New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-02
Beats GilderSleeve After
Four Sets in Final Round
at Clifton Club.
BOTH WIN IN BOUT
WITH THE LEMONADE
Donaldson Captures Consolation
Prize in Tournament at
Staten Island.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

Paul Treanor, the tall schoolboy from
West Virginia, won the junior lawn
tennis championship of Staten island
yesterday by defeating Gordon Glider
sleeve, Of East Orange, In the final
round of the Clifton Tennis Clubs
tournament on the clay courts at AFRO
char, Staten Island. Treanor won in
four sets at So, g, g, "a.
Gerald Donaldson, the fourteen year
old Brooklyn schooiboy, defeated Peter
Vischer for the consolation prize
Both Treanor and Gildersleeve seemed
to be still feeling the effects Of their
hard fought matches on Wednesday,
and neither played the game he is
capable of putting up.
Treanor began suspiciously, gaining
his points by well placed smashes to
the back Of the court and occasionally
slipping swift backhand drives past his
opponent down the side lines. Glider
sleeve, who was principal in his first
important tournament, was plainly ner-
vous, and a majority of his returns
lacked control lie also double faulted
half a dozen times on his service.
Beginning with the second set, how
ever. the East Orange boy took tirmer
grip on his nerves and actually out
PLAYED Treanor, his overhead shots for
placement catching his opponent out OF
position. TreanQr then developed
streak Of wildness and Gildersleeve ran
out five games in a row, taking the
second set at 60.
At this stage it looked like anybody's
match, and the spectators were evenly
divided in their opinions as TO the ultl-
mate winner. Treanor reused himself
when the third set began and treated
those on the clubhouse veranda TO an
exhibition OF fast playing that brought
frequent applause.
Gildersleeve was tireless In going
after the speeding drives and hard
smashes with which Treanor bombarded
the court, and he managed to return
many of them, but the Southern youth
was headed straight for victory and
took the third set at 2.
The regulation seven-minute inter
val after the third set was called and
both players headed straight for the
huge glass bowl filled to overlooking
with ice-tinkling lemonade, prepared by
the ladies' house committee. In three
minutes and a half most OF the lemon
ade had pcrcolated down the Treanor
and Gildersleeve throats and the
owners spent the rest of the rest peri
Cd in hopping their faces with towels.
Treanor started serving in the fourth
set and took the first two games by
clever placement shots to midcourt.
Gildersleeve then took a hand IN the
point gathering business and accounted
for the next two games by driving
steadily from his baseline.
A succession of hard fought games
followed, with each winning on his
own service Gildersleeve won the eighth
game at love, aided by two brilliant
drives passing within inches Of the
side courts and two wild smashes Of
easy lobs by Treanor II was his final
effort, however, for Treanor played
with great speed in the ninth, not al
lowing his opponent a single point, and
broke through Gildersleeve's service in
the tenth and won the game after 1t
had gone once to deuce, giving him the
set at g, the match and the cham
pionship. The last point was scored on
a raking backhand drive to the corner
formed by base and right sidelines..
Donaldson proved himself extremely
clever i'm Turing Nischer out of position
by crafty 'cross-court shots, and be
rarely missed the opportunity OF speed
ing his returns through the openings
thus made.