New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-31
DI0NNE WINS IN
LONG DRAWN OUT
MATCH ON COURTS
Beats Chalmers After
Three Sets Replete with
Slashing Rallies.
FIELD REACHES ROUND
BEFORE SEMI-FINALS
Hall Twice Victor in Straight
Sets at Edgemere Clubs
Lawn Tennis Tourney.
By FRED HAWTHORNE

BY FRED HAWTHORNE.
Taking up our continued story Of
Thursday. the match between G. A. L.
Dionne and Charles c. Chambers was
completed Yesterday evening shortly
after 7 o'clock in the annual invitation
lawn tennis tournament OF the Edge
mere Club of Long Island. and Dionne
won By a score of 10, 6-3. 10.
The men began Yesterday where they
left off on Thursday. when each had
won a set. after several hours of strug-
Cling. II was just getting dark when
Dionne took the final set at ID. The
rallies from back court were just as
stubbornlv contested Yesterday as on
the opening day. but Donne was lit
tie more persistent this time in return
ing the ball.
At the conclusion of the match
everybody present agreed that the laws
of Euclid would have to be revised,
and that instead of straight line in
definitely continued being the longest
thing in the world a lawn tennis match
between Dionne and Chambers fits the
definition.
Mr.. Grlyhurst. chairman Of the
tournament committee, pushed the
PLAYERS hard Yesterday. with the result
that Alrick II. Man. ir. who won the
tournament last year; w. Merrill Hall.
Hugh Tallant. Dr. William ROsenbaum
and Vanderbilt b. Ward advanced to
the round before the semi-fnals, and
only eleven men survived when a halt
was called.
The doubles will get a start to-day,
and il is hoped to finish them .o-mor-
row afternoon. with the final singles
match probably going over until Mon
day
The warmth that was felt so keenly
in the city Yesterday was tempered at
Edgcmere by whipping breeze from
the ocean. and the courts were sur
rounded by a large gallery. women with
Larasols being in the majority. Mrs
Rawson L. Wood, a former metropoli-
tain champion in mixed doubles. and
Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver. for
mer national indoor champion IN wom-
ems doubles, were among the specta-
tors.
W. Merrill Hall. former Middle
States champion. was moving very fast
Yesterday and won two matches by
Cne-sided scores. First, he nut out K.
II. Boggs at 8, 6 O. and then tackled
Frank {. Strobel. the club champion.
and defeated him at 60. 81.
Halls terriice forehand drives. his
clean-cut volleving across the court
and his Smashes from deep court over
whelmed both his opponents. Hall IL
in the upper half of the draw and many
figure him TO go through 10 the final
round. with Ward as his opponent for
the chief cup. There are several men
in the tournament. however. who are
liable TO unset the dopcsters.
Arthur Lovibond won well earned
victory over Cedric A. Major in the
first round BY a score of 6 ,. l-6.
G-3. He was exceedingly accurate
with his ground strokes, and while not
severe overhead generally placed the
ball where IT was hardest for Major 70
get his racquet to IT. The latter made
the mistake of staying in back court,
and with the exception of the second
set. when he vollcyed prettily was
Cutplayed.
Charles l.. Johnston. former New
England intercollegiate champion. took
the measure of Arthur ;. Cragin at
{ /. 6-3. Johnston. with his tremen-
dOus reach. was very fast IN getting
to the net Yesterday. and when there
he smashed with severity that earned
him many placement aces. Cragln was
utterly unable to control his SPEEDY
drives. Che ball landing wide Of the
court most of the time.
Edmund j. FiXman. New York Uni
versity captain. carried Man along at
full speed in the second round. and
was only defeated by score of 10.
-. On ground strokes Fixman more
Iald - h Irix hoi
well placed in deep court. Mans abil-
ity to cut off many of these shots al
the net, however. won the match for
him.
Ward was opposed by K. Clifford
Black. of Pelham. and won at %,
6-3. Black weighs at least twice as
much as Ward. and can get around his
court IN a most surprising manner but
Wards wicked lefthanded drives and
his hard volleying carried the day
without much trouble.
Wylie c. Grant. former national in
door champion, made his first appear
ance in a tournament IN several weeks
yesterday and defeated Witherbee
Black at Is. Go. There ere few
players on the courts to-day more
deadly than Grant at smashing when
he has control. and although wild in
the first set he came to life in the
second and literally bombarded his OPP
ponent into submission without the
loss of a game.
Hugh Tallant. old Harvard star, did
not get chance to play yesterday
owing to a default from j. s. 0'Neale,
so he hotfoOted il down to the beach,
where he tried his forehand drives on
the pillows. swimming out so far that
the nervous ones in the gallery became
worried. Tallant came back eventually
and SAID the tournament was a decided
success.
Tne summaries follow:
Mems invitation singh, tnrst routdl-WyIle c.
Grant defeated NifhcrHte Black. %. %
Charles l. Johnston. Ir.. defeated Arthur :. Crsgu.
I'll 6-J: Arthur NJ Lovihoud defeated Cedric A.
Major. e. 10 t-3. ". Merrill Hall defeated
H. II. Bosgs t.. 90: Frank G stro,hel defeated
O'Neale. IT,. won from S Howard Noshtll hy de-
fault; q. A. l.. Dlouue defeated c. & Chambers.
10 IS. Is. l. Mieus Burt defeated seton
Porter e. G-i Eugene Ashey Won from Leon
ard Beckman by default
second round-Alr!ck H. Man. IT,. defeated I'd
nund J. f!1man. -. - v Merrill Hal de-
fested r. e. Strocbe %. 6-l. Hugh Talla.t Won
from ]. $ o'Neae. T.. hy default. D. william
K,-elusum defeated Eugene Ashie'. IS. IS.
YAad.rb.t T.. Wand defeated Il. oxford BLACK.
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