New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-18
Bassford Wins
Two Victories
On the Court
Hartwell Flashes Fast Game
Against Hill at
fiartsdale
By FRED HAWTHORNE

The players competing in the West
chester County closed singles tourna-
ment on the clay courts Of the County
Tennis Club of Westchester st Harris
dale. yesterday were doing their bit
tor each and every one was literally
lighting for the flag"
Abraham Bassford. IT,, team captain
Of the club and general fsctotum, hit
upon a truly patriotic scheme in ar
ranging the tournament. The individ-
ual players are not 10 receive any
prizes, but instead each match won
counts as a point for the club the win
ner represents. The total number OF
points compiled during the tournament
arc to be added and the club having
the largest total will win first prize, IN
this case a large American flag.
The flag itself has been fashioned by
the fair hands of the feminine mem
bers Of the club, each furnishing one
star for each of the forty-eight states
in the Union and the thirteen bars.
Bassford guarantees the flag 10 be
made of heavy tub silk" and hand
sewn on the bias. II is 20 remain IN
indefinite competition, so every club
in Westchester County will have a
chance 10 fly it from the home fagpole,
and those who cannot fight in the
trenches for the national emblem will
be able to do so on the courts.
Mount Pleasant Club Leads
When play stopped for the day yes
terday the Mount Pleasant Tennis CLUB
led in the point score. with total OF
II points for the two days. The Coun-
" Tennis Club was second, with 10;
New Rochelle third, with 4, and the
Pelham Country Club fourth, with 3.
Bassford won two matches during the
afternoon. first eliminating n. II. Price,
at IS, Go. and then defeating Her
bert +. Bowman. of Columbia Univer-
s;ty. at 81. 81. The Cornell vet
eran. seeing that the sun was shining
strongly directly overhead. started in
to lob, and kept up that deadly style
of play until the end.
Bowman, one OF the most promising
Of the younger players, came &c grief
as he tried 10 smash the high-saillng
balls, and instead Of scoring on kills"
landed the return in the net or far
back of the base line.
II. r. Hartwell, who has been openly
accused of hiding his tennis racquet
under "A bushel in order 70 make a
cleanup at this tournament, flashed
sensational smashing game against
Louis Hill, who was bombarded down
to a disastrous defeat at 6-1, GO.
Some of the balls that crashed into
court from the tall Hartwells racquet
bounded clear over the back-stop net
and landed in the middle Of the Bronx
River, that flows hard by the courts.
Small boys on logs and armed with
crab nets did "a thriving business while
Hartwell was playing.
Young Osgood Beaten
]. A. Rodgers, Of Yale University,
vanouished little Frank Osgood, the
thirteen-year-o Mount Pleasant phe-
nom. by a score of 81, 81. The boy
showed great cleverness in his volley-
ing from fore-court. but he was unable
70 withstand the hard hitting and ac-
curate placing of the Yale man.
Fred Osgood, Franks father, also
came 20 grief in the same round, yield
ING TO William Wadsworth, at ID,
60. and Farmer" George Walker, jrp
won a gruelling default from A. Dusen-
bury.
The women's singles and the dou-
bles and mixed doubles will get under
way on Tuesday and Wednesday:
The summaries follow:
vestehe,ter County closed singles lhrst round
Verrv Bas.ford defeated J. APPEL 6-i. S.. J.
Coward won from j. Criger ~ default Lew. Ron
Won rom J n stenkampf ly default. william
Wad.wofth defeated = o. Domsp. SIS. g;
Bassford. IT,. dlcaied y. u. PTiee, -, -.
default. B Cire BaeS d.'s IT,. r'ed ,i Eg, S.t,
10 d.fgYI,.T Fox defeated J. krep9s. s.. g..
q Cu,hbert won from J.. smith by deisulii
n Nrssie defeated BENJAMIN ?. Briggs. =,
- A Garfield defeated =. See'ye. g. -
J. Clark defeated c ;. pish,er g., o-'' W
second Ba.'i9.d a,,s' nc1, osse5
al. Wadsworih defeated Irei osgood - -.
A 'psssfod ir defeated Bowman. 81. -.
Co... A walker ir Won from a Du>enhuS
fy dsfaui,: II r Hsr'Eeu defeated l. Hil 81
%. R0-lgcrs defeated Frank Ossocd %; -. /,
Wsrren Osr on won from cuthhef' pS neiA"i'
Nsssie wor from Garfield hy dei1ut-, =, 49,.
Third rould-WadsWortn won IRON l. l. "s'''
lg default