General Edwin Philip
Fischer
Male
United States of America
1872-10-03
New York, United States of America
1947-11-00
New York, United States of America


About

Wikipedia:

Edwin Fischer won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. National Championships four times. In 1894, 1895 and 1896, he won the title with Juliette Atkinson, and in 1898, he won his fourth title partnering Carrie Neely. The mixed doubles championship was played at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
His best result in the men's singles competition came in 1896 when he reached the semifinals in which he was beaten by Bill Larned. In 1897, he again was defeated by Larned, this time in the quarterfinals.
In July 1896, he won the Tuxedo tournament in New York City, defeating 1894 and 1895 champion Malcolm Chace. Fischer was a three-times finalist at the Canadian Championships in 1896, 1897 and 1906. He was a runner-up at the 1906 indoor national tennis championship in New York.
His highest ranking in U.S. singles was no. 5 in 1896, and he was ranked in the top 10 during four years.

At noon on September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street in the Financial District of New York City. The blast killed 38 and seriously injured 143.
Investigators of the Wall Street bombing became suspicious of Edwin Fischer as he apparently predicted the attack with astonishing accuracy. Fischer had been warning his friends of an impending bomb attack on Wall Street, sending them postcards urging them to leave the area before September 16.

He was taken into custody in Hamilton, Ontario. On return to New York, he was wearing two business suits for warmth and a tennis outfit underneath, which he claimed he wore "to be ready for a tennis match at all times". The police questioned him at Bellevue. He said he had received the messages "through the air from God." Realizing Fischer was suffering from a mental disorder and finding that he made a regular habit of issuing such warnings, the police released him and had him committed to the Amityville Asylum where he was diagnosed as 'insane but harmless'.



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Archive statistics 1892 - 1911
15
224
158


Tournament wins 1903 - Niagara International Tournament (Amateur)
1900 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1899 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1899 - US Open Consolation (Open)
1898 - New York Metropolitan Championships (Amateur)
1898 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1897 - Sleepy Hollow Club Tournament (Amateur)
1897 - Toronto City Championships (Amateur)
1897 - Tuxedo Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - Sleepy Hollow Club Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1896 - Tuxedo Tournament (Amateur)
1896 - West Side Lawn Tennis Club (Amateur)
1896 - Buffalo (Amateur)
1892 - Central Park Championship (Amateur)


Tournaments US Open - 1911 Bergen County - 1909 Niagara International Tournament - 1908 US International Indoor Championships - 1907 US Open - 1906 Canadian International Championships - 1906 US International Indoor Championships - 1906 Canadian International Championships - 1904 Niagara International Tournament - 1904 Niagara International Tournament - 1903 Canadian International Championships - 1902 Cincinnati - 1902 Niagara International Tournament - 1902 US Open - 1901 Canadian International Championships - 1901 Niagara International Tournament - 1901 US Open - 1900 Canadian International Championships - 1900 Middle States Championships - 1900 US International Indoor Championships - 1900 New Jersey State Championships - 1900 New York State Championships - 1900 New York Metropolitan Championships - 1900 Niagara International Tournament - 1900 Wentworth Invitation - 1900 US Open - 1899 Canadian International Championships - 1899 Maine State Championships - 1899 New York State Championships - 1899 New York Metropolitan Championships - 1899 Magnolia Tournament - 1899 Niagara International Tournament - 1899 Wentworth Invitation - 1899 US Open Consolation - 1899 US Open - 1898 Canadian International Championships - 1898 Longwood Bowl - 1898 Middle States Championships - 1898 Western States Championships - 1898 New York Metropolitan Championships - 1898 Magnolia Tournament - 1898 Niagara International Tournament - 1898 Wentworth Invitation - 1898 Sleepy Hollow Club Tournament - 1898 US Open - 1897 Canadian International Championships - 1897 Western States Championships - 1897 New York Metropolitan Championships - 1897 Niagara International Tournament - 1897 Toronto City Championships - 1897 Sedgwick Farm Lawn Tennis Club amateur Tournament - 1897 US Open - 1896 Canadian International Championships - 1896 Wentworth Invitation - 1896 Buffalo - 1896 Tuxedo Tournament - 1896 West Side Lawn Tennis Club - 1896 Sleepy Hollow Club Tournament - 1896 Norwood Park Lawn Tennis Cup - 1896 Wyandotte Lawn Tennis Club - 1896 US Open - 1895 Canadian International Championships - 1895 Middle States Championships - 1895 Niagara International Tournament - 1895 Tuxedo Tournament - 1895 Crescent Athletic Club Invitation - 1895 US Open - 1894 Middle States Championships - 1894 New England Championships - 1894 Southern Championships - 1894 West Side Lawn Tennis Club - 1894 Middle States Championships - 1893 Central Park Championship - 1892 Tuxedo Tournament - 1892

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