CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB - FOUNDED 1902

Cromarty Tennis Club, 65 Cromarty Street, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
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CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB: MY CROMARTY TENNIS HISTORY NOTES

By 

© Eric Krause, Krause House Info-Research Solutions

Rough Draft Research Notes on the history 
of the Cromarty Tennis Club, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia 
(and on other Cape Breton Tennis Clubs as they may be encountered in my research)

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KRAUSE HOUSE INFO-RESEARCH SOLUTIONS NOTES

1902 - 1945

1902

Tennis

ACTIVITY IN TENNIS

From All Quarters Come Reports of Increasing Interest in the Sport

Published: May 20, 1902 Copyright © The New York Times

Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)

• ROS & ROS,
  F I R - L , A G H A , NOTAIUKAN, & C .
  Airgead ri thoirt seachad an iasad.
  S I D N I , - C. B .
  UISDEAN ROS,  HOWARD S. ROS, B. A. [Howard S. Ross]

[ http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/en/leabharlann/mactalla/vol10/21/no21.pdf Mac-Tella, Vol. X, SIDNI, CEAP BREATUNN, DI-HAOINE, IANUARAIDH 3, 1902, No. 21.]

Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)

• Mr. Hugh Ross of Ross & Ross, Sydney ... [The Canadian law review  By William S. Hein & Company, p. 268]

• Mr. Hugh Ross .... Ross & Ross, barristers, Sydney, CB, has been in Toronto lately on business ... [The Canadian law review, By William S. Hein & Company, p. 157]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club and Rev. Hugh McLeod (1803-1894)

• The Sydney Lawn Tennis Club has decided to purchase grounds at Sherwood. The grounds will be an acre in extent and near the brook. There will be ample room for five tennis courts, bowling green, hand ball courts and quiet grounds. The property is a part of the Dr. McLeod estate. The price is about $2,500. [Sydney Daily Post, April 9, 1902]

• A meeting of the subscribers of the Tennis Association will be held in office of Burchell & McIntyre this evening at 8 o'clock. [Sydney Daily Post, April 24, 1902 - Burchell & McIntyre were "Barristers, Solicitors. Money to Loan ... ] [BURCHELL & McINTYRE, Barristers, Solicitors and Notaires, 162 Charlotte, Royal Bank Building -[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1217] -  http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1217

Tennis

• Do you want ball's?
  Then go to W. Hall's
  For Tennis, Base
  And Rubber Balls.
  
  Balls for Cricket
  And Golf; Balls too
  Ping Pong. Foot Balls.
  We will suit you. [Sydney Daily Post, May 7, 1902]

North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• Alexandra Hall, Sydney Tuesday, June 10, 1902, North Sydney Tennis Comedy Co'y in the Farce Comedy entitled "One Night Only" In Four Acts In aid of St. Alban's Mission. Whitney Pier. Admission 50, 35, and 25 cents Reserved Seats on Sale at Turnbull's Drug Store, Doors open at 7:30 Performance commences at 8 o'clock [Sydney Daily Post, June 5, 1902]

• Open tennis Tournament ... An open tennis tournament in gentlemen's singles will be held in North Sydney within a few days Among the entries from Sydney are H. Ross, C. Ross, P.C. Campbell and F.A.G. Ouseley [Frederick Arthur Gare Ouseley, b.Windsor?] . Charles Ross will wear the colors of the S.A.A.A and P.C. Campbell those of the Socials. The prize for the winner of the tournament is one of the best Wright & Ditson rackets [Sydney Daily Post, June 27, 1902 - The Sydney A.A.A and the Socials, also of Sydney, were athletic teams associated with other sports as well. ]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• Two courts have been completed at the Sydney Tennis Club's beautiful grounds and are occupied every evening by the players. The remaining courts will be completed as soon as the weather permits  [Sydney Daily Post, June 28, 1902]

• The formal opening of the Lawn Tennis grounds at Sherwood took place Saturday afternoon and was largely attended. A meeting of the association was held at which a number of names were secured for membership.
  Refreshments were served on the grounds and several informal games of tennis were played. The affair was very successful. These Tennis courts, of which there are four rank easily among the finest and best in the province.  [Sydney Daily Post, July 21, 1902]

Tennis

• Tennis, Yachting and Sporting canvas footware at Redden's  [Sydney Daily Post, July 22, 1902]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• Sydney Tennis Club ... Annual Tournament Commences To-Day
  The annual tennis tournament of the Sydney Tennis Club will commence to-day. The several matches must be played as speedily as possible, the committee reserving the right to forfeit any matches not played in due time. The preliminary round must be completed in 10 days. All the matches will be for best two sets out of three except the finals which will be the best three out of five.
  The matches and handicaps in the gentlemen's double are as follows: - ... [names in the draw and extensive description of the draw]
  The matches and handicaps in the gentlemen's singles are as follows: - ... [names in the draw and extensive description of the draw]
  The entries in the mixed doubles are not yet completed  [Sydney Daily Post, August 5, 1902 - The players in the doubles draw were: S. [C?] B. Ross, Ouseley, Hugh Ross [Hugh Ross (1870-1938)], Dr. J. K. McLeod [1863 or 1864-)], Turnbull, McIntyre, Rev. S. J. Woodroofe, Shaw, Kimber, H. S. Ross [Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)] , Routledge, Hearns, Burchell, H. Jost, Jainby, Cann, Richardson, Allen Jost, Clarke, Fitzgibbons, Richards, Pardee, Young, McDougall, Robertson, Farquharson, Grey, Cowperwaite; The players in the singles draw were: H. H. McDougall  [Henry Havelock McDougall (-c. 1867)], Dr. Grey, L. Shaw, Ouseley, C. J. Burchell, Farquharson, W. M. Cowperwaite, Hearn, Routledge, Hearn, J. J. Roy, Turnbull, W. Richards, H. H. Jost, J. B. Fitsgibbons, F. C. Clarke, S. J. Woodroofe, G. A. Rowlings, E. C. Pardee, A. A. McIntyre, H. S. Ross [Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926) ], E. M. Richardson, J. M. McDonald, C. B. Ross [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)], George Robertson, J. A. Yound, F. C. Kimber, A. D. Jost]

[Would this be the Evelyn M. Richardson, female author, who donated two silver tennis trophies from 1931 to the Bedford Heritage Society - http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/news/issue34.pdf ]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

• Lawn Tennis ... Sydney Players in the Provincial Tournament [Second Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association Tournament - 1902]... (Special Dispatch to Post)
  Halifax, Aug 13 - At today's matches of the Provincial Tennis Tournament Ross was defeated by Rigelow in the singles 11-9, 4-6, 6-2. Ouseley was defeated by Captain Beatty 6-3, 6-1, Ouseley and Ross won from Murray and Barnes 6-1, 6-2 Burchell and Jost won from Outway and McKinnon 6-2, 6-3
  The Sydney team drew against one another. Ouseley and Ross playing Jost and Burchell. This puts one Sydney team on semi-finals.  [Sydney Daily Post, August 14, 1902] -

• The next Annual Tournament will be held in August, 1903, on the grounds of the Sydney Tennis Club, Sydney, C.B.

We were disappointed [in 1902] at not having a visit from some of the American tennis players, but hope next summer they will visit us at Halifax.

Gentlemen's Singles.

First Round : H.V. Bigelow beat J.L. Wilson, 6/3, 8/6; C.B. Ross beat O.B. Stubbs, 6/3, 6/3; Capt. Betty beat F.A.G. Ouseley, 6/3, 6/1 ; II. M. Pride beat J.W. Vidito, 6/1, 6/0; V.J. Paton beat J. Barnes, 6/0, 6/2; Mr. Foil beat W.P. McKay, 6/1, 6/1 ; Capt. Williams beat J.S. Bentley, 6/0, 6/4; Mr. Danford beat J.P.L. Stewart, 6/0, 6/2; Capt. Alderson beat P.M. Jost, 6/0, 6/2; W. Mac..[.Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide‎ , 1903, p. 161]

• THE Second Annual Tournament of the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association was held on St. George's Club Grounds, Dartmouth, N.S., on August 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, and on account of several wet days play had to be resumed the following week, and the finals played off on Monday and Tuesday, 18th and 19th.

The events were as follows:  Ladies and Gentlemen's Singles and Doubles and Mixed Doubles.

There were a large number of entries, 180, and all the events were closely contested. Misses Hensley and Miss Graham, Capt, Alderson, Mr. Foll and V. J. Paton's play in particular was excellent, and as usual Capt. Anderson captured  ... .  [Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide‎, 1903, p, 170]

• Who was H. H. McDougall, that is Henry Havelock McDougall (H.H.McDougall):

1901 Census: Henry H McDougall (Accountant), Age 34,  CAPE BRETON, NS, Sydney (Town/Ville), District: NS CAPE BRETON (#28),  Subdistrict Z-1, page 7, Line 12

Line #	Family or Household	Name of each person in family or household on 31st March, 1901	Sex	Relationship to head of family or household	Single, married, widowed or divorced	Month and date of birth	Year of birth	Age at last birthday
12	53	McDougall Henry H	M	Head	M	Sep 7		34
13	53	McDougall Effie	F	Wife	M	Dec 29	1867	33
14	53	McDougall Harry G	M	Boarder	S	Jan 15	1872	29

 http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18320&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+Sydney+%28Town%2FVille%29+CAPE+BRETON+NOVA+SCOTIA

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/02015402_e.html

MACDONALD, W.A. McAlpine Publishing Company Limited

plan of the Town of Sydney published by McAlpine Publishing Co. Limited, Halifax, N.S. Compiled by W.A. MacDonald, Town Engineer.

Author: MACDONALD, W.A. Title: plan of the Town of Sydney published by McAlpine Publishing Co. Limited, Halifax, N.S. Compiled by W.A. MacDonald, Town Engineer. Description: Print Dimensions: 24 x 37 1/2 Copyright: Expired Microfiche Number: NMC 18563 Call Number: H2/240/Sydney/1892[1902] Record No.: 813

H2/240/Sydney/1892[1902]

c. July, 1902

Complete Photo

Some Details

Helen Creighton NSARM Album  12, No. 227, misdated c. 1919, Nova Scotia Archives, "Sydney tennis courts"

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/creighton/archives.asp?ID=554

[Sydney Lawn Tennis Club], Courts 1 and 2 in foreground, Courts 3 and 4 in rear
The Club house (built by 1905) has not yet been constructed. Today's Court 2 (then Court 1) and its backstop appear to be still under construction.

Helen Creighton, born 1899, would not have taken this picture.

c. 1902- 1903

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

•  GOLF, TENNIS, AND CRICKET ... The Sydney Tennis Club have four splendid courts, beautifully and most conveniently situated where strangers are always welcome and made to feel perfectly at home. Here will be met many of the gallant and courteous officers of the British, French and American naval ships frequently visiting this port ..."

  • George L. Hanington, Cape Breton Island, the Switzerland of America scenery unsurpassed anywhere in the world; Sydney, Cape Breton is fast becoming the most popular summer watering place for tourists from the United States and Canada. [c. 1902-1903]

  • http://archive.org/stream/cihm_28085#page/n12/mode/1up

1903

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club and North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

SYDNEY TENNIS CLUB

•  "Tennis Game A Tennis match between Sydney and North Sydney will be played on the grounds of the Sydney Tennis Association this afternoon. Match begins at 3 O'Clock" [Sydney Daily Post, July 11, 1903]

• Tennis Match Today The return match between the North Sydney and Sydney tennis teams will be played on the grounds of the latter this afternoon [Sydney Daily Post, July 18, 1903]

• Sydney wins at Tennis  The tennis match between Sydney and North Sydney on the grounds of the Saturday afternoon was won by the Sydney Tennis Club 5 courts out of 8 and 16 games [Sydney Daily Post, July 20, 1903]

                                                                                            Year     Cap.

Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd., Act to Incorporate ..... 1903   c. 288
amended  .........................................................................    1904   c. 203

• http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/proceedings/ipla_1901-1923.pdf - Index to Local and Private Acts 1901 - 1923, p. 137 in Volume 12 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 [Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 (RSNS 1989), Volume 12[

• Revised statutes of Nova Scotia 1967, Volume 4, p. 274

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

APRIL 11

An Act to incorporate the Sydney Tennis Association, Limited (Passed the 11th day of April, A.D., 1903.)

[Source: The Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1903 - pp. xiv, 982 to 983 - pdf file kindly provided by Neil Libbey, Sydney, Cape Breton]

982           3 EDWD. VII.           CHAPTER 288.           1903.

CHAPTER 288.

An Act to incorporate the Sydney Tennis Association, Limited.

(Passed the 11th day of April, A. D., 1903.)

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

Incorporation.

1. Frederick C. Kimber, Howard S Ross, Henry H. McDougall, Charles P. Fullerton and Charles J. Burchell, and their associates, and all members of the Sydeny Tennis Association [sic. Sydney Tennis Association], and all who shall hereafter become members of the association hereby incorporated, are constituted a body corporate under the name of the " Sydney Tennis Association, Limited. "

Objects.

2. The objects of the association shall be the promotion of athletic sports in the town of Sydney, and the physical improvement of its members.

