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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
DI0NNE MEETS DEFEAT.
Grsves's smsshes Too Much for
West side Terni. Capitals.

Abraham Bassford, Jr.. reached thu
fourth round OF the scratch singles In the
open lawn tennis tournament OF the New
York Lawn Tennis Club yesterday on the
club courts at Columbia Oval. He ad-
vanced by default OF Embree Henderson
In the second round and by defeating
Alan Tobey, the Seventh Regiment player.
In straight sets at SIS. 81, In the
third. Bassfords play showed a grsa
deal OF Improvement over the form that
he displayed in The Bronx county tourna-
ment last week and the easy style in
which he disposed Of the mlitlaman cam
as great surprise to many.
The feature match of the opening day
was between q. A. l., Dionne CAPTAIN OF
the West Side Tennis Club, and Louis
Graves. Much to the surprise Of the larg,
gallery Graves vsnauished the West
slider In hard three set match, 81.
IS, 6-<. The winner did not p,,y
any better tennis than Dionne. but he hit
the ball harder. and whenever he man
aged to get one OF his fast sr,a<Nes
,""cs1 The net II invariably scored a point
for him.
Most of Dionne's scores were the result
OF errors on the part OF Graves. who was
especially erratlc In the second set Fo.
time IL looked as IL the West slider
would win the third set. for he got on
to a good lead in the early games during
which Graves seemed to have no control
over the ball. Graves steadled down
toward the close OF the set however, AMI
by using little better Judgment than ,
had shown in the preceding set earned
victory by a small margin. The sum
rnaries:
Mems Scratch singles, First Round-M f.
Fox defeated II y rnomas, Jr. 81 90
Is: DIR. Wallace KRUGER won from r.
Pisuisani by default; Edmond w Peasiee
defeated Addison Brown. &c. Is, 81
Second Round--C. - stewart defeated
H. j. Sommer, s. 5--6, 81; II n
Balch defeated Preston Cumming Jr -
81, s-2. DIR. -. =. Drake defeated =. I.
Martin. e--i. 90: W Halsey Wood de.
f-rted 7. Waller. s-2. A.: A. J. os,e-dorS
'-'""' = IL ~ " pst~s s-I 6-4; p II
Won Elts defeated u. Lipschutz, 81. S-s I.
81. 81; II. c. Msrchalk won from lingo
Hartman BY defanlt: Alan Tobey won from
Robert lie Roy by default; Abraham Bass.
ford Jr.. won from Embr-e Henderson by
default; Louis Graves defeated o. A. l..
Dionne. 81, "a s-t: ". f. schinzel do
fested u. A. Palmer, 81. s-2. George
Groesheck defeated u. II. wythe. 90, "a
DIR. william Rosenbaum defeated A. r.
Sslcmbier. 81, "a
feated Alan Tobey, s-s e-i.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
SHAFER And PHILLIPS
CAPTURE BRONX TITLE
Pull Out Victory Over Grant
and Schumacher in Five
Hard Sets.

Carl q. Shafer and BENJAMIN NJ. Phil
lips won the doubles championship Of
Bronx county yesterday bv defeating
NyUe c. Grant ana Julio Stenpcrer in
the final round OF the tournament M tho
Bedford Park Lawn Tennis Club by three
sets TO two The scores were Sc "a
St. 3---6. 6--3. On n total of games
paved there was difference Of only one
game between the two teams the winners
taking 20 AMI the losers 25
Shafer and Phillips owe their victory u,
the fact That they played in greater har-
mony than their rivals despite the fact
that they have doae little work together
this year, while Grant and Schumacher
played great deal together throughout
the Indoor season. Grant and Stclnacher
Displayed brillisnce in the first three
games OF the opening set and won them
quite handily. but they could not hold the
pace.
In the second set the eventual winners
got away to an early lead and kept II to
the end. hut In the third and fourth Grant
and Steinacher outplaved their rivals at
every department Of the game and won
them easily. tying up the match. The
hard work which they had done In thes.
two sets told or them and they were easy
Tor shafer and Phillips in the afth set
The hnal In the singles between S. H.
Noshell and Merrill Hall the playing
through champion, will be- played this
afternoon at O'Clock The summaries:
FIRST SET
Grant and Steinacher:
1893 1895 i-1s-s
Shsfer and Phillips;
2li45 & a4tlt .-,s-,
SECOND SET
Grant and Stelnacher 4ssglg 80,
Shafer and Phillips 2sO4442 4-3i-6
THIRD SET.
Grant and Schumacher. s4s2s. s--I2-6
Shafer and Phillips. 42iiS26 t-ss-s
FOURTH SET.
Grant and Schumacher. 46st2s 81
shAfer and Phillips. s4tOts4ti-s3-y
FIFTH SET.
Grant and St.inacher. 42sl4l l--2i-s
shafer and Phillips. lt0tsi3
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

