Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-05
FEW MATCHES IN
TENNIS TOURNEY
Interest Yesterday Centers in
Mixed Doubles and Work
of Floyd Keener

In preparation for a record day on
Reservoir Park courts. tennis matches
in the Greater Harrisburg tennis tour
nament yesterday were few. A num-
Der of preliminaries were taken from
the card and indications are that the
semifnals will be reached early next
week.
The mixed doubles furnished much
interest yesterday. Miss Irene Sweeney
and G.. Shreiner won two sets after
losing the first in the match with Miss
Yohn and F. Shreiner. Mrs. Sauers
and Glenwood Beard won in straight
sets from Miss Helen Heckert and z.
E. Beck.
Floyd Keener. court keeper, won
much favorable comment for his great
work in the match with P. Widenmyer.
He has but one arm and his playing is
always an interesting feature. The
PROGRAM FOR TO-DAY
Matches scheduled for to-day,
weather permitting include the fol-
Ladies singles: Miss K. Sweeney VS..
Miss NJ Moltz; Miss E. Smith VS..
Miss A. Yohn.
Richards; Z. Kerper VS.. w. d. Flesh
er: c. Trump VS.. Reeves; j. Swartz
VS.. ]. Handshaw; McAllister VS..
Shaeffer; Denny VS.. Kreider.
Mems doubles j. Levan and
Miller VS.. F. Shreiner and Vaughn
Ahl; S. Sherman and Greene VS..
Small and I. Maeyer; w. Shearer and
partner VS.. a. S. Black and c. Koons.
First rounds: Milnor and partner VS..
Flescher and Keener; Trump and
Schreiner VS.. E. Hauck and D. Bow
ers; ]. McCaleb and Dougherty VS.. ].
Nj. Kay and S. Kay: j. c. Beck and
&c. E. Beck VS.. Z. Clark and partner;
NJ. Philips and partner VS.. w. NJ.
kunkle and D. Kunkle.
The scores of yesterday follow:
Mems Singles
from J. Nogler by default; c. Beck
defeated c. Dasher. GA and 6-S; H.
Fink won from X. Richards by de-
faut: F. Keener won from J. McCaleb
by default; D. H. kunkel defeated d.
F. Griffin, GA, ST. and 60
Second round = L. Clark defeated
j. Levan, go and 6-1; r. Robinson
defeated F. schreiner. TO and GO;
Glenwood Beard defeated S. Nissley,
6-2 and 6-3:' N. Schreiner defeated j.
Senseman, 6-1, 4-6 and 60; II. Wei
denmeyer defeated +. keener 6-2 and
7-5.
Mems Doubles
Preliminary round Welker and
Forney defeated y. Schreiner and H.
Nissley 81 and 6-1; Stump and Lutz
defeated Roberts and Montgomery, Ga
and 7-5.
Mixed Doubles
Miss A. Sweeney and r. Schreiner
won from Mr.. and Mrs. Levan by de-
fault; Miss I. Sweeney and George
Schreiner defeated Miss Yohn and F.
Schreiner. 20, 6-3 and 6-2; Mrs.
Sauers and Glenwood Beard defeated
Miss Il. Heckert and G. Beck, 6-1 and
ell
Ladies' Singles
Second round - Miss NJ. Sheesley
defeated Miss G. Martin, Ga and 6-3.
Ladies' Doubles Event
It has been decided by the COM
mittee in charge to add the Ladies'
doubles event to the tournament pro-
gram, and the following list of entries
has been announced:
Preliminary round: Miss Grace Nc
Kay and Miss Gertrude Yeager VS..
Miss NJ. Black and Miss I. johnson:
Miss NJ. Runkle and Miss Irene
Sweeney VS.. Miss K. Martin and Miss
NJ. Sheesley; Miss Helen Heckert and
Miss Beck VS.. Mrs Sauers and Mrs.
Runkle; Miss Ruth Starry and Miss V.
Wood VS.. Miss NJ. Hill and Miss June
Beard.
First round: Miss Amelia Yohn
and partner VS.. Miss E. Smith and
Miss Margaret Pollock; Miss H. Rob
lnson and Miss NJ. Moltz VS.. Miss H.
Crook and Miss L. Beard.