New-York tribune., 1909-02-23
NO UPSETS ON COURTS
PLAYERS WEEDED OUT.
Big CroDd Watches Struggle for
Indoor Lazcn Tennis Title.

More than two thousand spectators fringed the
courts in the 7th Regiment Armory yesterday. and
watched the field Of sixtyone aspirants for the
tional indoor lawn tennis championship dwindle TO
eight and the field in the doubles to half Of its
original number. In the singles the men who
came through were Arthur s. Cragin. William B.
Cragtn, IT., regimental champion; Theodore Roose-
vet Pell eX-national indoor champion; Wyhe =
Grant holder; George c. Shaffer. Columbia; Rob
ert T. Bryan, King Smith and Julio NJ Schumacher
To hold their places several of these men won hard
fought contests although in no sense was an upset
recorded in all of the forty-one matches played
during the day-twenty-seven in singles and four
teen in doubles
The majority Of the players were on the courts
before the light good, but toward noon it
frightened. At this time Grant, the champion. met
Calhoun Cragin, and with such good execution OF
his fast express service and driving shots that
Cragin was defeated at 6-3, g.. Grant followed
Immediately with ". Merrill Hall winning again
at g. 12-lO Hall braced materially in the sec
ond set, and placing directly under the champions
forehand pulled up from behind at 5-2 to games
all He often within one point Of the set but
finally lost the plucky uphill fight
The summary follows:
Nattenel ehsgiqnsniP singles, gEst Tound'G Nc.
SbaFoeS fE efes9e n Z 51ic n S G 6a 4 NJ sS fv
bond defeated Q; n Bostwiek. So 1-6. 90; NJ s
ssoond foandA. S cfasin defeated H RAYMOND
81 3 Il Philips defeated ss PSs9S Gorge ross6eck
80 Theodore Roose1et PeI defeated Waiter v Bennett
81. 6-3 Dr. william Rosenbaum defeated w J. Banks
64. 6-2 Wylie c Grant defeated Calhoun Crasin, 63
62: W Merrill Hall from William Cunningham by
default; Niles s. Csrlock won from H D Montgomery
Mile. e., So; Robert T Bryan defeated Arthur II
Lovbond, 90, 6-4. Sanford Well defeated N. S Hegar
G-3. e.; King smith defeated Richard Bishop, e.
6-2: Walter .. Chase from P. H Converse by de-
fault; p L Schuyler defeated L. Dreyfuss. Go. 4-6
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Third arthur C5asin defeated Morris CLARK
philips ia e2 ThsodoTe sa5 oossvef Pei defeasd
Dr.. William Rosenbaum, GO. 10; Wylie c
fested W Merrill Hall, GO, 12-1o; George Shaffer
defeated Miles 5. Charlock, IS. e. Robert T. Bryan
defeated Sanford Well. e. 81: King Smith defeated
Walter D Chase. 60 60; Julio n Steinacher defeated
Philip L Schuyler. IS. e.
National Championship doubles Chrst round)-M S
Clark r T. Bran z. s Aitkin and partner
BY default; G. r Touchard and DT. William Rosenbsum
defeated E NJ Sheppard and H Bretz. 6-2 11-9
Nyie G Grant and Theodore Roosevelt Pe defeated l.
Dreyfuss and Sanford Well, 81 e-2 H Enrich and l.
h. FIsheI defeated F W. Merrihew and F s. Edmonds
60 6-S Harold H Hackett and Raymond D Little
from George vonderuuhl and partner by default: O.
NJ BostW5ck and ". c. De Mile defeated Roy Richey
VI. Steinacher, k-6 60. 6-3 w. NJ. HaIl and
A. Jovibond defeated 9 H. Converse and NJ WatroUs
6-4. 60. ". 3 Cragtn, 5r, and II. S Charlock
from P T Large and partner by default: Calhoun
C-agin and 4. s Cragn defeated N Goldman A
Bassford. 64, 6-35 Richard Bishop and Philip l.
1e-s 6-5 r. N. Livingston and ". J. Banks defeated
D. Bourne and c. Il. Arrerrnan sc. 6-4 6-4
Second rouad-R- Z James and H Z Lake defeated
". D Chase aid \. 2 Roberts. Is. IS, 60 9. 2.
To2chard and Dr william Eosenbsur defeated Morris S
Clark Robert = BRYAN. IS Ct; Edgar r Leo and
Phillips defeated II s Hagar and G. ]. steinacher.
IS. 6-l.