The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-17
PROFESSIONALS AT TENNIS.
GARCIN BEATS YOUNG MOORE IN
THE TUXEDO COURT.
French Expert Commands Admiration by
Mastery Services n Places-Toc
Much for YOunSster. VINO Vas I'm HIS
First Match -OnlOOkers Enjoy Game.

Mastery Services and Places-TOO
Much for Y~0unSster. VINO Wal I'm HIS
First Match-Onlookers Enjoy Game.
TUXEDO. Dec. ie.-Ferdinand Garcln. court
tennis champion of France. played his best
game at the Racquet and Tennis Club In
Tuxedo Park to-day. He conceded rs to
Robert Moore. Jr.. and beat him by ? sets to
o. or sixteen games to eleven. The spectators
included many amateurs Of the game and
society celebrities. II was the debut Of
young Moore as a match player. He is
the TWEEN ty-year-old son Of Robert Moore.
professional tennis player at Tuxedo and
formerly Of the Princes Club. London. FIJI
aspirant to anne with the bats is a dark
haired. supple youth. Of CHEEKY countenance
and but for the chubbiness OF contour re-
semblins jay Gould enough to be a twin
brother. The youngster has learned his
tennis at Turedo and possesses a sound
stroke and fine style. He made a good fight
In the hrst set but tired toward the close OF
the game. Carcin was In an unbeatable
mood. He was a vital spark of energy and
gave a perfect exhibition OF the game.
There was stress Of weather outside the
oourt-snow. rain. drizzle and fog. But
inside a sun parlor could not have been more
bright. nor, with the main wall balcony and
the dedans filed with enthusiasts. some
times a~pplauding and always chafing or
betting together. could a theatre have been
more gay. The onlookers. most of whom
had known Moore since he was q kid. were
keen on the game. and no match played before
kings or princes had ever q more enthusiastic
following. Quite a number came to Tuxedo
from town. and every country house and club
within q motor car run sent a group TO swell
the number Of spectators. Rich mond Talbot
was the referee, and about him were Alfred
Seton. Pierre Lorillard. Jr., Louis Livingston.
William Post, w. Goadby Loew. T. W. Porter.
l II II D---. Il MI ~ n %--l-- -
Mortimer. I'd, II. c. de Rham and George
Preston.
Garcin showed a marvellous facility In
service n in placing. quite beyond any
thing he had yet displayed. He often used
a high service, to bring out the ball well
toward the net from the front wall. and the
only return Moore could make was to lob.
This gave to Garcln every opportunity to
make a well studied place and he kept the
boy on the jump from corner to corner.
For his slight physique. Garcin got a ire
mendous cut on the ball. He gained 1t by
putting his entire body into every stroke.
so that while he was always gentle and grace
full the ball had a twist that often puzzled
the stroke. Moore played very well in the
first set, which stood e-s in his favor. Gar
Gin made 1t 5-e and then, after a game no
made the score all square. This was young
Moore's Waterloo. After that he was always
Gsrcin had the winning gallery FIVE. the
grille six and the dedans three times. while
Moore counted seven times by, drives 20 the
dedans, twice to the grille and twice to the
winning gallery. The second set was mostly
floor play. only 7 OF the rs points won by the
openings being scored in It. Neither made
a winning opening by a boosted force through
Moore won the toss and took the service,
a nick making him go. Garcin now Married
two chases, worse than three and better than
two. and in changing to pplay, them the
In service made Garcin 1870. and he had
the game on Moore's return out OF court.
but Gsrcin evened the score on the fourth.
This game went twice to deuce vantage.
Garcin saving his bacon on the vantage
opening When ga for Moore the marker,
who had. forgotten for a moment. called
"Noni" cried out Garcin, The announce
ment was corrected and the shock seemed
to to inspire 5@% w Ne ars soais In the ae t rss fhs s games
Garcin could not block Moore's drive to the
dedans, which evened the score. Set at
but Garcin made i deuce again by a stroke
70 the winning gallery. He gained the next
into the dedans. Thereafter, by floor work
and d s,mi 81 tSs %,cs Re gSme dr went i've
m bSn d tameS IN 70 the neu foriebsn GSit eo-6 SropP1iR ascia
gained vantage and then game by a stroke
into the dedans.
This made the games Q all and the long
rally seemed TO take the snap out Of the kid.
Garcin won the set by 8 to 9. Garcin scored
frst blood In, the second set and Moore won
the second, the hardest game OF the inning.
He stood 40-l5. Garcin having given a point
by a failure on a force to the wall under the
dedans, playing the stroke to follow the ball.
but not bringing IL OF. Set at deuce, a play
TO the grille Offset Moore's vantage point.
Moore became vantage again ~ making the
dedans, which Garcin capped In a remarkable
way by gaining the winning gallery. After
again being deuce Moore had the game.
Garcin was now irresistible and he ran the
games quickly to 81 and later -. Young
Moore at this ~juncture won three in short
order, the last a love game, which brou ght
him to 81. Losing a hazard side chase on
the door line and winning one better than the
last gallery, Garcin had the next game 80 all.
A ball to the deda ms made him 40 and he had
the game and set, eight games to five, by a
return by Moore to the net. The Frenchman
will play either George Standing OF White at
the Racquet and Tennis Club, 10 New York,
on Wednesday. The summary: