Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-16
CYNWYD PLAYERS
WIN TWO MATCHES
Virtually Clinch Title in
Division A-Beat German
town Team, Score 8 to1
BECK DOWNS DONOVAN

Cynwyd Country Club virtually clinched
the Tristate League tennis title by winning
eight Of the nine points in the postponed
match with the Plymouth Country CUP
team at Norristown on Saturday. with
only two more matches remaining 10 DC
played Il is highly improbable that
Cynwyd's strong squad will be overtaken
Or. Phillip b. Hawk, one of the best
players I'm this section, leads the Cynwyd
team. lie played No. / against d. r. Meigs'
headmaster Of the IIill School Pottstown
winning in three wel-contested sets. IT
was nip and tuck in the first and second
sets, and in the third the Cynwyd leader
wa going Mt top speed, winning with the
loss of only one game.
Charles \. Beard Norman Swayne Paul
Gibbons, y. G.. Leonards and Dr. Eldrtdge
Eliason were point winners for Cynwyd. All
won their matches in two sets. Dwight
Meigs and George Lincoln won the only
point for Plymouth i'm the first doubles by
defeating Doctor Eliason and Leonards in
a hotly contested match, Sc, 10
Warren l.. Irish captain Of the Plymouth
County club team, played with Kenneth
HOWE i'm the doubles. This team put up
remarkably good struggle in the match
with c. ~ Beard and Hawk the Cnywyd
pair eventually winning G-1, 4-6, 1910
The score tells the story Of the battle. Con-
sdering the few times Irish and Howie
have played together this season they sur
prised every one by putting up such plucky
opposition.
Cynwyd plays at Sprlnghaven Country
Club next Saturday afternoon. and Satur-
day. August 4, Plymouth will come here
for return match.
Cynwyd B Team Wins Match
Cynwyd b tennis team. led by Howard NJ
Donovan, also won n big victory when the
Germantown B players were defeated,
points to !. Cynwyd by reason Of this VIC
tory, takes third place in the Trstate b
Division League, passing the Germantown
team by a few points.
william r. Tilden. 2d. found It a difficult
task to muster a team Of players for this
match, which was postponed from earlier in
the season -Four Of the points were de-
faulted Many Of the players were out Of
town and so many have entered the service
the Mannheim club was represented by only
three men. Rodney Beck Roy Coffin and
Robert Beard, captain Of the Germantown
y team
Beck defeated Captain Donovan in two
set match without much difficulty. The
local junior champion was playing at top
speed, winning g., 6-2. The Germantown
captain lost a three.set match with Mar
shall Nanneman and Roy Coffin found Paul
Nanueman too aggressive. Beard and
Coffin lost the doubles match with w,
Miles and Paul Nanneman.
War Takes Cynwyd Players
The Cynwyd team lost quite a number
of players because Of the war. Joe Kcefe.
one Of the best singles players, is now in
the naval reserve. T. NJ. Spangler is also
a member of the scout patrol and A. l..
Oliver is at Plattsburg. Captain Donovan
still has Joe Keefe, A. Pocolet A. D. Gratz,
Hampson, John Hanes, J. NJ. Vanneman
and Paul NanneUan.
one match is scheduled ir the Tristate
League, Division b series, for next Sat
urday Cynwyd takes nine points by de-
fault from Moorestown. The Germantown
team is scheduled to play at Overbrook.
Overlook is pressing Belfeld for the lead,
with only two points separating the teams,
SO Germantown may expect hard match.
As the Germantown Cricket Club team has
a bye for next Saturday, this is the only
match on the roster.