New-York tribune., 1922-10-09
Upsets
Mark Play in
Jersey Tennis

In spite of the deluges Of rain that
sprinkled things up intermittently yes
terday, the competitors in the Essex
County championship singles lawn ten
mis- tournament, on the clay courts of
the Essex County Club, at West
Orange, N. j., managed to work their
way into the semi-fnal round. The
two semi-fnal round matches will be
played on Thursday, as we'll as the
doubles and mixed doubles, with the
final matches scheduled for next
Sunday.
Paul Martin, Lindsay Dunham, Percy
L. Kynaston and Gerald B. Emerson
were the men to gain their sem-fnal
brackets yesterday, and they will meet
in that order on Thursday in the
struggle to reach the final round. Sew
eral surprises marked the day of play.
In the third round j. P. Stockton
Unexpectedly defeated Ludlow Van
Deventer at So, 81, 81, while Dun
ham, who has not figured much in
tournament tennis recently, overthrew
Leonard w. Knox, of Montclair, in three
closely contested sets, the score being
as, "a, 7--5. John Strahan pro-
vided another upset by defeating DR..
William Rosenbaum at 3-6, 60,
Sail, at which point DR.. Rosenbaum
had to default owing to a sprained
ankle.
In the fourth round, which brought
the winners into the semi-final round,
Martin came through with fine vic
e-2, 1-6. 6-3, after many long raj
lies. Durham eliminated Backe by a
score of Ga, 4-6, 62, while Kynas-
ton vanquished Strahan at 2--6. 7-5,
6-2. The hard hitting Emerson took
the measure of Anton Won Bernuth
at 6-2, Cd, earning many points by
cutting off returns at the net.
The summaries:
Mems Essex County championship, open
s-7:, PAU Martin defeated George
defeated Leonard W. Knox, ,:sS rs. unnat, e"la,
| Is; Earle C. Backe defeated 8. onds'
SIS. 3-s; SIS; John strahan defeated DR..
/ faulDi Percy L. kynaston defeated c. y.
6afas,.s Eng, s-z' z fl anton F. Won, Bsrnuth
aeq m defeasea aafs r. Bennett s s s s
Fourth round--Martin defeated Stockton,
GO, 1t, 6-3 Durham defeated Backe.
feated Won Bernuth. s--2. Ga.
Edward Conlin, the seventeen-year-
old son of Edward c., famous tennis
umpire, swings a mean but knowing
/ ioSfuSet HAho SColCAddSy VII GiiS clay
courts of the West Side Tennis Club
at Forest Hills, she accomplished some
thing his daddy has never been ablc
to do, namely, and to-wit: to win the
Glass c championship of the club. In
the final round of the tournament
which has been in progress for the
last couple of weeks, young Conlin de-
feated H. j. Benisch, of Cornell Uni
| versity, by score Of Cd. 4--G, Cd
He now has his eyes focused on the
Class B championship, while .Jonlin
the elder, casts envious glances at his
rising offspring and sighs of days that
might have been.
The semi-final round matches be-
tween the New York Tennis Club and
the Montclair Athletic Club, on The
New York courts, and between the
West Side Tennis Club and the New
| York Athletic Club, on the Forest Hills
courts, in che annual inter-club team
championship tournament of the Met
| ropolitan Lawn Tennis Association
had to be postponed yesterday because
| of the heavy rains that flooded the
courts. Attempts will be made to play
them on Thursday, with the final match
! to be played either on Saturday OF