New-York tribune., 1908-02-22
LIVELY LAWN TENNIS.
INDOOR TOURNEY BEGINS.
Some Players Needed Ont IN the
s National Cham piOnship.

All that the most exactnS lawn tennis followers
might seek for in the way OF conditions. class num-
hers and closely fought contests in evidence
at the beginning of the national indoor champion
shin tournament yesterday the hoard courts of
the 9TH Regiment armory, 6eth street and Park
avenue In a|measure the matches decided in the
singles held the place of the appetZing cocktail
10 the more serious consideration of the courses
of the tournament follow. The three set
matches deuce and the defeat of Wallace f
\J6hnson, the interscholastic champion, which sa-
vored of upset kept the big crowd of spectators
interested.
AS the meeting decided the play-through
system. the first match of the holder Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, attracted attention He was in
perfect form, however, and defeated Roy Ritchle
at 6-1. 60. Right above Pell a former Columbia
expert Leo Leventrtt, came through after hot
match at SIS. Ga against Harold II. Moore, of the
eth Regiment
Irving c. Wright forced to his limit by
Miles S Charlock. At the beginning Wright made
of his wicked cut strokes and led Charlock at
fl on the frs. set. The latter then got in his
stride. He fairly dazzed Wright by his back
handlers for cross court shots he came up 10
the net Four games right off the reel turned the
to q in Charlock's favor. and he had the
points 20 love on the tenth game The umpire would
have awarded the set to Charlock at Ga on the
next shot, but spectators protested that the ball
fell out of court In sportsmanlike fashion the
point was repayed. Wright made it. and pulled
the games up to 5 all, and finally. after hard
work, took the set at s-6 All of the games in
the next set were close, but Wright finished out
the match by winning at 81
F. Z. UhI. of Oxford University and II. s. Roths-
child of Baden Germany. did not appear, but will
take their places the courts this morning.
This according to agreement. and absentees
were defaulted, and will not be unless they fail
to play scheduled to-day. The defeat of john
by Mortimer Wertheim came off to the score
6-3, 3-6 g. The Philadelphian's cut strokes held
terrors for his opponent. He took them on his
racket easily. and returned them for such clever
passes and place shots that Johnson Cleanly
outplayed Dean Mathey, the Princeton nterschol-
astic winner slow in starting, but he overcame
older opponent F. F. Leo. IL. g., SIS.
The tournament will be continued the courts
to-day, the play beginning at 70 o'clock this morn
ing. The summary follows:
National indoor championship singles first ROUNDUP.
G. Stevens. Yale. defeated w. d. Chase. Harlem Lawn
Tennis Club 63. SO. 63: Mortimer Wertheim. Ocean
Club defeated Wallace F. Johnson Philadelphia. 63.
8-6. e. Irving c. Wright. Boston defeated Miles $
Charlock Elizabeth Town and Country Club. Sc. e:
Leo Leventrt Ocean Club. defeated Harold II Moore.
CUB 81 6I3; DR. Wfiiam Rosenbauin Harlem Lawn
-. 6-2; King Smith, 7th Regiment defeated f 5
Aitkn. Trenton Club 6-3. - Richard Palmer.
nient. e. S. G. F. Touchard. Hamilton Grange Lawn
Tennis Club. defeated l. H Fishei. Ocean Club. g
defeated r. F. Leo Ocean Club. IS, e 63; Arthur
defeated =. Foster, Indoor Ten
Tennis Club defeated p L. Schuyler Boston, IS 6
6-2 Julio NJ stenacher. Hamilton Grange Lawn Ten
Club. defeated w J. Banks, New York Lawn Tennis
Club 6-3 O..
round-Richard Bishop. Boston. defeated G. c.
schaefer; Columbia II 63 =: William b Cragin' gin
jr.. 9TH Regiment. defeated H P Smith Montcair Ath-
g. 6--3.