Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
PRINCETON NET >
EXPERTS MAKE
CLEAN SWEEP
Tiger Players Win All
Three Games in Morning
Round of intercollegiate
Tennis Tourney at Merton
Cricket Club.

HAVERFoRD, Sept. 1e-Three rnatoh.,
in the second round Of the intereoIlee,ato
tennis championship tournament IN
progress here today ended with brillian,
victories for a trio Of Princeton Univer.
sity players, the contests ending shortly
after noon on the splendid turf courts Of
the Merton Cricket Club with George NJ
Church, A. NJ. Kidder and l.. vandeyan-
der victors.
Princeton now looms up strongly az .
contender for the point In the singles hut
the Crimson have Richard Norris Will
iams, End. In the running, and he ia
counted upon to duplicate his feat of lsst
year when he won the championship title
Williams was drawn to play Richard
Earte, Huntington Valley Country Club
also from Harvard, in tho second round
Of play today. but this match was held
over until the afternoon. So the semi.
final brackets will see three Tigers and
one Crimson player still in the race, with
a Harvard man and a Princeton expert
likely to meet In the final round.
Church had all he could handle IN his
match with w. s. McEllory the brilliant
Western Pennsylvania star. McEllory, a
veteran OF the present tournament season
lost the first set six games to one, but he
made great rally in the second set and
though Church won seven games to five
It was not without the stiffest opposition
on the part of the Pittsburgh player
Church showed flashes Of championship
style, and Is favorite to give Williams
a good battle in the final event.
L. Vandevander. another brilliant
Princeton player, showed his best tennis
OF the tournament when he defeated Ber-
nard G. Law q teammate and local youth
in two sets. Law did some wonderful
t..
devander seven to five. In the second set
vandevander let loose, and with display
of tennis which fairly dazzled the spec
tators, he defeated Law by six games 10
one In quick order.
Play in tho doubles started, and ms
Harte and Williams were paired they
did not meet In their singles match
Three matches were played before lunch
con at the club. Williams and Harte met
the Haverford College pair. Allen and
Gummere, and disposed of this team In
short order without losing a game. ].
g. Disston. Jr.. and Joe Rowland. Jr.. tho
Penn team, defeated Weikel and Hallett,
of Haverford. in two SETS
One of the best matches in the dou-
bles was played between Captain Albert
Il. Kennedy, Jr., OF Penn, and his part
ner, Joe Replogle, who opposed Doyle
and koeniger, the Dartmouth College
team. This was a thrilling three-set
match, In which Kennedy and Replosle
won the first set six games to four, lost
the second set by similar scores after
many brilliant rallies, and then captured
the third set, seven games to five. The
result OF this match was in doubt until
the very end. when the Red and Blue
players pulled through with a squirt.
the summaries:
Championship singles, second round-aeorgs
NJ. Church Princeton University, defeated W.
5. McEllroy, University of Pittsburgh. 6-1. 80:
A. NJ Kidder. Princeton University. defeated
]. s. Brown. Harvard 8-3. 7-5: L. Vands-
wander. Princeton, defeated Bernard C. Law,
Princeton 10, G-l.
Championship doubles. preliminary round
Ricnard n, Williams, I'd. and Richard Harte,
Harvard defeated w. NJ. Allen and Gummere.
Haverford. SO. 60; Captain Cunningham arl
stoddard,, Yale. won from Benton and Herd,
Cornell, by de- fault: A. z. Kennedy Jr., and
]. Repiogie, University OF PennsyIvana, de-
feated Doyle and Koeniger. Dartmouth. 6-i.
First round-J. s. Disston. Jr, and Joe Row.
lard, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, defeated
Weiltel and Hallett, Haverford, 6-3, 6-3.