Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
TWO DEF AULTS IN
TENNIS TOURNEY
Twelve Teams Play in North
ern New Jersey Associations
Initial Competition.

With the exception of one match,
which will take place tomorrow after
noon. the first round of the September
tournament under the direction of the
Northern New Jersey Tennis Asso-
citation has been completed. Six
matches were decided yesterday,
while another was played on Satur-
day. Two teams enter the second
round. which must be completed by
September %, by default, however,
namely the Rutherford Tennis Club
and the Ridgewood Tennis Club.
South Orange Field Club failed to
enter a team in the competition and
defaulted to Rutherford, while the
same state of affairs existed when
Glen Ridge did not meet Ridgewood.
In the second round Prudential will
oppose Ridgewood, Forest Hill will
Passaic will clash. while Montclair
will play the winner Of the Wan
derers- Arlington match which is set
for tomorrow afternoon,
Forest Hill had little trouble in dis
posing of the Criterion racquet
wielders on the Criterion courts, Lin
coin and Washington avenue, yester-
day morning. The doubles, though,
brought out some keen competition,
and went three sets. Harry S. Stein
and Morton S. Eisner. representing
Criterion, captured the first set of the
doubles, which went sixteen games,
the final score reading 81. G. M.
Keyes and Sherman Jones, the OPP
posing players, came back strong in
the final two sets, however, and won,
Cd. Cd. The singles events resulted
in straight set victories for the Forest
Hill players, G. ID. White and Harold
Dowden. White administered defeat
to Stein, GO, 60, while Doyden yon
from Eisner, 81 6-3.
The Prudential team came through
successfully in it's match at Orange
yesterday afternoon with the Racquet
Club, of Orange. In the singles, Bod
man, of Prudential defeated Specht,
of the Racquet Club, 6-2, 6-3 while
Mattox, also of the Pru, took the
measure of Church by the same
scores. Bodman and Mattox repre-
sented the local team in the first set
of the doubles match and won from
Church and Harvey, the Orange pair,
to 3. Holden and Bodman made
up the Pru duo in the second set. and
after n strenuous tussle Of eighteen
games, the Pru boys were again re-
corded the winners, 1913.
The Roseville Tennis Club, although
eliminated from further competition
in the tourney yesterday by the Clin-
ton Hill Tennis Club. managed to win
the doubles match. This event Went
three sets and Roseyille took the first
and third sets, 6-1, ell Clinton Hill
captured the second set by the same
score. In the singles, Pryor. of Gin
ton Hill, beat Harrison, of Roseville.
6-1, 6-1, and S. b. Burrows. of Gin
ton Hill. disposed of Finly, of Rose
Vile, 6-3, 81 Hertell and TreZise
represented RoseVile in the doubles
while Underwood and Roth did like
wise for Clinton Hill
Passaic Valley made a clean sweep
over Valley Viey of South Orange,
at South Orange yesterday afternoon,
winning all three matches In the
initial singles match. Crothers, sr.,
of Passaic, won from X, Dougall, of
Valley View, 4-6, Ga, Sc. In the Sec
ond singles event John Potter, OF
Passaic. and Clifford BENJAMIN, OF
Valley View, were the principals, the
former winning in straight sets, 81,
Co. Crothers. jr., and Blogett, OF
Passaic. defeated Billy Merrilly and
Harold Ord, of Valley View, in a
three-set match, Ga, As 6-1.
The Montclair Athletic Club. one of
the favorites for honors in the Sep
TENDER tourney, earned the flgnt 70
enter the second round by administer
ing defeat to the Hasbrouck Heights
team, on the Montclair Athletic Club
courts, Saturday afternoon. Otto II.
Hinck won from DIR. r. Perham. 80.
60, while G. l.. Wyeth outclassed r.
Nimmo. 60, 60. Otto II. Hinck and
II. Kidd represepted Mcnte'air in tna
doubles and beat 6. Anderson and \.
Finter, OF Hasbrouck Heights, 6-3, Gil.