New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-21
Thirty Lawn Tennis Play
erS Spend Day of Rest
on the Courts.
WORTH, GROESBECK
WIN THEIR MATCHES
Field NarroWS Fast in Annual
Tourney of West Side
Tennis Club.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Sunday is ordinarily a day Of rest,
but not for the weary lawn tennis
player, and that is why about thirty Of
them did their stint of matches yester-
day in the annual tournament Of the
West Side Tennis Club, at Forest Hills,
where Glasses A, and c are trying
to discover who is the best man in
each division.
With an overwhelming entry list
chafing at the barrier on Saturday, the
opening day of the annual club cham
pionship, it was necessary to run OFT
as many matches as possible yester-
day in order to clear the slate.
Only one match was played in Class
A, and resulted in the defeat of Lyle
E. Mahan, the former Columbia Uni
versity champion, by W. Merrill Hall,
the plsying-through champion, at IS,
6-3.
Halls deep and powerful forehand
drives, played with q decided top on
the ball, paved the way for his victory
against his tall opponent. Try as he
would, Mahan seemed unable to put up
an efficient defence against those penc-
trating drives, many of which cludCd
him by inches as they nicked the lines.
Hall is now bracketed in the semi
finals of the lower half with Iugh
Tsllsnt.
In Class B H. c. Worth and George
S. Groesbeck advanced to the round be-
fore the semi-fnals. Worth cncom-
passed the defeat Of L. H. Fitch, at
IS, 60, going to the net to win his
points, while Groesbeck's steadiness
under fire upset the calculations Of J.
D. Gengler, who succumbed at 6-l,
&c.
L. L. Satterlee, Francis Rogers and
+. T. Crilley. in Glass c, the "buby
class" reached the round before the
semi-fnals by noteworthy victories
over formidable opponents. Sstterlce
defeated F. c. Fuller in a ihree-sc;
match, at 3--6, IS, CO, showing su
periority in his shots for placement.
Rogers went through A. c. SCOTS
defence in rapid fire order, vanquish
ing his opponent at 81, 81. Grille"
found sitter opposition in Edwin NJ.
Leash, of the 18th Regiment, only win
ming after the set score had gone 10
Is, 4-6, So. The first stages of
the struggle were practically even, and
it was only after the military mans
strategy had been Offset by shortage
Of wind that Crillcy was successful in
executing a fanking movement OH his
opponent, whereby he took the last set
and the match.
The club members will continue play
to-day, but will have to face a rival
attraction in the form of the annual
womcn's tournament for the metropoli-
tan champ ionship, which begins this
afternoon.
The summaries follow:
Class \ singles ,Secoud round W Mcr-
I'll Hall defeated L'lc L. Mahan. G-3
O.
Class singles second round)--C G.
HCvlman defeated Dr. y. ". AIgcr. G.-l
6--l: y. y Durham defeated ". Black
10. &c, 6: ). T. Harrison defeated
land defeated DR. J. W Travel g"
8. J. b. Genglcr defeated W D. Bourne,
c., C."
Third round-H C.. Worth defeated l.. II.
Fitch, - t. George $. Groeabeck de-
featcd J. D. Grnglcr. G-I. Go.
Glass . singles tsecoud ROUNDUP. VI.
Hall defeated II. 2. harrington &c. &C.
G-%. J. I. Kenny defeated y. D. Hub
bard. G., G--3; A G. Scott defeated II.
Townsend, g, "a: d. L. Weaver defeat
cd Dr. Francis W. shine, C.. &c. Go;
4. N. .stockwell defeated L. J. Carruthers
G--3, Go
Third round-E. L. satterlec defeated. r.
G. Fuller, 3--6 10, C, Francis Rogers
defeated a. G. Scott G-l, al: T. r
Grille defeated Edwin ". Leash, -.
4-6, e..