Capital.

3. The capital stock of the company shall be five thousand dollars, divided into one hundred shares of fifty dollars each.

By-laws.

4. The corporation may make a constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations for the purpose of carrying into effect the purposes of the association, and from time to time amend, alter and repeal the same. Such constitution and by-laws and all alterations thereof shall be invalid until approved by the Governor-in-Council.

Evidence; what sufficient

5. In any action, matter or proceeding before any court sufficient or arbitration, or person or persons having power to hear evidence, a copy of such constitution, and of any by-laws purporting to be certified under the hand of the Provincial Secretary as having been approved by the Governor-in-Council, shall be presumptive evidence of such constitution and by-laws and of the approval thereof.

1903.                     CHAPTER 288.          .      3 EDWD. VII.                983

Powers as to contracts, etc, may sue, etc.

6. The corporation shall have power to make contracts for the purpose of the club, to sue and be sued in the corporate name, and to hold real and personal property by ownership, lease or otherwise, and to sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; and shall be governed and conducted in accordance with the said constitution and by-laws.

Property to vest in association.

7. From and after the passing of this Act, all the property, real and personal or mixed, now belonging to or held in association. in trust for the association hereby incorporated, shall vest in and belong to the said corporation, and the said corporation shall be accountable for all the debts, engagements and liabilities of the Sydney Tennis Association.

Limited Liability.

8. No member or director of the association shall be liable for the debts or liabilities of the association to a greater, amount in the whole than the amount of stock held by him, deducting therefrom the amount actually paid on account of such stock, unless he shall have rendered himself liable for a greater sum by becoming surety for the debts of the association; but no shareholder who may have transferred his interest in the stock of the association shall cease to be liable for any contract of the association entered into before the date of such transfer, so as any action in respect thereof shall be brought within six months after such transfer.

Proceedings if call not paid.

9. If any call made upon any share or shares be not paid within such time as may be limited in that behalf by the directors, the directors in their discretion, by vote to that effect, duly recorded in their minutes, may, if any such call is not paid within twenty days after the time so limited, summarily declare forfeited any shares whereon such payment is not made, and the same shall thereupon become the property of the association, and may be disposed of as the by-laws of the company may ordain; but notwithstanding such forfeiture, the holder of such shares at the time of forfeiture shall continue liable to the then creditors of the association for the full amount unpaid on such shares at the time of forfeiture, less any sums which may have been subsequently realized by the association in respect thereof.

Head Office.

10. The head office of the association shall be in the town of Sydney.

Annual meeting.

11. The first annual meeting shall be held at the time and place as provided by the by-laws, at which meeting the shareholders shall elect five of the stockholders to be .... [MORE]

 [Source: The Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1903 - pp. xiv, 982 to 983 - pdf file kindly provided by Neil Libbey, Sydney, Cape Breton - Transcribed by Eric Krause]

• Frederick C. Kimber - 1901 Census - NO - 1891  http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/001081-119.03-e.php?&interval=20&pdf=1&image=30953_148112-00160&person_id_nbr=625941&&PHPSESSID=pgr46uugetipu2cjjmetlrpnt5 and 1911 http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71776&highlight=22&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Frederick+C+Kimber  . Yes -  McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1240 [Also - Mayor of Sydney plus/minus 1907; of Ingraham & Kimber (h 71 Dorchester Street), Agent, Manager and Superintendant of the Sydney and Louisbourg Coal and Railroad Company; Manager at the Reserve Mine on Cape Breton, plus/minus 1888; F. C. Kimber, Secretary, Esplanade, Cape Breton Yacht Club, 1902 - http://www.krausehouse.ca/krause/images/1902.sid - W. A. MacDonald, Plan of the Town of Sydney]

•  Howard S. Ross (Lawyer) - 1901 Census - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=22125&highlight=5&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Howard+S+Ross

•  Henry Havelock McDougall (Accountant) - 1901 Census - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18320&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+Sydney+%28Town%2FVille%29+CAPE+BRETON+NOVA+SCOTIA

•  Charles P. Fullerton (Lawyer)  - 1901 Census - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=22235&highlight=19&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+C.+P.+Fullerton

•  Charles J. Burchell (Lawyer)- 1901 Census - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/View.jsp?id=18344&highlight=42&desc=1901+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Charles+J+Burchell

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•  Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.; Act to incorporate .................... 1903 c. 288

  • Revised statutes of Nova Scotia, 1954: being a consolidation and revision of the public general statutes of the province, printed and published pursuant to chapter 9 of the Acts of 1951, the Statute revision act, 1951, Volume 4, p. 284, MORE -

  NOVA SCOTIA TENNIS TOURNAMENT - SYDNEY

  [NOVA SCOTIA OPEN]
   

•  The next [Third] Annual Tournament [Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association  - 1903] will be held in August, 1903, on the grounds of the Sydney Tennis Club, Sydney ... [Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide‎ , 1903, p. 161]

AUGUST 1903

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

TOURNAMENT

TOURNAMENT HELD: AUGUST 11 - AUGUST 15

AUGUST 11

•  NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION ... If weather permits play on the the Sydney Tennis Club grounds at 2 o'clock sharp ...

Sydney Daily Post, Tuesday, August 11, 1903

AUGUST 12

•  HIBERNIAN HALL, BATES BLOCK [The Ancient Order of Hibernians (A.O.H.) was organized in Ireland to defend Gaelic values and protect the Roman Catholic Church and clergy. The Ancient Order of Hibernians in Canada was founded in Quebec and chartered in 1898. The A.O.H. has sponsored dances, concerts, and parades (particularly St. Patrick's Day parades); raised historic memorials; and raised money for charity. - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/CIS/archives.asp?ID=35 ]

• LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION

Sydney Daily Post, Thursday, August 13, 1903

AUGUST 13

• The rain of Wednesday night threw the tennis courts into such a bad condition that a resumption was found impracticable

• The ball in the Hibernian Hall ... Those attending are expected to appear in tennis costume ...

Sydney Daily Post, Friday, August 14, 1903, Front Page

AUGUST 14

•  NOVA SCOTIA TENNIS TOURNAMENT

• The attendance at the courts was quite large, especially in the afternoon

Sydney Daily Post, Saturday, August 15, 1903, Front Page

AUGUST 15

•  LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT

• Began on Tuesday, August 11, ended on Saturday, August 15

• Champions: Ladies Singles - Mrs. Handsomebody, Ladies Doubles - Mrs. Handsombody and Mrs. White, Mixed: Mr. and Mrs. Handsombody; Men's - C. Grant, Men's Doubles - Handsombody and Grant

• All winners were from Halifax

• Men's finals were 3 of 5

• Late [i.e. former] was F. C. Kimber

• Secretary was Mr. Lithgow

Sydney Daily Post, Monday, August 17, 1903, Front Page

CHAMPIONS IN 1903

• LADIES' SINGLES: 1903 Mrs. F. Handsombody, Windsor, Nova Scotia

• LADIES' DOUBLES: 1903 Mrs. F. Handsombody & Miss White Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MIXED DOUBLES: 1903 Mr. F.T. Handsombody & Mrs. Handsombody Windsor, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S SINGLES: 1903 C.R. Grant Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S DOUBLES: 1903 F. Handsombody & C. Grant Halifax, Nova Scotia

SOURCE

Tennis in Sydney

• The people of Sydney are hospitable, their social life is genial, and throughout the year dances, at homes, boating, tennis or skating parties, are taking place. The town has a number of clubs. The Sydney Club was founded in 1871, and numbers amongst its members many of the leading professional and business men of the community. The Cape Breton Club, founded in 1899, has since been merged into the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, which draws its membership both from the officials of the Steel Company and the leading citizens generally. The various fraternal organizations, the Masons, the Foresters, the Oddfellows, and the Orangemen, all have strong lodges. The Italians have recently started a fraternal organization of their own, called in honor of their distinguished countryman, the Sebastian Cabot Society.

Sports and athletics are by no means neglected. The Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club is the only institution of the kind in the island. It owns a well appointed club-house, situated at the water's edge, and during the summer yacht races are held every Saturday afternoon. Among the yachts owned by the members of the club are the " Cibou," so called from the old Indian name of Sydney Harbor, the "Dominion," "Tiree," "Dione," "Giencairn I," "Glencairn IV," " Bebelle," " Colinet," " Gull " and " Grayling. " On a fine afternoon the beautiful harbor, studded with the white sails of the fleet, presents a charming sight. The Sydney Amateur Athletic Association, organized in 1900, is affiliated with the Maritime Provinces Association. The tennis club, the golf club, the curling club and numerous hockey clubs all afford opportunity for athletic exercises. The Rosslyn Rink was opened in 1899, when a reception was held for Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Premier of the Dominion. During the summer months Sydney Harbor is frequently visited by the ships of both the British and the French North Atlantic squadrons. At such times society events are especially numerous and brilliant ...[Charles William Vernon, Cape Breton, Canada, at the beginning of the twentieth century : a treatise of natural resources and development (Toronto: Nation Publishing Co.),  p. 252]

1904

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

• The closing games of the lawn tennis tourney were held on Saturday and Mr. H. H. Jost now holds the Richards trophy which must be won three times before it is possessed. Mr. Jost will hold it for this season however. The presentation was made by Mr. F. C. Kimber at the close of the finals on Saturday. Afternoon tea was served by Mrs. H. E. Baker assisted by Miss Poulane.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240807&printsec=frontpage&hl=en -
Sydney Post, August 7, 1924, p. 8
[August 7 was a Thursday]

In the mixed doubles on Saturday Mr Killikelly and Miss Allen defeated Mr. H. Jost and Miss E. Lorway. In the ladies doubles Miss E. Lorway and Miss Rigby defeated Miss Worgan and miss McLennan

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240818&printsec=frontpage&hl=en    - August 18, 1924, p. 7
[August 18 was a Monday]

• "Lawn Tennis  The annual club tournament of the Sydney tennis club commences on Saturday afternoon next when the competition for the Richards cup, (Gentlemen's scratch singles) will be proceeded with as far as possible. There are 22 entries for this and the following is the draw for the preliminary round and first round. Preliminary Round 
  1. M.G. Henniger  plays W. Richards
  2. D. Killikelly   "  R. Smith 
  3. Dr. Cowperthwaite  " C. Smith
  4. L.D. Shaw plays W.A.G. Hoskrie
  5. Hugh Ross " Rupert Parker [Hugh Ross (1870-1938)]
  6. C.R. Lorway " A. W. Routledgey
  Ist Round
  7. C.J. Burchall plays F.C. Kimber
  8. E.W. Ingraham " E.L. McDonald
  9. C.B. Ross " Winner of 1 [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)
  10. Winner of 2 "" "" "" 3
  11. "" "" "" 4 "" "" 5
  12. "" "" "" 6 "" "" W.A. Fitch
   13. H.S. Ross " H. H. McDougall [Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)] [Henry Havelock McDougall (-c. 1867)]
  14. H.H. Jost " Alex Dick [Alexander Dick (Coal sales agent for the Dominion Coal Company) ?]
  Later on there will be ladie's singles (for a prize donated by Mr. Alex Dick). Ladies' doubles, mixed doubles, gentlemen's singles and doubles; the last four competitions" being handicaps [Sydney Daily Post, July 27, 1904]

Tennis

• "A Vacation Suit for golf, cricket, canoeing, tennis, or any form of vacation "work", we'd advise the Semi-ready flannel suits ..."[Sydney Daily Post, July 30, 1904]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

• "Tennis Tournament Following is the result of the tennis tournament on Saturday afternoon for the Richard Cup. the semi-finals and finals will be played out next Saturday afternoon ... " Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 2, 1904]

• "The finals in the first tournament at the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club grounds at Sherwood will be played on Saturday afternoon next. R. Lorway plays Harry Jost and C.B. Ross [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)] plays Ed Ingraham" [Sydney Daily Post, August 2, 1904]

                                                                                               Year     Cap.

Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd., Act to Incorporate ..... 1903   c. 288
amended  .........................................................................    1904   c. 203

• http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/proceedings/ipla_1901-1923.pdf - Index to Local and Private Acts 1901 - 1923, p. 137 in Volume 12 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 [Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1989 (RSNS 1989), Volume 12]

• Revised statutes of Nova Scotia 1967, Volume 4, p. 274

             Amended ...................... 1904 c. 203

• Revised statutes of Nova Scotia, 1954: being a consolidation and revision of the public general statutes of the province, printed and published pursuant to chapter 9 of the Acts of 1951, the Statute revision act, 1951, Volume 4,  Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.; Act to incorporate 1903 ...... c. 288

CHAPTER 203

An Act to amend Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1903, entitled, "An Act to incorporate the Sydney Tennis Association."

(Passed the 3rd day of March, AD 1904.) ...

• The Statutes of Nova Scotia, passed in the...General assembly ...1904, pp. ix, 569

•  Sydney Tennis Association; Act amended ......... 569 ....