In the sixth chapter Of his tennis
treatise, to be printed in the Sporting
Section of The Sun next Sunday, Mr..
Burns treats with common mistakes Of
service and suggests the means of cor
rection, as we'll as giving hints on the
strategy OF service.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

power behind the ball II Is necessary
n avoid having your body and muscles
tghtened or strained 20 have the stroke
Uniform.
Have your left shoulder face the net
In serving Many players face forward
Inc standing position Cor stance as
they say In Eolf) also varies. according
70 the knd of serve the player wishes
10 use. Standing sideways the player
L''ts the ball over his left shoulder
This produces more or less "cut" on the
Dan For fast straight service the
payer meets tho ball more in front OF
m II you want to make fast cut
service II II best not to to.s the ball
700 far on your left. Keep IL more to
shoulder.
IN break or twist service the PLAYER
throws the ball well back. that Is, more
rectly over his head, to get under the
btI. The player should feel the ball
On MS racket the same as in a topplng
s.foSe, before deciding to twist or puiI
down on the ball to cause 1t to break
When II strikes the ground
Master one kind OF service before
STARTING on another, though of course
70 play good game you must use yarI-
Gus tactics to confuse the opponent Rut
IN leaning take one at time.
When serving "A hard straight bah do
rot forget 70 place II. but do not show
beforehand where you are going to ar
tempt 20 place the ball, or your opponent
Will be- there to meet IT, A hard straiRh,
s'r'''" is considered easy to return II
ne opponent knows where II is going
20 De
The first service, even IL not hit hard,
ou, We! placed In court, Is generally
better than even good second The
server nls the striker guessing on his
AIss Dali. on the second the opponent
seems lp gain more confidence for the
return
IN serving try TO so place the bali that
tou VIII have the advantage and force
ne opponent to make "A weak return
s'Ncy Guy ,pponont's weakness In return
.F IT he is weak on back hand, for in
,sJ on. "''N
Try to catch the striker off balanc,
'h,H serving Make your opponent ex,
emo himself 70 return your service.
PRACTICE makes perfect. Tht7e In M
'-As . why a player cannot get Tis sec,
~" serve 10 as good and hard as hi,
nF'I II requires only patience. conf
I'.ro ana win power.
knowing that Their. are hardly two ser
wees alike, players should learn to judg,
tteT opponents services. one SHOULD
.-'s" beforehand where The ball vii
round before deciding to take UP a Ger
,''H position to roCc We II. There ar,
- ISIS. bye Ks cuts and shoots on tn,
Val which players have 10 judge. NAM
payers seem to stand in the same posi-
uon To return an the different services
fV' instance, they receive a high bound
ne ban a9 they would a straight servic,
, tflt oolnces low II the receiver has
QP.cN eye Il Will be advisable TO receive
hfA bounding service about three fee
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
TRINITY TAKES DOUBLES.
Even Break Results As Amherst
Leads In TEAMS siasrl~s.

