The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-08-20
MANY PRESENT WHEN
TENNIS TOURNEY rs
BEGUN AT NEWPORT

newport, X. l., August 19.-Three score
matches in the opening round of the Ma
tional Lawn Tennis championship In sin
giles were run off today with no unex-
pected results.
Pacific coast players showed up strong
~. Mclaughlin dropped only a single
game against Lieut.. f. B. McNair, U. S.
N There were several other players
from the army and navy, but they were
unable to cope with the civilians
The German players are entered In the
tournament, but two of them were elm
mated, r. A. Auspitzer, Berlin, being the
only one left. He will play his match to-
morrow.
The feature match of the forenoon was
between the two doubles champions, r.
d. Little and G. F. Touchard, who had
been drawn against each other in the
first round. Little had no difficulty Ia
winning.
The doubles championship will be
played tomorrow. M. E. Mclaughlin and
T. C. Bundy, the Pacific coast challen-
gers, are three to one favorites in the
betting at the Newport clubs over G. F.
Touehard and r. d. Little, the title
holders.
First round concluded: A. H. Man of
Yale. from d. H. Codington, Newport.
by default.
G. P. Gardner. Jr., Boston, from f. j.
Subway, Concord, N. H.
s. H. Miller, Jr., Amherst, from w. IL.
0onnell, Philadelphia; by default
E. H. Peasle, Norfolk, Conn.,, from E.
p Rogers, Jr., California; by default.
tncPOnnh York I
Gilyert. New York; by default.
r. L. Bags, New York. from R. Harle,
Philadelphia; by default.
II. r. Boyer, Philadelphia, from e. l..
Miller. New York; by default.
T. C. Bundy, Los Angeles, from M. T.:
Adee. New York
G. NJ. Church, from r. u. Pulmer, New
York; by default.
S. Mexican, Philadelphia, from d. H
Carpenter. U. S. NJ; by default
c. S. Cutting, Boston, from e. II.
Frank, Jr., New York; by default.
A. S. Crogin, New York, from Roland
Hazard, Peaccdale, r. 1.
Craig Biddle, Philadelphia. from w. d.
Brownell, Providence.
r. S. Maynard, Boston, from Ezra
Gould, Washington.
R. N. Williams. Jr.. Philadelphia, from
N. NJ Vose Providence
Miles S. Schelock, Brooklyn, from ABB
bolt Phillips. Providence.
II. w. Slocum New York, from Ewing
stllie, Philadelphia.
NJ E. Mclaughlin, San Francisco, from
Lieut.. F. B. McNair, u. S. N.
j. A. Williams. New York, from G. Tay-
lor. Cobalt. Conn.
NJ. T. Whiting, Los Angeles, from Ed
gar Leonard. New York; by default.
II. D. Harvey. New York, from R.
Griswold, Philadelphia
Gardner Beals. Boston, from Allen To-
hey. New Rochelle. N. Y.
Gibson, New York.
W. j. Clothier Philadelphia, from John
Reese, Boston
Karl H. Behr. New York, from f. F.
Torrey, Utica, N. Y.
A. e. Kennedy, Philadelphia, from Dean
Mathey, Crawford. N. j.; by default.
{. H. Rogers, Philadelphia, from P. w.
Foster New York.
r. C. Swan, Knoxville, Tenn, from r.
C. Thayer, Philadelphia.
H. w. Weber, Dartmouth, from S. w.
Merrihew, New York
r. W. Paul. Philadelphia, from NJ. Tay-
lor. Cobalt, Conn.
f. C. Inman, New York, from A. L..
Sands. Newport.
H. Nickerson, Pittsield, Mass, from
NJ r. yolock. New York.
w B. lizard, Washington, from F. r.
Fetshans, Hamburg.
II. L. Ever, Boston, from W. C. Heyl,
philadelphia.
r. C. seaver. Boston, from NJ. Hamil-
ton, Englewood, N. ].