New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02
Stevens Catches a Tartar, but
Wins on Orange Courts.
DIONNE SNUFFS TWO HOPES
Defeats Miller and Hyde at
Opening of Middle States
Lawn Tennis Tourney.

Neal G. Stevens. the Western New York
State lawn tennis player. defeated Charles
NJ Bull. ir the Crescent Athlete Club
champion. AZ the opening oi he twenty
sixth annual Middl" states Championship
tournament yesterday, thereby setting
| down a somewhat startling reversal, to the
score OF SIS. IS, i@-ll Thr, match was
the feature OF the first dav OF the tourus-
ment upon I'm" turf courts ol the Orange
club. NJ Mountain Station, y }. II had
plenty Of close competit,r-. however, as
among those who drew ti,Kels 10 retire
were Wendell Kuhn. OF Princeton. the share
holder with Dean Mathey II the national
intercollegiate doubles title. Spencer NIL
Ter, ir. the star az the Artei,. forces, and
4. NJ. Hyde. OF the HarvaIA team
Tho match In which Stcycr- eliminated
Bull was fought to the limit Bull scored
by low, swift vol'ys t. tine corners NJ
Stevens court and by ua .-,us hir' AZ the
net Stevens possessed an exceptional sery-
ice. and he worked it for eli II vas worth.
While unsteady on his fHot. 20 IN" side
, lines and not Mt all certr'r a. his vollcy-
ms Stevens managed to win by sheer ag-
gressivcness ~ 70 lO-au ID tho asst set
broke through and was within Il stroke Of
Tho match at to--loyc on the u ciftb game.
ou1y TO have Rull take ,hc game BY side
line shots IN the next game Stevens
st"adied and by spirited net playing he
raa.ly won a. l3-!l
The match also brought around on" Of
those peculiar scores a. & points, as
Stevens total tally was l2s points to Bulls
'ii. The restrictive scores for the sets 1.-THE
, first figure b ing tho winner - were 60
q! q. sJ-sl
Kuhn. thu Princeton plav... found the
st"adiucss Of Jamo. 5 c. s!I. N Torc eN-
aspcrat.Dg than ne had berra!red for. and
ho went out = 90. b-2 g. "a. l.. Dioune,
OF the West Side Club. snuff,d the nsplrs-
/ tons Of Amherst and of Harvard most
/ rlithl1aslv. Suoncor Miller Ir,t falling be-
+ fore him at g, 81. and tteu :. ". Hyde.
~ G-3 81. Miller gave DiohLc some live
/ ~ work before thu latter choke him by
iobblng overhead. the Amherst man. was
a terror but as Dioune BEGAN 80 keep him
ON the chase 90 tho has" lirr Miller broke
BADLY anu was beaten. Another eo'lcgian
4 who played a losing but interesting game
VAS T. Loder Of Ndiieher,, college, WHO
. mot nei'dt Al lN' manu-" o. " diSON VI
Washburn. tho Young Harys 1t wonder at
-. g.
one Of tho matches Of th" day which dt-
tracted the most interest was tho appear
aucc Of Iolcombc Ward the former ma
uonal champion and uternstionalist Ward
PLAYED fully up go his old standard He
covered court well, and A. top smashing
end yolleying ne was deadly. dlsposlng Ol
Irving Gifin at 81. s.. Wallace /. John
son. the former PENNSYLVANIA state cham
zion. divided Tho honors with Ward. lie
was = biz slow N getting his chop strokes
10 working on the turf When he did, how
over. hc swept right through his opponent,
! L. NJ. brigham, to the score Of IS, 81,
! 81.
! The summar. follows
/ middle states mon's single championship
,arst round, Howard Vyshel defeated II. ".
Hague. Ga. %. g / DioRn' u def ,iysi
5 5nfastd5 a GORDON R;ron "a Edgar F %
! Leonard defeated r -. Kesey. 90, 60; {.
( Mills defeated r. e.. Corwin. 50, 50;
+ .: Felix -. Doubleday defeated Hall"u
4 Johnson. "a. 6--2. G.. Bayue defeated \. 6.
. fragaw. 60. 10.
/ r. HYDE SO, 50. Holrombe Ward defeated
Irving CHIN, 81, g 2. Or. Ewing Taylor de-
. fcated T Cooke 81. 60, James s. Cush-
J man defeated Wendell Kuhn. So. 80: Wal
81. 81. !. r. Rennett defeated " g.
II hyde "a, 81: Neal G. Stevens defeated
Charles NJ Bull r. g. IS l3,li ,,, Alrick
! q, 81. 6--3. Dr. John :. Billings. II. do
| featcd Frank p Roundey. e-2. III SO.