Amackassin Club Invitation

Amackassin Club Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1890;136 years ago (1890)
Abolished	1937;89 years ago (1937)
Location	Yonkers, New York, United States
Venue	Amackassin Club
Surface	Clay

The Amackassin Club Invitation ^[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1890. ^[2] It was played at the Amackassin Club, Yonkers, New York, from 1890 to 1936 ^[3] . Its hosted events were all sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association.

History

The historic Amackassin Club is a privately owned pool and tennis club in Northwest Yonkers. It was founded as the Yonkers Lawn Tennis Club in 1888. ^[4] In September of that year, the club staged its first tennis tournament for members. In 1890, the club started an invitation tennis tournament. The men's singles was won by Victor Elting. The women's singles was won by Edith Elting. ^[5] The tournaments were held in conjunction with the Eastern New York State Championships, 1920 to 1924. ^[6]

An exhibition match was played there between current world champion Bill Tilden and Yonkers native Vincent Richards in 1921. The revenue raised went to the American Committee for Devastated France. The following account was given in The New York Times. Excerpts: "Held before a gallery that taxed the club's seating accommodations, and filled every vantage point about the courts ... The crowd filled the street overlooking the courts and fringed roofs of adjoining houses." ^[7]

Finals

Men's singles ^[8]

• The denoted editions were also valid as the Eastern New York State Championships.

(incomplete roll)

Year		Winners	Runners-up	Score
1890		Victor Elting	Arthur S. Runyon	4-6, 6-2, 6-2 [9]
1891		Arthur Runyon	Schuyler Bogart	6-1, 6-0, 6-2 [10]
1892		Carman S. Runyon	Valentine G. Hall	[11]
1893		Edwin P. Fischer	Mr. C Harmstaad	6-4, 1-6, 6-2 [12]
1894		Charles E. Sands	Arthur S. Runyon	6-4, 6-4, 7-5 [13]
1895-99		No Tournament
1900		Hobart D. Betts	Henry D. Batt	6-4, 6-2, 6-0 [14]
1901		Calhoun Craigin	Stephen F. Thayer	7-2, 6-2, 6-1 [15]
1902		Calhoun Craigin (2)	J.L. Robertson Jr.	6-2, 6-3, 6-2 [16]
1903		Harry W. Mollenhauer	Frederick C. Anderson	6-0, 11-9, 6-4 [17]
1904		Hugh Tallant	Louis Northrop	6-1, 6-2, 6-3 [18]
1905		No Tournament		[19]
1906		No Tournament
1907		Gustave F. Touchard		[20]
1908		Gustave F. Touchard (2)	Walter Merrill Hall	6-4, 7-5, 2-1 [21]
1909		Gustave F. Touchard (3)	Fred Inman	7–5, 6–1, 1–6, 6–1 [2]
1910		Nathaniel H. Bundy	William Rosenbaum	6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 [22]
1911		Fred Baggs	S. Howard Voshell	6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 [23]
1912		Fred Baggs (2)	Joseph Condon	4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 [24]
1913		Fred Baggs (3)	Ingo Hartman	6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 [25]
1914		Francis Hunter	W.S. Andrews	6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 [26]
1915		Vanderbilt Ward	L. H. Crowley	6-2, 6-3 (2-out-of-3) [27]
1916		King Smith	Allen Behr	7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 [28]
1917		Charles Chambers	Ingo Hartman
1918		No Tournament		[29] [30]
1919		Ichiya Kumagae	S. Howard Voshell	6-2. 6-2, 6-1 [31]
1920  •		Ichiya Kumagae (2)	Vincent Richards	6–1, 8–6, 6–8, 6–4. [2]
1921  •		Vincent Richards	Alfred Hammett	6–0, 6–1, 8–6 [32]
1922  •		George King	Elliott H. Binzen	5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 [33]
1923  •		Percy Kynaston	Paul Martin	7–5, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 [34]
1924  •		Elliott H. Binzen	Edward Fiebleman	6-3, 2-4, 6-4, 7-5 [35]
1925-30		No Tournament		[30]
1931		Melvin Partridge	Eugene McCauliff	5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 [2]
1932		Melvin Partridge (2)	Percy Kynaston	6–2, 6–1 [2]
1933		John Pitman	Edward Jenkins	2–6, 13–11, 6–4 [2] [36]
1934		Melvin Partridge (3)	Edward Fiebleman	6-3, 6-4, 7-5 [37] [38]
1935 [39]		Melvin Partridge (4)	Frank Bowden	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 [2]
1936		Frank Bowden	Leonard Hartman	[40]
1937		Amackassin Invitational Discontinued		[41]

