New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-15
RANKING PLAYERS MEET
Record Breaking Field Starts
Tourney on Southampton Courts.
BIG GALLERY SEES MATCHES
Clothier, Johnson, Plummer and
Mahan Share the First
DAYS Honors,
fRy telegraph to The Tribune. !

Southampton, Long Island, Aug. IA
Ranking lawn tennis players OF the conn
try maintained their supremacy I'm Ia
opening matches of the famous singles 81.
here to-day on the turf courts OF thu
fashionable Meadow Club. The field a
seventy-fve competitors for the honor.'
the largest that has ever assembled hers
worked through portion Of the rnaichcs
with sufficiently thrilling results 10 pleass
the largest gallery that has ever gathered
about the field on the first day Of the tour
nament.
-Four Americans-Willam J. Clothier. thf
former national champion; Wallace >.
Johnson, the one-time intercollegiate cham.
pion OF the University Of Pennsylvania,
Howard A. Plummer. former Yale can,
tain, and Lyle +. Mahan. an oldtime Coz
lumbia title hoder-shared the honors wifi
a Canadian champion, Louis Schwengen.
who. on speed and swiftness Of execution.
rather had n little the best Of things
Clothier, because Of his continued proYn,.
hence in the game, was the centre of inter.
est during the early afternoon. He disposed
of Colket Gamer. Massachusetts expert.
at 6--3 e. The former champion vas hay,
shots found the corners Of Gamers court.
and he was always successful in outplscI
ing him I'm the closely scored games. Ths
latter made a stubborn resistance and AZ
times played his drives 90 we'll as 10 kee1
the tail Clother on the jump as he covered
court
There was lot OF wild playing in ths
match in which Johnson defeated Clarence
g. Pell, the former Harvard captain, al
6-s, Ga. The young Pennsylvania rated
third two years ago, had all Of his burn.
ing speed, but was at times astray as "a
direction. Apparently unmindful Of this, hs
worked his chop strokes and drives with A
furious zeal, which from his side Of tia
net Pel was ready 10 duplicate. The ma.
iority of Johnson's winning aces werS
scored as he drew Pell up TO the net ~
short returns, and then slashed the bail
pass him or lobbed low TO the base line.
All of the fire and dash which were tho
sensation of the Calfornians' playing whe1
they first appeared here was duplicated IN
the work of Schwenger. the Canadian. Hs
completely smothered the returns 4
Robert Louis James, winning By scors
of 60. Go. 1t was never possible fos
James TO take the offensive position. tbs
Canadian at ell times kept him busily enc
gagged in covering up his court Even 50.
Schwenger discerned the smallest openings
and smashed and slashed the ball through
for clearly played aces From the Gers
tainty with which Schwenger performed
and his wonderful showing Of fast strokes
the experts predict that he is likely 10 81
far toward the final round.
The real surprise Of the day, however,
was the defeat Of Frank VI. Watrous, Of
Yale. who fell before the slashing cross
court shots and smothering smashes "a
Howard A. Plummer, the former Yale cap
tain and champion. at ca, 81 Plummes
was not only steady, but he fooled over
the court In manner which left Wsuoui
few openings for his attempts az pssslng.
LYLE f. Mahan. Of the West Side Tennis
club, whose performances in the NeV
York state tournament were so sensationai,
was forced 10 his limit by Paul Brinsmah
before Mahan was successful In scoring
the match at 6-S 1l-s.
Meadow Club Cup. nen.s s gaIs., I lSIi;
ed Colket Gamer. 6-3, 6-2i wallace r 'ohh'
son defeated Clarence c. Pei g.; ss,.,,.
Second round--f@Orge u. Nettletoh ceIes
ed shaw McKean. @. -, Waiter J. ~
" TtIes defeated II Pea, 60. 60, Ssatol
Porter defeated J. DeK. Bowden. g.. 81
Howard A Plummer defeated FRANK n
samuel swift 81 Go. george Peabooy
Gardner defeated A G. Tome. % S..'
Arthur s. Dabney defeated T. y Clatks; ~.
by default; Henry y. Tint IT, deiested w. W..
Torrance, ir by default. G. FREDERICK va
son. ir.. defeated g. F. Parish. b. deiaut' :.
NJ RandeU defeated \. !. Tuck. 81, -
George Ewing defeated william McKim. y
default; Thomas G. Bundy defeated r. "a.
Harris by default. Lyle Evans Mahah -
ffated Paul Brinsmaid. 6--3, 1l--e.