• Revised statutes of Nova Scotia, 1954: being a consolidation and revision of the public general statutes of the province, printed and published pursuant to chapter 9 of the Acts of 1951, the Statute revision act, 1951, Volume 4, Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.; Act to incorporate .... 1903 c. 288
       Amended ...................................  1904 c. 203

1905

Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)  and J. E. A. MacLeod

•  "Ross, Ross & McLeod barristers, have opened offices in the rooms in the Sydney Hotel Block .... [Sydney Daily Post, January 30, 1905]

• "The firm of Ross, Ross & McLeod has dissolved partnership. Mr. Howard S. Ross has opened in office in the Ross Block, And Messrs. Hugh Ross and J. E. A. McLeod have formed the firm of Ross & McLeod ..." [Sydney Daily Post, January 31, 1905] - [Perhaps John E. A. McLeod, age, 23 (b. March 31, 1878) and a law student in 1901: http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/ViewFrame.jsp?id=18317&size=large&highlight=17 ]

North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• The "Annual Ball By the Tennis Club" of North Sydney was set for May 26. The annual meeting of the club had been held a few evenings earlier. There was talk of adding another court to the "Peppett St." grounds because of the increased numbers.  [Sydney Daily Post, May 23, 1905]

North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• The "North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club"  hosted the "Tennis Ball at North Sydney." Attended by people from the Sydneys, Glace Bay, & Sydney Mines. Lots of ladies mentioned by their husbands names. [Sydney Daily Post, May 27, 1905]

• [Sydney] "News of Local and General Interest" "Tennis Tea. If the weather is favorable the ladies of the tennis club will provide tea this afternoon" [Sydney Daily Post, May 27, 1905]

• "Tennis popular" [North Sydney] " Both tennis Courts were crowded yesterday by lovers of the game, the lady members of both clubs Supplying refreshments. At the Peppitt St. grounds Mrs. [G.] Thompson and Miss [F]lorence Copeland were the hostesses, Mrs. W. J. Christie and Mrs. RedMaine doing the honors at the Archibald Avenue courts"  [Sydney Daily Post, June 12, 1905]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

• "Tennis Tournament ... Sydney Players beat North Sydney in Saturday's Tournament - Tea served in the Club House ... The North Sydney lawn tennis players were the guests of the Sydney Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon when a tournament was brought off on the charming grounds of the latter club. Victory went to the Sydney players by four matches to one. The record was as follows: Mrs. Graven and F.C. Kimber beat, Mrs. Thompson and W.A. Creelman, 7-5, 6-2 Miss K. Rigby and Rev. C. D. Schofield beat Miss Copeland and B.R. Rice, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 Miss Worgan and C.B. Ross [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)] lost to Miss Earle and H. Smith 2-6, 6-8,  C. Plummer [C.H.F Plummer oF Sydney] and W.A.G. Hoskin beat W.A. Creelman and H. Smith 6-4, 6-2 H.S. Ross and Hedley Musgrave beat B. R. Rice and J.D. Leavitt, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 Tea was served by the ladies in the club house. and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent"  [Sydney Daily Post, July 10, 1905]

• [Sydney] "Tennis Club Excursion A large number of people took in the Tennis Club excursion on the harbor last night. The night was calm and the trip around the harbor was thus rendered all the nicer" [Sydney Daily Post, July 13, 1905]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

• "Tennis Tournament  A tournament will commence during the coming week on the grounds of the Sydney Tennis Club. Entries must mailed or phoned to to [sic] the secretary Mr. A. M. Crofton not later than Monday evening 24th instant. A fee of 50 cents for each entry will be charged. The following events will be included in the tournament: Ladies' singles, ladies doubles, Mixed doubles, gentlemen's singles, gentlemen's doubles. With the exception of the ladies singles and doubles the various events will be handicaps. The Richard's cup for championship club singles (at present held by Mr. H. H. Jost) will be competed for at the close of the tournament." [Sydney Daily Post, July 21, 1905]

[Note: Arthur M Crofton [mis-identified as Croften] lived on Woodill Street in 1911 but on 252 Rockdale drive in 1907-1908 - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71804&highlight=32&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Arthur+M+Croften and http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1223 ]

• "Tennis Representatives H.S. Ross, H.V. Musgrave, C. Plummer [C.H.F Plummer of Sydney], C.R. Ross [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)]], Mrs. Ross Thompson and Miss C. Worgan leave on the noon train to represent the Sydney tennis club in the tennis  tournament at New Glasgow." [Sydney Daily Post, August 7, 1905]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

• "N.S. Lawn Tennis Assn Tournament" Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 8, 1905]

•  "N.S. Lawn Tennis Assn Tournament " Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 9, 1905]

•  "N.S. Lawn Tennis Assn Tournament" Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 10, 1905]

• "N.S. Lawn Tennis Assn Tournament" Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 11, 1905]

• "N.S. Lawn Tennis Assn Tournament" Note: Player results are noted here as well [Sydney Daily Post, August 12, 1905]

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club [Sydney Tennis Asscociation]

• The original land was owned by the Reverend Hugh R. McLeod. After his death, his heirs (long list here) granted the land to the The Sydney Tennis Association, Limited for the sum of 1 dollar. [Source Required from Deed]

Postcard Dated 1905

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~boutilier/

1906

Glace Bay -- Lawn Tennis Club; Sydney Lawn Tennis Club; North Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• [Glace Bay] "Annual Tennis Meeting  The members of the Lawn Tennis Club held their annual meeting last night ... The courts will be opened for the season's work next week" [President: J.C. Douglas] [Sydney Daily Post, June 6, 1906]

• The Tennis Ball The Social Event of the Season took place in the Sydney Lyceum last night ... the youth and beauty of Sydney, North Sydney and Glace Bay were fairly represented ... " Note: List of ladies' and gentlemen's names follow [Sydney Daily Post, June 8, 1906]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

•  NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION, 1906 - Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide, 1907.

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• - Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide For 1907, Copyright 1907. "NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS  ASSOCIATION  TOURNAMENT, 1906 ... The sixth annual tournament of the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association was held at Amherst, N.S., on Aug. 6-10 [1906] ... The next tournament will be held in Halifax on the grounds of the South End Club in August, 1908 [sic] ..." There were no winners from Sydney. [http://www.archive.org/details/wrightditsonoff19unkngoog ]

1907

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

•  The South End Tennis Club (Halifax) hosted the Nova Scotia Provincial tournament for the first time in 1907. - http://www.southendtennisclub.ca/contents/showcontent/10

1907-1908

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
  

• Sydney Lawn Tennis Grounds, Cromarty

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory 1907-08 (Halifax: McAlpine Publishing Company, 1908), p. 1278]
- http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/ ]

Cromarty Street Neighbours
of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• CROMARTY com. 834 
     George, runs south to Sul-
     livan's Brook 
     ... Tain street commences 
     ... 
  South Bentinck street inters. 
      ... 
     WEST SIDE 
      Side of building 
     McLeod J. A.  [J. K. McLeod (1863 or 1864-)]
     Henry Charles  [Charles Henry]
     Sydney lawn tennis grads [grounds]
  S Bentinck street intersects 
      ...

 [McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1290] - Image presently unavailable

McLEOD J K [McLeod J. K.], physician, 291 Charlotte; h "Sherwood,"
cor George and Cromarty [J. K. McLeod (1863 or 1864-)]

 [McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1257] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1257

• Henry Chas, coachman, Dr. McLeod, h Cromarty [Charles Henry]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1235] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1235

•  POOL THOMAS, Engineer and Machinist, Cor. Prince and George;
  h "Sherwood," George. See adv. next page [Thomas Pool]

•  THOMPSON ROSS, of  A. N. McLennan & Co. h Cromarty [Ross Thompson]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1279] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/cap/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1279

Some Players, Possible Players and Related Names

• Jost, Allan D,, emp D I & S, Co, h 65 Esplanade [Allan D. Jost]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1239
- http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1239  ]

• Richards William, emp D I & S Co. bds 44 Tupper [William Richards]

• Richards Wm J. carpenter R. C & Co, h Royal Ave [William J. Richards]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1269] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1269 

• Ross Block, 200 Charlotte

• Ross Howard S., barrister, 200 Charlotte, h 18 Park, corner Cottage Road [Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)]

• Ross Hugh, of Ross & Livingstone, h 93 Whitney a [Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Charles D. Livingstone]

• Ross, James, president Dom Coal Co, h 76 King's Road [James Ross]

• ROSS & LIVINGSTONE, Barristers, &c. 269 Charlotte [Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Charles D. Livingstone]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1271] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1271 

• ROSS & LIVINGSTON ... BARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS  ... Offices ... Ferguson Building ...
  269 CHARLOTTE STREET Money to loan on Real Estate Security ... HUGH ROSS     CHAS. D. LIVINGSTON [Hugh Ross (1870-1938) and Charles D. Livingstone]

[McAlpine's Nova Scotia Directory, 1907-08, Cape Breton County - City of Sydney, p. 1272] - http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/directory/page.asp?Place=&Letter=&Page=1272 

Richards	William	41	NS	CAPE BRETON	Sydney (Town/Ville)	z-2	25	27
Richards	William	23	NS	CAPE BRETON	Sydney (Town/Ville)	z-2	30	12

25 = Assistant Sales Agent, Steel Works

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/SurnameList.jsp?surname=richards&districtId=
28&desc=Search+province+of+Nova+Scotia+
in+the+1901+Census+of+Canada+records+for+surname&Go=Go

1908

• NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION - The eighth annual tournament [1908] of this association was held on August 10 to 15 at Truro, Nova Scotia under the auspices of the Truro Lawn .... Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide, 1909, p. 179

1908

"At Play on the Tennis Courts, Sydney, C.B." 
Please notice the Club House and the two grass courts 
(Court 3 and Court 4 (foreground). Eight Players And One Umpire Or Line Judge.
25 September, 1908. Copyright Nova Scotia Museum (Postcard)

http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/40866.html  [Photo No: 94.31.26 Collection: NS Museum of Cultural History]

1909

Tennis

• ENGLAND - In 1909, the clay tennis court was invented in England by Claude Brown to allow the game to be played in areas where grass did not grow in winter.

•  However, clay tennis courts were already growing in popularity by this time

• The St. George's Lawn Tennis Club of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, kindly invited the Association to hold its tournament on their ground next year, 1909, which invitation was accepted [by the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association] .... Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide, 1909, p. 182

1910

Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)

•  The following Petitions were severally brought up, and laid on the Table: .... of Howard S. Ross and others, of Sydney, N.S. ... Tuesday, January 25, 1910, Journals of the Senate of Canada, Volume XLV, 1909-1910, Thursday, 10 February, 1910, p. 102 - http://www.archive.org/details/JSCe45_1909-10_uoft

• Pursuant to the Order of the Day, the following Petitions were severally read: ... of Howard S. Ross and others, of Sydney, N.S., ... Tuesday, 1st March, 1910, Journals of the Senate of Canada, Volume XLV, 1909-1910, Thursday, 10 February, 1910, p. 204 - http://www.archive.org/details/JSCe45_1909-10_uoft

Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)

• The Tenth Annual Tournament of this Association [Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association - 1910] was held on the splendid courts of the Mayflower Lawn Tennis Club, New Glasgow, beginning August 1 to 6, 1910, and was equally as great a success in the number of competitors and proficiency of play as the tournament of 1909. The weather governs a tennis tournament to a great extent and on this occasion for the most part of the week it was favorable.

The Ladies' Singles had a large ...

 ... C. R. Grant and G.B. Wiswell, second, 6-4, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3. Prize for the most popular umpire was awarded to C. B. Ross. This year only two challenge rounds were played, as the holders of the medals in the other events were not present to defend their titles. Accordingly, following the tournament, the winners of last year's challenge round were compelled to defend their titles as Nova Scotia Champions... [Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide, 1911, p. 187 -]

1910

http://novamuse.ca/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/106903

1911

Hugh Ross (1870-1938)

•  Hugh Ross, Lawyer - Sydney, Ward 4, District 40, p. 37, Census of 1911 - 40 years old, born September, 1870, 93 Whitney Avenue. Helen (wife); William (Brother - b. September 1870); Flora McNeil (domestic)

Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)

•  Howard S. Ross and family in 1911 was enumerated as living on 436 Elm Avenue, Westmount, Quebec - http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=2916&highlight=18&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Howard+Ross  He was a barrister. Perhaps in 1915: Ross & Angers. H. S. Ross [Howard S. Ross], K.C, E. R. Angers  - http://www.archive.org/details/canadalegaldirec1915wharuoft  p, 150. Perhaps in 1924: Howard S. Ross, Esq, Messrs. Monty, Duranleau, Ross and Angers, Barristers and Solicitors, Versailles Building, 90, St. James Street, Montreal (Canada) - www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL027.PDF

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)

•  Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association ........................ 209 [Wright & Ditson, Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide , 1912, - Page 5]

• NOVA SCOTIA LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION

THE Eleventh Annual Tournament was held at Bridgewater, N. S., on the pretty grounds of the Bridgewater Lawn Tennis Club, beginning August 7 to -

• [Wright & Ditson, Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide , 1912, - Page 209 -  http://www.archive.org/details/wrightditsonoff14unkngoog ]

• In the Ladies' Doubles the victors were Mrs. F. T. Handsombody and Miss Olive Owen (Bridgewater, defeating Miss Morgan and Mrs. H. T. Wyman (Sydney), 6-0, 6-2.