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1890	Schuyler Bogart Arthur S. Runyon	Victor M. Elting Henry M. Baird Jr.	8-6, 7-5 [9]
1891	Schuyler Bogart Arthur S. Runyon	H. Thayer S.M. Warnock	6-1, 6-3, 6-2 [42]
1892	Carman S. Runyon Arthur S. Runyon	S.A. Bogart Henry M. Baird Jr.	6-4, 6-1, 6-3 [43]
1893	Edwin P. Fischer G. I. Burr	S.A. Bogart Walter E. Hodgman	7-9, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 [44]
1894	J.C.W Brooks R.P. Davis	H.D. Betts H.A. Waldron	6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 [13]
1900	C.S. Batt C.D. Millard	J. L. Robertson Jr David Todd	6-2, 6-1,6-8, 6-4 [45]
1901	Calhoun Craigin Bostwick	Hugh Tallant C.C. Kelley	6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-2 [15]
1902	Calhoun Craigin C.C. Kelley	Harry Mollenhauer Louis Ledoux	By Default [16]
1903	Frederick C. Anderson Samuel C. Westfall	J.L. Robertson Jr David Todd	6-1, 6-3, 6-2 [46]
1904	Smith L. Northrop	Hugh Tallant E.A. Jova	6-4, 9-7, 4-6, 8-6 [47]
1905	No Tournament		[19]
1906	No Tournament
1907	Hugh Tallant W.D. Lyon	J.C. Tomilson Rolfe Floyd	6-2, 6-1, 6-1 [48]
1908	Walter Merrill Hall L. Millens Burt	James L. Robinson David Todd	11-9, 7-5, 6-3 [49]
1909	O.M.Bostwick Calhoun Craigin	Edgar F. Leo Benjamin M. Phillips	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 [50]
1910	Nathaniel H. Bundy L.H. Fitch	S. Howard Voshell Julio Steinaeher	0-6, 11-13, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 [51]
1911	S. Howard Voshell Fred Baggs	Ralph Baggs George S. Groesbeck	6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 6-1 [52]
1912	S. Howard Voshell Fred Baggs	R.L. James Albert Ostendorf	6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 [53]
1913	J.H. Steinkempf Ingo Hartmann	S. Howard Voshell Fred Baggs	[54]
1914	S. Howard Voshell Fred Baggs	Albert Ostendorf Ralph Baggs	6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 [55]
1915	E.H. Henderson E.H. James	W.J. Toussaint P.F. Fuller	6-3, 6-3, 6-3 [56]
1916	Elliott Binzen Ingo Hartmann	L.H. Croley Harry Bassford	8-6, 6-3, 6-4 [57]
1917	Finals Allen Behr & Leon Croley vs. Ingo Hartmann & H. Bassford		[58]
1918	No Tournament		[59]
1919	Ichiya Kumagae Francis Hunter	Elliott Binzen Embree Henderson	6-3, 6-3, 6-3 [60]
1920	Ichiya Kumagae Francis Hunter	Frederick C. Anderson Ben Letson	7-5, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 [61]
1921	Vanderbilt B. Ward Ben Letson	Leonard Beekman Albert Ostendorf	Win by Walkover [62]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1890	Edith Elting	Miss Hale	4-6, 6-2, 6-2 [9]
1891	Miss Temple	Miss Moore	7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 [42]
1892	Miss Scofield	Miss Cahill	By Default [63]
1893
1894	Miss Augustus Bradley	Miss Mabel Ferris	3-6, 8-10, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 [13]
1900	Mrs. W.H. Pouch	Miss Ewings	6-1, 6-3 [14]
1901	Marie Matthiessen	Miss Atkins	4-6, 6-2, 6-4 [15]
1904	Mrs. Clark	Mabel Benedict	6–4, 6–3 [64]
1905	No Tournament		[19]
1906	No Tournament
1907	Elisabeth Moore	Marie Wagner	6–0, 6–4 [65]
1908	Women's Singles Cancelled		[66]
1909	Elisabeth Moore (2)	Natalie Browning	6–0, 7–5 [67]
1910	Elisabeth Moore (3)	Natalie Browning	By Default [68]
1911	Nora Meyer Schmitz	Gertrude Hill	6–1, 6–2 [69]
1912	Adelaide Browning	Nora Meyer Schmitz	6–2, 6–4 [70]
1913	Marie Wagner	Mrs. A. Lehman	6-1, 6-3 [71]
1914	Clare Cassell	Marie Wagner	6–4, 6–3 [72]
1915	Marie Wagner (2)	Natalie Browning	6–1, 6–3 [27]
1916	Marie Wagner (3)	Helene Pollak	6–1, 6–0 [73]
1917	Miss E. Means	Mrs. M. B. Fuff	6-8, 6-3, 6-3 [74]
1918	No Tournament		[59]
1920	Mrs. Edward Lynch	Mrs. Benjamin F. Briggs	8-6, 6-4 [75]

