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Show BIG NET TOURNEY IS PUT UNDER WAY SOUTHAMPTON, N. T., Aug. 19. Meadow club's invitation tennia tournament tourna-ment began here today on the turf courts with the men's singles for the Meadow club cup. In the first round Gerald Kmerson of Brooklyn defeated Goddard W. Sanders of New York, 6-2, C-4, and Frederick F. Deerham of Tuxedo defeated William P. Compton of New York, G-ij, G-2. Walter Wesbrook of Detroit defeated Walter J. Touissaint of New York, 6-3, 6-2; Charles L. Garland, Jr., of Pittsburg defeated Robert Leroy of New York, (3-4, 6-3: R, V. Thomas of Australia defeated Gerald Donaldson Don-aldson of Brooklyn, 6-0, 6-0; Robert Allen Al-len of San Francisco defeated Kenneth L. Simmons of Butte, Mont., by defeault; Conrad B. Doyle of Washington, D. C, defeated H. G. Kelleher of Seattle, Wash., 5-7, 6-2. 6-2; William M. Johnston John-ston of San Francisco defeated Murray Barnum of Hartford, Conn., by default; Robert Lindley Murray of Palo Alto, Cal., defeated Robert A. Pope of New York by default ; John Cecil Donaldson of Brooklyn defeated Peter Ball of Pan Francisco, fi-10. 6-3, 6-3; Lueien K. Williams Wil-liams of Highland Park, 111., . defeated Hoffman Nicherson of New York, 6-2, 7-;1. First round Robert Kinsey of S:i n Francisco defeated Maurice K. McLough-lln McLough-lln of Los Angeles by default; S. Howard Voshell of Brooklyn defeated IClan J. Hooker of New York by default; T. R. Pell of New Yofk defeated Dr. Georpe King of Scarsdale, N. Y., 6-2. 6-1; Willis E. Davis of San Francisco defeated Alfred Al-fred S. Dabney of Boston. 6-4, 6-3; Lyle K. Mahan of New York defeated H. Van Dyke Johns of San Francisco by default. de-fault. Second round Charles S. Garlrtnd, Jr., of 'Pittsburg defeated Walter Wesbrook of Detroit, 6-4, G-2; Leonard Beekman of New York defeated Major E. B. Hurra n of England by default; Watson M. Washburn Wash-burn of Ned York defeated Stanley Mortimer Mor-timer of New York, 6-1, 6-3 ; S. Howard Voshell of Prooklyn defeated Robert Allen Al-len of San Francisco by default; Randolph Ran-dolph Lycett of Australia defeated Frederick Fred-erick F. Dernham of Tuxedo, ti-1. 6-1; Walter Merrill Hall of New York defeated de-feated Johh Cecil Donaldson of Brooklyn, 6- 8, 6-1; Willis E. Davis of Pan Francisco defeated R. L. James of Pa ra t o a . 6 - o , 7- 5; T. It. Pell of New York defeated R. V. Thomas of Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Tilden and Richards sot away with a rush In the opening set and h:id three games to nothing almost before the spectators spec-tators realized that the match was on. In the fourth game Tilden hit a vicious smash which flew off his racquet side-wise side-wise and hit Richards a stinging blow on the head. The boy seemed dnzil for a few moments, mo-ments, and then gatueiy continued play, J but two kills by Patterson took the game. Pretty placements by Tilden and one by Richards gave them the fifth g.'i inc. but the Australians captured the next lb roe. making It four all. Cheers greeted the i Americans when they took the next game and tile lead, but PaUersnn won his serve in the tent h game and made it five all. Once more Richards won on his serve, and put over a clean sor-vice ace, making the games 6-i. but the A ustr.'il -lans steadied and took the next three and the set. As the match progressed the p'ny became be-came faster and longer rallies fre iucruly brought the gallery to its feet. It. pnon became a question of the flcetness of font and amazing reach of Tilden and the good, all-around play of his 17-yenr-old partner part-ner against tho finished phiying nnd dend-ly dend-ly accuracy of Brookes and the brilliant, smashing game of n ; t ej-son, At the net Brookes and Pa t or son were Invincible, and If Riehards's ga me were to bf eri H-clsed H-clsed adversely fault could be found with the short I0I.3 which he put into thilr reach. Tilden seemed to he working the hard-rst hard-rst of the four players, and his anxiM" to make pLicements frequently caused him to drive out. In the fiv fm.k i.e. had a total of 37 ntx to R ieba rd s 23. However, these taet;r-,s won him ti.tj grr-a:-e.t number of plaft-mer.i p of nnv of t"ie four p. avers, ns be totaled ?4. I'at.terson'3 wr-nk po::; wn r--iviTig in'o the net, and this l.e !;d thhtv ti ::! in t'.e five set. Mowe-er. he st r- d i,.'vf 'o ' T;lden in plaepnu-r.ts. w;:h a to'-.i ...f L'!. Tibb-n aNo was hicr.ef-t in S':vi.- a .-s. maklfi: five, hut almost ',"- rru" he s 'ore'": an a-e he made a duhie lault in the s.,:r.ii gr.ine. |