Evening journal., 1916-06-20
Defaults MAR MEMS
Delaware Tennis
Conflict With Penn State
Championship Causes Post
pOnement OF Matches
FEW SENSATIONAL
PLAYS STAGED

play in the eleventh annual tourna-
ment for the tennis championship Of
Delaware. played on the courts of the
Wilmington Country Club yesterday.
owing to the fact that several Of the
I best players entered. including Willis
| f. Davis, the young Californian. who
won the Pennsylvania State title yes
terday afternoon; Craig Biddle OF Mer-
[ ion. runner-up to Davis; Alexander ID.
Thayer of the Philadelphia Cricket
! Club. and Rowland Evans. Jr.. of
Merton, we're detained by the final
rounds of the Pennsylvania champion
ship. the play was late in starting,
and as rain deferred a number Of
other entrants from showing up, there
was not much doing in the line of SEN
sational play.
The draw was a fortunate one. how
ever, and as William T. Tilden. ID
the Philadelphia and district cham
pion. J. J. Armstrong. the CORNER
Pennsylvania State champion; Craig
Biddle and other stars are widely sep
arated in upper and lower brackets
and as the committee had made ar
rangements to postpone the matches
in which the crack players were in
volved until tomorrow the final days
of the event should produce some
brilliant tennis.
The greatest interest in this tour
namept. of course. centres in the
possibility that Tlden and Armstrong
i will meet en- route TO the finals. Til
, den eliminated Armstrong from th'
PENNSYLVANIA state championship las
. week and the latter seeks revenge.
Armstrong won the Delaware tour
nament last year. but was defeatee
bv George NJ. Church Of Princeton. II
the challenge round. after a gruelllni
! four-set match. II is not known defin
{ itelv whether Church will return Il
defend his title.
Championship Singles.
- First Round.
. Albert Batty, Elberon' deIeates
r Clarence Croucher. Rockford. 6-l' o-z
Meade Fletcher. Princeton, defeated
p # ID. Gratz. Cynwyd, 6-3. 7-5.
Harry V. Betz. Greenpoint. defeatel
r Iammot dupont. Wilmington. 6-l' D.
n Dr. F. X. Hertford. Belheld. defeat
{ cd William Campbell, Belheld, o.
e warren l. irish. Plymouth, defeat
+ cd c. S. Mears. Wissahickon. 6-3, 6-2.
Z Herbert wier. Wilmington. VOL
! from II. d. Moore. Cd, Haddon, by de
fault.
Henry B. Endicott. Merton. defeat
6 ed A. A. Capelle. Wilmington, 6-2. 81
a Kenneth stern. New York. defeated
e Paul Nowland. Wilmington. 60, 6-2.
: w T. Tilden. 2d. Cynwyd. won from
!. Gilbert Moore. Haddon. by default
9 L. H. Rowland, Philadelphia Cricket
y won from Thomas Jones, Edgewate
4 Park, by default,
a w. l.. Robins. cynwyd. defeated A
u u d Boldly. Cynwyd 60, 90.
u Sidney Thayer. Jr.. Merton, defeat
u ed w. L. Miles. Cynwyd, go. 90.
s. Arthur Picolet. Overbrook. defeate
: w. J. McGarry. Edgewater Park g.
60.
W. p. Johnston. Wilmington, defeat
70 ed Stewart Clark, Merton. 60, Ga.
st Count Otto Salm, New York. wo
, from Benjamin Embick. Edgewate
+ Park. by default
g r. r Jacobs. Argentine Repuhli
m defeated John Biggs. Jr. Wilmington
60, 60
h Kenneth Snyder. Wissahickon. wo
,r from A. Q. Kolh. Merton. by default.
l. Walker Boureau. MOorestown. wO
81 from f. W. French. Cynwyd, by d.
D. fault.
l. f. c. Hall. Moorestown, defeated
S. Carter. Cynwyd. 6-2. 6-3.
1e Kenneth Kennedy. Merton. defeatC
10 F. II. Cause Wilmington. 6-3. 60.
Is T. II. Martin. Cynwyd, won from
III NJ. Donovan. Cynwyd. by default.
10 Norman W. Swayne. Plymouth. We
90 from e. W. Spangler. Cynwyd, by d
-, fault.
~ Paul W. Gibbons Cynwyd. We
a % from S. w. Merrihew, New York.
default
The matches i'm which Willis
vi Davis. Craig Biddle. A. L. Hoskins.
V. D. Johns, Stanley W. Pearson, ].
Rowland and j. j. Armstrong we
-, entered we're postponed. but it is n
u believed that either Davis or job
~ will compete. as the last word 7
% ceived from Davis. while not decisi'
~ indicated that he would not put IN
=. appearance at Wilmington.
~ Weather permitting. the first rou
w. OF the singles will be completed
"' Tuesday and a good start made on t
second round. II is also hoped TO s
-. the doubles started late in the aftC
H. noon.
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