Evening journal., 1915-09-22
SOCCY courts FAIL
TO STOP TENNIS PLAY
Match for Mixed Doubles
Opens on Germantown
Club Grounds
WILMINGTONIANS
DRAW IN OPENERS

Rain of yesterday morning prevented
the continuation of the singles m the
,romen's Philadelphia and District lawn
tennis championship at the Germantown
Cricket Club, but late in the afternoon
the courts had dried out sufficiently 20
permit of the ladies' and mixed doubles
beinr started. Several interesting
matches were decided in the ladies' dou-
bles not the least of which was the one
between Miss Dorothy Disston and Miss
Helen Alexander. and Miss Moille
Thaver and Miss Suzanne White, of Bal
tiYnore. This was one of the few matches
that went 20 three SETS the Misses
Thayer and White coming through at
se6. 6-3. 6-3.
Mrs. Fl. II. Smith and Miss Edith
Runk had their hands full with Miss
Sarah Nelson and Miss r. G. Dougherty,
winning after two long-drawn- sets
that required "a games. at SO. 1913. Two
Wilminqtonians Mrs. A. dupont and
Mrs. j. s. Taylor. were expected TO sur
vive several rounds at least, but were
drawn for the opener with Miss Agnes
Kennedy and Miss Sarah Hensel, and
found a place in the consolation doubles
when the Merton girls dropped them
after three sets The scores were 6-3,
4-6. 6-3.
Miss Phyllis Walsh and Mrs. /. H.
Schliohter. Jr.. runners-up TO Mrs
Marshall Mclean and Miss Molla
Biurstedt for the Pennsylvania State
doubles championship; Miss Sarah and
Mercaretta MYERS Mrs. w. p. Newlfall
and Miss Gertrude Ostheimer and Miss
Alice Cunningham, Longwood. and Mrs.
~ he 80 Nhar aIfr
vivors
Sixteen teams entered for the
mixed doubles championship, and the
pick OF the lot appears to be Miss
Cunningham and Allan Evans, Jr., al
'hough their path to the final is far
rom a bed Of roses. They were not
called upon to play yesterday, but in
the same half Of the draw Mr.. and
Mrs W p Newhall and Miss Edith
Runk and Brooke Edwards were VIC
torious Yesterday.
Edwards and Miss Runk had very
peculiar match with f. NJ. Kirkland
and Miss Marie Coates. All four
played below their form, but II ap-
peared all off with the ultimate win
ners when Kirkland and Miss Coates
obtained a lead Of 5-1, 40-30 In the
third set Edwards and Miss Runk
rallied at this critical stage. and pull
cd in the seventh game out OF the fire.
They then won four straight and with
them the match. Summary:
LADIES' DOUBLES.
Preliminary Round.
Mrs W r. Newhall and Miss Cert
rude Ostheimer defeated Miss c.
Crawford and Miss f. Valentine. 60,
go.
Mrs. n. H. Smith and Miss Edith
Runk defeated Miss Sarah Nelson
and Miss +. G. Dougherty. Sc. l0-S.
Mrs l. n. Schlichter. Jr.. and Miss
PHYLLIS Walsh defeated Mrs. c. l..
Wainwright and Miss Marion Cres-
we'll. 60. GA.
Miss NJ. ID. Thayer and Miss Suzanne
White defeated Miss Dorothy Disston
and Miss Helen Alexander, 2-6, 6-3.
So.
First Round.
Misses Sarah and Margaretta Myers
defeated Miss NJ. s Roberts and Miss
~ Tattersheld. so. rs.
Miss T. Williams and Miss Marion
CLAYTON defeated Mrs r. c. Jordan
and Mrs Frank Kennedy. go. ga
Mrs. Arthur Harrington and Miss
Helen Van Dusen defeated Mrs John
Purviance and Mrs. H. Valentine. SO.
60.
Miss Alice Cunningham and Mrs y
NJ. FELTON, defeated Miss c. r. Chase
and Miss Marie Coates 6-1. So
Miss Agnes Kennedy and Miss Sar
sh Hensel defeated Mrs A. DUPONT
and Mrs. J. S. Taylor. 6-3 4-6. SIS
Miss Edith Reath and Miss Emil,
Kennedy defeated Miss T. NJ. Seed
and Miss Frances Stoughton. 60. 60
MIXED DOUBLES.
FIRST Round.
Miss NJ. ID. and Russell Thayer Jr
defeated Dr. Samuel Rhoads and Mis-
Edith Bradbury. Ga. Ga
J. S. Disston. Jr., and Miss Saral
Myers defeated Mr.. and Mrs w G
Morse. rs. 6-i.
Brooke Edwards and Miss Edit
Runk defeated +. NJ Kirkland an
Miss Marie Coates, 3-6 SO. Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. W p Newbsll dc
feated Howard and Miss Sarah Nei
son. 6-1, 64.
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