New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
LAWN TENNIS TITLE PLAY
Fifty Entrants in Opening Rounds
of New York Cup Tourney.
PATE PLAYS BRILLIANTLY
Former Cornell Athlete Expected
to Reach Final-Other Prom
inent Players Do Well.

Lively matches in the cup singles maThou
the beginning Of the second tournament on
the list of the United States National Lawn
Tennis Association I'm the metropolitan dis-
trict Yesterday, when field OF hftN COM
petitors appeared on the new courts OF ihS
New York Lawn Tennis club, at Columo'a
oval. in East cloth street number OF
men stood out prominently. and amons
them were Walter l.. Pate, Ropert le
Roy. DR. William Rosenbaum, Albert j.
Ostendorf and others.
Pate. former Cornell athlete, came
through two matches with colorS nyinS'
In the first round he disposed Of q. =
Child nv the score Of 80. s.. and then
of Van Rensselaer,. at So. SO. The GIN
gerry Brooklyn PLAYER was at his best TIA"
now and hard courts suited him. and he
reminded the onlookers Of the CalifornlanN'
as Pate was usually hitting the ball swat
after he had leaned yard or more from
the ground After Pate had finished MS
two matches the opinion prevailed that n
his section of the draw Of nifty conpet-
itors in the singles there vas no one ''N'''
to check his way TO the semi-hnA'S'
In the same section with rave Nv.
matches advanced Albert }. ostendorI. OF
the Bedford Park Club, 10 the ioui'"
round as he was helped along by Dye
Ostendorf began ny eliminating i. W. IN
pergoll. e. S.. and then A x. Salaiho'''
AZ the same score Ostendorf has come 10
tho front AZ bound, and his aggressive h,'
+ec,Ics carried him along splendidiN IN o''h
his matches. ,,.,,,-.
rouor down IN the draw Or william
Rosenbaum was al his best against r. -.
R,u,nenschein, by the score of 81
,rro Losing playor. who has had the al
,ar,aeo ~ considerable match play IN
Paris and on other courts on the co't''
mont could not hold the volleys ot inc
doctor when the American came UP y"
close range. Or. Rosenbaum was SN''
and sur, and while Blumcnschein o'''n
shot the ball past him. the doctor dl""
met IL at critical times. winning WIN Inv
loss Of only six games
Anrarently recovered from suaih'u
ankle. Robert Le Roy. the former 'oluI'-
tda University star. easily scored AZ .
Icva "a over Preston Cumming Na'h
having bye in the Arst round. l'e Roy
was at his old trick OF discovering MS
,nnouents weakness. once ne hdp
found that Cummings was slow ana "h-
certain on his backhand and that ne "dS
uLeIv "a bungle low shots. lie Roy gave
hin, nIentv of opportunities to MISS
Strangely enough lie Roy was not hi''hs
hard nor did he depend upon pace To any
degree His was rather game ~ strategy
and ne gave an interesting performance
Ijndlov H. Ilil, one of the veterans
and the president OF the clue. scored the
only three-set match Of the day. in "hich
ne defeated 4 Iarring at s.. ID -
In the second set Iil had Harring o.
when the latter scored the set BY clever
placing. Altogether the courts ana the
new home Of the club appeared ideal Tor
thc sport The field is rapidly being
c,oomed into trim. 40 that there VIII be
2 dozen clay courts and half as many
OF turf. Then there Is a lawn for specta-
tors. The club appears certain to flourish
in its new surroundings, to which the play
-rs rallied. yesterday, IN loyal fashion
The summary follows:
Mems cup, singles 0rst round walter H.
Pate defeated o. q. \. child. 60. e; Dr.
William NRosenbaum defeated r. !. bluh'n,
schein Is .; g. u. stewart defeated \. g.
Harring 6--4 - 90. Chester !. Rice &c
feated Robert T Bryan. by default. Ei~ard 4
Gunther defeated +. s. Porter, 50. 60; lheo
Hartman defeated Allan Behr; %, 81 y
Second round Albert j. Ostcndotf defeated H.
W Ingersoll. g . 6-3: 4. K. Ralsmbici Dc
| fested Robert Buchner. by default Walter y.
Pate defeated s. Van Rensselaer,. u ?. o.
lingo Hartman defeated r. p Knapp. g. u :;
W. H. Wood defeated u. W. Herman 81.
G-l; Robert Lc Roy defeated Preston Gum
mings. 60. 60
Third round-Albcr J. ostendorf defeated \.
Il Salamber ., 6-3.