Women's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1892	Miss Scofield Miss Morgan	Miss Hale Miss Kate Atkins	7-5, 6-4 [43]
1893
1894	Miss Ferris Miss Mabel Ferris	Miss Bertha Strang Miss Kate Atkins	6-2, 2-6, 6-4 [13]
1900	Mrs. W.H Pouch Miss Marie Matthiessen	Miss Pauline Lowerre Miss Miriam Birdseys	6-1, 6-1 [76]
1904	Miss Elizabeth Elting Miss Mabel Benedict	Miss Maclay Miss Langdon Bellows	8-6, 6-2 [47]
1905	No Tournament		[19]
1906	No Tournament
1907	Elisabeth Moore Mrs. W.H. Pouch	Mrs. George L. Chapman Miss Clover Boldt	6-0, 6-8, 64 [77]
1908	Women's Doubles Cancelled		[66]
1909	Elisabeth Moore Miss Bunce	Miss H.H. Bundick Miss Martin	[78]
1910	Elisabeth Moore Mrs. S.F Weaver	Edna Widley Natalie Browning	By Default [79]
1911	Nora Meyer Schmitz Mrs. Humphries	Miss Fish Edith A. Bagg	6-2, 12-10 [80]
1912	Miss Clara Kuproff Marie Wagner	Elisabeth Moore Mrs. S.F Weaver	6-2, 6-3 [81]
1913	Mrs. Weaver Marie Wagner	Clare Cassell Mrs. Beard	6-0, 6-3 [82]
1914	Clare Cassell Marie Wagner	Mrs J.O. Blanchard Isabel de Gersdorff	6–1, 6–2 [2]
1915	Mrs. Percy Wilbourn Marie Wagner	Miss Holder Mrs Humphries	4-6, 6-2, 6-4 [83]
1916	Mrs. Percy Wilbourn Marie Wagner	Mrs. Waring Mrs. Henderson	6-1, 6-4 [84]
1918	No Tournament		[59]

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1890	Arthur Runyon Miss Edith Elting	Victor Elting Miss Atkins	6-3, 6-3 [9]
1891	Mr. A. Runyon Miss Elting	Mr. Bogart Miss Atkins	7-5, 8-6, 5-7, ?,? . [85] and [86]
1892
1893	Edwin P. Fischer Miss Fitch	S.A. Bogart Miss Sliver	6-2, 6-3 [44]
1894	Miss Mabel Ferris R.M. Ferris Jr	Miss Hale John Kingman	[87]
1900	Mrs. W.H. Pouch Mr. W. H. Pouch	J. L. Robertson Jr. Miss Pauline Lowerre	6-4, 3-6, 6-3 [14]
1901	Hugh Tallant Miss Woodward	Miss Marie Matthiessen Louis V. Ledouz	6-2, 6-3 [15]
1903	Miss Strang H.D. Betts	Miss Homans Mr. Ledoux	6-1, 6-3, 7-5 [88]
1904	Miss Kate Atkins Hugh Tallant	F. H. Blake Miss Elizabeth Elting	6-0, 6-0 [47]
1905	No Tournament		[19]
1906	No Tournament
1907	Artemus Holmes Mrs. Chapman	J.M. Steinacher Marie Wagner	6-8, 8-6, 6-1 [48]
1908	Mixed Doubles Cancelled		[66]
1909	Elisabeth Moore Julio M. Steinacher	Miss Morris Albert Ostendorf	[89]
1912	Mrs. W.H. Manvel Joseph C. Condon	Adelaide Browning Allen Behr	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1913	Mr. Albert Ostendorf Marie Wagner	Mr. Phillips Mrs. Lehman	6-3, 9-7 [90]
1914	Ralph Baggs Clare Cassell	F.T. Hunter Teresa Wood	8–6, 6–2. [2]
1915	Natalie Browning A.W. Waite	Mrs. A. Humphries Ingo Hartmann	6-1, 7-5 [91]
1918	No Tournament		[59]

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External links

• The Amackassin Club