New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-05
IlNN TENNIS BY
Phone CAUSES
MANY DEFAULTS
|srsatening Skies Make
Work for Trasty Pen of
DR.. Barringer.
q0ILA BJURSTEDT
IS DISAPPOINTED
IT,, Behr Among Those Who
CIV at Bad Weather-My-
rick and Hildt Win.
p, FRED HAWTHORNE.

p, FRED HAWTHORNE.
Al s~5 water won't mix, Germans
r~r,,sAren aren't chummy these
IN Austrian can't see any good in
;..S.s, and lawn tennis and damp,
: vir5s and threatening skies do not
|. land in hand.
f.- tbe last reason there was not
- activity yesterday in the lawn
-, tournament at the West Side
-, C'vh. in Forest Hills Only a
-.-,I's guard went out 10 the courts,
y ne hirgest winner of the day was
=. theodore RarrinCer's trusty foun-
-, ,sr. which marked up three de-
49,, in the mems divisions.
n, X. psrrirec- is the official referee Of
!. ,-sr's tournament. and after calling
!. 80 4 dozen numbers on the tele-
-, Yesterday and learning that GER
=. Of the players either would not
.,s'd not come down 20 the courts
I, Animated them by the defsulting
ia club Of the standing of the
Ne. si6e Tennis organization, num-
,-rarong its members many Of the
...,nrorttert men in BUSINESS and
|,,i,ssidaal -'Rfc. the number o. de-
.,rs WIS Surprising. s'
r,rs was no activity at all IN the
,-,-S section of the Tournament.
~ Nola Bjurstedt, the bright star
Jy,rgay. came down to the clubhouse
-,,,sd 10 rlay any or every body, but
!, vas the only femnBne contender
,,rd. and after gazing wlsttui!y at
5,mp courts for several minutes
! rtrained again for the city.
IAN 50 anxious 10 play on grass,
. wd. looking toward where Mike
~ the turf expert, was superin-
-{-e the rolling and massaging Of
/, Dsyis Gun turf. "OBly once have
,,,sd on grass in the English cham
,-.bjps. six years ago and l must get
,,,,y OF practice if | am 10 play IN
(, NATIONAL championship this sum-
n, most important default Of the
~ gas that Of Karl Behr in the Class
t,res. Behr. who the majority hg-
~ would 20 through TO the fina!
-.-s called up the club yesterday
-,-irg and announced that he would
n Unable to play because Of business
IN was drawn against Gustave F.
-g,l,r8. and his default moved the
,3oa champion out to the round be
h. ne semi-fnal, where he will meet
M Alrick Man, jr., or Cedric Major
rs place in the semi-hnal. ,
STullerton Weaver, who is paired
ui Dr.. Barringer in the Class 1
.sghlH, appeared on the clubhouse
y1nds. prepared 10 give Of his best
d the courts. His partner, who had
-,ysi Weaver and himself forward 10
M ssni-fnal round by defaults, on
I.,dsy. looked longingly at the score
nsrd and fingered his fountain pen
Hvo8sly.
After a struggle with his conscience,
sEUer. DR.. Barringer announced that
h would not default the remaining
xrs in the class for fear Of running
E Of opponents.
Re and Weaver scanned the score
hrd for several minutes, and then DR..
iEringer turned 10 his partner and
marked: We've done fairly well so
u. haven't we, Weaver? ? 1 never
zl,hed the semi-fnals before, did
lm''
Weaver accepted his honors with due
,sassty. -
Julian s. Myrick and Howard Hildt
tsi.sted Moses Ely and z. II. Hooker.
. the second round Of the Class b
.'sbss, by q score Of "a, -. Inc
,ssu attempted 70 battle their oppo-
tents b. the use Of high, twisting loos
D The base line. but after experiment
e on a few Of these. Myrick and ms
'irtner got the knack of smashing
ttr returns sharply back and there
rtef held the upper hand.
Fly and Myrick did most Of the point
tnuing for their sides and many
Isly rallies took place at the net: Inc
Wnlng pair was often suecesGul IN
aHing Ely and his partner with low
,Ies down the side courts and was
trs skilful in defending the holes IN
M territory.
C. c. Phmpton defeated Harold
van in the third round of the Class
singles. bv score Of 6-1, 6-2.
auptVn scored most Of his points by
snsrsie shots for placement, ana
ssIn was frequently tricked out OF
hiliion by his opponents tactics. ,
Ahg Smith. who started his second
sshd match with G. A. l.. Dlonne, IN
tls A, late on Monday afternoon
hasd victory after a long struggle
Gh-s, 9. 60.
. Nonhe played his usual careful
s',ty game, making many remarkable
g,is' by clever court covering. AFTER
ehg the first set, he took the second
Wat 10 Smiths overanxiety, but tne
~ session found Dionne completely
IN IN out by his previous eXertions' aho
s.ia' driving with great force won
'. games in row and the match'
iht summaries follow: o
- lmsC's singles: second round-Se1sltl,e
-. assona'd non from KArl n Behr. ~ delSus
WIN oe'saisd G. A L. Dionne' w. ~
80 l,.oold rOund)-H. swain won from l.
- y Default
Z AZ. l7aaS-c. O. Pimp.un defeated H. swain
l y ,ihird tvund)-A. c. POstis, won from
s ss'Ssas Class y: second roundl-J. s. MJref
- Mo- eeissied Moses Ely and = ". h0oSeTr
~. - htDshtw and WatroUs defeated NJ. J.
- 6 ,. Johnson. 6-l Ia. -.
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