New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-13
Beats Graves in Straight
Sets for Quaker
Ridge Title.
MISS WAGNER ALSO
ADDS TO LAURELS
CAPTURES Womeu's Singles in
New Rochelle Club
Tournament.
3, FRED HAWTHORNE.

W & Andrews. the English player
o,s .bre., times holder of the stare
cbemnio,,si,ia OF Colorado, defeated
Iogis Caves. OF Haworth, \. j. IN
10 8ual round OF the annual open
lawn tennM tournament oil me ~ ~
Rochellc Tennis Club Tor me ~ -
hoaors Of Quaker Ridge, III at,"'sh'
sets. by q SCORE o. GO, 6--l' u -o' yes
,erday. 49, Nc ,Iar;e
,xsgner. the national indoor Champion
fofSotej Miss ElcanO~ Coward, the nj
..en-vcar-old schoolgirl from Bronx
LID at 90. ., and IN the hnai
,und OF the mixed doubles, palfeu
,,.tb J. OstendOrf, Miss wagner
,arried OF The championship ny ae
fasting Miss Bessic Holden ana - D.
OgNeRlc. at ,, 6 3.
TIC final round IN the men donolSSS
fcr the championship Sil pc plSy.SS
,sss afternoon. With Abraham Bassiord'
md ! :. O'Neale facing Albert j.
Gs,crJorf ard Frank T. Hunter. Inc
consojot;on round in the mems singles
leo wiN be finished up, thus bringing
r}ose one OF the most successor!
tournaments ever held by the New 10
chclie Club. "a
Almost thousand persons were
.~.,Lorcd about the courts when the
frst Of The championships to be de-
cided she women's singles, was put on
Niss Wagner. the piaying-throngn
.bownion was expected TO retain her
Isyreis. and she did not disappoint her
N;ss Coward apparently realized she
was facing an impossible task IN tI!lne
"a dethronc Miss Wagner. whose sVeSu-
mess and court experience were 'oo
oreat handicap for the scnooiS'tI 70
overcome Relying on deep drives 'ns
ooSr;od nlentv of pace" the national
;ndoor champion went through the az 81
set without the loss OF game WIN
Niss Coward often landing u the net
or out Of court.
After taking the first three games OF
the second set. Miss Wagner oniy Won
tho fourth game after 1t had gone 20
dence no less than nine times, as ner
ornament began session OF placing
nat forced Miss Wagner all over heI
Miss Coward took the next game AZ
love placing her drives beautnulIY IN
The far corners of the court. ana sne
seventh game IN the same manner ~
he last came. the set and the m2tcn
ven 10 the champion after deuce mac
seen called twice. ...1 %
For four years Graves had '''5c ~
cot his name on the big SILVER chsIn
ninpsbip Quaker Ridge bowl, eaeh TIME
without success. Lest year he caFi'eu
Nlan,icc Calyao. the piaying-througn
cLemniop 10 hve-set struggle and
Vas prepared to win yesterday put
Andrevs frustrated his plans b. play
;nr whirlwind game at the net
Four gsues i'm a row went TO Andrews
IN tho first set before Graves scored
taxing The fifth and sixth. Then the
Englishman ran cut the last two ana
tbo se+ Graves took the first game OF
the second set, and that was his last
for Andrew charged to the net at
every opportunity and smothered ms
opponent's drives, taking six games IN
in The final session Graves fought more
e.ubbornlv. but made the mistake OF
plaving to Andrews's backhand, whlch
l. his strongest point, and the English
man took the set ct 6-3, and with II
the championship.
Mise Wagner and Ostendorf formed
an excellent combination against MSS
Uolden and O'Neale Miss wagner
drives were swift and always acct
rately placed. and Ostendor1's terrlnc
smashes at the net Went through me
onnCsiug court N4lu SUN oPC|N N'i,-
neither Miss Holden or ONeale could
do anything with them.
Alexander Bradley, the president OF
the club, presented the prizes after the
last match had been played. He made
an emphatic hit with the winners and
,rinners-up by announcing that no
speeches would be required from the
cur winners, and no speeches were
made.
The summaries follow:
Mems singles dinal roundup. s, Andrews
defeated Louis Graves. 60. 6-l. IS
Women's singles Ginal rOundj--Miss Marie
wagner defeated Miss Eleanor Coward, 90
c.
Missed doubles (scni-hnal round) Miss Bes-
g.c Holden and j. = o'Ncalc defeated Mr.
and Mrs lingo Hartmann, f-6. G--l, So.
Final round-Miss Marie wagner and Al
bort J. OstcndOrf defeated Miss Bessie Hol-
den and j. : DNeale, c.. G-3
Mem doubles fourth roundJ-lngo Hart
mann and Guy BrinckerhOh defeated +.
Merritt and q. Lawrence. I'll, O.
Semi-hnal rourd-lngo Hartmann ana Guy
Erinckerhon defeated NJ II Hustled and G..
Carnan 90 g