The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-17
TENNIS PLAYERS DO
WELL IN HIGH GALE
Murray Of Leland Stanford Has
Little Trouble to Defeat
Mathey of Princeton.
HAHN LOSES TO WASHBURN
C. NJ. Bull, Jr. to Meet George
NJ. Church and Shafer to Play
lie Roy This Afternoon.

FOREST HILLS, L. l., June 16.-Only
three matches In the fourth round remain
unfinished rs n result OF to-day's play In
the lawn tennis tournament for the metro
polltan championship at the courts OF the
West Side Tennis Club here. The players
who came the furthest through up to-day
are B. NJ. Phillips OF the Harlem Lawn
Tennis Club. Alfred ID. Hammett OF New
Rochelle, Louis Graves OF Haworth. N
j.. Watson VI. Washburn OF Harvard,
present holder Of the title. and II. Lindley
Murray OF Leland Stanford University,
California.
Conditions were anything but good for
tennis, for a strong wind blew across the
courts and made accuracy thing on. Of
the question. but Notwithstanding this
quite "a fair sized crowd came out to see
the matches. and they were well rewarded.
for the competition for the most part was
very close. The feature matches OF the
day were those In which Washburn met
and defeated Herbert Hahn OF California
In straight sets at Ga. "a and Murray
vanquished Dean Mathey. former Prince
ton star. at 60. e..
Washburn was wonderfully steady and
had perfect control over the bail, while
Hahn made errors a plenty. In the
Murray Mathey match the latest OF the
red haired Calfornlans was far superior
to his rival at every department OF the
game and was especially strong at the
net. The only time that the Princetonan
showad up well was at the beginning OF
the second set. when he had lead OF
90. He could not hold this, however.
once the westerner put on full speed.
one of the most peculiar matches Of the
day was that between Is. VI. Phillips and
n. J. Hnry In the fourth round After
haJ hn fn mi the
first set at "a Henry developed a streak
OF fast play and won the first Ave games
blew up, and Phillips came along steadily
winning seven consecutive games, which
gave him the set and the match.
Murray will meet washburn In the nth
round tomorrow at O'CLOCK. George NJ
Church. the Princeton captain. will play
against G. NJ. Bull. Jr. of the Crescent
Athletic club in the fourth round at and
q. Shafer. Jersey State champion. will
play against Robert lie Roy. former Inter
collegiate ti;le holder. at the same time
The summaries:
Metropolitan Championship. Mems Single.
second rouninJ'. T. Harri,on defeated aso..I
sIi. HS s@i George Ssiss'sa Church asfsa;ea
H? ThI& R RSsnS 81 Philips defeated H
+. MeIIick, SO. IS. 81. DR. william
Rosenba.m defeated walter L. PATE, 81
c Inman. ga, SO: Alfred ID. Hsmmet
defeated w. A. Campbell. "a, e.; J. T
Harrison won from J. S. Cushman by de
fault: Louis Graves won from George N
Bodman by default: George VI. Church
defeated Arthur 8. Crsgin, 6-3. 6-2.
Fourth Round--B ". Phillips defeated
II j Henry. 6--t. -; Alfred d. Ham
NETT defeated Abraham Basstord. Jr. 81
e; Louis Graves defeated J. 7. Harrison
6--i. I'll watson ". washburn defeated
Herbert Hahn, "a, 81. X, Iindley Muir
Metropolitan Championship Mems Doubled
First rouni--watson VI. Washburn spt
Charles NJ. Bull. Jr., defeated +. T huntei
and Kenneth ID Fisher, G., st.
second Round--Herbert Hahn and X
LlnGley Murray defeated A l.. Won Bernutt
and Il F. Won Bernuth Go. 60; Harold
II Hackett and Frederick Il. Alexander
won from Ross McClavs and partner by
default.