New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-01
CRAG|N BITES DUST
ON BROOKLYN COURTS
Loses Chance for Lawn Tennis
Trophy on Which He
Had Two Legs.
DI0NNE PLAYS FAST GAME
Galvao, Patio and Anderson
Also Win in Play for the
Championship of Long
Island.

6. A. L. Dionne, captain of the West
Side Tennis club. played the star in the
opening round OF the Long Island cham
pionship tournament yesterday on the
clay courts OF the Kings County Club, at
Kingston avenue and Crown street.
Brooklyn.
He defeated William b. Cragin. jr.. in
straight sets at b-3, SIS. The latter had
twice held the trophy. and successful
venture i'm the tournament this year, in
Guiding a victory against Gustsve f..
Touchard, the present holder of the
championship cup, would have made the
valuable piece of plate his personal prop
erty.
Dionne was not the only formidable
vielder OF the racquet among the field Of
siXty-four contenders who came through
the first days ordeal with coIors flying.
NJ. /. l.. Galvao. the German; Walter l..
Pate. the former Cornell player; Fred
erck G. Anderson. the former holder Of
New Jersey Canadian and other titles,
Vanderbilt b. Ward. the stalwart Yale
youth: s. Howard Voshel and others who
crowd toward the ranking division main
tanned their places.
Altogether, the tournament marked
renaissance of the old lawn tennis classic.
The entry had class and was as large as
the Metropolitan. There was excellent
management. and the courts were as good
as could be expected Of field newly laid
only brief three months ago.
The appearance Of Cfagin. the former
champion. created stir among the GAL
lery. II was at once evident. however
that the famous player lacked practice
and condition. He failed on his drives
that were calculated to cut the lines. so
that Dionne forged ahead to a lead OF
to on games at the beginning OF the
first set. Cragin came in to voley ana
smash against his opponents service IN
the fifth game, and won II without Dionne
getting a point. lie won the next also
but could not hold to his steadiness and
pace. with the result that the West side
captain took the set
BY placing carefully to Dionne's low
back hand Cragin managed TO lead at I'll
I'm the second set. Then the former start
ed 4 net attack Helped by his service,
which was greatly superior TO CraSin ~
and occasionally using clever passes
DlOnne pulled the games up W a' "'''
eventually won at SIS.
The point tally I'm the sets was respec-
lively. q 10 10 and 50 10 49, II. l.. West
fall acted as umpire Of the match In
most efficient manner.
Galvao defeated DR.. W. II. Ross by
score OF IS. SIS. rs. In the last set
the American led the German at Al on
games. Then Galvao cut loose his drives
into the corners and pulled out the match
Three sets were necessary for Or. Ro-
senbaum 10 defeat II. A. stevens. Ine
two engaged in some sizzling rallies be
fore the doctor won at 2-6. rs, 81.
The tournament will continue this af-
ternoon. al which time the doubles Will
begin.
The summary follows;
Long Island mems championship singles
(frst rounds. Howard Eoshell Gei i 'i Sa
fcated Mark Noble by default q. ", H.
Dionne defeated william y. Crasin' y; ~
S.. c. Burgess defeated Dr. NJ, ), new ~
Anderson nv default. C. Jolline defeated Allen
n. Behr. 2-8. "a. IS; Preston cumming
defeated r. X rO% gsrsat jr x II Thompson.
"a 81: George :. Groesbeck defeated II;
l. Doherty. g. %; samuel a. WeSuai'
Galyao defeated Or. W II. Ross, %: e.3.
-. Ralph l.. Bags defeated r. F. W %@i
by default. Frederick G. Baggs defeated ~
tsm Mcconnell rs, e.. H. l.. Wesfall de-
feated II. Morton by default Frederick @:
Anderson defeated r. O. Szeplaky 81, -
Robert Howard Boggs defeated u. w. H9oin
son by default: Walter l.. Pate defeated X r.
Barber. 6-i. %: Vanderbilt B ward de, ne.
feated A. H. Murphy, 6-4. Is: j. 1; Alien
Rosenbaum defeated II. \. Stevens. 2-6. -
81: n. r. Dwight defeated A. l.; krNlana'
90 G-l: Henry ]. Mollenhauer deieated A.
II Platt by default: Benjamin NJ Phillips &c
reated Merle Johnson 6-l. e. Allan Sankey
defeated r. Hemstreet. 90 81 II. \. Davis
defeated walter A. Hazard by. default D. T.
ptcs defeated G. Ropes. rs. 60: X. j.
ebesrer defeated 5 Wallis Merrihew. by de
fault; H. Harmon defeated r. II. Langdon'
g.. g.. -, a.,.,,oa
Ralph l.. Baegs. by default