New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-24
BEGIN TILT FOR A
LAWN TENNIS TITLE
Top Rating Players Clash in
First Round of Middle
States Tourney.
INMAN AND WARD WINNERS
Bull and Touchard Also Come
Through-Dionne Catches a
Tartar in Stoddart on
South Orange Courts.

\ galaxy OF the top rating players, in
Guiding Holcombe Ward the former ma
tional champion; Walter Merrill Hall
Frederick c. Inman Charles NJ. Bull. jr
and Gustave +. Touchard. began the
| competitions yesterday which will bring
out new champion holder Of the Middle
| States singles title on the turf courts OF
the Orange club. at Mountain station, y.
J. Ward and Hall have previously held
I the championship. the latter having lost
II last season to Wallace F. Johnson. now
! I'm London as n member OF the American
Davis Cup team.
lnman led off at the opening OF the
tournament lie had as his opponent ".
Mex. Glazebrook Of the Morristown
Field Club, and while the latter fought
gamely he went out Of the running 70
the score OF 60. 6-3. At every stage I'm
this contest Inman came up quickly 10
the net. He was spectacular on his over
head shots. In the last set he worked
away with cyclonic force. hammerlng
Glazebrook back by his powerful strokes
and altogether outplayng him.
The racquet work Of Ward was inter
esting in It's indicating that the newer as
pirants for honors have nothing tho bet
ter OF the men who won laurels ten years
ago. Ward was constantly AZ his old
trick Of looking one way and shooting the
ball the other. 10 the mystihcation OF
Frank Kidde. of the Montclair Athletic
Club. who was beaten at 81, s. So
completely was Kidde fooled on Wards
chprf nrftas NJ NH 10, L..
often started in the direction opposite 20
that or tho flight Of the ball.
Bull and Touchard each had little 20 do.
and did their small parts admirably. Bull.
tho Crescent Athletic Club man, always
held r. W. seabury safely. smashing
spendidy when he needed n point. and
winning a s.. 81 Touchard toyed with
Theodore G. Corwin. winning at 81. 81
Robert s. stoddart. a youthful player.
runner-up for tho Princeton interscholas-
tic championship. gave O.. a. l.. Dlonne
two stin sets before tho veteran won at
-. 6-3 The hoy hit hard and blocked
on Dlonnes fayorite drives with no small
amount OF skill at tho not He likewise
threw caution 10 the winds. advancing to
the net. and thereby compelling Dionne 20
do a lot Of court covering as the ball
ratified around IN his court
In the first game Of tho second set
Dionne slipped IN reaching for wide
shot and strained hts right ankle. He
lmped through the remainder Of the
games 10 make n piucky and successful
finish.
Altogether forty-elght competitions are
drawn In tho mems singles. which will be
continued to-day. II is planned TO start
the mems doubles tomorrow and the
womcn's singles and doubles on Thursday.
Mrs Charles y. Beard. runner-up in the
national indoor championship will defend
her title in tho singles.
The summary follows:
Middle states mems championship singles
thrst round Lindsay Durham defeated G.
Frederick watson. jr. by default Harold
Tfrockmorton defeated Marshall Peabody nv
default. Felix =. Doubleday defeated George
s. Grocsbcck 3-6. G-2. Ga. ". l.. Nc
Kim defeated A. du Rest Blsnchet. by de-
fault. r. Wettlaufer defeated Alvin q.
Margerly. 19-ll. 2-6. 80. J. r. Walden
MONTGOMERY ogden defeated Norman =.
J9hnron 90. 81: g |. pionne defeat
BrngFaw defeated pr F J Echeyeria. Ga.
- Walter J.. Pate defeated Hammett
Norton. by default. Robert +. Bennett de-
feated Benjamin VI. Phillips by default.
John Braggaw defeated F. r. Ptelfer by do
fault: Watson - Washburn defeated Leon
ard Be@kman. by default. Spencer Miller. jr..
defeated Grant Burns. "a. Is
second round-W =. Burden defeated
Theodore Roosevelt Peli. by default. Rolfe
Il Booraem defeated Dudley Bramhsll. by
default. Frederick g. Inman defeated II.
Mex. Glazehrook. 90, 0-3. Charles II
Bull. ir. defeated r. ". Seabury. g 81 (:
Robert = Bennett defeated John Bragsaw.
by default 9. ~ smith defeated Alan Fox
feated Theodore e. COr,yin. al, 81. Hol-
combs ward defeated Frank Kidde. al.
%. Dr. William Rosenbaum defeated Carl
.I.nr a