New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-30
TENNIS UNDER WAY
PLAYERS of Note Take Courts Tor
Opening of Season!
SOME HARD BATTLES WAGEO
Shafer Beats Palmer and Mahaa
Takes Bryan's Measure on New
York L. T. G. Grounds.

Lawn tennis players sent the nail speeo'
ing over the courts of the New YORK AVN
Tennis Club the Harlem Club and al Hsrn'
llton Grange yesterday in the formal OPEN
ings Of the season. Lyle f. Mahan ana
George &. Shafer, the veteran coiumoiA
University pair, were the leading perform
ers on the courts Of the New YORK ciuD' NJ
f23d street and Manhattan avenue. lhey
first engaged in singles competitions, Ma
han defeating Robert T. Bryan. the former
eth Regiment champion. by the score %
90. -. 90 Shafer proved to be I'm great
form. and he disposed OF Richard h.
Palmer. the top-rated player and holder or
several titles by the score OF SIS, So.
The long drives which Bryan shot over
bothered Mahan in the first set. He lost
that. and was falling behind in the second
when he get his own game going Tnen
Mahan placed spenddly. running out tho
match in easy fashion.
The defeat of Palmer caused surprise.
He seemed listless, while Shafer was as
peppery and gingery could be. Snarer
was keen enough to play the bah low ID
Planners left side, his fore hand. Tnere 10
was impossible for the holder OF champions
ships to get his powerful drives WORKING
go that Shafer won In straight sets.
In the doubles match, which developer
some spectacular racket work. Mahan ara
Shafer defeated Palmer and Dimon r..
Roberts. at 81. IS. IL. In the last two
sets the New York pair voileyed at the nee
with excellent effect forcing the Columbia
pair 10 its limit in order to win.
At the Harlem club. 13ist street and 1th
avenue. BENJAMIN VI. Phillips, winner &c
the seth Regiment championship. defeated
DR.. William Rosenbaum in singles, at le-Ss
2-s 10 Phillips was fast on his mid-
court game and made his service coune
every time he was up. DR.. Robert I. Chaps
man. jr, defeated II. HJertsberg by ths
score OF SIS 3-6. e., and +. l.. Blumens
schein defeated Paul Goold. at 6-3, 3-Ss
"a In the doubles Blumenschein and A.
Goldmark defeated Goold and DR.. A. To
McMichael. at Ga, o.. g.
The Harlem courts were in the best 90
condition. The surfaces were fast and true.
as a ten-ton roller had been used during
the week I'm preparation for the cup tour
nament under the direction of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Association.
which will begin Oh Saturday, May 10. SIM
sIes doubles and a consolation Will be de-
cded The tournament committee IL; DR..
William Rosenbaum. chairman: II. w. Rob-
inson DR.. Robert +. Chapman, tr., Arthur
Scheffer and Benjamin NJ. Phillips
Womens matches, In which Miss Eliza
beth Johnston, Miss Edith Adele Bass and
the Misses Hamilton played were the feat-
IRE Of the opening at the Hamilton Grange
club, 18th street and Convent avenue. In
the doubles Paul r. Mead and r. Millens
Burt were defeated by Walter Merrill Hall
and Arthur NJ. Lovibond in two straight
sets
The lawn tennis team OF Horace Mann
School started its season with a victory
and a defeat In a dual meet With Col
legiate School the team won four matches
and drew one Irving defeated the team
three matches TO one The singles victory,
which was the feature, was that in which
George NJ. Church. Irving. defeated w. ID.
Cunningham 6-3, 6-3. Edward Fixman
scored the only match for Horace Mann by
defeating his opponent, Go. SO.
Next Tuesday a mixed doubles tourna-
ment will be started on the seventeen courts
OF Horace Mann, for which sixteen pairs
have already entered. The committee I'm
charge is: Edward Fixman. captain Of the
lawn tennis teams; ". ID. Cunningham and
Ellsworth Dederer.