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PICTURE SECTION. NEW YORK. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 1007.

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Morris S. Clark, Seventh Regiment Crack. Miss Freda Meyer and Miss Louise Hammond at Play. flSS FREDA MEIER, the Ln- mnu Hua defeated yesterday In the ball nt difficult angles that in the second nnd third sets Westfall sent the ball out of court on his returns' and worked his own downfall to the score of 4 2 and (' 1. Matches in all of the events will be continued, to-day.

American girl, however, played with such skill that she defeated her opponent 6 0 and 0 1. Miss Mnrle Wagner, of the Hamilton Grange Club, surprised the gallery by showing excellent command of her strokes singles reduced to twenty-one players. The unlooked-for victory was that of William B. Cragln, jr. over Herbert L.

Westfall, after throe sets of hard tennis. Cragin, the Seventh Regiment expert, so placed tha board courts of the Seventh Regiment Armory. Miss Meyer was opposed by Miss Louise Hammond, of the West Side Lawn Tenuis Club, and the majority looked for a walkover for Britain's representative. The in the match In which she defeated Miss Laura Fischer, of the West Side The former's drives from the base line of her court were of re-niarkiihle length and sped. The Held of forty competitors in the men's opening dny's piny of the eighth national Indoor lnwn tennis championship tournament on the STORMY SESSION IN FRENCH PARLIAMENT EXPECTED TO-DAY.

sip fa I 07 1 Minister Briand. Prime Minister Clemenceau. President Fallieres, the result of a conference in Parts yesterday between M. Clemenceau, M. Brinud and believe there Is a grant probability of an open rupture in the matter of the church leases nnd a return to op-en warfare, and fear the power of the Anti-Clerical League witb the Clemenceau cabinet In Its hands.

the cabinet, had long conferences with M. Clemenceau, M. Briand and other members of the cabinet. Vatican authorities are awaiting with much anxiety the outcome of to-day's session of the French Chamber. They that the cabinet has found a formula for the church contracts which the minister of education believes will be acceptable to the church.

President Fallieres during the morning, In the hope of settling the Oifferences in sion is expected. As M. Briand said ho intendetl to retire unless the result of the negotiations between the Prefect of the. Seine and the Archbishop Coadjutor of Paris were approved, it is regarded as certain ing that a complete agreement had been reached and that M. Clemeu-ceau would be able to report to President Fallieres that the ministry would present a united front in to-day, when a stormy ses- other cabinet ministers, a semi-official note was issued announc jit FIRST COMPLETED SECTION OF MANHATTAN BRIDGE TOWER mass of riveted steel pic tured here and which weighs about thirty tons is the first it- nK W- 1), t' l-4lft If '4 'twin i i 'ft "i rf'1 I piece turned out by the Phoenix Bridge Company work for the superstructure of the Manhattan Bridge.

This company, whose plant Is nt Phoenlxville, holds the contract with the Ryan-Parker Company, bridge contractors, for the construction of the entire bridge structure, excepting the cables. At the steel works thcro is nctive preparation for a concentration of force cn this big contract, and it is expected that within two weeks the works will turn out 100 tons a day of the Manhattan bridge parts. This would be the equivalent of more than three such sections as shown In the picture. The piece shown, grappled by moving crane nnd photographed for tlie Eagle as it was lowered for this purpose, will occupy a position In one of the quadrant divisions of the tower immediately over the second joint above the pedestal bnse. There are seven other such sections making eight iu nil for the two towers in various stages of construction.

One of these Is shown in the right foreground of the picture. The Brooklyn League will go on nn Inspection trip to Phoenlxville to-morrow to examine the progress of the Iron work for the Manhattan Bridge. The party will arrive In Phoenlxville, which Is about thirty miles north of i uila-delphln, nt A.M., where luncheon will be served. Three hours will be spent in going over the shops. I IMi-afffiit" iirrr-nii i Ti-iri-tf -la Ikf1.