AMHERST. Mass, May 2b.--Amherst
and Trinity broke even in their tennis
matches this afternoon. each team scoring
three wins. Burswin, the Trinity captain,
sprung a surprise when he de feated Cady,
the New England intercollegiate cham
pion. In the fret singles match Cady
was far on form and proved to be de-
cidedly unsteady in all his playing.
Shumway and Edsall pl,yed two very
close sets. which we're finally won by tho
Amherst man. The two remaining singles
matches also went TO Amherst Trinity.
however. won both doubles matches. Cahy
and Shumway tried hard to turn the
tables on the Trinity pair. who eliminated
them from the LongwoUd doubles cham
pionships. but Burgwin and Edsail won,
SIS, <-6, Ga.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24

sets, but toward the end Of the match he
became erratic and was outst one in the
hnal set by both Hackett and Alexander,
who played about the same throughout
Mathey was the weakest Of tise four
Behr and Mathey looked ths best nj the
outset OF the ganls. for thes took fcnr
games In a row and had the fifth at <e--i5
before the old timers got started. wnsn
Hackett and Alexander finally hit their
stride they made short work OF the set
After winning the opening set they kept
on going In the second and had the score
nj 81 before they let up. When their
rivals began to look DANGEROUS however,
they made another squirt and wos, the Soc
ond
With the score at two sets to none In
their favor the erstwhiie It'll. hottisrs took
At all In the third and fourth. The respite
did them good for they were never In
danger in the NTH set. which they won
without having even one game go to deuce.
The summary:
Hac,sett ami Alexander:
l,io7 80 = +--7-4s
l|s4s i4s 81 o-s-ss
SECOND SET
Hschstt and Alexander.
Behr mad Msbey
III 2s4o4 A4o i--s-s,
THIRD SET
Hackett and Alexander 10 2t2tt1tt9-t-2s
Behr and Mathey ........ sI24osts1 $3.50
FOURTH SET
Hackett and Alexander. 8 - Oils
Behr and Msthey .........7 / t-s-ss
FIFTH SET.
Hal ett and Alexander ......4aittt 1877
Bchr and Na,hey. .............' 80 ii-s-is
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
GETTING SERVICE IN PLAY.

In returning service the first thing
20 be certain Of Is TO keep the ball in
play instead Of putting 1t in the net or
out Of court \ number OF players make
mistake OF trying TO XIII" service
ball. Never do 1t. II is easy to volley 4
fast return. The only time to hit a
service ball hard Is on a break or twist
service. when, as explained before. IL Is
essential to hit hard to Offset the twist
| IL IL usually harder 70 judg. and raturn
service ball than "A ground stroke A
: service ball takes freak bounds and
awkward shoots besides your adversary
mas YOU guessing as 10 where he is going
70 place the ball Players seem TO have
( more control over their service than their
o'her strokes. The consequence Is they
get more speed than upon ground strokes
" YOU can guess whore the bah IL going.
/ 'he KIND or IA bound Il will make and
ar" get for II you may kip IT,
III the server does not come up TO the
, net ne sure to get height and depth to
! your return. In case he does como up
on his service keep your eve on IN. h ali
I mot on him) and return the hall clos,
| 70 tho side line. Make your opponent
extend himself for your returns. The
only time to drive ball directly at your
| opponent is when he Is so close that ne
J fas no time TO get his racquet in posI-
| ton to meet IL. A fast ball Ia easy to
Noiley II the volleyer has time to Judge
| II.
In singles serve from the centre OF the
court. In serving from the centre of
! the court one protects both sides Of the
! court equally on the return. Take for
, instance q player who stands at the ex-
( trome right OF the court to serve. He
! leaves a big opening on his left unpro-
! t'cted. In case a ball IL returned to his
/ baCkhand. near the side line. he has TO
travel four or five extra feet The re-
/ verse holds true when serving In the op-
poste court The centre OF the court IL
the dividing line for your angles. He
tvho keeps that post on at all times does
less running. one can get his ball in
court from the centre as well as from
I the extreme right OF the court
1t is a mistake to serve from the side
/ line. You have to travel the whole
/ width Of the court TO return bail. which
| Is twenty-seven feet BY serving from
| that post on one can score service
ace occasionally. but not often enough
to pay for firing himself out by run
! ming back and forth to cover twice rs
much ground ms the one who serves from
! the centre OF the court. In doubles.
where your position is covering only half
I OF the court, II Is always best TO stand
! between the centre service line and the
side line OF the single court II takes
1 a good player to pass you from that
| angle on a cross court shot. In case he
does II Is due TO a player not being up
| TO the net.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
FOLLOW THROUGH is
FACTOR IN SERVICE
Racquet Must Not BE Checked
when Meeting Ball--kcep
Muscles Loose.
LEFT SHOULDER TO NET
Master One Kind Before Making
Attempt to Learn Another
Feed Rivals Weakness.
LEFT SHOULDER TO NET
FIFTH CHAPTER.
peaIi1g with different kinds of service
with hints on position IN court.
~ JNNEs ntuNs.

