The sun., 1910-10-02
LAWN TENNIS GOSSIP.
Women's Metropolitan championship to
Ring Down the curtain for season.

LAWN TENNIS GOhSIP.
Womsn.s Metropolitan championship To
: Ring Down the curtain for season.
! The women me tropolitsn ohampion-hip
/ TO he decided during the week on the courts
/ of the West Side Tennis Club AZ broadway
/ aud 2Ssth street, will ring down the curtain
on the local outdoor season n will he an
! appropriate finale. for 20 the women be
longeJ the credit OF putting the season IN
commission. In the early spring aud while
the winters chill siill fingered in the afr
IN. women began play ON the We, side
courts The approaching tournament
should he better IL viii have an inter
national navor too, for II 10 said that Miss
lois Moy"s of Toronto. four times winner
OF the Canadian championship. will he
among the contestants Miss Louise "
Hammond. ~ - said. viii defend her title.
while other noted PLAYERS VINO are expected
20 nsur. on the draw are Miss Moor. Miss
Wagner, Miss Little Mi-- BunCs Mrs
Schmity. Miss kuttron Mis- Bags Miss
Marcus and the Misses constable
Frederick & Inman of the West Side
7 G the New York state champion. took
par In the northeastern Pennsylvania
. chHmpionShip and the New Yorker met
With a bit OF surprise lie PLAYED with
splendid dash all through the tournament
and met George LYONS, a local PLAYER. In
sets IN a onssided fashion aud u looked a.
II he had the championship as good a. won,
bpt yOns braced himself and won the neNt
three sets TO the astonishment OF a big gal
lery The score in f.yonS's favor was 9.
=, %. S-S. IS inmAh vas paired
with n player named Parrish from the
Scranton Country club. where tho toufnA-
ment took place. and they went TO the Anal
OF the mems doubles. There they we're op-
posed by Lyons and his brother. who won
In three straight sets For the womeu'-
singles Mas Marion Cre~swell Of Philadel-
phiA defeated Miss Janet Storrs OF Scranton.
two sets 20 one. Miss Cresswell and Miss
Ehret won the vomen's doubles.
n nGT wSe yShhcn " as t'GSs'i e. p.Sn.y sST ae
tue ~ Il. Won TIE fsii.dsipeis and diStIic,
ssi' fGSaa -.. ni &. Es;. % Fsads "i ia nis The
.d s .1i & NJ +. %sse sSsa R:@dS Sss Rsi b:
pace set BY johnson, yho won With q score
Of s.s. 49, "a. IL being hts third
In the mlTsd doubles johnson Vas, paired
ana H the, &: s:s. SSS rS 81 Ms Nay y
% 10 a sSprasasS, held a, Pitt.n.ld. Mass.
SSrshsn KsrSocSan @ an and B : Bisf fssdsfsstsd
Malcolm sloane 1sa a.I.y H;r1s.s sss,sS SSAs son tS:
sSs- Is; SsH. :ss!: q (. 81: G:,.1a,,t AZ H.:
singles and Mrs.. De ,dersdorf Won by de;
ts ts1 Ms. Iss BsrsaSs Ss a. and hs SsS %S
They were oppoeed by hr.. tAmoIts and
& %LIi,sd smith Sy, ,ss ipT. IN favor Of
The STATE ch.mpI9psh,p of Rhode Islam
ieas.d Rasssli n Dana in the challenge
round with = score q g. ,, 3,ese-i IN
sp"AsnE 81 ,hS match a. Ss on0Sasr n S @d oi
paign Jones 30 cleanly and cleSerly EN-.
ploysd such a variety of strokes as 10 call
His iobbins both Siih and asain-t the Wind
wac superb and enabled him to beat back
ne vS SnSs.Tn mo-, 81 dsnssIn % SpponS Ssr,sIy % ns.
Sb.olute pTecislon and Sipsed With any
arm. His vollsyihs was sharp and his cross
court shots we're deadly Whethsr over
Ss~a Si qn on sns SSsy S .ss
earlier part Of the match the rivalry VAS eI:
c~edinGly kern and some of the finest apd
outcome. The challenger lost ground after
bic game had been upset by series Of
and hts balance had been overthrow by a
sacrifice that meant much 70 him, following
9ns.,i,o1Ssd dse.on sy y I'nssTfP ne y.iT
ments In England was the Veterans singles
All England championship at Eastbourne
the same courts where occurred tho
south Of England championship SinE,IlArly
enough this event u a handicap and the
players 20 reach the final round zero 4. W
Gore. hand icapped az - and F. ". Allen
scratch. Allen was the winnsr, With the
score OF "a. 90 Core is In hts forty;
second year and Allan IL lowering around
the same age, and though . very heavy
mAn. handles himself With great agility.
critics remarked From the winners play
one would Imagine him anything but
Netersn, as his drives were ss tOrreful as
ever. white they were 80 well placed thst
Gore rarely had q chance To assume the
aggressive was very popular victory
and the result OF sterling good play. hut
without wishing to bolittle his performance
In the least, " must be confessed that Gore's
powars are on tho wans His drives do not
have tho sting which charaS terised his
efforts Of years gone by and his accuracy
now leaves something 10 he desired. With
the result, that be h kept much moro fire.
auently ON the defensive and IL forced out
Of poaition on nnumerabie occasions In
south Of Ensisnd championship singles
from A. " lowe by default For the
women's single. 'hers Vas an entry Of
SIXTY -four and the final was von by Mrs
Lambert Chambers.