Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-13
TlLDEN AND PEARSON
FAVORITES FOR TITLE
in SCHUYLKLL TENNIS
Swift Game Played in
Opening Day at Norris
town-Cushing, of Hart
ford, May Upset Dope.
Doubles Schedule.

NoRR1sTowN, Pa, July 1s-Tak,ng
INTO consideration the huge proportions
Of the entry list and the limited NUM-
Der of courts available, record breaking
progress was made yesterday in the sec
ond annual tournament for the mems
singles and doubles lawn tennis cham
pionship of the Schuylkill Valley. played
on the dirt courts at the Plymouth Coun.
try Club, just outside of Norristown
Thlrty-eight matches were played. and
"a players remain in the competition.
DR.. P. B. Hawk, a Philadelphlan. won
the title last year, and it is safe to saw
that Philadelphian will again be the
winner although Norman W. Swayne, of
the home club is quite a strong favorite
In the same section of the draw is young
Sidney Thayer, Jr,, of the Merton Cricket
CLUB, captain of the Andover tennis team.
Thayer was ]. J. Armstrong; opponent
In the final round for the Delaware title
at Wilmington, and since then he has
shown enough to warrant his being a de-
cided favorte. II both Thayer and
Swayne come through as expected they
will meet in the semifnal
w. T. Tilden, JT, and Stanley w. Pear
son. both of the Germantown Cricket
Club, winner and Iunner-up, respectively,
for the Philadelphia and district title a
little more than a week ago. are due to
meet in the round before the seminal |
unless the unexpected happens. Yester- |
day Pearson played P. W. Gibbons in |
what proved to be one of the best |
matches of the day, and came through
to the fourth round at Ga. rs.
About the only dark horse in the tourna-
nent Is w. S. Cushing, of Hartford,
Conn. This player is little known here
lbouts, but the "dopesters" are beginning
10 count on him as being the only one
It all likely to furnish an upset. Yes
erday he had a three-set match with
7, r. Sproul, of Plymouth, but, II the
ruth be known, 1t was three-set affair
,nly because Cushing wished to prolong
he match. He has a frst-class service,
nd after the first few games in the
pening set in which he seemed unable
o get the right length on the ball, he
cored almost at will,
Another outsider who may come
through is Dwight r. Meigs, of Ply
louth Yesterday Meigs dropped the first
et OF his match with Warren l.. Irish,
ut then captured the next two with ease,
q the last two sets Meigs solved his op-
onent's service to perfection, and count l
on the FIRST return number Of times
Ie seems to have a particular liking for
rt courts
The players who reached the fourth
iund were Brooke Edwards, Merton; A.
Pierpont, Overlook; W. P. Rowland. |
slheld: Meigs. Robert Titus, Plymouth,
I'd Pearson. The matcnes In the second
und still to be played are l., B. Peters.
orrlstown, VS.. Morris Kempton, Merton;
B Endicott. Merton. VS.. Harold Still
III, Radnor; Sidney Thayer, Jr,. Merton,
Edward CFothers, Philadelphia |
teket H. A. Greer, Sharon Hill. VS., y
S. Carter, Cynwyd; A. J. Batty, Bel X.
ID, VS.. ]. p. Twaddsll, Merton; George ~
lftstetter, Jr,. Philadelphia Cricket, VS. ~
s. Cushing. Hartford, and ], H.
efe, Jr., Cynwyd VS., DR.. T, r, Hert- bs
d, Bslheld These will all be played ne
S afternoon, when II is expected that j
round before the seminal win be he
.ehsd, bu
/ 90, the doubles viii be begun to- Bt
rTow Cr