  • The Mixed Doubles furnished some very exciting matches and the final was won by Miss F. Lydiard and W.N. Rice (Sydney Mines), defeating Miss M. Silver and A.C. Wiswell (South End), 6-1, 6-1. 

    • [Wright & Ditson, Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide , 1912, - Page 209]
       

• The Mens' Singles went to A. C. Wiswell (south End) after some brilliant matches defeating Dr. G. J. McDonald (New Glasgow), 8-6, 6-3, 6-2. The final in the Men's Doubles was won by A. C. Wiswell and C. B. Ross (Sydney)  [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)], defeating G . Milsom and R. H. MacMina (St. Georges), 6-2, 9-7, 6-3.

The provincial champions of last year are not permitted to play in the tournament , but must defend their championship titles, and the result of this play off was — Ladies' Singles, Miss Olive Owen (Bridgewater) defeating Mrs. F. T. Handsombody (Windsor), 6-3. 4-6, 6-4, Ladies' Doubles, Mrs. F. T. Handsombody and Miss Olive Owen (Bridgewater) won by default, last year's winners not being present. Mixed Doubles, Miss F. Lydiard and W. N. Rice (Sydney Mines), defeating last year's champions, Miss B. Silver and E. Foster (South End), 6-1, 6-1.

Men's Singles

Chas. Grant (Wanderers), last year's champion, defeated A. C. Wiswell (South End), 406, 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, after a hard fight.

 .. [Wright & Ditson, Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide, 1912 - Page 210]

•  Men's Doubles

Dr. J. G. McDonald [J. Garf McDonald] and G. S. Jackson (New Glasgow) [George Stonewall Jackson] beat A. C. Wiswell and C. B. Ross (Sydney), 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

The Evening Mail, Cup Emblem of the championship of Nova Scotia, becomes the property of Chas. R. Grant, he having won same three times.

The Brown Cup for the club making the most points in Doubles being  held for one year by the Sydney Mines Club. A.C. Wiswell (South End), Halifax, figured in the finals in every event he entered, and his steady playing throughout the tournament was generally remarked upon.

The Maritime Province Championship was played in Halifax, on the South End Tennis Club grounds the following Tuesday. In the Ladies' Singles, Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles no matches were played as no ladies came over from New Brunswick to represent that province. T. M. McAvity (St. John, NB) and William Wood (Sackville, N.B.) represented the sister province in the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles. The Nova Scotia Champion, C. R. Grant (Halifax), won m three straight sets, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3, from T. M. McAvity (St. John). In the Men's Doubles Dr. J. G. McDonald and G. S. Jackson (New Glasgow) defeated Messrs ...  [Wright & Ditson, Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide , 1912, Page. 210] [Note: Dr. J. G. McDonald and G. S. Jackson would win the Championship of the Maritimes in both 1911 and 1912]

• August 7-12 [1911], Nova Scotia Championship, Bridgewater, Canada
  Venue: LTC

  FI: mrs. Handsombody d. miss Lawson 6-2 6-4

  DF: Handsombody/miss Olive Owen d. miss Morgan/mrs. Wyman 6-0 6-2

  MX: W.N.Rice/miss F.Lydiard d. Wiswell/miss M.Silver 6-4 6-3

  • http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=430168&page=3
     

• August 7-12 [1911], Nova Scotia Championship, Bridgewater, Canada
  Venue: LTC

  FI: Mrs Handsombody d. Miss Lawson 6-2 6-4

  DF: Mrs Handsombody/Olive Owen d. Miss Morgan/Mrs Wyman 6-0 6-2

  MX: Miss F Lydiard/WN Rice d. Miss M Silver/Mr Wiswell 6-4 6-3

  • http://www.tennisforum.com/showthread.php?t=430168&page=2

• .. LeHavre River, a dance and a bridge party, together, with automobile drives. Next year the tournament will be held at Sydney. The annual meeting of the association was held at Clarke's Hotel, Monday night, August 7. The [1911] election of officers resulted as follows: Hon. President, President, J. C. Lithgow (Wanderers), Halifax; President, C. B. Ross [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)] (Sydney); Vice-President, ... [Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide‎, 1912, p. 211]

W. N. RICE

Walter Nelson Rice ^1,2

Walter Nelson Rice was born in 1878 at Little Bras d'Or, Victoria Co, NS. ^3,4 He was the son of Abner Trenholme Rice and Augusta Moffett. Walter Nelson Rice married 1st Minnie Hurst, daughter of George H Hurst and Margaret MacDonald, before 1905.² Walter Nelson Rice married 2nd Katherine McKinnon after 1918.⁵ Walter Nelson Rice died on 22 January 1976 at Sydney City Hospital, Sydney, Cape Breton Co, NS.^6,7 He was buried at Lakeside Cemetery, Sydney, Cape Breton Co, NS.⁷

Mr Smith notes: Member of the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame, Tennis.⁶ He resided after 1963 at Sydney, Cape Breton Co, NS. According to his brother Parker's obituary.⁶

Children of Walter Nelson Rice and Minnie Hurst
◦Cecil Gertrude Rice⁸
◦Arthur Nelson Rice+⁵
◦Harry Abner Rice+
◦Edith Isabel Rice+

Child of Walter Nelson Rice and Katherine McKinnon
◦Brenda Rice+

Citations
1.[S1230] Census - Canada: 1891, 28:n:18.
2.[S1346] Beaton Institute, Biographical and genealogical files, (Rice).
3.[S1230] Census - Canada: 1891, 28, n, p. 18.
4.[S1346] Beaton Institute, Biographical and genealogical files.
5.[S1362] Letter, Mildred Howard to Laurence P. Patterson, 1995.
6.[S1353] Smith.
7.[S1362] Letter, Mildred Howard to Laurence P. Patterson, 1995, Walter Rice's obituary.
8.[S1372] McCormick 1973, 1754.3.
© Copyright 2002, 2011 by the Edmund Rice (1638) Association

Walter Nelson Rice b. 1878 d. 22 Jan 1976	Abner Trenholme Rice b. 1834 d. 21 Jan 1901	Robert M. Rice b. 1805 d. 18 Feb 1892
		Sarah M. Ingraham b. 1808 d. 19 Feb 1892
	Augusta Moffett b. c 1851 d. 16 Jun 1921	George Moffett b. 1812 d. 1867
		Emily Rodderham b. 1817 d. 1906

http://www.george-king.com/Planter/p75.htm

1911 Canada Census

HEADINGS TEMPLATE

			Province  ____________________________________________                                                       District No.________________________________						S. District No.________________________________  Enumeration District ________________________                                                                                 In_______________________________{ City, town village, township or parish)
	VISITATION ORDER #	RESIDENCE AND PERSONAL DESCRIPTION										CITIZENSHIP, NATIONALITY AND RELIGION
	1	2		3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
	Dwelling home	Family, household or institution		Name of each person in family, household or institution	Place of habitation. Township or parish, city, town or village.	Sex	Relationship to head  of  family or  household	Single, married, widowed, divorced or legally separated.	Month &  day of  birth	Year of birth	Age   at last birthday	Country or province of birth.  (If in Canada, specify province or territory.)	Year of immigration to Canada if an immigrant.	Year of naturalization if formerly an alien.	Racial or tribal origin.	Nationality	Religion
1																		1

 

	PROFESSION, OCCUPATION, TRADE OR MEANS OF LIVING					WAGE-EARNERS								INSURANCE HELD AT DATE
	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
	Chief occupation or trade	Employment other than at chief occupation or trade if any.	Employer	Employee	Working on own account	State where person is employed, such as "on farm", in "woolen mill", "at foundry shop", "in drug store", etc.	Weeks employed in 1910 at chief occupation or trade.	W’ks employed in 1910 at other than chief occup’n. or trade, if any.	Hours of working time per week at chief occupation.	Hours of working time per week at other occupation, if any.	Total earnings in 1910 from chief occupation or trade.	Total earnings in 1910 from other than chief occupation or trade, if any.	Rate of earnings per hour when employed by the hour	Upon life	Against accident or sickness	Cost of insurance in census year.
1

 

EDUC. AND LANGUAGE OF EACH PERSON 5 YRS. OF AGE AND OVER					INFIRMITIES
33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Months at school in 1910	Can read	Can write	Language commonly spoken	Cost of education in 1910 for person over 15 yrs.	Blind	Deaf or dumb	Crazy or Lunatic	Deaf and Dumb NOT to be entered	Idiotic or Silly (Numbers given for above categories)

Based On: Column headings: 1911 federal census return - [Source: http://www.archivecdbooks.ca/Samples/1911Census_V5.doc ]

To Interpret the Records, go to: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-1200-e.html

1911 Trade Codes

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1911 Canada Census

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/index-e.html

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test3.jsp?did=40

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-100.01-e.php  

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=7p35beolgt7bsgb5adpts4md83&q1=&q6=sydney&q2=&q3=&q4=&q5=&q7=&q8=&interval=20

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1911/001003-119.01-e.php?sisn_id_nbr=20500&interval=20&PHPSESSID=7p35beolgt7bsgb5adpts4md83

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Dr. JOHN K. McLeod [J. K. McLeod (1863 or 1864-)]

• 37 Cromarty Street (West Side) - WARD THREE - District 40, CAPE BRETON SOUTH, ENUMERATION DISTRICT NUMBER 35 SYDNEY, PAGE 21

  • Dr. John McLeod, Presbyterian, born February 1864, age 47;

  • Mary McLeod, wife, born August 1871, age 39;

  • Hugh S. McLeod, son, born February 7, 1897, age 14;

  • George U. McLeod, son, born July 1899, age 11;

  • Louise Leblanc, domestic, born May? 1891, age 20;

  • Charles Henry, domestic, born June 1856, age 55;

  • Ellein? Andrews, domestic, born June 1840, age 70 -

  Source: 

  http://data6.collectionscanada.ca/exec/getSID072105.pl?f=e079/e001967371&cat=1911a&dbk=1911&l=e&p=0&t=1911cen

 

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McLeod Dr. John K    37

Cromarty

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26

McLeod Mary

Cromarty

F

Wife

M

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1871

39

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McLeod Hugh S

Cromarty St

M

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S

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1897

14

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28

McLeod George A

Cromarty St

M

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1899

11

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29

LeBlanc Louise

Cromarty

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Domestic

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May

1891

20

NS

French

Canadian

R Catholic

30

Henery Charles

Cromarty

M

Domestic

W

June

1855

55

NS

English

Canadian

Methodist

31

Andrews Elen

Cromarty

F

Domestic

W

June

1840

70

NS

English

Canadian

Anglican

 

17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Doctor	9-0-24	No	No	Yes		62				1000
None	No
	No
	No
Domestic	2-9-09	No	Yes	No	Private House	52		60		120
Domestic	2-9-09	No	Yes	No	Private House	52		60		200
Domestic	2-9-09	No	Yes	No	Private House	48		54		150

 

33	34	35	36
	Yes	Yes	E
	Yes	Yes	E
10	Yes	Yes	Eng
10	Yes	Yes	Eng
	Yes	No	Eng & Fr
	Yes	Yes	Eng
	Yes	Yes	Eng

Source:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71807&highlight=27&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Hugh+S+McLeod

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=71807

IMAGE:

Census1911JohnMcLeod001967371.pdf

Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)

309	Ross Alexander C.		M	Head	M	May	1848	63
309	Ross Marion		F	Wife	M	Sep	1848	63
309	Ross Charles B.		M	Son	S	May	1877	34
309	McDonald Mary		F	Domestic	S	Sep	1889	23

• Alexander C. Ross, Baptist, Broker, living at 81 Park

• Charles. B. Ross, Baptist, Insurance Agent, living with father at 81 Park

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71689&highlight=38&desc=1911+Census+of+Canada+page+containing+Charles+B.+Ross

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=71689

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CROMARTY STREET NEIGHBOURS

OF THE SYDNEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB -

WARD THREE

•  4 Cromarty Street  - Page 15 (East Side)

8		140	Munro Albert		M	Head	M	Jun	1876	34
9		140	Munro Louise		F	Wife	M	Jun	1879	31
10		140	McNeil Kate		F	Servant	S	Dec	1889	21
11		140	Tailor Harry		M	Boarder	S	Oct	1880	30

Source:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71801&highlight=8

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• 70 Cromarty Street  - Page 15 (East Side - c. across from 65 Cromarty Street - West Side)

33		144	McLeod Guss		M	Head	M	Apr	1880	31
34		144	McLeod Bertie		F	Wife	M	May	1882	29
35		144	McLeod Tomey		M	Son	S	May	1907	4
36		144	McLeod Graham		M	Son	S	Aug	1909	2
37		144	Langlois Louise		F	Domestic	S	Oct	1891	19

Source:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71801&highlight=8

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• 90 Cromarty Street  - Page 15 (East Side)

