New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-06
Burning Gasoline Dries
Out Ground and North
Side Matches Go On.
LOVIBOND NEARER
THE TRIBUNE CUP
BY Defeating Paul Martin. He
Wins Way TO Semi-Final
Bracket.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Arthur NJ. Lovibond. playing through
champion, advanced to the semi-fnal
round yesterday in tho annual open
lawn tennis tournament Of the Unive.-
sity Heights Tennis Club for the North
Side championship. Lovibond gained
his bracket by defeating Paul Martin
a. (. IS. and his victory places
him a step nearer the massive Tribune
challenge cup.
The doWnpour of rain earlier in the
day brought gloom % those who were
looking forward to day OF activity
on the courts, and for a time il seemed
doubtful whether any matches could
be played. Jones Mersereau, Fred Let
son. L. Harris James and Embree Hen
dorson, of the tournament committee,
put their heads together precisely at
ll:28 o'clock a. m, however, and, after
surveying tho miniature lakes cover
ing the clay courts, went back TO the
clubhouse and had consultation-a and
other things that come out of bottles.
As a result several hogsheads Of
Fasolene were poured on the troubled
courts, and Letson. splashing about in
the mixture, careiessly dropped lighted
matches to right and left, while every
body else fed 20 safety. The treat
ment was heroic and the clay was soon
baked as hard as If a month of August
suns had been doing the work
Before engaging Lovibond Martin
had defeated young Herbert l.. Bow
man. the Mount Vernon High School
youth and junior indoor Metropolitan
champion, at 8, S.. Bowman
showed a very pretty backhand, played
shoulder high, out he was Inclined TO
be erratic In his driving and smashing.
which accounted for his defeat.
Against Loyibond Martin fought
tcrGclOusly, but the champion was in
one Of his precise moods and rarely
made mistakes as he cross-courted
cicvcriy and passed his opponent down
the side lines.
sunny jim" O'Neale, late Columbia
University baseball pitcher. reached
the round before the semi-Guals by
two victories. Harry Narschalk was
his first opponent, O'Neale winning
handily enough at 61. 3. but
against W. Haiscy Wood the ex-
pitcher had a sterner row 70 hoe. Wood
carried O'Ncale 30 three sets before
being defeated at 9 g. 81, T.
IN the second set Wood seemed 10
have the match as good as won. lead
ins his opponent at 3 on games and
s0-iove Ola points. Then O'Neale began
10 let out i'm his smashcs and back
hand drives, and the struggle became a
stirring one Wood had three oppor-
tuuities 90 take the match. But
on Gales blood was up and, as a result
of daring work at the net he pulled out
the game. tied the score on the next,
and finally broke through Woods ser
vice and captured the second set
at -.
Wood was never in sight Of victory
again. for O'Neale volleyed and
smashed from all over the court with
telling effect and took the final set at
G-1. and the match.
Alfred d. Hammett won a hard match
from G.. A. l.. Dionue az 6 9, 4-6,
6 :. and some Of the rallies between
these two Gibraltars Of the court were
wellnigh interminable. In the ninth
game of the second set. for example,
the ball passed back and forth forty
two times before the point was scored
by Eionne. and there were twenty-five
points in that game.
Iammctt employed a decided cut In
all his strokes and the low bounds
gave Dionne all kinds Of trouble. The
match was mostly played from back
court, although lIammett went 10 the
net TO finish the point with sharp
anRled volleys when he had prepared
the openings.
J. II. Steinkampf outplayed George
King in q Cruelling match al Cd, G-4,
his play at the net smothering many Of
Kings hard drives. King was the more
brilliant, but threw away valuable
points by oyerplaying his shots with
half the court open 10 him.
The doubles will begin to-day with
thirty-two teams entered.
The summaries follow:
T. I.,r1e defeated " Poak 90 G.l
Second -alrd-G a J.. Di0uHe defeated A :.
yo. BefnutH f-l 81
s-ha'a C-l g. Alfred - Hauu.t defeated
a. a 7 u.1cie. &C.. "a. e. N ~ Fischer
l.fe4teI Julio st. st,.aere- Sd. O. c.
Fourth rouHi-r Marin defeated D. J.. Bow
man. 80 SO. j. n s'eir.anI' def t-eI George
H..s a. Ga T. S. ON ale ls.el.-i ~. Hal
-.s Wool 60 90. t-f. Francis o. liu.ce Ic-
f,s'.I 49, N Fl Htar. Is. ff
T0h round Arthur NJ Louoord defeated p
Msr-l, C. G-3.