New-York tribune., 1909-02-19
FOUR PLAYERS LEFT
KEEN FIGHT FOR TITLE
At RACQUETS.
Waterbury Beaten, While McCoT-
mick Defeats Fearing an Hard
Fought Match.

.-,,-.1 amateur racquet championship tourna-
rneut or the court Of the New York Racquet ana
Tennis Club yesterday, The survivors for the SEMI
anal round are Harold z. Mccormick. Of Chicago;
Pavue whitney OF the home club; George h
Brooke OF Philadelphia and George G Clarke, jr-'
also OF the home club They viii meet IN the oFoer
named to-day
as 4, anricipatine hara-fought contests. the club
members turned out in force, that every point
Of vantage was occupied throughout the greater
part OF the day At the outset the home crowd
received a setback IN the defeat Of Lawrence
Waterbury at the hands OF Brooke The former
national champion succeeded in getting into
his stroke and. IN fact. his game had none cf
that briIliancy which marked his decisive victory
the previous day over ". j. Feron, enc OF 'lie
Chicago entrants
On the other hand Brooke speedily reached the
top OF his game. and his fast service enabled him
20 win tho first set in four hands II was 1he
same story throughout the Two succeeding sets.
Brooke scoring repeatedly on speedy service and
brilliant returns along the wall His placing also
kept Waterbury the jump
The scores follows;
FIRST SET.
TIooss TE1tsTHury S-1S
-TEatsEo9E.. s5os = Brooke 3 Aces !"
SECOND SET.
Sg.sss 3. ss7,,rv ry-....,....JSS -....,...S 9 9 Z Q Es
Aces ~ service Brooke, s: Waterbury. 4 Aces By
THIRD SET
Tsferbury o 0 10
s 9sfsu = Ta''F'aF'' Aces by
Referee. Polk Racquet and Tennis Club marker
clarke had @ A Thorne. Of Chicago. for op-
ronent in the match, and the former never
really had TO extend himself. winning the first set
fn fve hands. run of nine saved Clarke in the
next set, at q time when things seemed TO be
going decidedly in favor Of the Westerner Thorne
mis- score up in the third and decisive set,
only 10 have Clarke the necessary points
--fV7v,1r he mo
raoouets that enabled him 10 defeat H / Scott. Of
Boston. Tuesday.
The scores were follows;
FIRST SET.
13ees Sees ry clarke s. Thofne by placing
SECOND sET-
E.51s sa1e. Sis
Aces by sery4gec1anks. q Ihq5ne Aces By placing
Clarke. :: Thorne. 1. --,-,-,,, --r
s3sT1. 57a. --,-.--..........jSS ..-.S LII
Aoss BY tervioe-cla-ke s; rhone Z Aces by placing
slsEks Aes 8 ey eRPonfR5s 6so5 sFseTJo5n Mul
ANS.
From q competitive point of view the match Of
the day vas that between Mccormick and George
r. Fearing. of Boston. in which the former won
after five hard fought sets that will probably 90
,r record as one Of The most sensational ever
PLAYED at the local club requiring no less than
eizty-tf1ree hands 10 decide. Fearing, always re-
sourceful player, besides possessing the Iacuy Ior
quickly getting acquainted with all the angles OF
: court. evidently, expected TO tire out McCor-
mick In this, however, the former reckoned with
CUT his host, for the winner Of the Tuxedo gold
racket never faltered throughout the protracted
struggle which lasted ell OF tuo hours
Mccormick the first set. 15-lz but Fearing
turned the tables In the by strong finish.
fifteen hands being required Mccormick then won
the third by the score the first
The fourth set proved the best Of the match. Nc
Corrnick had easy chance TO win on the game
bail. but missed easy shot Fearing then won
the set the decisive stroke being of the lucky
order the ball rebounding fror Fsaring's racket
after OF the best rallies of the day The stroke
gave the ball just sufficient force TO strike the
wall q few inches above the tell-tale,
The ffth and deciding set was hard fought all
the way. but Mccormick finally won by 15-lL
largely through his strong service.
The scores follow:
RscoPaaies Sse55Rs ,-ss ...,...-.-ss 2Eii5s
Age. By ssry1eeFssIag ;; Mcoornick 4 Aces BY
s-lsses-Fssrins. ;: Mccormick. S.
SECOND SET.
aes51ae = HS9Taios g g g E1SS
hy serVioe-MoCornick. 4; Fearing, Z Aces by
placing -Mccor11iek 3; Fearing L Aoss by opponents
THIRD SET
Sfsda7sief SIsS55as sz-.-5 ......t Gll55
Aess y > sIaiS p MooOT4,s as "a Ace: :!
Inisses-FeaTing. $: Adcco<naiok. 4
FOURTH SET.
sssc9Egai'k s.se3BP k.....::.22 ....:.22 @Ssi52E III
aces by s.Ev.oe AdccOnick II; Fearing. Il Aces by
Fnissss- Mccormick 5: Fearing 3
FIFTH SET
&c. ss15,3s s--...:.:S ....:.S 1885,
aces hy se-vioe-FssrinE. 5: Mccormick g Aces By