New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-04
BEHR DEFEATS TEXAN
X. I'D. Little Puts Touchnrd Out OF
Play for State Title.


York State championship tournament yesterday
produced some Of the best play OF the rneetnr
Another Of the visiting group. this time the Texan
Harvey NJ Macquiston, the Mexican champion. fell
the victim TO the good racket work and strategy
Of the former nternationalist. Karl n Behr. II
took Behr some time to get the angles of Mac
customs game In doing he lost the first set
When he did begin to play up for the net Beh~
slashed out the next two sets at sucN pace
that the Texan toward the close appeared TO b.
heve that he had met with lawn tennis "r,nr.l
SNAPPED cloud" for Behr all speed and dash
and there was something Of a tornadolfke velocity
In his finishing shots. TTe won at ES So and
s-love.
Melville TT. Long. the Pacific Coast champion
and the Pacific states doubles champion simpson
NJ Sinsabaush. retained their places. Long easily
defeated Miles 5. Charock. az SIS and s-love and
now will have 10 show his real strength, for he
couples with Behr for the next round. slnsabaush
played indifferently. defeating j. G. TomIinson. az
70 81 and "a. missing defeat only by a narrow
margin.
Among the important matches that held the
championship court in the terraced OF the
Crescent Athletic Clubs grounds was that in which
Raymond D. Little. the former internationalist, de-
feated Gustave F. Touchard. at ga loves and
e. For in and out play the contest unique.
Little began by Outplaying Touchard with his
short drop shots across court. The big gallery
all with TCuchard and encOura ged him by APP
plauding every good play he made. Responding
the applause. Touchard stiffened his game in the
second set His smashing and volleyins at tina nat
were phenomenal. Little smothered and faz-
tened TO his base line Touchard placed shot
after shot for 2 love score through his court But
Touchard could not hold the pace. and he faded
Little began to play up again and won the match
Following this match the former Harvard player.
Clarence c.. Pell surprised the gallery by defeating
Richard Fl. Palmer at As. "a 10 This
with Palmer once within a stroke of winning hs
led in the last set at - 40. That a new and
worthy player is coming the front In Psll -
only too evident. Ills drives We're well placed and
he had speed TO burn. He was also able to hands,
Palmer's fastest drives and return many Of them
for aces. While the result distinctly of the
upset class. PeTs tennis was so good that no one
srudged him the victory. The veteran ex-nationsi
champion. Henry w. Slocum. held TO his form. He
defeated Alexander Amend at 81. So, in a COM
petition that contained spirited driving rallies
The beginning OF the doubles. with Frederic 3.
Alexander and Harold II. Hackett national cham
pions playing among the thirty-nns pairs. brought
out some lively work. 1t Alexander's first ap-
peaTance this season. and he all fire, dash and
smash. playing his shots perfectly and with his
hrilltancy carrying off the honOrs. The pair de-
feated Charles NJ Bull. ir and Henry c. Martin
at S-3, 6-1. and then George o. Wagner and Fred
eric G. Inman at 81. 6-S William A Iarned also
appeared. paired with Robert d. Wrenn. and tbs
national champion played breezily and without the
suspicion of limp to his gait. They defeated o. A.
Sargent and c. G. Bryan. Glove and So Ths
Western players won easily Long and the Texan.
MacGuiston. pairing and having a place IN the
upper half. where IL they come through they will
face Alexander and Hackett. who the lower
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The summary follows:
New York State championship mems singles (third
4 round)-Clarence G. Pel defeated Richard RI. Palmer
\ So. st. 10; Melville X. Long defeated Miles 4
Sharock Ga SO Karl H. Behr defeated Harvey N.
Fourth round-Robert Roy defeated ROYAL D. Richey
IS d Henry W. Slocum defeated Alexander Amend.
/ 81. 81 simpson NJ Sinsabaugh 70. ST. 50.
stephen G. Milletr defeated ID. Kirkover. e.
Raymond D. Little defeated Gustavs Touchard. s-s
I Doubles first round)-RoyaI ID. Richey and H. J.
Curtis defeated r l. Cerero and E. z. Perry. BY de-
fault. H. D. Kirkover and Edgar 2. Leo defeated T. n.
Cooke and Louis J. Dreyfuss By default: Thomas C.
Burdav and simpson NJ Sinsabaugh defeated Edzar w
Richard ~. Palmer defeated G. A. l. Dionne and r.
/ Beecher. 6-S. So; W A Campbell, r.. and r. a.
Aned defeated Thomas G. Trask and J. c. Ton,nson.
/ 6-3 Ia 81; c. Frederick Watson. and George
/ e. rs
second round-RaIph E. Sears and Miles 5. Chariooh
defeated T. E TOnllnson and Mcpherson Kennedy. S..
4 SO: Thon NJ Donohue and Norman q. Johnson de-
Long and Harvey NJ Macquiston defeated r NJ Robin
Steger. Ell 81: George 8 GroesbecS
L. defeated Charles g Chambers and
a. NJ. 90. 81; Dr. J. William HOsenbaun and
Dr. p. B. Hawk defeated Paul Forester and H L
Enrich, IS ct William A Earned and Robert y.
Wrenn defeated .. A. sargent c. 9. Bryan. SO.
g. Frederick B. Alexander and Harold H HacSett de
feated VI. Bull. and Henry c. Martin SIS
al George q Wagner FREDERICK c defeated
c. A. Lndey and \ l. Lindley. 6-l. so
Hackett defeated George o. Wasner and Fr-dArtcx G
I'M II