38		145	Thompson Ross		M	Head	M	Jan	1866	45
39		145	Thompson Agnes		F	Wife	M	Oct	1873	37
40		145	Thompson Dorothy		F	Daughter	S	Jan	1893	18
41		145	Thompson Grace		F	Daughter	S	Sep	1894	16
42		145	Thompson Ross		M	Son	S	May	1897	14
43		145	Thompson Norah		F	Daughter	S	Jul	1898	12
44		145	Thompson Allan		M	Son	S	Aug	1900	10
45		145	Thompson Frances		F	Daughter	S	Apr	1904	7
46		145	Thompson Helen		F	Daughter	S	Feb	1907	4
47		145	Thompson Ivan		M	Son	S	Nov	1908	2
48		145	Cameron Annie		F	Domestic	S	Apr	1889	22
49		145	Cameron Christie		F	Domestic	S	Dec	1891	19
50		145	Cameron Mary		F	Boarder	S	Dec	1894	16

Line 38: born Ireland : to Canada 1901 (note added by: Anna Wilkie)
Line 39: born Ontario. Six oldest children born there too. (note added by: Anna Wilkie)

Source:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71801&highlight=8

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• 105 Cromarty Street  - Page 47 - The Kennan's only are identified as at 105 Cromarty (West Side)

1			Jubein Cliford		M	Son	S	Jun	1908	2
2			Iveiley? Miriam		F	Domestic	S	May	1886	25
3		429	Keenan William P		M	Head	M	Jul	1881	29
4		429	Keenan Edeth		F	Wife	M	Jun	1882	28
5		429	Keenan Eileen		F	Daughter	S	Mar	1902	8

Source:

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/View.jsp?id=71833&highlight=4

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1912

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

TOURNAMENT

 

• .. Next year the [Twelfth Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association - 1912] tournament will be held at Sydney ...  [Wright & Ditson officially adopted lawn tennis guide‎, 1912, p. 211 ]
   

• Wright & Ditson's  Official Lawn Tennis Guide‎, 1913, pp 199-201  -http://www.archive.org/details/wrightditsonoff13unkngoog] - Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association tournament not described
   

• NOVA SCOTIA OPEN WOMENS SINGLES CHAMPIONS  ... 1912 Miss A.W. Lawson Halifax, Nova Scotia
  NOVA SCOTIA OPEN LADIES' DOUBLES ... 1912 Mrs. Slayter & A. Lawson Halifax, Nova Scotia
  NOVA SCOTIA OPEN MIXED DOUBLES ... 1912: W. Rice & F. Lydiard, Sydney & Kentville, Nova Scotia
  NOVA SCOTIA OPEN MENS SINGLES CHAMPIONS  ... 1912 A.C. Wiswell Halifax, Nova Scotia
  NOVA SCOTIA OPEN MEN'S DOUBLES ... 1912 A. Wiswell & E. Foster Halifax, Nova Scotia

http://web.archive.org/web/20030416013111/http://nsta.ca/aliant_telecom_open/past_champions.htm

http://www.courtsidecanada.ca/media/cms-files/nova_scotia/nova-scotia-open/open-singles-champions/OPEN%20SINGLES%20CHAMPIONS.doc

    WEEK OF AUGUST 5TH

Twelfth Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association Tournament- Sydney

[NOVA SCOTIA OPEN]

Nova Scotia Tennis Tournament Sydney - August 1912		Mr. Kimber, Miss Lydia, Miss Silver

 

Miss O. Owen - Champion 1910-1911		M. Freeman - N. Warren

Charles Freeman Collection - Photos Provided by Ian MacIntosh (Sydney, Cape Breton )

CHAMPIONS

• LADIES' SINGLES: 1912 Miss A.W. Lawson Halifax, Nova Scotia

• LADIES' DOUBLES: 1912 Mrs. Slayter & A. Lawson Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MIXED DOUBLES: 1912 W. Rice & F. Lydiard Sydney & Kentville Nova Scotia

• MEN'S SINGLES: 1912 A.C. Wiswell Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S DOUBLES: 1912 A. Wiswell & E. Foster Halifax, Nova Scotia

SOURCE

• The Provincial Lawn Tennis Association held their tournament in Sydney during the week of August 5th. There were visitors and players from all over the Provinces, and the tournament was the largest and most successful ever held.

  • Stone & Webster Journal, 1912, - Volume 11 - Page 214 -

  http://books.google.ca/books?ei=EhITUeHPKKWS0QHPuIHYBw&id=2JIwAQAAMAAJ&dq=
  22+Provincial+Lawn+Tennis+Association+held+their+tournament+in+
  Sydney+%22&q=%22+Provincial+Lawn+Tennis+Association+held+their+tournament+in+Sydney+%22

  

  Date: 1912
  Measurements: 15 cm,18.5 cm,9 cm
  Model: 1744
  Marks/Label:

  Inscribed on side of body, NSLTA / Mens Doubles / 1912 1st;
  Stamped on base, 1744/Manufactured & Plated by Poole Silver Co./Tauton, Mass
  On base: MANUFACTURED & PLATED BY POOLE SILVER CO, TAUNTON, MASS.
  One trophy awarded by the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association for First Place, Men's Doubles, 1912,
  flat rim, ringed neck, ovoid body with leaf and berry wreath design, stemmed to flared foot,
  manufacturer's stamp on underside of base, double handles

  http://novamuse.ca/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/9576 -

  from the collection of Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

  ---

  c. 1912

  

  NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON, SYDNEY, TENNIS COURT, PLAYERS, VALENTINE # 107,390

  1912 WESTCHESTER STATION CANCEL [Nova Scotia]

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOVA-SCOTIA-CAPE-BRETON-SYDNEY-TENNIS-
  COURT-PLAYERS-VALENTINE-107-390-/330792675027?pt=LH_
  DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d04c7a6d3

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1913

Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)

• . http://books.google.com/books?q=editions:0U32msmzXVXgMoPnmq5&lr=&id=yfAEAAAAYAAJ&sa=N&start=0 ].
   

• 1913 Sydney Millionaires - Bottom Row -  L to R. Wm. Wilkie, F. Miles (Comm.... don't know what that means??), D. Buckley (Comm), H. Grant (vice president), J. Curry (president), C.B. Ross (secretary-treasurer)  [Charles B. Ross (1875 or 1877 or c. 1879-February 28, 1935)], R. McAdam (Comm), Wm Parsons (trainer) ...  [http://lemac2.tripod.com/index-58.html]

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c. 1914

GLACE BAY TENNIS

• In the parlour at 6 Cottage Street, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia (note the pennant on the back wall). From the left: My Grand-aunt, Annie, My Great-grandmother, Alice Gouthro McNeil, my grandmother, Sarah Catherine (Katie) McNeil (in back), little Marguerite (Margie) with the ribbon in her hair and May (Lucy) McNeil. You may recall the “Mikado” post featuring my grandmother and her sister, Annie. Annie and Lucy have either just come in from playing tennis, or they are heading out to do so (I tend to think it’s the latter, since they’re both looking quite fresh). This photo must have been taken around 1914 as Margie (this is pronounced with a hard “g”) was born in 1909 and looks to be around five or six in this photo ...

  • http://acadianeire.wordpress.com/ -

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1915

Tennis

MARCONI TOWERS

• 17553 Tennis Court at Marconi Towers c. 1915 + Negative (E 6)

  • http://beaton.capebretonu.ca/aids/finding.pdf - Index to Finding Aids Completed 2007

SYDNEY MINES AND NORTH SYDNEY

• Tennis courts used to buy a lot [of clay]. They had a wonderful one in North Sydney, and Brown Street in Sydney Mines, they had another big one. That'd be getting up there to around 1915. Every summer I was to that clay there ....

  • http://capebretonsmagazine.com/modules/publisher/item.php?itemid=654 - Making Bricks at George's River, Cape Breton Magazine, December 1, 1977, Issue 18, p. 31

 

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1918

"CITY CLUB" - CITY TENNIS CLUB

"City Club" Tennis Courts Sydney - NS. - -1918-		"Club House" City Tennis Club - Sydney - - 1918 -

Charles Freeman Collection - Photos Provided by Ian MacIntosh (Sydney, Cape Breton)

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1920

Accession number: 975.01.485
Category: Documentary artifact

Date: 1920
Materials: Paper
Measurements: 20.3 cm
Group: Tennis

One monochrome photograph of W.N. Rice, North Sydney, Nova Scotia tennis champion, 1920, forehand position to strike tennis ball, building in background

http://novamuse.ca/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/8430 - from the collection of Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

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1921

Dr. JOHN K. McLeod [J. K. McLeod (1863 or 1864-)]

• The Canadian Medical Association ... Annual Meeting 1921,  Halifax, N. S., ... JK McLeod, Sherwood, Sydney ... [Canada Lancet‎, v. 55, no. 5 - 1922 , p. 162.]

CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB - 65 CROMARTY

1921 CENSUS

CAPE BRETON SOUTH AND RICHMOND

WARD THREE - DISTRICT 53 - SUB-DISTRICT 009

• 4 CROMARTY - ANDREW DUNN

• 105 CROMARTY - ANGUS MANN

• 93 CROMARTY - DAVID G. MCALPHINE

• 90 CROMARTY - IRVING C MACKIE

• 70 CROMARTY - A. M. MCLEOD

• 11 CROMARTY - DAVID H BERARZON

• 56 CROMARTY - W. J. R. MACKAY

• 37 CROMARTY - DR. JOHN K. MCLEOD

• 23 CROMARTY - DR. W. F. CUNNINGHAM

• 17 CROMARTY - DAVID F NOLAN

http://interactive.ancestry.ca/8991/1921_043-e002907748?backurl=
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ReturnBrowsing#?imageId=1921_040-e002903922

DECEMBER 13, 1921

Found Stolen Goods Hidden in Sydney Tennis Club [Correct Club?]

The Charlottetown Guardian, December 15, 1921, p. 8

http://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19211215-008

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1922

Tennis

• Lawn Tennis still lags behind that of Great Britain or the United States. Clubs exist in most of the principal towns and cities, but there is not much general enthusiasm about the game. An annual tournament is held under the auspices of the Canada Lawn Tennis Association; and the 'Queen's Tournament', which takes place in Aug. at Niagara-on-the-Lake (p. 226), also attracts many competitors.

Karl Baedeker, The Dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska. Handbook for travellers (1922) (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1922), p. lii T X. SPORTS AND PASTIMES.

Sydney ... Theatre. Sydney Lyceum. — Lingan Country Club (golf, tennis, etc.)

Karl Baedeker, The Dominion of Canada, with Newfoundland and an excursion to Alaska. Handbook for travellers (1922) (New York, C. Scribner's sons, 1922), p. 22.

George E. R. McLeod (1899-)

• McLeod, George Ross, A.B. Dalhousie Univ, 1919, LL.B. 1922; "Sherwood, " Sydney, N.S. Can. [Harvard Law School, Alumni directory of the Harvard Law School‎ - p. 167] See also: http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/9045568?n=1655&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.5

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1923

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

• The Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1923 - MORE: Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

JULY 20

• Two Tennis Events Decided Yesterday

• Tennis Courts are Much Improved in appearance Lately

• The courts on Cromarty Street have taken on a new and much improved appearance since the workmen have been engaged in building a new fence and repairing the grounds. The club house is also receiving considerable attention and will be in good shape for the provincial tournament which commences here on August 6

The Sydney Post, Saturday, July 21, 1923, p. 10

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

[NOVA SCOTIA OPEN]

TOURNAMENT

AUGUST 6 to AUGUST 13, 1923

AUGUST 3

•  The Nova Scotia Tennis Tournament will start here on Monday next with a large entry. The winners will play off with the New Brunswick winners ...

• Friday, August 10 - Special theatre party at the Strand theatre, under the auspices of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club

• The winners this year will meet last year's champions for the Provincial championship titles

• The New Brunswick Champions for the Maritime Provinces championship, August 16

• The Brown Cup for the Doubles is at present held by the South End Club, Halifax

• Ladies of the Sydney Tennis Club will serve tea daily

• Players must wear shoes with rubber soles, without heels or spikes

The Sydney Post, Friday, August 3, 1923, p. 8

AUGUST 6

•  Nova Scotia Tennis Tourney is Opened on Sydney Courts

• The Nova Scotia Tennis Tournament opened yesterday at the courts of the Sydney Tennis Club on Cromarty St ...

• In the five different events over two hundred elimination contests will have to be played

• The tourney is under the management of L. A. Gastonguay, honorable secretary and referee ...

• The winner of the present tournament will meet the winners of last year's tournament for the championship medals of the province

• This year's Nova Scotia champions will play the New Brunswick champions on Aug 16th for the championship of the Maritime Provinces

The Sydney Post, Tuesday, August 7, 1923, p. 2

• Nova Scotia Tennis Tournament got away to a good start on first day ...

The Sydney Post, Tuesday, August 7, 1923, p. 10

AUGUST 7

•  Forty-two matches played during the second day of tennis tourney ... record number of matches played on second day ...

The Sydney Post, Wednesday, August 8, 1923, p. 10

AUGUST 8

• The third set could not be gone ahead with on account of darkness ...

• The wet conditions of the courts prohibited play being started yesterday until four in the afternoon ...

The Sydney Post, Thursday, August 9, 1923, front page

AUGUST 9

•  Splendid Tennis on Cromarty St. Courts

The Sydney Post, Friday, August 10, 1923, p. 6

•  Where the matches with the winner of the New Brunswick tournament will be played is not yet known ...

