Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-28
SQUIRREL ISLAND.
Monday Brings Close Of
I tennis Tournament.
The Athletic Association Holds
lis Annual Meeting.
Season Now Drawing to Close Has
Been Highly Successful.

Squirrel Island, Me-, Aug 26.-(Special)
THE finals in the mems doubles, mixed
doubles. and mems consultations were
lplayed off, today, and finished the tour
nament of 1912, which was the most
successful ever run off at Squirrel.
ment The mems doubles proved the
hardest contested CT the whole tourna-
lment. In five close sets Martin and Tit
comb beat Hill and Moore, but the lat
ter scored 209 points while the winner
We're POI. Most of the finals were played
loft. Saturday. Burleigh Martin, Augusta
was defeated by Ross Burchard, in the
] final round Of the mems singles for the
| Doyle cup. The summary of all the
matches not previously reported in the
Kennebec Journal during the week
| follows:
| Mems Sngles-Third Round: Hill beat
Colwell, 6-3, 81. Semi-Finals: Burchard
beat Hill, 7-5, Ga; Martin beat Thurston,
SO, 0-6, 6-2 Finals: Burchard beat Mar
tin, 60, 60, 6-1.
| Mems Doubles-Semi-Finals Martin
and Titcomb beat Jackson and Nash,
81, 6-1, Hill and Moore beat Kebpton
and Fassett, 6-3, go. Finals: Martin and
Titcomb beat Hill and Moore, SO. 10.
ga 81, e-4.
| Women's Singles-Finals: Miss Janet
Emerson beat Miss Frances Simpson,
| Co., 3-6. 6-1..
| Women's Doubles-Semi-Finals Miss
Evans and Mrs. Stanwood beat Miss
Hays and Misses Simpson, So, 6-3. FL
mails: MISS Ruth Evans and Mrs. Ed
ward Stanwood, Jr.. beat Miss Reynolds
and Miss Bodgett, Cd, o.
| Mixed Doubles-Second Round Miss
Wolf and Mr.. Titcomb beat Miss F'icks
and Mr.. Ficks, so, o.; Mrs. Kelley and
| Mr.. Moore beat Miss Emerson and Mr..
Thurston. So. rs. 6-1; Mr. and Mrs Stan
| wood beat Miss Blodgett and Mr.. Nc
Ilevain 81, rs. ga. Semi-Finals: Mr.
and Mrs Burchard beat Miss Wolf and
Mr. Titcomb rs, So Ga Mr.. and Mrs
Stanwood beat Mrs. Kelley and Mr.
| Moore, SO. 6-3, Ga. Finals: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Burchard beat Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Stanwood Jr.. DIP SO, 90.
| Mems Observation-Disclosures: Pratt beat
Nickerson. Cd, 6-3, As, 6-1.
| All the winners will be awarded cups
They are substantial cups of beautiful
| design, and have been on exhibition at
the courts during the week. Crowds
were in evidence, each day during the
week, and tennis as a summer sport has
come to stay, at Squirrel Island. Pre-
parations are already underfoot to make
next years event a bigger occasion. \
| The annual meeting of the Squirrel
Island Athletic Association was held at
| the Spa, Monday morning. A good Sc
! lection was made for president in the
choice of Prof Edward B. Matthews,
Johns Hopkins University, who has been
very successful in running off the big
tournament, the past week. The vice
presidents for next year will be Fran
els E. Stanley. Newton. Mass; Prof. Ed
ward NJ. Bowman, New York. and VIII
| liam f. White, Medford, Mass. The
treasurer will be Prof. II. S. Philbrck.
| Chicago and secretary, David Young.
WatervilIe There was a discussion about
| the advisabilty of erecting four new
| tennis courts, and the matter was left
| in the hands of the executive committee.
| The annual meeting of the Ladies' I'm
provement Association was held at the
Casino, Monday afternoon. Mrs. L. T..
| Stanley, Newton, Mass. was elected pres
| ident of the board. The other members
| of the board will be: Mrs. C. E. Lau-
| riat Boston; Mrs. A. T.. Snowman Phil
adelphia; Mrs r. w. Kenyon. Brooklyn;
Mrs. Prescott Warren, Newton, Mass;
Mrs. w. Fl. Fisher Augusta; Mrs, I. w
Baechus, Wilmington, Del; Mrs. Arthur
G. Staples, Lewiston: Mrs. f. A. owen,
Bangor.
Miss Bloss. guest of the Misses Nc
Curdy, returned to Rochester, n, ",
Monday.
Miss Helen Hanson. Newark, N. J.. is
a guest of Mrs. e. A. Pierce.
Harold Ward, Newark, N j.. has been
a guest at the e. T. Ward cottage
A hop was held at the Casino, Mon
day evening.
A morning bridge will be held "a the
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