New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-10
WOMAN REFEREEPUzzL
/ arue Field and Few Courts
u'ts Mrs. Schmitz in Quandary.
youNGER PLAYERS IN FORM
n.,,ps Game Feature of First
nav of New Jersey Lawn
Tennis Tourney.

q. n 10 be tantalizing. the lawn
nlsyeys opened the New Jersey
..a,e championship tournament yester-
s'a' An the clay courts Of the Morristown
u La club. at Morristown, \. j.. with
81 ding dong play that put Mrs.
,;et schmitz. the referee, in a
-, as 10 how TO get off large
uu1., ,o- Of matches with only six courts.
nO ,.",o,ner the field for the mems singles
,,ro numbered seventy-four competitors
,,.,,b ,hs best of the collegians. the newer
uo,s and several of the veterans in
the list. -
-, Athletic Club player, in the latter
.,,',s,on who provided one Of the chief
Mis- Of interesting sport. Bull started IN
,ro FIRST round and defeated h. d. Fisher
100 81. Then in the second round
" a,snosed of Larry Vanderventer at
"a Bull had his mid-court game
.oIng at its best. His volleyed shots
pa HE smashing overhead strokes made
/, easy for him to lead his younger OPP
.orsnts both Of whom played with more
vgor than science.
One Of Yale's star players. L. ". Peas
,.o nroyed 20 be in excellent stroke. as
- defeated II. p. Banks at 81, SIS.
Tho Yale player worked with unusual
,Dcsd and steadiness from deep court.
ia had q trick Of staying back 70 take
tho hall almost on the drop of the bouno,
m.D with swiftly played ground
.,rots he sent IL low and deep into the
.rr0si,e court. Allick H. Man, jr.. the
vale captsin. was drawn in the lower
onsrter Of the list against r. L. Dunncli'
r., he did not make his appearance.
Another OF the younger collegians VINO
reformed we'll was Musgrave Hyde, o.
Harvard. who scored in the second round
defeating William Ketcham at So g.
tho Harvard PLAYER was helped by his
,rsmendous height and reach. which mace
i, rossjble 10 Intercept the excellent driv-
ing which Ketcham put into his game
Yyde was spreadeagled in midcourt
INST OF the time, so that Ketcham was
paying the ball right into his hands, by
continually playing to Hyde's backhand
side and working him out OF position
Ketcham managed to make a stand IN the
FRS, set. In this set he twice forced the
games TO deuce. When the Harvard play
Or scored the set at Sc ketchaIn's game
dropped and ne took only two games in
The deciding set.
Calhoun Cragin. James :. Cushman and
c. Frederick Watson, IT., came through
without losing a set, and for that mat
Ter but q few games. CTagin was drlV-
hg with plenty of speed and accuracy
and defeated r. y. Kelsey at 60, 81
Seytral of the players who journeyed TO
he courts failed TO get into action.
Among this number was Leonard Beck
nan, the Paving School star, who was
dawn against Daniel Gri2gs, son or the
former Governor of the state and ior-
Etr member Of the Princeton team. The
recent performances Of BeekiEan, who Is
sted as one Of the most promising young
Srlers IN the country, cause the cIlucs
2 fayo' his coming through TO the SEMI
\ nal round in his quarter.
The summary follows;
New Jersey state championship. mems sin
iss FIRST roundl-Charles ". Bull. IT,, oe-
issted X. ID. Fisher. 8 2 6-l; Lindsay Dun
Rgbsaren. jr.. defeated Harold Stokes by de
fault. Frank Rogers defeated T. Ernst. Sc:
~ G-l; Lawrence Woodbury. defeated
Thomas T. Cooke q. -: Charles y. Beard
defeated Allan Fox, 6-3 80. ca; George
Humphrey defeated John Mayer, SO. 10,
20. William Edgar defeated Arthur $. Cragin
By default X. " Seabury defeated Frederick
GVynne BY default Shelton Pitney defeated
Neal G. Stevens hy default.
Second round-E. W Pcaslee defeated II. 2:
Bsnks e. 6-3: Musgraye HYDE defeated
william Ketci4an. Sc. CO. T. NJ. Day. 3D.
zfaF 4 =.
freeman defeated Harry j. Torrance by de-
fault; T. ~ Banks defeated = r. Underwood
90, 2-6, O. g. Frederick Watson, Jr, de
feaied A. Brown 6-l. G-l: Charles NJ. Bull
~, defeated l. Vaudeyenter, 6--i. 60; sam
vel B. Freeman defeated r. Whitehall, Is
80; Calhoun Cragin defeated Il. Z. Kelsey
~, Ell; James S Cushman defeated Hal
nead latte. 6-2. CO; Leslie D. Cooper de-