The sun., 1906-02-25
WHITNEY'SPLUCKY RACQUETSt
NEW YORK PLAYER PUTS OUT
BROOKE IN UPHTLL MATCH.
Lawrence waterbury Also Takes step
Toward the Championship BY Disposing
d. Of quincy A. SHAW. ,Jf.-scott ana
Thorne Also Win Way IN 6eml-Ffnal.

Toward the Championship by DispOsing
| Of quincy A. Shaw. Jf.-ScOt and
Thorne AIsp Win way n semi-Ffnal.
BOSTON. Feb. A--Both Lawrence Water
bury and Payne Whitney won their matches
! In the national racquet championship to-day.
Waterbury beat Quincy A.. shaw. Jr.. after
| a fast and brilliant match. the games being
i5--il. 4--i5. is-i2 and ls---iO Whltn sy
lost the first two games to 0eorge Fl. Brooke.
the Philadelnhian, who was champion In
1904. and then by q great rally won out by
three straight. His scores were i4-i7. l2-i5,
| i5--iO. i5-i3 and i5--I.
1t was a hard hitting match. In which Whit
ney broke Ave racouets as though they were
| straws' and Brooke smashed as many. In
| the fourth game Whitney'b ball caromed
| from Brooke 8 head to tho roof. .,.I
! "ouch!" cried the PhiIad slphian, but he
did not drop down stunned. a. winslow did
on Thursday. H, ested until e. srossy
ceiling passed and then went at the game
| with renewed ardor.
"ltwould take more than racquet ball
to knock out Pennsylvania greatest old
time football player" said the crowded gal
lery. There was great applause when he
resumed play.
| The accident was "let" and whitney did
not lose his hand which netted Ave aces.
The New Yorker seemed ss grieved as though
| ~ was ne VINO had Deen,nlt.
Austin Potter and Philip Sears were the
referees Of the morning games and H. H.
Hnnnewell umpIrvd both the afternoon
matches. Usually this 10 q slnecure, but
| Hunnewell had to decide several knotty
points in the Whitney Brooke match. In
starting the fourth game whitney had two
Aces by service. and on his third service. a
shooter to the back hand corner, the ball
rebounded and struck Whitney. ''' ~
= nl.A Ia D-kkt kAR
| for all the games. '-,
! ''"lsn t 1t let when hit on service?" asked
| Whitney OF the referee. o.,
mo. you are hand out ruled Hunnewell.
Brooks mea ntime had protested against
Whitney's claim. There was a whispered
debate on the decision and many bets made
pro and con in the gallery. After the match
Tom Petit. George Standing and others
| called on as a jury upheld Hunnewell. His
other rulings were also sustained.
There was thronged gallery In the after
noon. Shaw was the favorite over Water
bury. but his fine places deserved all the
applause they received. In the second match
Whitnev had the gallery and there was a
great demonstration whom he pulled the
match out Of the fire. Tomorrow. In the
seml-hnal. Waterbury will play P. D. Haugh-
ton and Whitney meets H. D. Scott. The
latter is the livelieet man on his feet for q
|
| swi ftest Of cut services and great skill In
placing In Philadelphia he used to rank
better than Brooks, so Whitney will not have
| q easy path to victory.
As 10 the morning matches Hsughton
and Grenville Clark. both Bostonians. played
fir st. Hausnton had a fine straight up and
down stroke on placines when needed. and
besides had a swifter cut service. Both
, used the backhand service from the right
box. Haushton had but one count In the
| second game. run of nine. After that he
was groggy. The scores:
| FIRST GAME.
HlsuSghton "a !-lS
Houss'sa, q ); Clark opponssss n,.HH.usn
SECOND GAME.
5;:s a:s::,sn ;.!. pss;s;
H.Sss'sn: ); CLARK. :. oppon as snts m'ss1Haash
THIRD GAME.
CLARK GG:ksi;,,,, ....,.r.,....ss SSi;d SS-1ss SS-1ss
si
FOURTH oAxs.
Hsughton ........"."'..'.'.'.".s !-H
csix Az. bv :.ry,o.-Hau.h,or To- csrks Placing
HaaeSton' laugh q :; CLARK. .. oppon.nss mi.s--Hsush.
ton, 3; Clark. 1.
In the second match II. D. Scott won a
0He Ths + sSEe s OUT
classed. but showed some hne places from
unexpected gets. Scott was an easy winner
! in straight games The scores:
FIRST GAME.
SsS1ne ssS', s,ss-,s
Aces by service-scott, ia: Thorne. o. Placing
Scott !: Thorne, o. Opponents mlss-Seott' Il
SECOND CAKE de-.
Sso1n...s ffSsts SSoisSsG 5.i-li III
Scott. ' 5: Thorne .. Opponents mss-ScoM. L.
in0'He' '' THIRD ,sAxx.
ffss.i; fsoIn..:.::::...:S Sidid6i ~ i-'s
Aces by servtce-seott, 8; Thorne. 8; Placing
S; lhorne. 2.
Shaw dropped the racquet on the toss for
hand in. as a preliminary TO the first after
noon match. and Waterbury called it right
Going In to serve. Waterbury ran is. seven
OF them by serves that died away on the back
wall and gave no chance to Shaw. Shaw
found the teitale on the nrst rally when
' 4 kill over the board blanked Waterbury
OF H. made IN dazzling style, Waterbury
volleyed service and put him out by plat
In the corner getting two on his hand to win
ond game. He bl,nked waterbury on the
ap hend on the deS sf sn any s se"s aos
on the hand. ]. was great racapets, the, ball
the al sho1 td to 9n. the 5aG
1a @atsfbury ss " serve served % Snss 'sa out oy by
s1sa Tah IL X. sn!q fs sssdsd
to WIN WI VT I'VE, were aiso on services shaw
brought in the element y 4 ,i ot ne unusual that
lawn tenns ehamIpioni Ia,. i,i In 80, 20 ma z Of hs
ace to start the third game:
The longest rally OF the tournament fol-
lowed the ball going TO the front wall no
less than twelve times. when Waterbury
earned his ace by q place. He got six more
on the hand and stood i+to after four hands.
Now Shaw. in three hands. made it i4--i2,
and Waterbury might never have won at all
but for a change OF tactics. At the swift
cuts and places SHAY had him going, but
Waterbury got him. hand out by a volleyed
drop and the needed ace by similar place,
The fourth game was i've all at the nth
hand and 1919 for Shaw at the eleventh.
hand, but the .Bostonian found the board
| three times In the next hand and " Naterbury
got one more by service and one by place
Waterbury was game and match on the next