Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
CYNWYD GAINS ON GERMANTOWN
AND LEADS IN TRISTATE TENNIS
Harris, of Wilmington, Furnishes Surprise by
Unexpected Victory Over Culom at Manhem
Belfield Ties Tabor in Suburban
By PAUL GIBBONS

AS A result of Saturdays matches In the
N "A" division of the TriState League,
Cynwyd gained another notch over German
town in the most interesting competition
that this flourishing league has ever known.
The fight for supremacy in the league has
been a thriller from the start, when Ger
mantOwn, by taking Of the points from
Plymouth, while Cynwyd was dropping 2
points to Belfield "B" team, led by one
point In the second series the two leaders
were drawn to play each other and part
Of the match was postponed because of
inclement weather. Three points were
played on the original date and the re-
naming points were played last Thurs
day The final score of the match was
to 3, with Cynwyd on the winning end
of the score. This enabled It to pass
Germantown and take the lead with a
margin of > points In the third series
Cynwyd dropped / point to Wilmington, and
Germantown, by taking all points from
Belfeld "B," closed up Cynwyds margin
to L point. on Saturday last, Cynwyd
took all points from Springhaven, and
when Wilmington took one of the points
from Germantown the latter once more
slipped back to the down mark.
Clubs May Lose Star Players
II both of these teams can keep their
present players intact it should be nip and
tember. There is, however, a rumor that
there are to be several deflections from both
contestants shortly. These rumors affect
Wallace Johnson Doctor EliasOn and T.
c. Leonards Of the Cynwyd team, and l..
c. Wister w. T. Tilden and w. II, Connell.
of the Germantown team The loss Of any
portion of these men would Of course
greatly weaken their respective teams and,
II one team were to be affected more than
the other in this regard, it would naturally
have considerable bearing in deciding the
winner of the championship.
The feature Of the match between Ger
mantOwn and Wilmington at Mannheim on
Saturday was the fine and unexpected VIC
tory of T. II. Harris over Samuel Cullom.
This was in the nature of complete sur
prise as the Germantown player ranks the
Wimingtonan by considerable margin.
Harris possesses a very effective cut stroke
and il is particularly so on turf courts On
Saturday he had 1t working in fine shape
and he won the first set before Cullom
could get going, the score being 6-2. The
next set went to the Germantown repre-
sentative, but only after the closest sort
Of a struggle, 6-S. The decideT was a
heartbreahing AFFAIR. After all was
reached, both had many chances to win
the match but neither could put over the
winning punch until Harris took the lead
at 12-11, when, after a long game in which
both held the advantage point Harris finally
scored It and took the match The Will
mington team were very much elated that
their captain was able TO score "A point
for they made the trip without very deep
rooted expectation of winning a single point
from the strong Mannheim team.
Peter T. Wright, the dean of Wilmington
tennis, played a surprisingly strong game
against Frank White, winning the first set
at GO, mainly as the result Of sRilful plac-
ing. Although the second and third sets
were won by the Germantown player at
6-3 each, he was forced TO work every min
ute TO do IT,