. by special sanction of tFe national
association for the week beginning Nom
day. September 70 Otto II. Hinck has
been industriously securing the entries for
the women's singles and doubles and mixed
doubles which are 70 be the events OF tbs
meeting. The leading Philadelphia and
Boston women are TO compete, and an
effort is being made to have several OF ths
Western and California players present.
Miss May Sutton and Miss Hazel Hotch@
kiss having been invited.