New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-16
Beekman Defeats Hacket,
and Dionne Wins
from lie Roy.
DAVIS CUP VETERAN
CAN'T STAND PACE
Pell and Hall Reach the Semi
Finals After Coming Through
Hard Matches.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE

'N''"S "PoSNo Hdlhed the play /,
the singles yesterday in the a,,r.i
invitation lawn tennis tournams,, :,
the Country Club Of Westcbes,o, =,
though Karl Behr and Theodore P pon
two of the strongest favorites csm'
through to the round before the ,.r,i
| finals.
The spectators were treated TO tbei,
first surprise when young Le,,..I
Beekman defeated Harold H. H,st.,,
Davis cup veteran, in the first rouaa ~
score Of 6-S. >. 6 3. Hardy ls,,
unlocked for vas the defeat Of Poh.,,
lie Roy at the hands of G.. A. [. Dorrs
by score of 8, IS.
Pell gained his bracket by defea,ins
( Edward p. Larned in an evenly cor'
tested three-set match az "a 81
%, and Behr took the measure AZ NJ
. Merrill Hall at 81, Ct Hugh Tail
I liant. Harvard veteran, summarilr dis.
posed of $. W. Merrihew at SO. "a
The programme for this afternoo,
calls for matches between Tallant arJ
DR.. William RoSenbaum. Behr and pelI
5. II. NOshell and Beckman. and The
winner against G.. Colket Gamer. while
Dionne will face the winner OF the
match between Lyle f. Nahan and Har.
old Ihrockmorton. Iallant, Rosen.
baum, Gamer and Dionnc are also in
the round before the semi-fnals.
While Dionne's win over lie Roy came
as a great upset TO the gallery il was
really not so surprising as II seems al
first glance. The former has proved
himself a hard opponent TO defeat in
more than one instance against the
first ten" Of the ranking list. and yes.
terday he was nearly at his best.
lie Roy. to begin with, made the fatal
mistake of engaging Dlonne almost en-.
tirely from back-cOurt There are few
men on the court to-day who can hover
constantly near their base line and al.
low Dionne 10 set the pace and expect
20 emergh victorious lie Roy is not
among the few.
Dionne drove with plenty Of top
on the ball and the sudden drops kept
lie Roy continually on the move, while
/ the excellence of Dlonne's placing had
/ lie Roy worried all the time Once or
twice the former intercollegiate cham.
pion attempted 10 cut of Di6nnes
ground strokes at the net, but the after
edged side-line drives and crossing
shots past him and lie Roy retrestel
again TO back-court.
Yesterdays deaden'nC heat nsi is
effect on Hackett when he took the
court against Beekman, and although
he managed 10 take the opening set az
6, the younger player had the better
recuperative powers and took the last
two sets from the old Davis cup captain
at g, 6-3.
Hackett more than held his own in
/ the many yOlleys from midcourt in the
! first set, and where Beekman lost
points by smashing out of court, the
veteran played his overhead shots safe
and was careful in picking ouS his
/ openings.
/ Beekman made his bid al the begin.
ming of the second set and played cley.
erly, especially when 10 came to volley.
ing, the ball seeking ont the court
corners in a way that was disconcert-
Z ing 10 Hackett. The youngster also
made use of well timed change Of pace,
ard frequently tricked the Davis Cup
player out of position by these meth
DDS.
Hackett tried hard in the last set,
but three games was his limit. and
, Beekman, having regained his conf:
dence, ran out the last two games Oh
the match by beautiful. shots Tor pace
ment
Beekman will face a hard man TN;
/ afternoon in NOshell, who hits the ball
with terrific force and is always rgnt,,
| ing for the points. Nosheil showed
his bulldog determination on Wednes'
day. when he defeated Alrick MAJ j,
at 81. y 10. Many people pick BIN
to reach the final bracket in the lower
half.
Behr was a little too much for Hail.
and whenever the latter slipped up
bit on his driving or lobs Behr. was
always ready 20 take advantage Of the
mistakes By scoring spectacular nl!s
from overhead or By taking the BAL On
the full volley with a i0rehand cFFe
played shoulder high.
Larned had already defeated AliEea
S. Dabney, of Boston, at g, 6-'
60, when he faced Pell. and his pre-
viOus efforts perhaps ,ooK some OF We
edge off his speed and Steadiness. a;
any rate, against Pell he was guiI'y o.
errors that had been lacking easheI,
In the week Pell was going TOO "eI
yesterday for an opponent 20 90 'h'5
Larned was forced 70 bow the knee.
The first set found Larnel ou'.
volleying his adversary and smasnlhgf
with greater accuracy and power, ana
he won the opening session al o..
Pell had warmed 10 his work By ms,
time and began ripping IN oaeShaas
drives that landed perslstently "a,
Larned's left side, forcing him OUT o.
/ position and putting him on the os,
/ fensive, so that he lost the last wv
sets at As, 2-6.
The summaries follow:
Mems championship singh, Dfr't rginSt,,rgs,
| Merrill Hall won from + :. man ~ 80,
/ Edward =. Lsrned defeated Af~t ; Ig.,s1
I 50. G-S. @. Leonard BeekH.au deieste1 N'''''
J n. Hackctt IS. @ t.H "
Second round-Hush TaI1nt fs'ea'el - "
Meuihew. 50. Is. Kar 20 r. 1,.s'.,,8 e
Merrill Hall. Ct 6. T. Pei ge'sAS' T.
T.. Lancd. 80 4 g. 60. O. \ O. ,5,s,s
/ fea'cd Robert Ie Roy f.a. 80. if.e tn
v. Harold A. Throckmorou. sail tl hAhns1'