New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-30
RAIN KALTS PLAY
IN CLAY COURTS
TENNIS TOURNEY
Contest Reaches the Sixth
Round-Women Begin
Their Fixture.
By BRIGGS

Pittsburgh, June 29.-Rain interfered
with play in the third days programme
of clay court tennis championships
here this afternoon. The mems sim
giles had reached the sixth round, the
last match in the fifth round between
F. c. Inman, of the West Side CLUB,
and J. C. Castle, of Pittsburgh, stand
ing at one set for the local player, and
three games to two in the second set,
when Juliap S. Myrick, the referee,
stopped the play. All the preliminaries
in the women's singles were put
through and twelve matches in the first
round, as well as two in the second
round.
Eastern players left in the mems
singles are R. Morris Williams, George
H. Church, II. w. Washburn. n. W.
Niles and Dean Mathey. Niles, the
Boston player, defeated w. S. McElroy,
of Pittsburgh, who last week won the
Ohio championship at Cleveland. He
was eliminated to-day in the sixth
round.
The summaries follow:
Clay courts championship. singles Fourth roundl
H. VI h iook S''" Pittsburgh. t IS. 50: r. =.
Williams. Harvard. defeated II. {. Johnson. Bos-
ton. ~: %. Middleton DE Camp Cincinnati.
e.. ID. W Loyd Pittsburgh, defeated c. T..
Gaut. Pittsburgh. 81 g; ]. G Castle. Plus-
60. F. G lnman. West side, defeated Percy
siyerd. Pittsburgh. 90, 81.
Filth rOundmG. NJ. Church. Princeton. defeated
Pittsburgh. defeated Or. T. W; Stephens. Pitts
6ursh. 81. S-S; NJ W. n Wsshbu,n. West side,
y. ". Niles. Boston. defeated Thomas Beattie.
Pittsburgh. 90. 6-3 W. S. McElroy. Pittsbursh.
'' = Williams Har1ard. defeated 5. W. Lloyd.
Pittsburgh. Is e.: Dean Mathey. West Side.
defeated Middleton De Camp Cincinnati. IS.
Sixth round-N. W. Niles Boston. defeated W.
S. McElroy. Pittsburgh. -. %: George NJ.
Church. Princeton defeated L d. Garlahd. fiS-
Womens singles preliminary roundj-Miss Annie
gsg %heel9s detea S,. 4s seu Ssmd Pttis
burgh defeated Miss Dorothy Nitsack. Pittsburgh.
60. 6,l Mis- ElAre C1asei' New YORK. won from
Miss Frances Branerd, Pittsburgh. defeated Miss
Florence b. Allison; Pittsburgh %; s.S; Miss
lis Keller. Pittsburgh, 81. So; Miss Mabel X.
Miller. Blarsyie: defeated MTs. X; W: warmea s
New York, defeated Miss Adelaide Brainerd. Pitts
bupgh. 90. 6-l; Mrs: Allison MARVEL, Plus
oursh defeated MIS- Alse kosSrish, New New, York
from Miss BESSIE Williamson. Pittsburgh. by de-
fault: Miss Dorothy Ramsey. Pittsburgh won from
First round-Mlss Elizabeth Totten. Pittsburgh.
defeated Miss Alison MeE!downey Pitts6uIsh SnS.
N n ndsne Lucy pesyey fl Penn a't S s
IS: Miss Rachel Chanter. Pittsburgh. won from
Miss Florence q. Rock Pittsburgh. by default
Miss Myrtle McAteer Pittsburgh. won from Miss
Virginia Lyme Pittsburgh. by default: Miss Mar Is.
snyder Pittsburgh defeated Miss Elizabeth hugus.
Wheeling 80. 6-2 81. Miss Jessie Thorp.
Pittsburgh. defeated Miss Eleanor NIcElroy. PITS
bursh. IS liz. Mi,. Annie Hugus Wheeing.
defeated Mrs Helen schmidt Pittsburgh 6-S.
"a Mrs O. W Nightman. Boston. defeated Miss
Marie Gabel Pittsburgh 90 d o.
Second round Miss Myrtle A-Ateer. Pittsburgh.
defeated Miss Rachel Chantcr Pittsburgh. 81.
90; Mrs Barger WsIlach. hcw York defeated
Mrs Alison Maxwell. Pittsburgh. 80. 90.