New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-27
NEW YORK PLAYERS WIN
West Side Tennis Club Defeat.
LongWood Cricket Club.
CAPTURES SEVEN MATCHES
Heavy Courts Hold Up Lons
Island Championship
Tournament.

Despite the moist ground and the yer...
ally unpleasant weather overhead yeys,.
day, the interclub match between the w.,
Side Tennis Club and the Longwood cr,cL'
ct Club. Of Boston, took place on N.
grounds OF the West Side Club Tho ,,r
schedule Of six matches In singles an,
three In doubles was not played when {,
was seen that tho West Side experts b,,
hung up tally OF seven matches 70 IN.
The only victory for the Longwood ract.
CT wielders was where II. C. Johnso,
defeated G.. c. Shafer. The doubles match
between Mahan and Arthur s. Cragin
against Johnson and r. c. Seaver was thu
one abandoned. The original arrangeme,,
was that Touchard should play Beals r
Wright, but at the last moment the MA,
was altered and II. ID. Little took on tia
internationalist, and Touchard was sen,
against Frank J. Sulloway, the New Eng.
land champion. Little knew enough abou.
Wrights overhead 10 keep out Of harrn's
way, and he played low to the net All
the way through Little was keyed I'D 10,
smashing, and he had Wright flying an
around the soggy court. Little finally
won In straight sets.
In the match between Touchard and Sui.
loway the Bostonian had matters as hs
pleased in the first set. winning at 81 Il
looked TO be all over with the Californian,
but in a most surprising style lie began
TO put over his peculiar shots in the Sec.
ond. and he had the New England cham.
pion all at sea trying to gauge his speed
SullOway could do little or nothing agalns.
Touchard's change Of pace. and the re.
suit was that Touchard made two love sets
-, tai 81, Mol haA
/ and lengthy session against Seaver, but thu
former possessed steam enough 10 win
finally.
The summary follows:
Club, defeated Beals c. Virgin. LongTooi
Cricket club ca. e. Gus,ave F. Touchar..
West Side Tennis Club. defeated Frank ] Surc.
Lyle f Mah1n. West side Tennis Club defeated
r. c. seaver. Longwood Cricket Club. Sc,
cr,h dofes;ed SbsSer le 90 nOia K orfTi'
Behr defeated Edward H. Whitney. "a 90,
W NJ. Wahburn. West side Tennis Club. defeated
Mems doubles-Harold II. Hackett ara r. D.
Little. West Side Tennis Club. defeated Beals
G. Wright and Frank j. salloway,, kSngsooi
and Karl X Behr. West Side Tennis Club. de.
feated Richard Bishop and Edward Il. Walinsy.
e 90 GO
In a long driving game on wet and sod.
den courts, c. c.. Burrows had the dis
tinction Of winning tho only lawn tennis
match played yesterday in the opening Of
tho Long Island championship tournament
next to Newport the oldest fixture on the
national schedule. Burrows defeated r. G.
Szeplaky by the score OF ca, SO on the
grounds of the Kings County Lawn Tennis
Club, Brooklyn avenue and Presidtn.
street, BROOKLYN, where the championship
will be decided this week. A lot OK other
competitors watched the two men wade
through the match. and as Henry J. Mol
lenhauer, the referee, was lenient, the 9th.
ers were postponed for better conditions
Altogether forty-nine aspirants for tho
title and cup held by William u; Cragn,
jr, We're drawn in the singles. The class
Is better than for several years and prom.
ises TO bring out a strong challenger. In
the top half are Frederick q. Anderson,
the old Canadian and New Jersey cham
Harlem cup: Henry c. Martin. Crescent
Athletic Club; h. c. Gates. OF Yale;
Charles d. Johnston. jr., the Amhers.
champion; S. Howard Voshell and Samuel
A. Westfall.
The lower half contains an even division
Of strength. Among the best Of the men
are H. L. Westfall. Harry y. Tiff. ir. Of
Princeton: Frank NJ. Watrous, of Yale:
Henry J. Mollenhauer. former holder Of
the Long Island title; +. II. Gates. of Yale:
Gustave +. Touchard, an expert OF national
rank. and Charles NJ Bull, jr, the Crescent
Athletic champion.
It is hoped to clear up the small Ars.
and all Of the second rounds this after
noon. Then the doubles will he drawn and
begun tomorrow.
The summary follows:
Long Island championship, mems singles Sec
ond round)-C G.. Burrows defeated Y. q. szep-
laky. g. g
Frederick c. inman. winner of the metro
politan lawn tennis championship title
last Saturday, left for Wilmington. Del,
yesterday along with Carleton r. Gardner
and several players Of lesser note. tn,
contingent from this city Will play In the
Delaware State championship tournanen:
this week on the courts OF the Wilmington
Country Club The invasion OF the Della
ware courts was due 10 a special invita-
ton received by a number OF local players.
Edwin p Larned stated yesterday that
1t was impossible that he would be able 70
pair with his brother. William A. Larned,
the national champion, for the Eastern
doubles championship 10 be decided on the
courts of the Longwood Cricket Club, IN
Boston. The younger Larned has been re-
called to Mexico 10 take care OF interests
there.
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