The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-04
COAST PLAYERS WIN,
50 DO NEW WORKERS
Murray to Meet Alexander and
Mclaughlin to Play Inman
in Semi-Final Round.
STATE TITLE IS AT STAKE
Three Of Four Survivors Have
Easy Time; Champions
Opponent Defaults.

Two Californlans and two New York.
ers remain In the running for the New
York State lawn tennis championship at
singles as a result OF the play in the
NTH round yesterday on the Crescent
Athletic Club courts at Bay Ridge The
Pacific coast men TO come through were
Maurice r. Mclaughlin. who advanced
TO the seml-fnal round by the default of
c. A. Wayne, and Robert Lindley Muir
ray of Palo Alto, who disposed OF T., r.
Mccormick in straight sets at e-2.
g.
Frederick c. Imam. who held the
title in 1910, eliminated Thomas c.
Bundy of Los Angeles, one OF the menu
beers OF the Davis cup team. easily de-
feating him in consecutive sets at 6-l.
81. and Frederick H. Alexander. the
other New Yorker to make a place for
himself In the sem-f,lals. vanuulshed
Charles Chambers of the Kings County
Lawn Tennis Club at S. rs. Alex
ander will meet Murray in the top half
of the semi-hnals this afternoon while
lnman and Mclaughlin do battle in the
lower half
Most OF the afternoon was taken up
In playing of the doubles. which got
away to slow start. and although
many matches were played only four
teams moved out as far as the fourth
round. The surprise OF the day came in
the second round OF the doubles. when
Watson NJ. Washburn and Gustave F.
Touchard, last years Eastern cham
pions. were easily defeated by the vet
eran pair Harold II. Hackett and Fred
erick b. Alexander.
The fight put up by Charles Chambers
against Alexander In the singles was
~
Chambers has not been setting the lawn
tennis world on fire this year by any
great work. Alexander. however might
have won more easily II he had worked
harder. but he seemed content to exert
himself Just enough to come through TO the
neet round where he will get another
chance at Murray. the young Westerner
who beat him only after 1--WE hard sets In
the final round of the recent Metropolitan
tournament. Murray, by the way. never
had any trouble in his match against
Mccormick and gained points almost at
will
Bundy, who has never been an
especially good singles player, although
ne once came up to the final round in the
national championship at Newport and
has scored straight set victories over
Touchard and w. Merrill Hall In this
tournament. proved easy for Inman
yesterday The Californian was out
played NJ every angle of the game In the
opening SET and took only one game. In
the second set he showed little more
speed and took four games but while
Bundy was sprinting the left handler was
taking things eaosy. The summaries:
Singles, Fitth RcSndSFrederick Il. Ale.
/ ander defeated Charles Chambers, Sc, IS
II Lindley Murray defeated y II. Mccormick
T Ms"asAn R Ron from s wayne MS by de-
New York stat. chsmpiOnshlP' Men,
Eur: ws'h
/ Frederick II. Alexander and Harold II
Hackett won from i. " Phillips and z, 4
sturdy, Jr'. won from Maurice r McLoush
I'm and Thomas G Bqndy by default; W a 4
d bourne and partner By default.
,,, second Roand,K D. Fisher cher,o and L. " y,
ha shTr s Is ds FredsrieS C. ana Bags
and S Howard Voshell won from DR. b. =
Drake and II 8. stiles by default; Raymond
Paul $. Brinsmsde and A. II. Toms by de
fault. Count otto salm Hoogstraten anC
MuTray and Ella Fo,,re BY o default, Haroi3
H. Hackett and Frederick u. Alexander de
fsa'sd Watson NJ washbusn and , Gustav
and Ralph l.. Bags defeated Marshall q
Peabody and H. sturdy. Jr, rs: "a
Welnsteln and partner by default; T, II. S
Andrews and d. Van Brunt won from II W
Robinson and partner by default; DR.. Ewinl
Taylor and Frederick r. Frelinghuysen de
I feated George 5. Groesbeck and Alan II
Behr. GO, SIS; T. u, Stiokney and II
lockwood won from Harry Parker and ID
/ MiNsell by default
Third Round-N n Browne and C. A
Wayne defeated c. c. Burroughs and W. II
Ross. Ga. 6-t; Hugh Tallant and ALE
Tobey defeated T, u. Stickney and X. Rock
wood, IS 80. Charles Chamber and JacI
T Allen defeated r II s, Andrews and I
Van Brunt 90 ia; DR., Ewing Taylo
and Frederick T Frelinghuysen defeated DI
william Rosenbaum and Leonard Beckmar
d. 10. l2-lO.