AMERICAN TENNIS 



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Doubles 



F. B. Alexander and H. H. Hackett beat F. D. 

 Hague and H. Mollenhauer, 6-0, 6-3, 6-2. 

 Women's Singles 



Miss Bessie Moore beat Miss Ilomans. 

 Mixed Doubles 



F. G. Anderson and Miss Risch beat 1. C. 

 Trask and Miss Homans, 6-4, 6-3. 



NEW ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP 



The New England championship goes to 

 Karl Behr, of Yale, through his victory over 

 George H. Nettleton and the absence and 

 consequent default of Beals Wright, the hold- 

 er. Wylie Grant and Robert Leroy, of New 

 York, won the doubles championship from 

 S. Ware and E. T. Gross. The scores were : 



Singles 



Karl Behr beat G. H. Nettleton, 9-7, 6-2, 2-6, 



13-15, 6-4. 

 Karl Behr beat Beals C. Wright, holder, by 

 default. 



Doubles 



Wylie G. Grant and Robert Leroy beat S. 

 Ware and E. T. Gross, 4-6, 6-8, 8-6, 6-0, 6-3. 



The Gulf championships developed a close 

 contest between J. H. Elliott and Frank 

 Pavne for the right to challenge the holder, 

 Seinp Russ, of Texas, while the championship 

 in doubles went to the Atlanta pair, Thorn- 

 ton and Grant, who beat Logan and Phelps. 

 6-4, 8-6, 6-2, in a series of games that were 

 all closer than the score indicates. 



MARYLAND STATE TOURNEY. 



The State Championship of Maryland re- 

 sulted in a victory for Frederick C. Coulston 

 in straight sets, while the doubles went to 

 him, paired with the runner up in the singles, 

 B. B. V. Lyon. The mixed doubles were 

 won by Herbert Waite and Miss Alice Poor- 

 baugh. The scores were : 



Singles 



Frederick C. Coulston beat B. B. V. Lyon, 

 6-2, 7-5, 6-4. 



Doubles 



F. C. Coulston and B. B. V. Lyon beat E. R. 

 Brown and H. F. Barclay, 6-3, 6-4, 7-5. 



Mixed Doubles 



Herbert Waite and Miss Alice Poorbach beat 

 Miss Louise Symington and W. S. Syming- 

 ton, 8-6, 6-3, 6-1. 



The results in the local interclub matches, 

 in the interscholastic and intercollegiate con- 

 tests as well as in the closed tournaments 

 of the leading clubs, all show an unusually 

 large entry and high-class play quite mark- 

 edly above the usual standard considering the 

 absence of the four leading exponents of the 

 game. The interest stirred up in tennis circles 

 by the sending of a team abroad, with the 

 consequent increased chances of the smaller 

 fry, has undoubtedly been responsible for the 

 change. Were no more satisfactory result to 

 accrue from the trip abroad, it would be jus- 

 tified by this fact alone. The effect on the 

 caliber of the game throughout the country 



may not be apparent this year, but it must be 

 beneficial. 



OVER THE 'PHONE. 



Editor Recreation : 



It is refreshing to learn that the first re- 

 corded trial by telephone resulted in the con- 

 viction of a man who had no sentimental or 

 national feeling, and just for the fun of it 

 shot an American eagle. Read this newspaper 

 report : 



Sandusky, Ohio. — Justice Winters sat 

 down at his desk and called up Herman 

 Krueger, of Centralia. The following 

 dialogue then occurred over the wire : 

 "Is this Mr. Krueger?" 

 "Yes." 



"This Squire Winters, in Sandusky." 



"What can I do for you, squire?" 



"You are charged with having shot and 



killed an American bald eagle, contrary 



to the laws of the State. Shall I send 



a constable out to serve a warrant on 



you 



?" 



"Don't, please, squire. I'm confined to 

 the house with the grip, and can't come 

 out." 



"All right. Will you plead over the 

 'phone ?" 



"Yes. I shot the bird, but I didn't know 

 it was an offense to do so." 



"Ignorance of the law is no defense, 

 you know. Do you plead guilty?" 



"Yes." 



"This court accordingly fines you $25 

 and costs !" 



"All right, squire. Is that all?" 



"Isn't that enough?" 



"Yes." 



"Well, then, good-bye, Mr. Krueger." 



"Good-bye, squire. Thank you for not 

 bringing me out to-day." 



And then they rang off, and the first 

 trial by telephone in this country was con- 

 cluded by the clerk's entry of the fine op- 

 posite Krueger's name in the court rec- 

 ords. 



FAKE NATURAL HISTORY. 



The New York Herald published, Sunday, 

 May 28th, a half-tone picture of the nose 

 appendage of a sawfish which had been decor- 

 ated by some aspiring artist, and below it 

 printed the following: 



a whale's tooth. 



Here is one of the most curious oil paintings in 

 the world. The medium selected for the study is 

 a piece of bone of a whale which carries a frame 

 of his own. The picture itself, a study of a light- 

 house and a barren shore, is therefore very appro- 

 priately framed. 



Lately the New York Tribune published a 

 picture of a dead raccoon in a tree and called 

 it an opossum, and yet there are people in 

 New York who look upon nature study as 

 a "fad, frill or fancy." 



