New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-23
CHURCH BOUNDS
TO VICTORIES
ON THE COURTS
Thirty-two Tennis PLAYER,
Meet in Sleepy Hollow
Tourney.
BY JAMES 8. O'NEALE.


Ichabod Crane, or at least on, =,
such a build. came again to visit /.
old haunts when the third snng, /,
vitation tennis tournament Of y,
Sleepy Hollow Country Club. a. Sea-.
borough Hudson. began yest.rl,,
afternoon in the winds that blew a..
the cold that nipped. Ichsbod. ho.'
ever, who was none other than n,
lengthy George Myers Church, gsllo,..
through two matches, advancing 10 n,
third round, one frame ahead 81 ever
one else.
Church showed great form. d..oi..
the young gale and the cold. when !,
breezed right through, over. and une.,
Charles l.. Johnston. lr. former Nsr
England intercollegiate champion. 6,
8 2, and then did not permit the wt
eran James s. Cushman, Who had 4,
feated Karl II. Behr, single g,r.
Lest a tremendous upset be recorded
however. let 10 be known that Cushrs-
bested Behr az long range, by the d.
fault route.
Thirty-two racket vielder.. mos, q
them we'll known. were scheduled ,,|
compete in the singles Behr. who vii
play in the doubles. defsulted, as al
Watson VI. Wsshburn, his partner
Joseph J. Armstrong, tho Philads
phian. and two others. but such star,
as Church. Harold Abingdon L>>,e.
morton. Willis T.. Davis. Charles y |
Bull. ir.. r. II. Whitney, Alric. =
Man. jr, anC others brsved The els
ments.
Much interest centred in ths plsy
Of Harold Abingdon Throckmorton, the
sensational Elizabeth schoolboy. vho
took many galleries by storm sst yea
and who earned a ranking in the see
ond ten. According 70 one o. The
keenest judges in the country, IN. In
ternationalist. Frederick B. Alexander
who is refereeing the tournament
Throckmorton has now arrived, an
has polished Off all the rough It'll,
angles 10 his play. In his singles an:
doubles yesterday the graceful young
rscketer showed ample promise Of d
fulflment Of Alexsnder's assertions
Throckmorton in Good Form.
A fortnight ago Throckmortor POI
ished Off Theodore Roosevelt Pell I
the South. Yesterday he did not give
the Hartsdale veteran, Abraham Bass
ford. jr.. a chance. winning az g.
3. In the doubles me smiling
youngster paired with the attest o. n,
Californians. Willis +. Davis, OF ~,
University Of Pennsylvania. and g''|
going in the second set against Var
derbilt B. Ward and Charles l.. jobs
ston, jr. The scores this time veH
IS, 80, 60.
Interest centred also in Davis, VIZ
is California state champion By virtue
OF his defeat of r. Lindley Murray Il
a desperate five-set match on gel
Coast last year, but the big. well hgili|
Native Son did not quite fulfil e1pet.
tations of those who thought he would
fash a game that would out-meieo'
that of the Meteor. Davis was carried
20 three close sets by c. Carleton
Shafer. the old Columbia University
baseball player, but won at IS, g
6-3. Davis was good, but he shoss;
no such form as that with which Nur|
ray dazzles galleries and opponents
Church played by far the best tenn
OF the day. He leaped about the eos'
with the speed Of Tchabod Crane biz
self. flying desperately 20 escape q,
headless horseman. Wind nor cold "a
the least effect on the elongated Ter
ahy man. He preempted the net q
every opportunity against Johns'o'
reaching miles in every direction Z
catch the spring drives from if'
Brooklynite's racket
Johnston Plays Gamely.
Johnston bore up well under Church
aggressive attack in the first two camel
of the first set, passing the Princeton
ian repeatedly. Then lchabod Churt
put out the extension ladders on l.I|
and feet. and thereafter reached
most everything in his own inlmisa
style. What he reached he killed
Against the West Slider Cushman, or
OF the real veteran experts Of the spof
Church reeled and ran OF game are
game, for two love sets.
In an upset mstcb King Smith, Cls''
in the national ranking, put gu, y
southpaw. Frederick C.. lnman, 0
10-S, the battle with wind, co q a.
Inmsn being terrific. Smith, the SO
gressor throughout. hammered OUT ?.
points at the net. keeping lnman rp'
ming continually from side 70 sde. "
and back. When Imam or, for tns
matter, any one else tried 70 loo "
sudden gusts of wind would carry Y
ball far out Of court or drop u shon
for an easy kill.
DR.. William Rosenbaum, nations. u
door doubles champion by virtue o. ~
famous luck giving trick coat, dofea
against the old intercollegiate enA,
pion, +. H. Whitney, and lost 70
effortless southpsw, 4-6, IS
doubles the genial doctor was NOR
fortunate, for he put on the game,
and succeeded in winning rom
old indoor rivals, King Smith
Shafer.
The wind prevented G. A. L. Dionn'
the we'll known all day getter' irg'
being quite so steady as usual, sna
took only two games in the nrst
and four in the second from Chaafsr
VI. Bull. jr Two Yale pals. A.rles
Man. jr., and Edmund ". Peasf
fought 10 out. 20 the complete dlse0u
Torture OF the latter. Arthur {. S"ee
ser. the old Harvard player mace
temperance into tournament pay
success By walloping J. s O'Nea!e VIZ
speed, curves and steadiness.
The summaries follow:
First rousd-Georse NJ Church ds,si't csi,
Johnston ,- a. e. & Cushnaa
fss'~l Ksr n Behr ~ default. 2 r. Na,Nt
'eaici Dr. william Rosenbauu. 9 - Il
kiug smith de'ered Frederick 4 inuis |
in-S. Leonard Reekman defeated lilsl
default vanderbilt y Wsrt de,,,,,tl ,.,..isf Vf