New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
Size of Entry List IS
Matched by Number
of Trophies.
COUNTS OF WARNING
NATIONS TO PLAY
Tournament Moves On to Third
Round in Spirited Series Of
First Day Matches.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

The annual open lawn tennis tourra.
ment Of the County Tennis Club OF
Westehestor. 81 Hartsdalo. for the
champiorshiDs IN singles. doubles and
mixed doubles OF Eastern New York
State began on the picturesque clay
courts Yesterday with notable held'
numbering Up players.
This IS the largest entry in sane
toned tournament with the exception
Of the national champ ,0rshlQs az New
port. that ever began play ~ this coun-
try. and among those who WlI Try 30
fight their way 10 tho FINAL brackets are
s. Howard NoshcN. she playing through
champion, Vanderbilt B. Ward, Bronx
County champion; W. c. Grant. for
mel nst,onal indoor title holder; ted-
RE A. Major. 4. NJ. Lovl5ond and 1T.
William Roscnbaum
Abraham Rsssford. j.. one OF the
guiding spirits OF the club. who was
mainly responsible for the unusual size
Of the entry. has arranged matters so
that almost every player IN the touTna-
ment vii. win q trophy Of some sort
Those who are put out in the first or
second rounds o. the Eastern New York
State tournament are q; once elected
as candidates for the championship Of
Hartsdale. and Hartsdaie is very
pretty place
Then there arc prizes for the run
ners-up in each division. as well as IN
the doubles and mixed doubles. All
those except the lame and the blind
should be able to draw down reward
for their efforts.
whoever heard % lawn tennis
tournament with three counts in the
running? The County Tennis Club Of
Westminster has them namely. Count
Otto Salm- HooGStraete, OF Austria, the
international player; Count Georges
Aranyi. Of France, one OF the leading
experts Of that country. and Count
Zehrmarr. also Of Austria. besides
II s. Rothschi.d. Of Germany.
The big field was slow TO get under
WAY. but the tournament committee,
with two holidays coming. expects 70
do a considerable amount Of wedding
BY the time Monday evening rolls
around 1t IS certain that the flower
Of local lawn tennis courts VIII De eH-
ceedircly hard pressed 10 retain its
standing before the army Of ambitious
aspirants for the big honors.
G. A. /. Dionne. Of the West Side
Tennis Club. and Alfred d. Hammett
led the field when play ceased yester-
day, both reaching the third round by
defeating two opponents each. ham
NETT first took the measure OF II. :.
Bowers az %, 6-1. and then put out
lingo Hartmann at 6-3 6-4.
Hammett was as steady as the rock
Of Gibraltar and kept returning the
ball imperturbably no matter now laS'
il came back 10 him. DIS deep iobs
and his twist service piled up the points
fast. and although Hartmann EXTENDED
him TO the limit, Hammett Always He'u
the upper hand. ~,
.child. the German player, whose
strokes have attracted such favorable
attentioh Dionne was deadly IN ms
placement shots and refused TO be
fooled by Rothschild's attempts 70 draw
him TO the net The German could
only get a single game IN the match,
pionne winning at 60. 6 !.
Eff. Kuhn was DiaSne's next victim
going down before tie latter's steady
driving attack by score OF . %
+. Y. Adams forced Allan Behr 70 80
three sets before acknowledging delea'
at 90. 81, 60. Behr ran into
big lead on games in the opening set
before Adams got the KINKS OUT OF ms
upper and lower limbs. In the second
set. however the struggle was more
!.
TO his opponents base line and keeping
Behr eternally on the run.
After the game had gone once 10
deuce, Adams broke through Behrs
service and then won the last game on
lis own delivery The last set found
F. p. A. flying signals o. distress be-
cause Of shortage Of wind supply,
and Behr, playing harder than ever
took the last six games in row.
Adams now has his eye on the Harris
dale championship.
The summary follows:
single. FRS, roundj-L V. Robinson won from
&.stno9 by dS'sut. A D. Hsmmett defeated II
s R0gers e-z q Inso Hartman won ~, I'm
A WOOD by default G. a l. Dionne aeieS,ea n,
GeoTse MAKER, u. =. S. w. ha, 6si
fcated J Lswrerco. e-l. q: W. T. 1850. e.
fss,ed = Nolan "a -. clifford Blses defes'go
seconi rcund-Dionnc defeated Kuhn. IS. e-S
7 ann Tennis