The sun., 1914-08-25
Good Progress Marks Opening
psy-Only One Second Round
Match Unfinished.
HALL BEATEN BY WRIGHT
Bostonian Defeats New Yorker
in Four Set Match on
Main Court.


started hero to-day on the picturesque
court, " the Casino. lived UP to expecta-
,,ors ard came through with flying coiors.
All of the r urts we're kept working from
shorty before noon until II was too dark
% NAV any more. and as result only
.,,,,.slx Of tho original 1873 entrants were
sf, IN the running when halt was called
f.r the day. only one match In the sec
ord r.,und remains unfinished. and that was
t.'I omen 10 give Norman T.. Brookes. the
Aus'ralas.an. a chance to get TO the scene
q, action. The Antlpodcan Is bracketed
VIII l. T Hubbard. and II he decides
10 come up here will play to-morrow
morning.
Many of the 5000 spectators who
btaysd the Intense heat came out with
tho hone ~ seeing some upsets. for IL
q usual on the or, ming day at the Casino
10 see some IDEAS overthrown. The nearest
hing TO p surprise during the course OF
.he dav was the defeat Of Or. William
Hosenbaum New York. by sidney Thayer
II Philadelphia. In Ave set match. The
New Yorker was inclined to be erratic
and was affected somewhat by the heat
Tho scores were 4--6. So, IS, 6--3,
st Another victory that was not alto
ge,her expected was that OF Basil Wagner
Of Buffalo over George l.. Wrenn of New
York Wrenn had been playing good ten
MS lately but he was no match for the
BuHalonlan's hard driving and lost In
s,ra eht sets at -. -. s-4.
William " Johnston OF San Francisco
ne, Charles II. Bull. Jr.. of the Crescent
Athletic club. Brooklyn. and trlumphed in
straight sets at 6-3, 6--3. 6--4. The
Californian showed In his match to-day
that he Is rapidly rounding into the form
which made him such a consistent winner
Il gfi al hnx
ever in covering the court. but as a mat
Ter OF fact he had no need OF speed. for
he was seldom pushed by Bull All of
the other Californians In the tournament
had an easy time coming through
Maurice E. Mclaughlin. the playing
through champion who already has two
legs on this cup. gained the third round
with ease defeating II. X. sturdy. Jr.. In
straight sets at I'll. 6-2, 6-2. Strange
as It may seem. couple OF the games
which the Californian dropped were on
his own service. This. however. was not
due TO any brilliant work on the part Of
HI. opponent. but because the champion
sarlly
There was the usual list OF defaults.
among those who decided TO drop out
being Anthony +. Wilding. X. Il. Powell
ot Canada, Vincent Astor and George VI.
Church, who is saving himself for the
challenge round In the doubles tomorrow.
when with Dean Mathey he will play Nc
Loughlin and Bundy
Walter Merrill Hall OF New York and
Irving Wright Of Boston were the first
10 play on the main court In front OF the
grand stand. The Bostonlan started
service and won the opening game. Hall
braced and took the next two, but had
slump and dropped four In row. The
New Yorker found II difficult TO handle
the teasing chop stroke of his oppo-
nent and threw away many points on
errors. The Bostonian won the opening
SET az 6-3. Hall made a little better
hght IN the second set and should have
won II had he been less llstless about
making his returns. Wright finally won
at e-4
IN the third set, after trailing at "a,
hall crept up 70 even tennis and finally
pulled out the set at S-6. After almost
mir'y minutes rest play in the fourth
se' began Han looked strong at first.
out threw away many chances. and
wright took the lead at 5--3 The New
io'ker brought the score to 5-4, but
.ost the match on the next game. Tho
point score:
FIRST SET.
H.if'N,,,,.,,.. H.i'''........,.... StS.:;sis--ssss-.ss
SECOND SET.
S.i'..,....... S.i:1'..:,....,. 55s5t;tsttss--::::--s
v,,,,.. THIRD SET.
Y,n.a 40 go: :Iss o-4s--s
'5'1s s2.42 .-sl-.
W.. FOURTH SET
H,,s..............,.... ,,,s............ 5.stGsss,, t-ss-s t-ss-s
inc summaries:
G.,,s.. s,,,. RGHggd-Basil Wagner defeated
Tal'r de'ca'od j G. waterbStry. 80 4 Is a
q g q. Achells defeated Erylng stiIIs,
R 'nD G,,o,s,m' H. \, Msckinney won from
al9 aaena,ed \. NJ Kidder is"ii. SIS,
r,ms, Ge'sii' +, $ Marden won from r. H.
S~' NJ g : W. Geary, Jr., defeated F. r
: DeytrsaaS & def:ated cbsrls, fmi R.cs 81
i,m a., RAYMOND u Little defeated Will
4s HoSD. HSdD.aEs'S ss s Z INN ln%nT " dsffn,sd e sy
''t'"i j. y Jackson, s-l, "a. d: Wal
Ian. ,e's Won from r, u. Powell by de-
~ ~ d|fa4IH II. q. simmonds won from
e. ,lnn'Uman hy default' r.. c. Thomas won
70, ' ag,.,,.," r. ,"ldi8s by default Robert Le-
= e. Sa!r,r defeated IT, b cansey 90,
w-',.' Richard HaTte defeated W. J,
Gcs 5'' = risGTs' hopTns' tc;S,sd tS ga sg f aon
-. t."''.i II Burns. 81. s--2. ga;
g. - -, default
70. Thomas defeated Boris Yonine, s--l,
Richard stevens defeated c. s.
,'hIr, q, 80, 6-l, G. W. Smith won
,"rshi defeated Walter Merrill Hall.
= t.s 6-4; r. II Hazard de-
y".1 y. Miner. "a, A--6 6--3, 6-2;
I".r."u defeated j. Il Carpenter, Jr,
D.. j. Dixon Cunningham defeated
I"h.7or, t--3. s--3, G-i. q. Roberts
: hio%n 1r, defeated a. walters,
T.. %. Thayer. Jr., defeated
' .'W Rosenbaum, IS. 6--2, 4--6,
"a Cedric \ Major defeated Francis
w. 60 81, default. s. H.
lriei,'d a. u. Champlin, 6--i. s--2,
D. ? ,N'.' ~ benr defeated y. NJ, Vose
IT,. ~ William J. Clothier won
T,,,1.,f Watson, Jr., by default, Harold
"n"r 'u defeated J, II Randolph.
W,.. 6--J Ezra Gould won from
a . N'1trls ~ default. ~ g, Hoppin
H,, 'W r. Budluug by default; Iii II.
So ,7h'i.d \, B Weeden, e---l, 81,
i oa"S:e + Touchard defeated Edwin
a. ,'f !. e--l, "a q Roberts de-
~, d" o. l"pniuEs, 5, G-3. 6-2. 20 I.
l. lhlis defeated Kenneth stern,
Nr..,. b. Dean Ma,hoy won from
Ng, N-'", Icy default. Nathaniel W.
',.l - ;. walters, "a 7-5.
h d.,,,h ~ inphreys won from r. L. Swain
ue'aNIi a. J. Sands won from j. s.
uog ~, default, Norris Williams I'd,
lsr' ,,,'H II i schmidt by default! WI
, j. ,''nnsion defeated Charles VI Bull
'r4t.l 3D. e Alfred Dabney de
" T,,t J's"phs. IS, a, lO-s.
o. hulip defeated \, Chouteau Sc.
3 i sweet won from Or ] n
nm, Icy default, Robert Murray won
W,g,. raul Ir, by default; Basil