New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-24
STIRRING LAWN TENNIS
Eleven Survivors in Westminster
County Tourney.
WILSON EYRE WINS PLACE
Defeats Roper in Two Fast
Deuce Sets at Traver5
Island.

! Stirring lawn tennis matches m ths
courts Of the New York Athletic Club a,
Travers island reduced the original field
of thirty-nine competitors in the mems sim
giles Of the Westchester County Association
! championship 10 eleven survivors yestsr-
day In the top half Wilson Eyre. ot tho
Pelham Manor club. won his place IN
the semi-fnal round By defeating l. n.
| Roper one Of the New York Athletic Club
experts. In two fast deuce sets AZ IS,
! I3-i1 Both men played driving game.
and each used service 50 effectively that
they held evenly on the score until Eyre
/ broke through and scored.
All Of the dashing play was on Eyre's
side Of the net. He was always ready 70
attempt an attack az the net whenever
Roper slackened the pace Of his drives.
The athletic club representative used plenty
OF chop to his strokes. so that Eyre always
found the fight Of the ball deceptive Re
cause Of this Eyre's close range PLAYING
was not uniformly successful. Roper fought
ont the close games with desperation. HIS
passing shots came off well, but az tho crt-
cal stages Eyre blocked cleverly and scored
the match after thirty-six long games.
In the lower section Or. Arthur G. Kean".
the former champion figure skater won his
place in the fourth round after an exciting
exhibition Of uphill play He defeated W.
L. OBrion. Of New Rochelle, al IS Sc.
IS Several times in the second sec
o Brion was within stroke Of the match.
Each time Dr. Keane footed over his court,
getting every shot and making the prettiess
Of returns on the drive and volley.
The critical period of this contest cams
when O'Brion had won the arst set at SIS.
and led at 81 on the second set. Then
OBrion made the mistake Of attempting -
win the set and match game from deep
court DR.. .Keane was far too rapid for
him. however and when later on O'Brion
tried TO return 70 close range play, he failed
TO come back" into the certainty ~ his
shots
DR.. Keane by the hardest kind OF playing
scored five games off the reel leading az
6-5 before OBrion made a successful
squirt and balanced the score at sail. Or.
Keane won the next two games and the set
| Then he worked his drives and yolleys
across court with telling rapidity so that
despite A stubborn resistance from OBrons
side the New York Athletic Club player
won the set and match at rs. Tho
doubles will begin to-day.
The summary follows:
westchester championship mems singles SEQ.
ond roundl-W. A. Cotton. New Rochelle. de-
fsated William d Bourne New York Athletic
/ Club. by default Richard F. AugHr. New Ro-
chelle defeated J. II. Wainwright Rye Tennis
Third round-L H. Roper. New York Athle,i,
50, 81; DR.. Arthur G. Keane. New York Ath--
letie club defeated ". L. o'BEion. New Ro-
vile. defeated George r. Coughlan, swanoy.
Fourth round Wilson Eyre. Pelham Manor
Tennis Club. defeated L. n. Roper. New YORK
Athletic Club IS lS-il
Lawn tennis players OF the top Hight
have been drawn for the annual cham
pionship tournament which will be played
this week on the turf courts OF the Sea-
bright Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club at
Seabright n. J. The mems singles include
more than twenty entries, including James
P. Lee, II. p. Smith, Arthur Cumnock.
Reeve Schley, c. c. Auchincloss, Cass
Ledyard, jr, Gardiner II. Miller, the for
mer Harvard crack Blair Ewing. G. T..
Adams and George F. Tyler.
The wornens singles promise 10 be 4
we'll contested event as among the far
aspirants for the title and valuable cup
are Miss Paula Fleitmann, Mrs. c. G.
Auchincloss, Mrs. George f Tyler, Mrs.
II. E Dewing and Mrs. Kenneth Robin
son.
Bernon S. Prentice and Reeve Schley.
the former Harvard champions, scored n
the doubles last season, and are again
drawn IN that event to play through. The
other leading pairs are Gardiner II. Miller
and George f. Tyler, Arthur Cumnock
and James p. Lee, and Blair Ewing and
Colonel Rabbit The championship cups
have been offered by individual members
III,