IT .s essential 10 toss your bail we'll
above your head In serving The
height varies according to a r'7,er's
'tyIa pf sorv... IL Is important b, . only
% to.. the bail we'll up hut also To- toss Il
lie sam, way an the time ana at the
.,mc Uug'. Tho player thereby gets
the correct timing OF the stroke. Keep
.uur clr ou the bail
start Ir, racket well hack for the
s,~1k, The players feet should he well
,lar' u4t ba.tuc. preserved The grip
sor serving varies but the fingers should
aIways nc spread apart. 10 not hold
tho racket tco tight as 1t prevents you
rom having FREQ wrist play. The more
wrist play better chance Of Keeping bali
ir court
IN serving r. player follows through
on t.s stroke. that IL. the racket is not
checked WIEN II meets the ball To get
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
Michigan Succumbs to Penn.

PHILADELPHIA, May 2S-rhe Unlver-
sity OF Pennsylvania tennis team defeated
the Michigan team to-day at the Merton
Cricket Club by winning Ave OF the six
matches. Reinde saved Michigan from
whitewash by defeating Disston, 6--3.
s-2. Capt. Kennedy of Penn showed
that he has entirely recovered from his
recent Hines by defeating Hall, 81.
ell, and also playing y sterling game
in the doubles
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and meeting the ball on the rise you have
the advantage over your opponent, as the
return Is much GU cker
In case your adversary has a break"
to his high bounding service hit the bail
very hard BY hitting break" SER
vice ball too easily IL spins on the rae
quot Hitting hard kills the spin.
on straight. fast service 1t is best 10
stand back of the base line and be sure
20 return the service with good height
and depth 10 the ball. low cut service.
however. should be chopped back a Tow
cut service bounces too low to drive high
and stu Keep the ball in court II a
player can outgucss where the service
ball Is going TO drop he viii worry his
opponent considerably. and II d!scouragcs
your opponent In serving when you in
Nariably get the ball back. In time this
cOufta
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
CLOSING RENDITIONS
CORDIALLY RECEIVED
Added Zest and Enthusiasm at Per.
formances of That Girl O. Mine
Receipts Upwards of 1900.