The Sydney Post, Friday, August 10, 1923, p. 8

AUGUST 10

• Everything else stopped at the courts while the two stars were in action and crowds of spectators lines all four sides of the grounds ...

• excitement in the bleachers ...

The Sydney Post, Saturday, August 11, 1923, p. 3

• New Brunswick Champions will meet winners of Nova Scotia Tournament at Cromarty St. tennis courts on Monday ...

• Most of the visiting tennis players will remain in Sydney to witness the maritime championship matches ...

The Sydney Post, Saturday, August 11, 1923, p. 10

AUGUST 11-12

•  Cromarty Street courts

The Sydney Post, Monday, August 13, 1923, p. 4

•  All but two of Provincial Tennis Titles now decided ...

•  heavy rains of the week-end .... left the courts in flooded conditions ...

The Sydney Post, Monday, August 13, 1923, p. ? [next to front page]

AUGUST 13

• City Tennis club are Disappointed

• The winners of the Nova Scotia tennis tournament and the New Brunswick players ... leave here and go to another part of the province to play the maritime championship game ... It was the weather ...

• for this was the first that the maritime championships had ever been scheduled for Sydney ...

The Sydney Post, Tuesday, August 14, 1923, p. ? [next to front page]

AUGUST 15

• Rice says Maritime Matches Should have been finished here ... [excellent list of complaints why these players should not have fled Sydney to have the play off elsewhere like in Truro or Halifax and that they were obligated to play them here in Sydney]

• Maritime Tennis Titles will rest with Nova Scotia

The Sydney Post, Tuesday, August 16, 1923, p. 10

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AUGUST 7, 1923

Nova Scotia Tennis Association

N.S, Tennis Folk Elect Officers

• 1924 Tournament Likely at Halifax --- Results of Morning Play ... Sydney, N.S, Aug. 7 ...

• The following officers were elected: Honorary President L. C. MacKie, Sydney .... Vice President Qalter N. Rice, North Sydney ...

• When Play resumed this morning ... E. Vooght, of North Sydney ... J. Hackett, North Sydney ...

• In the ladies' singles Miss C. Morgan of Sydney ...

The Evening Times-Star, St. John, N.B., August 7, 1923, p. 2

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.N_00358_19230807/2?r=0&s=1

AUGUST 10, 1923

• MARITIME TENNIS STARTS ON MONDAY
  __________
   Sydney, N.S., Aug. 10 - The Maritime tennis championships will be played on the courts of the Sydney Tennis Club.
  This announcement was made this morning by I. A. Gastonguay, honorary secretary of the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association, who received a telegram from the secretary of the New Brunswick Lawn Tennis Association notifying him that the winners in the Sackville tournament would come to Sydney to meet the winners of the Sydney tourney.
  Both the Sydney and Sackville tournaments will be finished this week and on Monday the leaders will clash here for the Maritime honors.

  • 1923, August 11, Saturday, The Daily Gleaner, p. 6.

CHAMPIONS 1923

• LADIES SINGLES: 1923 Miss C. Cole Chester, Nova Scotia

• LADIES DOUBLES: 1923 H. Douglas & W. McFatridge Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MIXED DOUBLES: 1923 C. Mercer & H. Douglas Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S SINGLES: 1923 Prof. C.H. Mercer Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S DOUBLES: 1923 J. Butler & P. Hallisey Bedford, Nova Scotia

SOURCE

• Leslie Eaton was an active sportsman from his school days in the 1890s through the 1920s and beyond ... During the 1920s he was ranked among the top ten men’s singles tennis players in Nova Scotia. In 1923, he lost in the men’s finals to C.H. Mercer of Halifax, though the Acadian Recorder noted: “in the third set Dr Eaton, although the older of the two players, seemed to have better staying qualities....” He regularly figured in late round tennis matches through the 1920s both in singles and doubles. In 1929, he was on the ranking committee of the provincial tennis association and was the convenor of the 1929 provincial and Maritime tennis meet ...

   

  • http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/athletes/male/eaton.html

Connel Edward Avery deWitt

CHECK IF Dr Avery deWitt, A Tennis Champion, PLAYED THIS YEAR

• He was a key member of the Wolfville Lawn Tennis Club and played competitive tennis provincially through the 1920s and early 1930s. In 1921, he and his doubles partner placed second the in provincial finals and in 1931 was still winning singles matches for the Wolfville Lawn Tennis Club

 

Looks like one of the players (sitting down) in the large c. 1920s Cromarty Picture

http://library.acadiau.ca/archives/sporthistory/athletes/male/dewitt.html

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1924

AUGUST 15

• PLAY IN N.S. TENNIS TOURNEY RESUMED ... Harry McCann Defeated ... HALIFAX, N.S. ... H. McCann, Sydney ...

The Sydney Post, August 16, 1924

---------------------------

CITY TENNIS CLUB

Saturday, August 30, 1924

On Saturday last the City Tennis Club did not boast of as large a crowd as it usually does,
which was no doubt due to so many people being out of town for the week end and the holiday on Monday.
Those who were there however, enjoyed fully the fine afternoon and the splendid condition of the courts
and the tea served by the hostesses was delicious.
The ladies in charge were Mrs. J K. McLeod, Miss C. Worgan, Miss H. Curren, and Miss H. Johnstone.

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240904&printsec=frontpage&hl=en  - September 4, 1924, p. 3

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Saturday, September 6 Tournament

Sydney Lawn Tennis Association - Courts on Cromarty Street

LOCAL TENNIS CLUB WILL HOLD TOURNEY TO START SATURDAY

Thirty Or More Sydney Players To Compete - Keen Interest In Coming Meet

The members of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Association will hold [the] tournament at their courts on Cromarty Street commences on Saturday and continuing until [the] time as the club champion ships are decided.

It is thought that about [thirty] club members will take place in the tournament which it is will be the best ever held here.

The keenest play is expected when such players as Messrs Cooper and Harry McCann meet and [?]
the ladies with Misses Florr[ence] Reid and Marjorie Archibald. The championships to be decided [with]
the men's singles, the ladies' singles, the men's doubles, the ladies' doubles, and the mixed doubles.

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240905&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 
     - September 5, 1924, p. 10

Wednesday, September 10

Cromarty Courts

 

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240910&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 
     - September 10, 1924, p. 8

Sydney Courts - Cromarty Street

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240911&printsec=frontpage&hl=en  
     - September 11, 1924, p. 8

Cromarty courts

Sydney Daily Post -http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=T-Bu49-jKQgC&dat=19240919&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 
 - September 19, 1924, p. 12

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1925

NS Museum of Cultural History Photographer: Date Taken: 01 Jan, 1925 Description: Charlotte Street, Sydney

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1926

Howard S. Ross (1872-post 1926)

• Ross, Howard S. of Montreal, Date 21, Oct 1926, Introduced by: Fraser, Col. Alexander Vice-President, The Empire Club of Canada Published in: The Empire Club of Canada Speeches 1926 (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1927) pp. 244-256 - WORLD UNREST—A SUGGESTED CURE AN ADDRESS BY HOWARD S. ROSS, K.C., D.C.L., OF MONTREAL. Before the Empire Club of Canada, Toronto, Thursday, October 21, 1926.  http://speeches.empireclub.org/details.asp?SpeechID=528

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CROMARTY TENNIS CLUB - 65 CROMARTY

1931 CENSUS

Province: Nova Scotia
District name: Cape Breton South
District number: 6
Sub-district name: Sydney (City) , No. 27
Sub-district number: 27
Sub-district description: Ward 3

• Page 5 - 56 Cromarty: William J McKay

• Page 6 - 105 Cromarty: A. W. Mann

• Page 6 - 93 Cromarty: Daniel G McAlpine

• Page 6 - 70 Cromarty: William Francis Grey

• Page 6 - 37 Cromarty: John Knox McLeod

• Page 7 - 33 Cromarty: Paul Cunningham

• Page 7 - 17 Cromarty: David F Nolan

• Page 7 - 4 Cromarty: Andrew Dunn

 

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011545472&app=census1931&op=img

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011545473&app=census1931&op=img

https://central2.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?id=e011545474&app=census1931&op=img

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1933

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

TOURNAMENT

AUGUST 14 to AUGUST 19, 1933

Nova Scotia Tennis Championships

August 12

•  NOVA SCOTIA Tennis Tourney Opens Monday

•  on the Cromarty courts ...

•  with a large entry list, it may be necessary to stage some of the matches on the Alexandra Courts at North Sydney ...

Sydney Post-Record, Saturday, August 12, 1933, p. 12

August 14

Sydney, August 14 ... the opening day's play in the 1933 Nova Scotia tennis tournament ... Miss G. Smith, Sydney ...

Montreal Gazette, August 15, 1933, p. 15

Sydney NS Aug 14 ... Nova Scotia Title Tourney ...

T W Glover and O Gunn of Sydney ...Mrs [Stevens?] of Sydney ... Miss T Gunn of Sydney ...

Ottawa Citizen, August 15, p. 11

•  on the Cromarty courts ...

Sydney Post-Record, Tuesday, August 15, 1933, p. 12

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August 15

Sydney, N.S. August 15, ... Nova Scotia tennis tournament ... on the courts of two clubs .... Miss D. Dean and Miss F. Gunn, of Sydney ...

Montreal Gazette, August 16, 1933, p. 11

   

Sydney NS Aug ... Nova Scotia tennis tournament

Ottawa Citizen, August 16, p. 11

•  Numerous players are identified

Sydney Post-Record, Wednesday, August 16, 1933, p. 12

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AUGUST 16

 

Sydney, N.S. August 16, ... Nova Scotia tennis tournament ... Mrs. L. Mackley and Miss M. Stevenson, of Sydney ...
Vincent of Sydney ... Miss A. Smith, of Sydney ... R. J. Power and J. Styles, of Sydney ...

Montreal Gazette, August 17, 1933, p. 8

•  Nova Scotia Tournament

Sydney Post-Record, Thursday, August 17, 1933, front page

•  Yesterday was an ideal day for play at the local courts and it is estimated that two thousand spectators witnessed the matches during the day ...

•  TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
  CROMARTY COURTS, SYDNEY
  ALL THIS WEEK, Morning
  and afternoon ...
  ADMISSION TO GROUNDS 25 CENTS

Sydney Post-Record, Thursday, August 17, 1933, p. 12

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AUGUST 17

   

      

Sydney, Nova Scotia, August 17

Playing together Mr. and Mrs. Edwards won
their mixed doubles match against R. Semple and Mrs. Mackley of Sydney ...

Montreal Gazette, August 18, 1933, p. 15

•  Details available

Sydney Post-Record, Friday, August 18, 1933, p. 14

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AUGUST 18

•  SYDNEY, NS, Aug. ... Edward Island title won, the Commander
  entered the Nova Scotia final today by eliminating Hugh MacLennan of
  Halifax, -6-3, 6-1, 6-1 ... Edwards Gains Tennis Final ...

• New York Times, August 19, 1933 

  

Sydney, N.S., August 18, ... provincial tennis championship ... Nova Scotia ...

The Montreal Gazette, August 19, 1933, p. 7

   

Sydney, N.S., Aug 18 ... N.S. ... provincial tennis championship

The Ottawa Citizen, August 19, p. 10

•  Details available

Sydney Post-Record, Saturday, August 19, 1933, p. 12

HUGH MACLENNAN

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/MACLENNAN/bio.htm

1907 ... 20 March, John Hugh MacLennan born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to Dr. Samuel MacLennan and Katherine MacQuarrie ...
1928 ... Wins Doubles Men's Tennis Championship for Halifax and Nova Scotia ... 
1929 ...MacLennan wins Maritimes singles tennis championship ...
1930 ... Oxford University singles tennis champion ...

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/maclennan/chro.htm

 

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AUGUST 19

Sydney, N.S. ... Nova Scotia's 1933 tennis championships ... Commander J C I Edwards ...

     

Finals Reached In Nova Scotia Tennis Tourney

The Charlottetown Guardian, August 19, 1933, p. 7

http://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19330819-007

The Montreal Gazette, August 21, 1933, p. 14

   

Sydney NS - Aug 20 ... Nova Scotia tennis championships ...intermittent showers made the courts slippery ...

Winner: Commander J C Edwards, Ottawa, over Doug Grant, Halifax

Ottawa Citizen, August 21, 1933, p. 8

[Was the winner: Commodore "John Crispo Inglis "Dutchie" Edwards?"]

• Climaxing a week of the best tennis play ever seen in Sydney, the Nova Scotia Open Tourney came to a close on the Cromarty courts Saturday after several downpours of rain had threatened to render the court unfit for use ...

• The tourney completed Saturday was the first provincial tennis meet to be staged in Sydney in ten years and it attracted the largest Upper Canadian entry list in history. 92 players in all, including about twenty-five Cape Breton Stars, competed in the tourney ...

Sydney Post-Record, Monday, August 21, 1933, p. 12

Commodore John C. I. "Dutchy" Edwards
"includes a ranking at one time as Canada's fifth best tennis player"
53-years old in 1950 - a native of Londonderry, NS

Edmonton Journal - Feb 3, 1950, p. 2.

