The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-24
BrattlebOrOMen Showing Up
Well in Meet on Courts
of Country Club
HARRIS AND NELSON
ARE GIVEN SURPRISE
Title Holders Lose First Set in Doub-
les Match to Allen and Geer-Wet
Courts Delayed Start of Tournament
Yesterday Afternoon.

les MdCCn TO Alien ana Geer-Wet
Courts Delayed Start of Tournament
Yesterday Afternoon.
Brattleboro had its first taste of
state championship tennis yesterday
and it was enjoyable. The first round
in singles was completed in the after
noon ON the Country club courts, for
with the exception of the match be
tween Dexter and Geer the winners
came through in quick time, although
| there was some fast, hard tennis.
| 1t was impossible to start the match
es in the morning as intended for the
| courts were under water as the result
! of the hard rain Sunday. Men with
| brooms swept the water off the courts
and by clock in the afternoon the
courts We're in very fair condition. Al
| though soft in one or two places they
were not soft enough to seriously
handicap the racket Wielders.
| DR.. H. 2. Greene of Brattleboro and
r. IL. Lee of Bavside, L. l., were first
on the court The physician let Lee
| beat himself with outs and nets. 1t
was not until after four games had
been played that Lee managed to keep
many Of his returns inside the lines,
| He slammed hard, but with no direc-
| tion.
Roger Bracket of Brattleboro had
| little difficulty in beating j. Haydock
of Pine Grove Springs hotel. Bracket
played conservatively and his placing
was the best of the afternoon.
Paul Sheldon of Hartford, Conn,
evidently an old hand at the game, had
/ 4 -
| Haskell of Brattlcboro. He was forced
to depend less on his own skill than
on the wildness of his opponent, who
continually drove into the net and out
of bounds. j c. Nelson Of Concord, \.
H.. who with Fred II. Harris Of Brat
tleboro is the holder of the state
doubles championship, had II. IL. Nc
! Henry of New Haven rs his opponent
| Nelson placed carefully and used his
backhand effectively, but he found IN
McHenry a persistent opponent who
tried for everything and made several
! spectacular returns. In the fifth game
Of the first set McIenry carried 1T to
:, deuce II times on Nelson S service be
fore the more experienced player sue
ceeded in capturing the needed point
Nelson kept McHenry on the run
through almost all of the match and
constantly played the ball to his back
hand, but McHenrv showed consider
able ability with that stroke and stucl
to his guns to the last.
A. n. Wilder of New Haven, Conn.
T. and A. II. Allen of Hoosick Falls, \
nj Y. had a slambang back court game II
- which neither went up to the net very
often. Wilder was the more skilltu
in placing and won out on that, al
4 ,e II
S ones and rallies were frequent.
The only three-set match of the AT
ternoon was between c. J. Dexter O
) Philadelphia and South Newfane, an,
e D. Geer, jr., of Hoosick Falls, n. \
Dexter ran away with the first set bu
S Geer came strong in the second an,
-. won Dexter was the better able t
stand the strain in the third set an
, banged his way through to victory
J | The summary:
Roger Bracket of Brattleboro bea
e J. Havdock of Pine Grove Springs he
D. tel, 60, 6-1.
DR.. II. p. Greene of Brattleboro bea
/ r. II. Lee of Bayside, L. J., 6-3, 90.
y Paul Sheldon of Hartford, Conn
r. beat w. Z. Haskell of Brattl
boro, 6-1, 60.
J. G. Nelson of Concord, n. H., bea
H. II. MeHenry of New Haven, Conn
GO, 6-3.
81 G. ]. Dexter of Philadelphia beat I
. Geer, IT., of Hoosiek Falls, n. Y, g.
So, 6-3.
4. n. Wilder of New Haven, Conn
rs beat A. H. Allen of Hoosick Falls, g.
6-2.
This Forenoon's Play.
One match of doubles was played tn
la morning and two matches in the fir
" lround of singles. This afternoon it is e
e. pected all of the matches in singles up
,a 1.-The semi-official round will be run off an
lpossbly one more of the doubles match'
." in the first round
In the doubles match this morning ii
n state champions, Fred II. Harris of Bra
t1ebore and J. G. Nelson Of Concord,
- H.. ran up against a big surprise in Il
first set They had as opponents A.
ne Allen and d. Geer, jr., both of Hoosi'
Fails, n Y With the score five gam
os' to two. the champions were going easi
N lwhen their opponents got together al
al. by slamming and good placing wake
III away with five straight games and the 81
It They could not hold the pace howevt
OF and lost the second set, to /, but ca
ried the third set to three games all, |
fore the champions speeded up bit a.
ran out the set and match at G-3.
Harris was expected to default in t
singles last night. but changed his mi
led this morning and played his match WI
NoIH. A. Fox Of New York. Mr. Fox v
!. suffering with a severe cold but in t
second set he gathered himself and ma