New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-08
Hammett Reaches Fourth
Round in Tourney for
jersey Tennis Title


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The mems annual New Jersey state
championship lawn tennis tournament
began yesterday on the clay courts Of
the Montc!air Athletic Club, with a
!o'ai OF ninety-seven players entered
received for this tourney. Thers wsre
many defaults TO help weed out the
field. so that before play ceased for
the evening the second round brackets
had been vlled and more than two
thirds OF the third round pisces, Alfred
D. Hammett, Of New Rochelle. Advanced
into the fourth round through hia DE-
feat Ct G. K. Reilly At 81, SIS, and
IS the furthest out toward the final
round
Forty teams have entered for. the
doubles, among: which are some Of the
strongest combinations now IN this
country, including Beals Wright and
,1chiya Kumagae, winners Of the Green
Meadow Club tourney on Sunday; Hsr.
old A. Trockmorton and Francis T.
Hunter. and the Anderson brothers,
Fred and Frank. Play will begin IN
this event tomorrow afternoon.
The feature match yesterday WA
that in which Gerald B. Emerson, Of
Orange, defeated Captain Robert C.
Van vliet, of the Hoboken Tennis
Club, by q score Of SIS, 6-8, 81 in
the second round. The set score indi-
Gates hard, gruelling match. It was
all OF that, with Emerson Anally COM
ing through by dint OF persistent fore
ing tactics at the net position.
There were a plenitude Of fine VOL
leying in this match, with very little
to choose between the two, although
Emerson was inclined to hit his shots
with more power and to crowd the net
at all times, whereas Captain Van
Viiet only came up behind his forcing
ground strokes.
May Oppose Champion
The Orange youth Is In the upper
half OF the draw, the same section in
which Harold A. Throckmorton. the
playing-threugh champion, Is situat. I'd
and it looks at this early stage a.
though he and the titleholder would
clash in the semi-fnAl round. IL all
goes we'll.
Hammett, who is in the lower half Of
the draw, gained his prominent place
in the feld as the result Of bye in
the hrst round, victory over Com
in the second round. and the defeat Of
Reilly in the third. The former New
York University star found the fast
clay surface we'll adapted to his pug
cling chop strokes.
Commander Anderson made o hard
fight in the. opening set, but he found
it difficult to get his racquet on the
skidding ball as Hammett chopped to
every unprotected spot, In the second
set the latter grew in pace and control.
while his court covering was very good,
50 that Anderson could get only two
games before Hammett had won the
match' Reilly was an easier prpposi-
ton, going down In two. fairly easy
sets.
Throckmorton, who drew q bye in
the first round, will get into action
this afternoon, when he meets p. M.
Day Sd. There does not appear to be
anybody in his path toward the semi-
final capable Of extending him. errstic
though the champion il. ~
Billiard Expert Triumphs
Edgar A. Appieby. the young amateur
billiard wizard, got = default in the
opening bracket and then, took. . good
three-set match from the veteran,
Tennis Club, by a score Of "a, ga,
SO. Ralph L. Baggs, smother West
Side member, won two matches during
the afternoon in rapid stvle, first de-
feating r. de Castro, at 60, 60, and
then vAnquishing H. Gardner, 1t 60,
6-1.
Early In the morning. before the
mems tournament began. the Anal
match in the women's doubles tour
nament was played, and MissCArpma
VIM and Miss Gertrude Della
Tore defeated Mrs. Robert L. Roy
and Mrs. Theodore c. Cassebser, by 4
score Of 81. 2-s, al, In q very un-
evenly played session. They began with
the second set, having played the frst
last week. Mrs. lie Roy completely out
played Miss VIM and her partner in
this set, making q strong driving at
tack from back-couzt, but in the third
session the situation was reversed,
Miss VIM and Miss Della Tore over
wheiming their opponents by a COM
hination Of net and back-court play.
Victory for Commerce Nine
: The High School OF Commerce base.
ball team defeated the Flushing Hirh
School nine in P. S. A. L. champion