CHAMPIONS

• LADIES' SINGLES: 1933 Mrs H. L. Beer Ottawa, Ontario

• LADIES' DOUBLES: 1933 H. Jones & J. Edwards Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MIXED DOUBLES: 1933 Mr. & Mrs. J. Edwards Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S SINGLES: 1933 J.C.I. Edwards Halifax, Nova Scotia

• MEN'S DOUBLES: 1933 R. Barnard & C. Peters Montreal, Quebec

SOURCE

  

The Charlottetown Guardian, August 21, 1933, p. 7

http://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19330821-007

1933 SYDNEY GAMES

[Note: The Nova Scotia Tennis Championships were held in Sydney in August, 1933 - The Montreal Gazette - Aug 18, 1933, p. 15
If one of these men in the picture is Commodore [commander] "John Crispo Inglis "Dutchie" Edwards"
then this picture might be 1933  since he won the men's singles that year]

Captain J C I Edwards - 1943

http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/news_pages/The%20Crow's%20Nest%20
-%20Volume%201%20Number%2012%20-%20June%201943.pdf 

John Crispo Ingles Edwards, RCN : Born 5 Jul 1896 Londonderry, Nova Scotia, Canada,  Died 31 Dec 1978 (82) Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
Ranks 25 Jan 1914 Mid.; 1 Dec 1916 S.Lt.; 5 Jul 1918 A/Lt. ; 5 Dec 1918 Lt. 5 Sep 1926 Lt.Cdr. ; 1 Dec 1938 Cdr. ; ??? A/Capt. ; 1 Jan 1943 Capt.; Retired: 11 Oct 1950

http://www.uboat.net:8080/allies/commanders/9579.html

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1930's

[Or Late 20's]

This is a picture taken during a break in a tennis match dated c. late 1920s.
The picture is a series of 4 photographs placed together. No longer grass, the courts have changed to clay.

Notable features, besides that of the players themselves, are the numerous straw boaters - a traditional hat for tennis matches of the period - the variety of ladies summer hats, boys wool caps, and a number of vehicles, including, perhaps two Ford Model T's (1908-1928), one with its roof clearly raised into position. The 4-door limousine with the spare on the fender and distinctive door handle locations is reminiscent of at least 5 vehicle types: Phianna (1916-1921), Packard (1920 Model 3-35 Twin-Six Sedan), Pierce Arrow (1921 Model 32 Vestibule Sedan), Lincoln (1922-1928 Limousine), and the Franklin (1924 Model C and 1926 Model A Sedan).

Most, if not all, of the houses still exist today.

This picture is very large, so we have two versions. The smaller version is 98KB, and the larger version is 410KB. Both pictures are the same physical size but the larger version has a sharper image. The larger version will require more time to download.

We obtained a copy of this picture from the Northside Historical Society.

 

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[Re Multiple addresses - All Descriptions are from left to right]

Light		Darker		Darkest

SMALL FORMATS

? Cromarty
1 Ankerville		26 Tain				11 Ankerville		17 Ankerville / 70 Cromarty
17 Ankerville / 70 Cromarty
Possible Taxi

NOTES ABOUT THE CROMARTY PICTURE

•  26 Tain - The uniformed person in the foreground may be from the 6th Sydney Field Battery

 

 

• The Beaton Institute, July 31, 2017, https://www.facebook.com/thebeatoninstitute/photos
      
  Sydney Tennis Club, Cromarty Street, Sydney, ca. 1934. North Sydney Historical Society Collection. Reference number: 16-94-30234.

  Some members of the North Sydney Tennis Club were present during the taking of this photograph: Walter Rice, Beryl Vooght, Marjorie Earle, James Vooght, Romaine Moore, Margery Wilkens, Myrtle Vooght, and William Vooght. 

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• Possible Taxi - See photo in section (B) Non-Sydney Historic Images to determine car type:

AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH RE 1930S CROMARTY PICTURE

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SATURDAY, JUNE 30

• "NORTH SYDNEY .... TENNIS CLUB JUNIORS ... Alexandria Tennis Club ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, June 30, 1934, p. 11

SATURDAY, JULY 14

• "C.B. County Tennis Tourney Opens on July 23 ..."

• "County Tourney To Be Held this Year in Sydney ..."

• "Open to Members of all Clubs Affiliated with N.S. Lawn Tennis Association ..."

• "five classes will be decided at the Cromarty street courts of the Sydney Tennis Club ..."

• "members of clubs affiliated with the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association ... Inasmuch as there are such organizations in the county, at New Waterford, Glace Bay, North Sydney, Sydney Mines and Sydney ..."

• "Tennis Tourney Opens Monday at Glace Bay ..."

• "GLACE BAY, July 18 - Under the auspices of St. Mary's Club, Glace May's oldest tennis club ... St Mary's courts, on Maconi street, Afton Hall Courts, Lake Road and Big Racquet courts at New Aberdeen ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 14, 1934, p. 11

SATURDAY, JULY 21

• "Draw in County Tennis Tourney Announced ..."

•  "For the first time in many years the name of Walter Rice, Cape Breton champion last year and former Nova Scotia titleholder, is not included in the list of entries ..."

• "James Vooght of North Sydney, who was runner [up] in last year's tournament at North Sydney ..."

• "Mary [St]everson, county champion last year ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 14, 1934, p. 11

MONDAY, JULY 23

• "Play for the tennis championship of Cape Breton ... on the courts of the local Cromarty Club ..."

• "following the recent rains, the courts should be in fast conditions ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 23, 1934, p. 8

FRIDAY, JULY 27

• "Trophies for winners ... and for the runner-ups... are now on display in the window of Bezanson's jewelry store ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 27, 1934, p. 10

SATURDAY, JULY 28

• "To give the Cromarty courts an opportunity to dry up and be reconditioned after the heavy rains of the past two days ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 28, 1934, p. 11

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3

• Ernie Edwards of Glace Bay won the men's single's tennis championship of Cape Breton ..."

• Tom Clover and Isobel Fraser win Mixed Doubles Title ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 3, 1934, p. 11

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4

• "Cape Breton Tennis Champions, 1934. Men's Singles - Ernie Edwards, Glace Bay ..."

• Ladies Singles - Florence Gunn, Sydney ...'

• "Men's Doubles - James Vooght, North Sydney, and James McDonald, Sydney ..."

• Ladies Doubles - Florence Gunn and Isobel Fraser, Sydney ..."

• Mixed Doubles - Tom Glover and Isobel Fraser, Sydney ..."

• John A. Young, who officiated in a capable manner ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 4, 1934, p. 10

SATURDAY, AUGUST 11

• "Sydney Tennis Club Tourney opens Aug. 18 ..."

•  "The annual Sydney Tennis Club tournament will open on the 15th of this month..."

•  "... it is likely that championships will be decided on or about the 25th of the month ..."

• "Trophies will be awarded in each event, with suitable awards for the runners-up in each class ..."

• "Officials in charge of the tournament include Charles Verge, Charles Styles, Roy Semple and C. MacEachern ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 11, 1934, p. 10

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22

• "Connie Worgan, former club champion ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 22, 1934, p. 10

• "Ladies Singles Champ Crowned on City Courts ..."

• "Mrs. C. H. Mitchell won the final match of the ladies singles in the Cromarty Club Tournament ..."

• "Following the conclusion of the tourney, the trophies and awards to the champions and runners-up will be awarded by Dr. J. K. MacLeod..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 25, 1934, p. 11

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28

• "Isabel Fraser and Florrie Gunn win Ladies Doubles Crown at Cromarty Courts ..."

• "Charles MacEachern ... capture the men's singles championship of the Sydney Tennis club ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 28, 1934, p. 11

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29

• "The men's doubles championship of the Sydney Tennis Club Tournament was decided yesterday at Cromarty Street courts when Tom Glover and Gordon Bauld defeated ..."

• The final title ... will be decided at five o'clock this afternoon when Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell will be opposed by T. Glover and Isabel Fraser ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1934, p. 10

1934

Accession number: 2010.22.58
Category: Personal Symbols
Date: 1934
Measurements: 13 cm,21 cm,7 cm
Marks/Label: Impressed on body, Men's Doubles Sydney 1934
Description: Small metal cup with a thin column and two ornate handles.
Black, hollow, plastic base. Awarded for Men's Doubles, Sydney, 1934.

http://novamuse.ca/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/124786 - from the collection of Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

1934

AUGUST

CROMARTY TENNIS LUB

Illustrated Plan f the City of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Drawn by Arthur W. Wallace, Aug. 1934

https://novascotia.ca/archives/communityalbums/CapeBreton/archives.asp?ID=741

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Late 1930s

Mike Alexander Laffin was born on 12th January 1918 in New Waterford, Nova Scotia, the fourth of six children: Mary, Richard, Donald, (Mike), Douglas and John. Three of the boys - Donald, Mike and Doug - served overseas. During his high school years he enjoyed all sports; tennis, basketball, hockey, bowling, badminton, he also participated in sulky racing at age 15, spending his time at "outlaw tracks" in the New Waterford area. He graduated in 1936 from Mount Carmal High School.

http://www.bombercrew.com/434/laffin.htm

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1935

THURSDAY, JUNE 27

• "C.B. Tennis Association Formed at Sydney Meet."

• "At a meeting of all the affiliated Cape Breton Tennis clubs, held last evening in the Post building, the Cape Breton Tennis Association was formed for the purpose of promoting the game in Cape Breton and to organize inter-club play and the 1935 Cape Breton County tournament ..."

• Delegates were present from ... and Sydney was represented by Charles McEachern, Roy Semple, Tom Glover4 and Roy Duchemin ..."

• Vice-president: Roy Semple, Sydney ..."

• "Executive ,,, Roy Duchemin, Sydney ..."

• The Cape Breton Tennis Tournament this year will be open to all members of clubs affiliated with the Nova Scotia Tennis Association and affiliated associations and will be staged during the week of July 15 .
  The tournament was awarded to North Sydney .... Charles Miller official referee for the tourney and James Voogt, North Sydney, tournament manager ..."

• Sydney Post-Record, June 27, 1935, p. 10

SATURDAY, JULY 13

• "County Tennis Tournament will open Monday ..."

• "Draw for Tennis Tourney is Made at North Sydney"

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 13, 1935, p. 11

FRIDAY, JULY 26

• "New Cape Breton Tennis Champions Crowned"

• "MEN'S SINGLES - Ronald Ralston, Sydney Tennis Club

LADIES SINGLES - Florrie Gunn, Sydney Tennis Club

MEN'S DOUBLES - Ernest Edwards and Dr. B, Archibald, Glace bay

LADIES DOUBLES - Isobel Fraser and Florrie Gunn, Sydney Tennis Club.

MIXED DOUBLES - James Voogt and R. M. Thompson, North Sydney"

"Ronald Ralston of Saint John, a member of the Sydney Club this year ..."

"The special Trophy for the ladies singles was donated by the Sydney Post Record  and will be a perpetual trophy ..."

• Sydney Post-Record, July 26, 1935.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

• "The first major upset of the Sydney Tennis tournament was scored yesterday afternoon when Charles MacEachern,last year's champion, was eliminated by Cecil Mithchell ..."

• "Play in the [Club] tournament will be suspended until the provincial tournament at Halifax is completed ..." [MORE]

• "Sydney and District Open Tennis Tourney Planned ..."

• The Sydney Tennis Club announced yesterday an innovation in Cape Breton tennis with the proposed staggering of a Sydney and district open tennis tournament during the week beginning Labor day, September 2. Members of all tennis clubs in Cape Breton and the mainland have been invited to enter in the fall tournament and it is expected that a large number of stars will compete in the first tournament of this kind to be staged in Cape Breton ..."

• "entries for the City and district tournament will close on August 29, and the draw will be announced on Saturday, August 31 ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 10, 1935, p. 11

AUGUST 13

 

Nova Scotia senior Tennis Tournament - Bud McCallum of Sydney ... C. H. Mitchell of Sydney ...

Ottawa Citizen, August 13, 1935

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q_suAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HdsFAAAAIBAJ&pg
=1571,2053480&dq=tennis-tournament+nova-scotia&hl=en

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24

• "Upwards of 75 players from Cape Breton County will participate in the annual city and district tennis tournament which opens Monday afternoon on the Cromarty courts here ...boomed for top-most honors are Ron Ralston of St. John, N.B., who won the county title a few weeks ago at North Sydney, James Vooght 19394 [sic] champs ..."

• Sydney Post-Record, August 24, 1935, p. 11

THURSDAY, AUGUST 29

• "City and District tennis tournament ... on the Cromarty courts ... as they walked to the clubhouse ..."

• "Florrie Gunn,1934 ladies champ ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1935, p. 13

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

• "Ron Ralston, county champion ..."

• FINALS LADIES' SINGLES Mrs. C. H. Mitchell ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, September 4, 1935, p. 11

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

• "Ron Rolston, St. Johnnative ... he carried off the singles championship ..."

• "Isabel Fraser and Mrs. Mitchell ... win the ladies doubles title ..."

• "Bud McCallum and Tom Glover are the men's doubles champs ..."

