Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-06-27
TO PLAY
c. N. BEARD TODAY
Merton Star to Face Cynwyd
Country Club Rival in Del
aware State Tourney
DIR. P. B. HAWK DEFAULTS

HenryB. Endicott. Of the Merton Cricket
Club, and C. ~ Beard. OF the Cynwyd
Club. will meet today in one OF the big
natches OF the singles in the Delaware
state tennis championship tournament at
the Wilmington Country Club. It h a
toss-up as TO the probable winner, for both
are playing good tennis.
Endicott qualified for the third round Of
play when he eliminated W. W. Gordon, Jr
OF Savannah. Ca. in a three-set match
Beard won from W. T. Campbell, Of Bel
neld. In two sets The leading Philadel-
phians remaining in the singles include
these two players and William Tilden I'd
Rodney Beck A. J. Batty. Alexander
Pringle, Thomas II Martin and c. w. Car
rigan
Two Defaults Mar Singles
Two defaults-both players of local
prominence - caused considerable disap-
polntrnent at the Wilmington Country Club.
One was Or. Philip y. Hawk. OF the
Cynwyd Club. The other was Herman
Dornheim, of the Frankford Country club
The net stars hoped Or. Hawk would be
able 10 meet William TildGn in the upper
division Of the draw.
Rodney Beck. the Junior champion. is still
In the event and may meet Tilden in the
flnal round Of play, unless either Prngle or
the winner Of the Beard Endicott match
proves too strong for him. Beck's tennis
has fallen of somewhat. He needs a rest
from tournament play for he has had a
month OF competition without much oppor-
tunity for practice. The strain is beginning
20 tell.
Beck's recent defeat in the junior match
with Dornheim at the Cynwyd Country
Club In a three-set match was one indica-
zion Of the fact that he is going stale"
nAa1m Ia Ill.,
nat on the court He was not injured and
continued play, but after winning the set he
lost ten straight games and the match.
Dornheim's Lobbing Wonderful
Herman Dornheim OF the Frankford
country Club probably decided to take a !
rest and not play at Wilmington. II So he
used the kind OF judgment that will i'm
prove his game on the long run and place |
MIN among the leaders. Dornheim de- !
Ieated Beck because of his remarkable lob |
Ding. Not single lob went outside the |
court, and every time Beck ran up to net
Dornheim lobbed perfectly to the baselIne |
or else passed him close to the side lines
Beck and Dornheim did not enter the
Junior tournament at the Stenton Athletic |
Slup, which has now reached the semifnal |
round With Morris Duane, j. NJ Vanne- i
man, Jr; p. J. Stecher and Sam Pennock |
W the semihnals. some fast tennis will re- |
sGimbel Plays at Wilmington
Ellis Gimbel, Jr., of the Philmont Coun- |
try CUB, Is newcomer in tournament ten !
mis- in this section, Gimbel lost I'm the |
singles when he played Beck. and in the |
doubles, playing with c. B. Valentine of |
the University OF Virginia. when this pair |
met John T. Cause and L. L. Bergland both |
OF Wilmington
Gimbel enjoyed the tennis, and IL he ls
not IN France he will be in Wilmington |
again this time next year He is a mem. |
Der OF the Yale Artillery reserve corps and |
expects TO go abroad after taking the
ofhcers' course at New Haven The ma
jority OF the players at wilmington This |
service VI '"e
Start Doubles Competition
Play in the doubles started, but only two
matches were played, because virtually |
al the doubles players were partlcIpating |
In the singles events
Ttlden and Beck, winners of the Eastern |
doubles tournament at St Martins dis
posed OF j. L. Cornog and J. H. Dalton. the |
Belneld pair, Ga, 6-2 ]. l.. Cause and |
~ l.. Bergland chalked up a win for VIII |
mineton, defeating Ellis A. Gimbel Jr
Ana g b. Valentine in two sets, 60, G-1
The summary.
CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES
First Round
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