New-York tribune., 1903-06-16
LAWN TENNIS.
Ward Beats Burchard, and WW
Meet Hackett for Championship.

,1tbonqb the tennis courts were in poor condition
Yesterday the final match of the metropolitan
Championship tournament was played and resulted
in a victory Tor the Harvard veteran. HoieomDe
IJ-rd He met Ross Burchard. Oldtime Yale
exnart ON the courts of the West Side Tennis
Club at ed-and-seventeenth-st ana Am
sterdarn-ave defeating him in three straight sets
of the fastest sort OF play The result oil TINS
match gives to Ward the right meet Harold f.
Hackett the present holder Of the title, IN the
challenge contest to-day This match VIII De open
to the public and will begin at o'clock In the al
ternoon-
tended to make the contest short as possible
He went to the net at the outset, and oniy al m
termitteut periods was Burchard able TO drive Dis
opponent back from that position Of vantage ~
ouick and accurate cross-court drives, Ward took
the first and second games. Then Burchard opened
with an attack Wards backhand that won two
games for him, and the score went 10 Z-al- 4aat
Burchard should be able do this appeared to in
crease Wards speed. and he slashed out some SEN
sationaI kills at net, that gave him the set at
s-s The Yale man forced Wards ground strokes IN
the second set.
He drove the ball at top speed with accurats
aim for the baseline of the Harvard mans court
Re did well in so doing. for time after time ne
ca1gbt Ward was the latter as starting to in to
Burchard scored the points on ward IalllIS %
sEIoye, and at al Then Ward again went 20 the
net for season asn Of tbs ToeRs se a ah' TRe last set was
easy for Ward, who oUtclassed his OppVhehI dt
Miss Elizabeth H. Moore and Robert Le Roy. the
team Of ,c the @ fh xed doubes The opposing
pair was scratch team coHPoseu seq, % ~ u - i an
ex-champion. Frederick c. Anderson, OF the kinss
County Tennis Club IL was an an espeCdlMy Id M iA iss
set In this portion of the competition MISS
Th@y relied on their ability 10 volley fast and
true each scoring many passes oy sehTlns tne pa.
OF tb MSS boHeUsr FOR thew 1Sbbed with good effect
when hard pressed and were thus able 70 steady
themselves so that lie Roy might get in chance
Go continued TGr IN through twenty games before Miss
Moore and her partner won at H. & ,,-,,ro,,st+
doubles The Princeton combination OF Harold
the M bair Of aha the SsWYor Lawn Tennis 6
David 5. Sands and g. Lorraine MXeth., Ihea
they took the court against the Philadelpnian
Rar the Young Columbia University player The
drSt set was a hattie for the place at the net win
first one side in the place and then The other; IN
Roy were able get the points; On their side ot
at placing ball and varied it occasionally when
e 1ne Rdg fook the set at W. only to lose he n
at 81. In the third and dscidns % set & The nTsJ tE
eoIegians requested that the match remain llI7
this afternoon The summary:
Mems championship singles final roqndlEii.'.,rh & p,
sda Mag Te1nia 4IaHse e1nSi nSnNis a SiVo e s}e
fonsevst PsII a3d aPthGp 5raFin west Slide T-ar,
Club Club defeated e, a J shaw and H. F. l''i'F''- 'r'
Second round-HarOld II. FIackett and ttsyrn-'rfi l
and G. Lorraine wyeth. New-York Lawn Tennis orv7.
6-2.
Belmont Cricket Club and Nev-Turk Llv0 TefITts
H Hackett and Raymond Little
Tennis Club. 81. tt 10 unfinished .
Mixed doubles final r0unsi)-Niss Elizabeth t A.-
and Robert lie Roy. NewYork Lawn Tennis ,'llh. --
feated Miss Anna NJ Rsch md Frederick o. t'
New-York Lawn Tennis club and Kings Counts Tee"
Club. e., lie
Mems handicap singles final rouudt Fr-.s <
Anderson defeated H. Torre1ce. .% q
-.
Consolation singles (hrst rognp-R F'rsni' HaS'..
feated Theodore Roosevelt PeU. &C. e 9 '- y
defeated +. :. Sadel. 8 . e T1or-o7 O..
Trask defeated y. Shaw. by default