New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
w. Hall and T. Whitney
Easily Defeated in West
chester Tourney.
DR.. ROSENBAUM AND
O'NEALE IN AN upset"
lie Roy and Washburn Take
One-Sided Match from
Tallant and Sweetser.
BY JAMES s. O'NEALE.

according 70 the way you loon AT H. 'he
second days play in the annual invi-
tation tennis tournament on the grass
courts Of the Country Club Of West
chester. the first Of the chain OF big
events on grass that lead TO the ma
tional championships on the turf st
Forest Hills. Seven doubles matches
we're played, and two defaults were
registered. but TO the mind Of the
Genial DR.. William Rosenbsum, ma
tional indoor champion in doubles
there was really only one match, Of
which more anon. The singles start on
Wednesday.
One surprise was the easy wsy In
which the Cornell-Yale team Of Cedric
Major and Alrick II. Man. jr., went
through Walter Merrill Hall and E. H.
Ted Whitney. the southpaw, and de-
spite II former intercollegiate cham
pion. Major and Man msnhandled
majority Of Hall and Whitney's re-
turns and won, 6-3, IS.
The other surpris. upset, II you
insist on il, and the one that made Dr.
Rosenbaum Joyously regardless OF
speed laws when he drove his car home
was the match in which he and ). ;.
O'Neale defeated Theodore Roosevelt
Pell and Bernon S. Prentice seventh
in the national doubles ranking. Inc
scores were 6-3. S-6, 6-3.
lie Roy and washburn the Victors.
Another former intercollegiate cham
Mon. Robert lie Roy, and his partner
Watson VI. Washburn, walloped the
veteran Hugh Tallant and the former
Harvard star, Arthur Sweetser, under
cover Of darkness, 60, 6-3. TINS
match was the last Of the day, and was
played in semi-light and while the CLUB
was all lit UP.
Man and Major. conquerors Of Hall
and Whitney, went strictly up against
IL when they played their second round
match against Frederick c. Baggs and
the hard-hitting southpaw, S. Howard
Voshell. ninth in the national ranking.
The husky Voshell, who in the morning
had won a hard four-set match at
Hartsdale against Elliot Binzen IN the
Eastern New York finals, appeared to
profit by much work and walloped
everything in sight. while Baggs, as
usual, supported him steadily. The
scores were 6-s, 6-3, Is, Man and
Major leading at al in the last set
until Voshell and his partner began to
start something.
Frederick c. Inman, the slim south
paw, and the gigantic Lyle Evans Ma
han also did some manhandling. They
were hard pushed TO 1t, however, TO win
from the Hartsdale veteran, Abraham
rrI - oil 70
and long famous in tennis annals, and
his young partner. R. c. Van Vliet, of
the University Of California team, 6-3.
b, Cd. Bassford's steadiness and
Van Vliet's speed, despite his unfamil
iarity with grass, accounted for their
fine showing.
Pell and Prentice Win.
The two remaining matches of the
day were frst-round ones, In which
pell and Prentice walloped Edmund s.
Peaslee. the old Yale star, and Julian
s. Myrck, Ga, 6-3, and the one in
which DR.. Rosenbaum and his partner
bested G. A. l. Dionne and Harry Par
ker, rs, GO. Peaslee was handi-
capped, as the popular Myrick good
naturally demonstrated that as a tennis
player he Is a great president of the
West Side Tennis Club. DR.. Rosen-
3
Outsteadying even the steady Dionne.
Man and Major played great tennis
against Merrill Hall and Ted Whitney.
Mans fast service was going well,
shooting from the grass fast against
the racket, and his net play was first
class, warranting the predictions made
by several experts that he will jump
up in the national ranking this year.
Forced az all stages, Hall and Whitney
bor
made many brilliant shots. Major at
all times backed up Man well, supply
ing the steadiness TO the combination.
Play Not Up TO Standard.
Pell and Prentice were not up 70
standard. The latter has had little
practice, and the famous back-hander,
Pell, worried over his partner, was in
clined 20 become erratic also. DR..
Rosenbaum, on the other hand, showed
ut his brilliant If slightly erratic best,
and time and again jumped into the
breach to save important points. The
genial indoor champion felt sure OF
himself. because he had placed his
famous luck-givng coat on the side
lines, and could touch il in passing
when sides cf the court were exchanged
on the odd games.
The semi-fnals in the doubles will
be decided this afternoon, lie Roy and
Washbun meeting lnman, who won the
tournament last year when paired with
Y. 7. Larned and Mahan. DR.. Rosen-
baum and his partner play Baggs and
Noshell, who defeated them on clay at
the Eastern New York championships.
The summaries follow:
Westch hester invitation doubles tfrst round IT,
Frederick g. Inmsn ard Lyle Evans Mshan de
tested e. V Leonard and George Townsend Adee hy
default. Abraham BaSsford. ir.. and r. & Van
Nlief defeated Frederick Freinghuysen and GOuyer-
ucur Morris By default; Theodore Roosevelt Pei
and Hefuou Prentice defeated Edmund ieaslee
ana Julian s Mynch 6--3. 6-s Dr. William
Rose1haun and J. S. O'Neae defeated G. A. L.
Di0uue and Harry Parker. ~. 6-2 Alrtck II
Man ir and Ced1c Major defeated Walter Merrill
Nau and T. II. Whitney, 6--3 6--3.
Second rcund-frederick G. lnmAn and LYLE
Evans Mshan defeated Abraham Bassford. g., and
u C. Van viel "a. -, -: Dr. William
Nosenbaum and J 3 O'Neae defeated Theodore
Roosevelt Pel and Bernon s Prentice 6-S. SIS.
Is Frederick c. BAGS and s Howard Noshell
defeated Alrick II. Man. jf.i and Cedric Major.
IS IS -: Watson NJ washbum and Robert
Ie Roy defeated Hugh TGllant and Arthur Swectser.
60. 6-S.