New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-15
VICTORY FOR GARC[N.
WINS AT COURT TENNIS.
Standing Loses His Last Match
IN Straight Sets.

BY defeating George Standing in straight sets'
S-5, Sc, Ferdinand Garcin. the French cham
pion. won the professional round robin court
tennis tournament at the Racquet and Tennis
Club yesterday. with clean record OF three
matches won and none lost.
The other contestants in the tournament, John
White, Frank Forester and Standing, hnlsheo
with one victory and two defeats each, but sec
ond money was awarded to White for the rea-
son that he won more sets than the other TWO.
White won four sets and Standing and Fores-
ter three each, so that the latter pair divided
third and fourth money.
The same uncertain light, which caused a
postponement of the match on Saturday. pre-
vailed yesterday, and responsible for much
Of the Indifferent work on the part of both play
ers In addition to this Standing was handi-
capped because of attack of the grip His
strokes lacked their usual dash and force. The
same may also be said. in measure, of the
Frencrman whose usual finished game lacked
that force and nicely much admired in his
matches last week; in fact, he, like Standing
appeared pretty well tired out
To omen the match Garcin won theefrst four
games before Standing succeeded In calling a
halt by winning the next All Of these games
were hard fought, in four out of the five the
score went to deuce and vantage. Neither ma n
went after the winning openings with any great
frequency in these games although both made
occasional shots to the dedans. Most of the
counts made on errors
Garcin won the sixth and seventh games and
Standing the next two. It in the ninth
game that Garcin lost chase between two ana
three while Standing chase. After
shot to the dedans Standing scored the decisive
point on a ball to the winning gallery
had
Standing made it vantage when his opponent
sent a ball out of court, and the former scored
the game point net by the trenchinaIl
The eleventh game went TO Garcln' out stand
ing took the next In the latter the nome
player scored the decisive point on a shot TO
the winning gallery. 1t was all Garcin in the
last game when he found the dedans twice in
succession. The only point credited TO STANDING
double fault by Garcin.
Standing began well In the second set when
he quickly ran the count to 40 love in the first
game. He then went off his stroke. and after
losing a chase between one and two. found II
impossible 10 stop Garcin from bringing the
score to deuce. Both found the winning gal
lery. but after the count had gone to deuce
and vantage four times Standing scored the
necessary point n shot to the grille window.
The next game, which was marked by long
rallies finally went TO Standing.
Garcin then braced up and won the third and
fourth games in short order He also won the
OF the Frenchman, Standing with trace of HIS
real form, brought the count TO all after
deuce and vantage had been called twice. Tho
home player also won the next.
His advantage was brief, however, as the for
eigner placed the next two games to his credit.
Standing brought the games to Gall after sew
eral sharp rallies in which he twice found the
dedans, In the thirteenth game, which went
to Garcin, his opponent lost chase better than
two. The decisive game found the French
man playing with confidence but Standing
made stubborn fight and only lowered his
colors with a ball out of court after deuce and
vantage had been called five times
<nfYr- haF, T7lA .nh ,f.1,
ranged for to-day has been called of. The
summary OF yesterdays match follows:
FIRST SET
ss tssdas go. ......'
SECOND SET.
s ssas:h go: 0 % d
Reteree-3I. g. Patton. Marker-J. Hammond.