• "The mixed doubles will be played either on Saturday or next week ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, September 7, 1935, p. 11

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1935

July 15, 1935

Welcome Back To The Old Town

Published in The Sydney Booster, Sydney's 150th Anniversary, July 29th to Aug 4th,  No. 3, July 15, 1935

Beaton Institute (77-741-875) - Royal Canadian Air Force Photo, A3426 43 Sydney N.S.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beatoninstitute/7139406277/in/photolist-bSTjKF-ees8PZ-9Fb2e1/lightbox/

Aerial view of Sydney
Level of description
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Beaton Institute Archives
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77-741-875
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1 photograph : b&w ; 18cm x 23cm
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Item is a photograph of an aerial view of Sydney.
Notes area
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English

Location of originals
Photograph Collection: Towns & Villages: Sydney
General note
Donated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Caption: "A. 3426. 42. SYDNEY, N.S." Reverse caption: "SYDNEY, N.S. Circa 1935". Stamped on reverse, "Royal Canadian Air Force Photograph CROWN COPYRIGHT Department of National Defence OTTAWA CANADA".
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Sydney (N.S.)

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Beaton Institute (77-740-874)

Donated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Caption: "A. 3426. 42. SYDNEY, N.S." Reverse caption: "Circa 1935". Stamped on reverse is "Royal Canadian Air Force Photograph CROWN COPYRIGHT Department of National Defence OTTAWA CANADA".

Aerial view of Sydney
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Item
Repository
Beaton Institute Archives
Reference code
77-740-874
Physical description area
Physical description
1 photograph : b&w ; 18cm x 23cm
Archival description area
Scope and content
Item is a photograph of an aerial view of Sydney.
Notes area
Language of material

English

Location of originals
Photograph Collection: Towns & Villages: Sydney
General note
Donated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. Caption: "A. 3426. 42. SYDNEY, N.S." Reverse caption: "Circa 1935". Stamped on reverse is "Royal Canadian Air Force Photograph CROWN COPYRIGHT Department of National Defence OTTAWA CANADA".
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Aerial Photographs

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Sydney (N.S.)

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Bird's-Eye View of Sydney, Cape Breton  1049
"Canadian Art Deeptone" Series, Made In Canada C.L.C

[Published by Windsor News Co., Windsor, ON]

http://www.cardcow.com/336841/birds-eye-view-sydney-cape-breton-canada-nova-scotia/

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1936

THURSDAY, JUNE 18

• "County Tennis Tourney will be held July 20 ..."

• "Plans For Season Discussed at Annual Meeting of Cape Breton Association ..."

• "held in the Sydney Post Record offices ..."

• "With clubs from Sydney, Glace Bay, North Sydney and New Waterford, represented ..."

• 'at least two other clubs, Sydney Mines and Dominion will affiliate ..."

• "Plans were made at the enthusiastic session for the annual Cape Breton Open tournament which this year will be sponsored by the Cromarty Club at Sydney ... will start on July 20th and invitations will be extended to a number of Provincial Tennis stars ..."

• "Because of the fast that the Dunlop- ball is being used in the Nova Scotia tournament, the Association members decided that this ball will be used as the official ball in Cape Breton ..."

• "the various clubs at the meeting ...Sydney: Roy Semple and Bud MacCallum ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, June 18, 1936, p. 13

SATURDAY, JULY 18

• "C.B. County Tennis Tourney Opens Monday"

• "Ron. Ralston, St. John, 1935 Men's Singles Champion, Among outsiders Slated to Compete - Tourney To Be Held at Cromarty Courts ..."

• "Cape Breton County Tennis Tournaments ..."

• "Last year's champions were Florence Gunn, ladies singles; Ron Ralston, Saint John, men's singles; E. Edwards and Dr. B. Archibald, of Glace Bay, men's doubles ; Jimmie Vooght and Ladies doubles: Mrs. C. Mitchell and Isobel Fraser, Sydney"

• Mixed doubles; Milton Musgrave, Halifax and Isobel Fraser, Sydney ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 18, 1936, p. 12

SATURDAY, AUGUST 29

• "Six matches were run off in the Cromarty Club tennis tournament today ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1936, p. 13

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

• "Play in the Cromarty Tennis Tournament continued ...

  • Sydney Post-Record, September 3, 1936, p. 15

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

• "Cromarty Tennis tournament ..."

• "The results of the tournament follows:

Men's singles, winner Sam Setchell...

Men's doubles, winners Sam Setchell and Bud McCallum ...

Ladies Singles, winner Mrs. C. H. Mitchell ...

Ladies doubles, winners Mrs. Mitchell and Isobel Fraser ...

Mixed doubles, winners Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell ..."

• Sydney Post-Record, September 10, 1936, p. 15

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1936 - 1937

Cape Breton Championship

Ronald Ralston Jr. won the Cape Breton championship in 1936 and 1937

The Windsor Star, September 23, p. 3 - http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ISI_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=
w08MAAAAIBAJ&pg=4555,3804785&dq=tennis+cape-breton&hl=en

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1939

Nova Scotia Open Tennis Tournament

Mrs. C. H. Mitchell, of Sydney, N.S.

Ottawa Citizen, August 11, 1939

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1940

Sydney Lawn Tennis Club
[Sydney Tennis Association, Ltd.]

MAY 20

Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association

TOURNAMENT

AUGUST (Games Transferred to Halifax)

So many crack tennis players are now stationed at Halifax that the Nova Scotia Lawn Tennis Association
is considering staging the Nova Scotia tennis championships there instead of at Sydney, C,B,,
the place originally awarded the championship tournament. If the tournament is staged at Halifax,
indications are that a large number from the Capital would travel to the coast to take part.

Ottawa Citizen, May 20, 1940

MONDAY, JULY 29

• "Cape Breton Tennis Meet Opens Monday"

• "Large Entry List Expected for First Major Tournament "

• "The Cape Breton County Open Tennis Tournament will open on the courts of the Cromarty Tennis Club next Monday"

• "Several outside stars including Garnet Raper, of Saint John, winner of the title for the past two years, will again compete in Sydney, next week ..."

• "... the title won by Mrs. C. H. Mitchell last year, and by Miss Jean Wright of Petite Riviere, N.S., in 1938 ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 29, 1940, p. 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 5

• "C.B.Open Tennis Meet Starts Today"

• "Play in the Cape Breton open tennis tournament gets underway at 2.30 o'clock today on Sydney's Cromarty Club courts ..."

• "Following are today's schedule and the draw ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 5, 1940, [p. 7]

AUGUST 6

Note: The Nova Scotia championship was raised to a combined Eastern Canada and Nova Scotia tennis championship and held in Halifax

Ottawa Citizen, August 6, 1940

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7

• "Play in men's singles featured the second day of the Cape Breton County Open Tennis Tournament on the sun-baked courts of Sydney's Cromarty Club yesterday ..."

• Following are today's scheduled and yesterday's results ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 7, 1940, page 11

THURSDAY, AUGUST 8

• Plans Made To Speed Up Tennis Meet Schedule ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 8, 1940, page 10

FRIDAY, AUGUST 9

• "There is a nice picture of 4 ladies in the tournament

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 9, 1940, page 17

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10

• "Edwards and Lewis To Meet for Singles Title ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 10, 1940, page 9

MONDAY, AUGUST 12

•  "Ernie Edwards Wins Tennis Championship ... Glace Bay Star Again Cape Breton Titleholder -- Mrs. Mitchell Wins All Three Titles ..."

  • [Two Nice Pictures]

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 12, 1940, page 7

AUGUST 13

•  Halifax, August 13 ... Eastern Canadian tennis championships ... Ivor Preece of Ottawa ... and Mrs. C. H. Mitchell of Sydney won their second round match ...

The Montreal Gazette - Wed, Aug 14, 1940, p. 13

SATURDAY , AUGUST 31

•  "Junior Club Tournament Opens Tuesday"

• "Annual Championships Meet To Be Held at Cromarty Courts"

• "Junior members will hold the spotlight at Sydney's Cromarty tennis club courts next week when the annual championship tournament will be held ..."

  [For more on the tournament, see also:

  • Monday, September 2, 1940, p. 10

  • Tuesday, September 3, 1940, p. 10

  • Wednesday, September 4, 1940, p. 10]

    • Sydney Post-Record, August 31, 1940, page 21

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c. 1940s?

Please Click on the Image to Enlarge it

Please notice the Club House to the left

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Note: 85 NS Is Added In The Lower Left Hand Corner

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Aerial View of Sydney, Cape Breton - 19. - R.C.A.F Photo. - E-Bay Postcard

Aerial View of Sydney,
Cape Breton. 19. R.C.A.F. Photo - E-Bay

[The Photogelatine Engraving Co. Limited, Ottawa (PECO)]

Aerial View SYDNEY Cape Breton Nova Scotia Canada 1940s PECO Postcard

[Note: The Canadian Air Force was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1924]

Other Sydney Photos perhaps in this series:

18. R.C.A.F. Photo - E-Bay

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Aerial View of Sydney, Cape Breton - 19. - R.C.A.F Photo. (Without Tennis Court)  - E-Bay Postcard

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Title

Tennis Court, Sydney, Cape Breton. 

 

Arrangement structure

 

Date(s)

1900-1970

Place

Montréal, Québec

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher

Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co. Ltd.,
sold by: Western Art Union

Extent

1 reproduction : photomechanical print
 

Scope and content

Postcard collection.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)

99: To be determined

  Box   from PC-13 to PC-13
    Item no. assigned by LAC 393
 

90: Open

Other accession no.

1982-131 PIC
00393

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1982-131-393 Source: National Photography Collection, Arthur Van Wart Collection.

Additional name(s)

Artist: Unknown Artist.

Additional information

Signatures and inscriptions

Inscribed. Signed. Dated.
Inscription: Not transcribed.

Subject heading

1. architecture.
2. ART. - Valentine & Sons' Publishing Co. Ltd. (active 1910-1944), Publisher.

Source

Private

Other system control no.

ICON153460

MIKAN no.

2985183

[Source: http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2985183&rec_nbr_list=837377,837376,2985183 ]

Submitted by Carol Richardson, Long Time Cromarty Tennis Player

Some Richardson's in action [on her parent's South Bar grass court]

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1941

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23

• "Junior Tennis Meet Opens on Thursday ...Club championship tournament, open to all junior members of Sydney Tennis Club, open tomorrow at Cromarty Courts ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 23, 1941, page 17

SATURDAY, JULY 26

• "Play Reaches Finals -- In Junior Tourney ... at Cromarty Courts ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, July 26,1941, page 10

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

• "DATES SET FOR C.B. OPEN TENNIS MEET"

• "Ranking Maritime Stars To Compete ..."

• "The Cape Breton County Open Tennis Tournament will be held next week beginning August 11, officials of the Sydney Tennis Club announced last night ..."

•  "The tourney which is being staged August 11 to 16 inclusive, comes just a week before the Eastern Canadian Tennis tournament at Halifax and with no Provincial tourney being planned the Cape Breton tourney will take on the status of a Nova Scotia championship for the first time. The Sydney Club is requesting the Nova Scotia Tennis Association to approve the C.B. tourney as a replacement for the Provincial championships ..."

• "Ganet Raper of Saint John ... holder of two Cape Breton championships won in 1938 and 1939 ..."

• "Ernie Edwards of the Sydney Club, who won the Cape Breton open last year ..."

• "Mrs. C.H. Mitchell, many times winner of the Cape Breton title ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 1, 1941, page 21

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

• "JUNIOR TENNIS CHAMPIONS CROWNED"

• [A nice group picture of some of the players]

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 2, 1941, page 10

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

• "The Cape Breton County Tennis tournament will get underway at the Cromarty Courts on Monday afternoon ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 9,1941, page 3

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

• "UPSETS FEATURE C.B. TENNIS MEET"

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 16, 1941, page 10

MONDAY, AUGUST 18

• "Rain Washes Out C.B. Open Tennis Finals ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 18, 1941, page 9

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

• "Rain Washes Out Finals For Men's Doubles Crown ... of the Cape Breton Open Tennis Championships ..."

  • Sydney Post-Record, August 29, 1941, page 14

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1942

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

• "Keen Competition In C.B. Tourney Promised'

• "Although the courts are not in conditions to stage the junior tennis finals this afternoon preparations are going forward for the Cape Breton County Open Tennis tournament which opens Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Cromarty courts ..."

• "Ernest Edwards, winner of the singles title for the past two years will not be on hand ..."

•  "Paired with Roy Semplea Sydney club champion of years back ..."

• "Winner of the ladies crown for the past five years, Mrs. C. H. Mitchell will not likely be on hand ..."

• "Lights will be installed atthe Cromarty Club for the opening day of the tournament, Monday, to enable competitors who are unable to play during the day ..."

  1. Sydney Post-Record, August 15, 1942, page 10

MONDAY, AUGUST 24

• " [Nice Picture]

  1. Sydney Post-Record, August 24, 1942, page 9

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26

• "Arturo Wiedmann won the 1942 Cape Breton tennis championship at the Cromarty Tennis Club ..."

  1. Sydney Post-Record, August 26, 1942, page 10