New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-16
Lawn Tennis Players Make Bril-
liant Start When Rain Comes.
GARDNER DEFEATS DABNEY
Harvard Player Sets Furious
Pace and Wins After a
Slow Start.
ruy Telegraph TO The tribune


Ginning TODAY. Melville n. Long. the
californian. Karl h. Behr, Theodore
Roosevelt Peu Wallace f. Johnson.
'rpornss a. Bundy. Of the Pacific Coast
.,a-, and George Peabody Gardner. ir.,
Am showing their top game, when thun-
1orstorn broke that put an end 70 all of
the matches IN the singles for the Meadow
-,,b cur on the turf courts here
.-n. sensational match 81 the day which
,.ld The championship court was that in
,,.,,ob Gardner disposed Of Arthur :. Dab
,e, fine Longwood eXper;. az lo-l2 6-L
81
..suery of more tuan thousand II the
..ebfonable cottage colony, the largest ever
,sser,blsd 10 witness the opening of the
s,sat tournament was unstintcd IN IFS
srnlsuse Of Gardners tremendous drives
,,ben his game was going ~ lis height IN
I've Irt sets
Gsrdner. the Harvard intercollegiate
b,~.iier. VITO recently returned from the
intercollegiate games with oxford ana
larbridge. began unsteadily His singing
shots 10 the sides and into Dabney.s court
were -+eered wite too much speed, and
this. coupled with Dabneys forcing, en-
ab.ed rho latter to- run into leaf of -
on games before Gardner began To settle
.nto mis- stride
Rv series ~ swift. descents on the net,
from which position he aced Da5uey hy
orarbesd voUev~ for placement. Carl
ner caught Dahney at 5-ah. Then the TWO
had session Of slasning rallies IL Kept
Dabney on the Jump. hu- me- MANAGED %
have a shade the best OF IL, as he was
s,ic~essfu. in passing Gardner as the latter
came up 10 close range. Three times DAD
nev had the advantage game ana no less
.ba~ nine times was ne within stroke or
winning the SCI before ne scored az l--l'
yftt tho beginning OF tire second so' 10
was evident that the pace had pumped
Dsbrev To- the point Of exhaustion. From
his SIDE Of the net Gardner vas coming
faster. and with burning speed he alter
mated In his placement from the right 10
left court and compelled Dahn"y TO ru1
whether ne wanted 20 or not DaOner
PLAYED desperately and scored the opening
Games of the second set mp 90 5-love. This
advantage was short lived. for Gardner
went still faster BY sheer compelling
force he sent the hall sizzling through the
opposing court spotting it down true
"a What defence was left in Dabley was
torn 70 tatters in the next set With merci-
less accuracv Gardner sped the ball
through the smallest OF openings. Always
he placed deeply in the court. so that
Dabnev was making returns from behind
the base line il was an overpowering at
tack for Dabnev. so that Gardner won the
set and match Al So The Harvard athlete
has an easy match in his next round. but
N the nth he seems destined 10 meet his
real test In either Long or the Canadian,
Schwenger
Long was pa excellent form this morn
tnr. when the clear blue sky flooding sun
neht and fast turf courts provided ideal
conditions for tho sport The player from
the Pacific Coast disposed of Clarence
Fisher by score Of IS. s.. His CHANGING
'cross-court shots we're going finely in this
match. as they were later in the after
noon. when ne faced Schwenger. The Cali
fornian and the Canadian were just get
ing into their stride when the storm broke
and put an end 70 the continuation Of the
tournament FOR the day.
Karl =. Benr. the former internauCnalist
was another whose shots were goi~g well
and who had 20 give way 10 the rain Behr
scored az 6-S. 6-3, over Frederick -. IN
man. the former New York State tie
holder 10 the surprise Of the EXPORTS. It
vas the best lawn tennis that Behr had
shown in several seasons. The same ter
rife rushes 90 the net for slashinE volleNs
and mis- blocking Of Iuman singing drives
we're revelation 90 many who rad not
seen Behr M the pinnacle Of his game. lie
took the cour, against William CloJhi- IS,
the former national champion, and III two
worked along to Clothier's leading ut -
on the Hrst Behr was just beginning to
check Clothiers passing tactics. when they
also had 20 seek shelter. The TWO how
ever will meet in the starred match to-
morrow morning
Working his fore and back hand drives
al furious pace. Theodore Roos""rlt PeH,
the national indoor champion, .ooE de
taut from Edward n Whitney, g Har-
ward, in the second round and then dis
posed of George y Nettleton. az %. o..
Pei spotted the ball down 10 the corners
and never allowed Nettleton 10 leave his
base line for a moment without paying the
penalty with the loss Of a point. He was
lightning fast He was going at the same
rate against Walter L. Pate. the Brooklyn
title holder. when their match had to be
postponed
To the disappointment Of the Top class
men here Maurice Z. Mclaughlin, the
Californian. who Yesterday won the New
York State honors. withdrew from the sin
giles allowing Mike" Smithers 70 take a
default He is 10 compete in the doubles
o. no
devote himself 10 singles practice against
William A. Larned. William j. Clotmer
an others In preparation for the inter
national competitions for the Davis inter-
National cup next month
The rain is falling heavily here tonight
and ln consequence the start will be ia'e
Tomorrow morning. with the courts heaVy
Tor the fast play Of the experts oi me top
class
The summaries follow.
Meadow club cup. singles ,nrst round -.
Neville H Long defeated 'iareiSfe say1"ur
50 So o. a. Thomas defeated - li,,r
Johnson ~ de@sult Ralph g. Bags defeated
Newton Rae by default George a. - ohS -. -
asiss'eo Goelet Galistln' S1I95,.9 K g.
Lawrsnce e.. 60. D F. Jones detea '',
ssri smith. 6-1 G-3. Dr. = Is. nav . Karl
ts'ed William d. Bourne. 6-8. 80 ~"
Rehr defeated Frederick O. Inman. Cd
a.
second rouud-Th eodore RoosereH f't ~,
aiec Edward r whitney. by defaHii' n
Perry defeated William chambers, 80
=. Dr. Ewing Taylor defeated hesi'' g. y
he1e. ty default. Wallace y. JoHhs%c' T.
,r,ieo Stanley cutting. IS 81 -, u,
20 p Carpenter. Dr.. defeated bde1t ~
,teonerd uy default. Henry W Sl9.u y,
rave Fdward " L.srned. by defani, VI" -
Be- Sniithers defeated Maurice r. DC
Loughin Dy default Howard BrokaW pe
tstsd vs. Kuhn by default Russell y. 80,
isi-afed r r. Philbin. 20 - Noi 70.
ssotasor defeated carlton r. Gardner. Dy oe
."n Hugh Tallant defeated Walter hs1srI