New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
KEEN PLAY At W00DMERE
Steady Lawn Tennis by Wyeth
Puts Him in Semi-Finals.
DI0NNE BEATS R0SENBAUM
Dreyfuss Makes Grant Work for
victory-Cragin and Hall
Score Easily.

Placing his drives steadily for placement.
G. Lorraine Wyeth. Of the Hsworth Coun-
try Club. won his place In the semi-fnal
round Of the Woodmere challenge cup lawn
tennis singles Yesterday on the courts OF
the Woodmere Country Club at woodmere.
Long Island Wyeth. in coming through In
advance Of the others OF the field. arrived
al his position by defeating w. p. Banks.
of the Hamilton Grange Club. at s-2 81
In the round before that he had created
surprise by disposing Of Royal d. Richey
by the score of g. Glove. The element
OF steadiness was always present In
Wyeth's game. He took no chances. An
abundance OF speed. coupled with certainty
In playing to court, was good enough for
him. At all times he varied his pace TO a
considerable degree. This, in Richey's case.
seemed to throw the latter OF, so that, In
his attempts TO shave the lines. he sent the
ball sailing out of court.
Three Of the field OF sixty-four aSpirants
who began the competitions for the cup
reached the fourth round. They were G. A.
L. Dionne OF the West Side Club: Wyne
c. Grant the former national indoor cham
pion. and V. b. Ward. DiOnne was credited
with a reversal by the experts, as ne de-
feated DR. William Rosenbaum, at So. SIS
The winners method was an exact coun-
terpart Wyeth's. while his court cover
ing left Or. Rosenbaum no opportunities
for a passing shot.
Grant experienced narrow escape, as
Louis J. Dreyfuss played the fast board
court expert to his limit before Grant won
at - rs. In the first set Dreytuss
. If -
smashing and volleying to Grants base
line. At this stage Grant began 10 come up
TO the net. There he blocked OF the re-
tu.ns and. Keeling off six straight gsmes,
won the set. In the second set Dreyfuss
held Grant evenly up to 5--all. Again Grant
/ started his close range game and came of
/ the winner
! The feature Of the doubles m which
/ twenty-eight pairs were entered. was the
! playing of Arthur :. Cragin and Walter
| Merrill Hail. the Eth Regiment team, who
! gained a place In the semi-fnals. The
! spirited rallies Of Cragin and Hall proved
| too much for Leo Leventritt, the former
/ Columbia player, who was paired with
/ Harry Sedenberg. The result was that
! Cragin and Hall always held safe lead.
despite the determined smashing and vol
J leying of their opponents, who lost at 81,
! 81
In the upper half Of the draw William
/ r. Cornell paired with c. Gilbert Pllmp-
/ ton. the former Boston expert OF the Long-
wood club and they reached the third
round by disposing Of Harry Curtiss and
| Quentin T. Discher AZ S. 6-5, the rallies
of the match all being hotly fought
The summary follows:
Wooimers Challenge Cur mems singles ,hrs'
/ roundl-Louis J. Grant defeated Cory1on Amer
. man. Ga, Sc. 81
Second round--Dr William Rosenbaum de
J feated " II Bates. -. -. q. A. l.. DiOnne
/ defeated John Longworth. 60 50; Louis J.
[ Drevfuss defeated VI. Goldman by default Wyie
! Howard CuInan defeated Thomas Loughman,
: 60, Go. Ralph Martin defeated Harry j. cur
F. fsS q Fa 81 6 jane sroSr SHAN sa5s deleasa
/ Louis j. Grant. "a 81, V .. Ward de
/ defeated T r Tomlinson al, retired. Royal =.
/ Richey defeated josef Markus. IS. 81 W T.
Banks defeated Harry de Rivera, s. 6-i
nra ToandMG / 6 P2nHT wS af.es a Grant n5
/ defeated Louis J. Dreyfuss 10. -, Toward
COLEMAN defeated RalTh Martin 60. g.
! zer 81 81. v 3. Ward defeated Herbert
Shamberg G-3. Ell \. King Aiken defeated
/ ssatad Rovai u Ritchsv. 60 Go; " =.
Banks defeated stuyvesant wainwright f--''
/ -.
Fourth rourd-G. Lorraine wyeth defeated W.
! +. Banks, e. 81
| Woodrlere mons doubles FIRST roundl-Amet-
I man ard l. T. Grant defeated -etenherg ann
! 2 Weiss. by default: : Wainwright and y. =.
| Ward defeated Or Beaman and ". Kane. 81
| 60 ". II. Bates and G. A. L, Dlonne %
| feated J. LOngwOrth ana ". De Rivera. 80,
&c SIS p Forester and L. Fisch'l defeated
! TomIinson and T0mlinson, By default; > -
| Vosheil and r C. Bag defeated !. ? % Neele.
! ir and " p Banks 6-l. 81 carey and
! stevenson defeated Il. T. Bryan and partner by
| default. L. Levcntrtt ana Sedenberg deie6ted
! Touhv and Mott e.. Ct Martin and Martin
| defeated woodbury. aud Bigeow. %. s.. g.
| DR. William ROsenhaum and Wylie q. Grant de
! feated King Aiken and ~. McAvoY 81 81
/ Lord and Lord defeated jenkins and Sweneson
| nv default. Cuilman and Shamhers defeated
| Schumacher and Aparico by default
| second rouud-W r. Conneli and @. l.
/ Plimpton defeated Curtiss and Discher s.
/ 6-3 r. V0shetl and r. o. Bags defeated
/ Forester and Fischel 6-3 6-3. :. : Crasm
! and " NJ Hail defeated Mea and Se'egman 70,
/ default. Leventritt and Seidenberg defeated
/ C.arav and stevenson. 90 Ct. CuHman ann
! Shaniberg defeated Lord and Lord b-i %
Third round-Arthur s. Cragin and Walter
! Merrill Hall defeated Leo Leventriit and u.
| seidonbers, g. 6-1.