Audiences almost as large as that
which greeted the opening performance
Of That Girl o. Mine in the Audito-
rum Friday evening were present at
the Saturday matinee and the final
performance Saturday evening. And
the enthusiasm with which the show
was received at its opening night was
in no way abated. The various musi-
cal numbers which made hits Friday
night were even more cordially re-
ceived Saturday afternoon and even
ing. ana both east and chorus seemed
to enter into the spirit of the occasion
with added zest. While That Girl o.
Mine cannot perhaps be fairly com
pared with previous local talent pro-
ductions, there is no doubt that in the
minds Of great many people it stands
as the best thing Brattleboro amateurs
ever put on the stage
The work Of Mrs. Lamar Costello.
which was such an important feature
Of the opening performance, stood out
even more prominently Saturday after
noon and evening. Her acting was
graceful and intelligent and her musi-
cal numbers with Mr.. Adams. especial
~ When Love Games a Knocking at
the Door and The Rose ana the Day.
were entitled to every bit of the hear
" applause which came to them. Mrs.
W. l.. Hunt and Miss Ethel OSgood
again filed the comedy roles Of Wax
and Euphemia to the entire satisfac-
tion and the intense amusement Of all
present. while j. j. Naudcveer. Morgan
sherman. Mrs. ". II. Haywood and
Miss Eloise Sanders emphasized tine
distinctly favorable impression which
thev made the opening night One OF
the best liked numbers Of the entire
program was the topical song, That
Story Has Very Fishy Sound. done
10y Messrs. Adams. sherman, Eande-
yeer and !. =. Ferriter.
| In response to repeated calls from
/ the audience at the close of. Saturday
| Ievcning's performance James Gilbert,
under whose direction the play was
Iproduced appeared on the stage and
imade a brief curtain speech. express
ling his enjoyment at the success OF the
teutertaiument ana comPEmenting those
who took part on their excellent work
I He then introduced David Stevens
author of That Girl O Mine. Mr.. Ste.
venS said the week he had spent in
! Rrattlehoro had bee; enc Of keen en-
/ iovmant and that hc could truthfuliy
make tine statement that ire had newer
+ been associated with an amateur pro
ilurtiou which had So much talent il
its cast and chorus.
Between the afternoon and evening
Performances the members of the com
fauv We're served luncheon i'm Fc-tiva
thaIl bv the Woman : club. ANA . por
tion " the time was. spent in dancing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS
WILL GIVE OPERETTA
Princess Chrysanthemum to Be STAGED
IN Auditorium with Harriet E.
Arnold in Title Role.

\ committee of the high school facuI-
ty have decided to put on for the ben
eft OF the high school funds the Jan
aneSe opcretta, Princess Chrvsanthe-
mum. The operetta viii be staged IN
the Auditorium the latter part of this
month and an Of the parts viii be tax
en- by high school pupils. The first re-
hcarsal was held Friday afternoon with
the following tentative east. Princess
Chrysanthemum. Harriet T.. Arnold:
Emperor What-For- Why. Abbott Rich
mond; Prince So-Tu. Philip Putnam.
Prince SoSli. Bryan Gale: Fairy Moon
beam. Elizabeth Brasor; Saueer-Eves
Paul Chase; Top Not, Bernard Dun
leavy; maIdons. IIildegarde Babb. Char
lotte lIildrcth, Ruth Sargent. Gretchen
Goldsmith.
In addition to the above east there
are eight sprites who are attendants -
Saucer-Eves and eight fairies Witt
Fairy Moonbeam who viii appear /
dances arranged ~ Miss Faith TylerA
Hiss Emma Gregg will be in charge 81
the music and the operetta will De
staged by Mvron =. Davis. The faculty
committee is composed OF Principal +.
B. Smith, Miss Harriet Rallion and
Miss Emma Gregg
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
GUARD is SUFFICIENT.
o Shaughnessy Declined Huerta's s Of
fer of More Officers.

MEXICO CITY, March 2.-Provis-
ional President Huerta, because of the
representations made. by Nelson
G 'Shaughnessy, the American charge.
has desister in his intention to install
special police as a guard at the Amer
lean embassy. O 'Shaughnessv told
Gen. Huerta that the two policemen AT
present stationed at the embassy wera
sufficient. Huerta told 'Shaughnessy
yesterday that he would send an cx-
ira police guard, saying that he de-
plored bringing marines to the capi-
tai anu preferred to supply a substi-
tute guard from his own men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
MOODY ISSUES CALL
FOR CONFERENCES
Thirty tnird Annual Series of Meet
ings in Northfeld TO Begin June
10 and Close Aug. IS.
Especial to The Reformer.)

