New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-21
|1RNELL PLAYER
PROVIDES THRILLS
ON THE COURTS
r. Hunter Defeats King,
'iColumbia, in Tourney
at New Rochelle.
|MLOM AND FlXMAN
FMSO PROVE VICTORS
|.,isal Field of Eighty Mar
=, Down 10 Nireteen-Men's
Doubles Start To-day.
p, FRED HAWTHORNE

Irss w."
Doubles Start To. day.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.
-. T Hunter, Of Cornell Uni
and the New Rochelle Lawn
r. Club, provided the thrills yes
, AZ in the annual tournament Of
4 .isb at Wykagyl PARK, New Ro-
/ T.. when he defeated George King
--hn University champion, and
= his place 40 the round before
.n;-fnals. Hunter won by a
',hl-6. 6-S, 60.
-, Colon, who defeated Ely Be
.ns-6. s-l, and Edmund J. Fix
L. he former New York University
/. ,,re the others 20 fll brackets in
4 nspd. Fixmau took q desperate
- from Albert J. OsteAdorf, at
II SIS, and his playing Yesterday
y, Il look as i he would surely
4 80 Of the scmi-fn8lists.
III things as intermittent showers
ssy OF rest have no place IN the
\ .,,ry Of Alexander !. Bradley, Off
,.i,ree Of the tournament, and he
"a, permi. these factors to hold up
|. ,l,ying. As a consequence thlr-
-,tehes we're run of in the mems
.,1 and the original field Of eighty
~, down 20 g hardy nineteen. The
"a doubles will start to-day, with
|, yonen's singles getting under way
I n :he afternoon or tomorrow.
., elsy courts, despite the sprin-
!, they received twice during the
we're in remarkably good condition
: he play in many Of the matches
Il n the sensational kind Hunter
= King settled their differences on
championship court and each
.rs5 as though he had determined
l nin leg on the handsome Quaker
II championship cup.
- picturesque beauty Of the Quaker
:, Valley. where the courts are sit
"a was made more so by scores Of
( Roehelle's fairest Quaker maids,
= Hsir presence was sufficient to
:, the players on 70 their best ef-
ri even without the incentive Of
-Gs championship.
Enter and King are both hard hit
p and their play abounds in spec
r.l,r forehand drives and terrific
-rhsad snashes. In the opening set
= was going at full speed and more
!. once he finished the points in
,iirt style by crashing back Hunt
4 :rives into forecourt. The Cornell
Z. did not seem able TO avoid his OPP
~; az the net, and II appeared that
"a was due 10 win.
;gng the under dog is Hunters IA
re position, however, and IN the
8 tao sets ne gained control over his
,-sndous forehand drives, cutting
! Ines with great accuracy, the re-
/ being that he began to pass his
lI-bia rival when the latter started
, tie net, and took the last two sets
rs, 90, and the match
lInsn and Ostendorf were evenly
rsaed, and il was only FiXman's finer
Elg and greater steadiness that
l-si him the honors Ostendorf had
g nOt0red over from the Pelham
,1try Club. where he and Miss Marie
lgsr had won the championship in
lsd doubles, and his previous efforts
Sarsd 10 have taken the edge of his
ss4
he rallies were long and slashing
1rs Fixman put on added speed
'rd the end Of each set, to win
.Es, Sc.
kon Croley treated X. D. Fisher,
Cornell, 10 q surprise when he de-
Est the latter by score Of Cd,
< in match that stirred the spec
iin Fishers ground strokes were
''slesOme TO Croley but overhead
Cornell man was not so steady
I Croley began 10 feed him high
=, with the inevitable result that
i,sf smashed his returns into the
Y, HAlsey Wood showed his true
..re by defeating J. II. Steinkampf
~, -, in the first round and
: vsnquishing c. IT. Noxon at Go,
! Wood not only had his custo-
y s,eadiness 10 help him out, but
irving with unusual severity, and
.aAmpf lost many points by err
z play overhead.
'is match in the mems doubles was
gN- in which Tom Trubee and c.
Brighton defeated Z. Keogh and
ral!en in straight sets, at 6-1,
= This contest held the attention
I large part Of the gallery, for all
Players are local favorites, and
W0 sets were replete with sensa-
81 shots.
summaries follow:
koehels Lawn Tennis cubs Quaker Ridge
e-s,.g singles first roundl TX. ID. Fisher
- NAisf b ArdrtNs. by default. william
- @.eA.ed D.. e.. Potter St.. Is -.
4 ,haassy Wood defeated J. II. steinkampf
~ rveas-Ey Behsr defeated T. Faunus.
- ~. Leon tfClry defeated IL Adler
y, . Walker. r.. defeated william
Y Nalo1. 60 c-a. DR. A " Waite de-
!, Adams. 60. 60. ~ Goldman de-
. q S.les. o.. C-8
~ 'olad-E N BshGr defeated Dr. l. V
- -. leon Croley defeated h D.
- T0sa8-J COLON defeated Rehsr. So.
: -. ilimAn ds'eh,ed A. osenlof. So.