The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14
FAST PROGRESS IN
HOBOKEN SINGLES
Tennis Tourney Is Started at
Castle Point With Record
Field of so.
REID OF CORNELL WINNER
Runner-Up for Intercollegiate
Title Defeats Hammett
in Straight Sets.

Hoboken became the lawn tennis
centre NJ the State Of New Jersey yes
terday when the Castle Point tourna-
ment of the Hoboken Tennis Club was
started on the five clay courts over
locking the lower Hudson. There was a
record entry of ninety-nine in the mems
singles
Great progress was made by the tour
nament committee. the courts being kept
continuously in use from 1 untfk after
7 o'clock. The first round was COM
pleted and several matches in the sec
ond were finished. Play in the mems
singles will continue to-day, starting at /
clock. and thereafter the mems. activi-
ties will cease until next Saturday and
| Sunday, when this event will be COM
p.eted. Tomorrow afternoon the wom-
ems singles will commence and play will
be held every day, with the finals sched-
uled for next Saturday Mixed doubles
will begin on Wednesday.
The Hoboken Tennis Club officials, de-
termined to place tennis firmly on Its
feet in that community have placed two
handsome silver challenge cups in COM
petition, one for the women and the
other for the men. These cups become
the permanent property of the players
winning them three times.
There were no matches that stood
out particularly yesterday, although the
meeting between Kirk Reid of Cornell
and Alfred Hammett of New York de-
veioped the best tennis of the day
Reid winning at 6-3, St. The Cor
nell star, who was runnerup to Chuck
Garland of Yale few days ago for the
national intercollegiate championship
did not have great trouble in the open
| ing set, volleying, driving and smash
ing finely for the points. In the second
session, however. Hammett got his
battling chop strokes working at theii
best and batted along on even terms w
to all on games. Then young Reid LEI
out a little extra speed and ran out the
| last two games for the set and match.
Fred c. Anderson of Brooklyn, rn'
six and a half foot son of the famous
/ veteran, Fred j., took his first rounC
match from w. r. Beckhorn by scor'
of Sc, GO. Anderson's tremendou
reach was a valuable asset St the net
and Beckhorn was rarely successful Il
lobbing over his opponents head.
Augustin Healy of New Jersey tool
the measure of S. V. Brubaus, the loca
star by a score of 81, GO. In tn,
opening set Brubaus made very ever
thing Of it by clever volleying to tn
corners. but in the second set Healy de
veloped streak of tremendous hittinl
of his ground strokes. literally over
whelming Brubaus by sheer speed ant
| aggressiveness.
The Summaries.
Castle Point Singles. First Round-Kirl
Reid defeated Alfred Hammett, 6-l
SIS; A. II. Bruneau defeated c. II. t
| Milburn, 6--S. 6-1. 10-S; +. d. Power
defeated B. ~Landau, rs. e.; II. NJ
schawarz defeated H. Neubauer, s-i
| G-3; H. weiselthelr defeated d. Gilloon
| Ct. Go; Milton defeated F. p. Adams
e., A.. e; slgmund spaeth de
Is; H. Sachs defeated NJ. E. Macksoud
&C. I'll; +. L. McWatty won by de
fault from Edward Oelsner; a. Bassfo,,
Sd won, by default from J. ". Fox; II
Sc "a; John Archer won by defaul
from F. w. shaw. Jr; DR.. w. Rosenbaun
won by default from Harvey O'Boyle 7
Woodford won by default from HammeL
defeated George Zabriskie.l 6-3, s-s
"a; A. b. Murray defeated Rsymon-
Hicks. s.; e.; Capt r.; c. Van Vile
Fred c. Anderson defeated w. r.. Beck
horn, St, 6-2 Wesley Caffery defeate
Robert Cone, u, 6-l. "a; Edwar
Allen Behr won by default from Dr.
William Stanwix; A. Bassford Jr.. de
feated W. l.. Knox, 6-3, 60; w X
Ruxton won by default from l.. g. French
H. Pope defeated w. c. Hammond. 6;
e.; Thomas Bay won by default fror
w. NJ. Fisher; A. j. Gowan defeated w
r. Chapman. IS 6-S: G; Andersen
vs.. Kenneth Johnson, eCs' FIT tcalle
second Round-F. l.. Mcwatty defeate
H Sachs, e.. -; DIR. w. Rosen
baum defeated John Archer e. e
H Holbrook won by default from Henri
s. Parker.