NORTHFIELD, Mass, March >.
w X. Moody has just issued his
call for the 3&d general conference Of
Christian Workers ut Northfield.
. More than a generation has passed
since the first conference convened at
Mortified 1T the invitation of D. L.
Moody. The Intervening years have
brought many changes The leader.
in. those early days have passed to
their reward Emphasis and methods
have varied with the personnel Of the
teachers But however conditions,
emphasis or teachers may change
Christian truth remains constant The
Mortified platform continues loyal to
the truth for which it. stood gen
GRAFTON ago. II is to answering ale
glance to the evangelical doctrines Of
the divinity of Christ. his atonemeut
on the cross and the final authority OF
sculpture in all matters Of doctrine
and conduct that Northfcld, with all
its interests stands pledged
In the fellowship Of this common
faith lies, we believe, the power of the
Christian church. IN order To
strengthen this bond we extend q
hearty invitation to Christian people
Of All dcnorri nations to meet in the
various gatherings 60 be held at
Nerthiield this coming season. the
date, Of which are given below.
". r. MOODY
student conference. june - To
y; Young womeu's conference. July
! TO :; summer school for women :
foreign missionary societies, july 10
10 Il; home missionary conference.
luly i to -; suslmer school for
sunday school workers, July Is 10 -,
Christian workers conference. Aug.
- l6
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
TEACHERS IN SCHOOL
PELTED WITH SNOW
Brattleboro Boy Writes of First Snow
Fall i'll New Orleans IN 20 Years
All Had a Holiday.

For the first time in 90 wears an inch
of snow fell in New Orleans. La. Fea.
=, giving the younger gcnerat m its
first glimpse of snow. That it V : re
garled somewhat differently than Yer
mont snowStorms are regarded is ap-
parent from the following extract from
a letter written by Thomas Warren
Crosby TO his father. Edward {. Cros-
by OF Brattlcboro. dated Now Orleans,
Feb. 24:
"'Well. what do YOU think, We had a
snowStorm last night. about an inch or
two Of slect with snow mixed in. and
the thermometer down TO 96 degrees.
Yesterday was very cold. about 81 de-
grees, and inst froze the top of the
ground, 50 this morning the ground was
all white. Aud what a time they had
The schools all closed and nearly all
business was at a standstiii. as it was
he first snow here since 1891 or 1895.
''The women Of the town, together
with the business men, had holiday
this morning and raised the Old Ned
They went into Offices, stores. and even
the banks, and threw snow All over the
places. If you went on the street YOU
were sure to get ducked or snowhalled
lit didn t make any difference who
it was. The women folks. and they
were all business men s wives. went in
to the high school, which was in ses
sion for an hour. and threw SNOWFALL:
at the teachers and principal until til,
whole schoolhouse was full OF snow
Then they let school out
| u built a snow man for the board
ing house people and they had grea
fun OVER it. The snow is all gone nov
| G. p. NJ and it is a great deal warm
| err -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
DECREASE IN ACCIDENTS.
New York Reports Better Showing Than
in Any Month Since 1911.

NEW YORK. March ,. ~ Fewer per
sons were killed in the streets of New
York by traffic accidents during Feb
ruary than during any other month
since February 1911, according to the
report Of the National Highway Pro
teetive society made public today. In
the last month eight persons were kill
ed by automobiles. 10 by trolleys and
two by wagons. In February, 1911,
the total was but five The decrease
in accidents during the past month
was due largely to the big snow
storms, which prevented high speeding
of automobiles and the carrying on of
heavy traffic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-03-02
AT THE CENTRE CHURCH

Monday $50 p. m.-First meeting of
the Monday Mission Study class with
Mrs Z. j. Waterman, High street.
Study book for the course, The King $
Business.
Monday evening, March 9-Mrs.
Mary Howe Burton of Clinton, Mass,
Brattleboro 5 noted prima donna So
prano, will give concert for the ben
efiit of the building fund in the
church. Lucien Howe will be her ac-
companist and Leitsinger's orchestra
will render selections. Tickets: Adults
30 cents. school children 25 cents