New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-20
Newport Residents
And Officials Meet
On Diamond To-day
Mrs. Vincent Aston To Be
One of Umpires; Swim
ming Trophy Is Won by
Nicholson Before Crowd
Special Dispatch to Tho r,t1xns

NEWPORT, R. l., Aug. 1s-The an
nual baseball game between the sum-
mer residents and the city officials will
be played at Peabody Park tomorrow
and many society folk will attend the
game, which is for the benefit of three
charities. Mrs. Vincent Astor will
umpire on bases and Craig Biddle be-
hind the bat. Boxing bouts also will
be held, and there probably will be a
band concert.
Guthr.s Nicholson won the silver
cigar box offered by John Aspegren to
the winner Of the swimming race TO-
day between men from thirty to eighty
years Old Many watched the event,
which was closely contested and in
which twenty-five were entered DR..
Alexander Hamilton Rice was second
and Stuart Duncan third. Mrs. Oliver
II. P. Belmont made the awards.
To-day the race for the Stokes cup
was held. All of the recent events at
the beach have been under the man
agement Of Mr.. Stokes. Among those
entered were Frederick A. Havemeyer,
Grenville Kane, William 1selin, Will
liam F. Whitehouse, Marion Eppley,
DR.. Walter A. Wells, DR.. C. A. Simpson,
SVUut oLSCucuyl, GeOISe 1eaOOQy dar0-
ner. Lawrence L. Gillespie, DR.. Alexan-
der Hamilton Rice, William Gammell,
A. Wallenberg, the Swedish Minister;
Shafter Howard Craig Biddle, Count
Nils Bonde, G. J. G. Nicholson. Edmund
Grinnell, Otis Everett, Irwin B. Lough-
lin, Alexander Phillips, Francis A. Shea.
II. B. H. Ripley, Henry E. Eldridge, E..
Pennington Pearson and James Brett
Stokes. The judges were Michael M.
Van Beuren, c. H. P Gilbert and Fran
els Darlington.
Mrs. Aspegren Hostess
Tonight Mrs. John Aspegren gave a
dinner at the D'Hauteville Cottage in
Bellevue Avenue. in honor of Mr.. WAL
lenberg. the Swedish Minister. Dane
| ing followed.
X. K Mcmahon and F. ]. Mcmahon,
of Brooklyn, and DIR. land Mrs C. c..
Taggart and Miss M. C. Taggart are
at the New Cliffs.
The semi-fnals Of the boys tennis
tournament at the Casino were played
to-day, Gordon Douglas defeating Dyson
Duncan, 10--8, IS, and Alexander
Shaw defeating c. Moran, 60. So.
The finals will be played Monday. In
consolation match A. T. Gray de-
feated B. Douglas, 6-2, 81:
w. Reach, E. V. Tobb, J. 0. Ander-
Australian Davis Cup tennis team, ar
rived to-day and are at the Hill Top
Inn. They were received by Thomas
Petit at the Casino and played several
practice matches. They probably will
oppose the Japanese about Thursday.
Among those who registered at the
Casino are Mrs. Carrot Watson, of
Washington; E. Victor Loew, Count
Szechenyi, Miss Eleanor Towne, Of
Mount Kisco; Miss Rose Peoples and
Mrs. Peoples, Of Philadelphia; Miss
Snug Harbor; Mrs. John B. Barrett, Of
New York; Miss Estclle Cummings
and Mrs. David Drew.
Play at Training Station
every Good, Eddie" will be pre-
sented at the Naval Training Station
| tomorrow night There has been a
great demand for boxes. Mrs. Douglas
! Dismukes and Mrs. Hamilton Fish
! Webster are in charge of the sale OF
the boxes. Included among those who
have engaged seats are Admiral and
Mrs. Sims, Bishop and Mrs. james II.
Darlington, Mr.. and Mira Arthur Cur
tiss James, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul An
drews, Mrs. Hugh d. Auchincloss, Mrs
p. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. George Chand-
Ter, Mrs. William Rogers Morgan, Mr..
and Mrs. Shafter Howard, Mrs. John
/ Nicholas Brown, Mrs Gibson Fahne
stock, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gould
Shaw, Mrs. Thomas A. Lawton, DR.. and
Mrs.. Alexander Hamilton Rice, Cen
eral and Mrs. J. Fred Pearson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John du fais, Commander and
Mrs. Norman Mclean, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward J. Bcrwird, Mr. and Mrs.
Bradford Norman, Mr. and Mrs. HamiI-
ton Fish Webster, Captain and Mrs.
Douglas Dismukcs and Mrs. 7. Shaw
Safe.
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley gave
g. large party at the Elms tonight in
honor Of their daughter, Mrs Herbert
Shipman. There were forty guests
present. and there was dancing after
ward, for which the guests came in