New-York tribune., 1909-02-20
NEW YORK PLAYERSOUT
LOSE IN STRAIGHT SETS.
Mccormick and Brooke to Meet for
Racquet Title.

The New York players were eliminated from the
national racquet championship tournament at the
New York Racquet and Tennis Club yesterday
when Payne Whitney and George c. Clarke. jr
were beaten il the semi-hnaI round by Harold F.
Mccormick. Of Chicago. and George II. Brooke. Of
Philadelphia respectively. This makes the second
year in succession that New Yorker has failed
70 reach the final round
The winners VIII meet FOR the title this after
rocn. Brooke. who is former national champion
has been prominent at racquets for the last ten
years but Mccormick never claimed more than
passing attention until two weeks ago. when he
Won the gold racket at Tuxedo in decisive fashion
Except for the first few hands OF the first
Mccormick always had command Of the situation
throughout his match with Payne Whitney The
turning point OF the first set came in the fourth
hand where The Chicago man counted six times
before being retired II then to 8 in his
favor. and he practically settled all doubts with
run Of FIVE in the next hand. He the set
easily Al l5-5-
To start the second set both men drew blanks in
the first three hands. bat McCormick's speedy ser
vice began tell and he the with
cessive counts Of and six. Whitney barely
esczped a slut-out by scoring single in The
fourth hand Il this set the Chicago man scored
seren aces bv service.
IN the first five hands Of the decisive Nc
Corn1ick quickly up total Of fourteen as
against seven for the local player. The latter ran
five aces in his sixth hand and after both men
were BANKED in the next Mccormick scored the
necessary point No less than five Of his aces in
this set we're due TO misses by his opponent who
never succeeded in getting TO the top of his
The scores were follows:
FIRST SET
es3;5.2 1ss9252e .. ...-............. -1s
Aces b service n sCoTTaiclz s. whitney. = Aces by
eacins, oTTESk = NhiIaey. / Aces by OPPONENTS
SECOND SET
E-lsgs Egf9Tz's ....-....... 81 81
80 b. .,-zica-n5ccorrnf,b : v-bf,nex Aces bv
plasine~Mcccsmek, ). Aces by opponents InissesMc-
'0f''''- THIRD SET.
Ns7ss.9 N29s5a'k ...... ......-..... 4-i$ i$
Aces D. service -McCormic<- = Whitney: :. Aces by
raclng, oT19Ch' = 'titT y nI5S aces Oy opponent
Nsrker-Georgs standing
Lack Of confidence worked against Clarke in his
match with Brooke He tried smother the ball.
snd at one stage Of the contest. when the Phiadel
Trisn vas serving. Clarke made eight consecutive
Efforts 10 meet the ball on the volley. AS result
he failed in aH but t~o Of his tries Throughout
the entire match the local player seemed unwilling
TO wait and take the ball from the back wall
The match was repIete with rallies. some long
snd brilliant Tney almost invariably ended in
R-oake's favor, as the latter's greater steadness
-,-o,e6 TOO much for the younger man. Brooke
depended upon straight hard service, which in
the end proved surer point gamer than the 9th
ers greater variety Of strokes delivered with less
judgment
II start the match Clarke lost his first service,
While Brooke made an ace They were seven up at
g Tor +17a first four hands bur Brooke. with more
:, .he next secured a lead that enabled him TO win
with two more aces in the next, the final count
being 15-u-
There was little 10 choose between the pair IN
IN. ea- stages OF the second set After five hands
Brooke led al s TO 3 and then ran out with a
string af nine aces, several Of which were gailed
b. brilliant shots along the wall
Twelve hands were required before decision
could he reached in the last set When the count
stood 10 "a s in Clarke-s favor every point was
+,,b1o-n1v contested and for three hands neither
nan Vas able to score. Brooke evened up matters
- <b. ninth hand and then forged steadily aheao'
vi,- Csrkes sequence Of ciphers continued Ille9e
s-e due largely 10 Brooke's brilliant returns JUS
oy,s- The telItaIe The final count was 10 TO IT,
Following the scores;
FIRST SET
Ears. ------.--- = ---------'.. . ; : 2-l5
FrooEs- ---------
srzs bx rervice-Cla-ize. O. BROOKE ~ y1fSse.
.jscnE-Cserke. 3. Brooke. 8 Aces by opponent ~
Clarke. .. Brooke. =
Brooke. .-..-..--------- a o ? o "a
Acss bv ss-rioe-Brooke s: Clarke Aces b. placing
BTeole ,. clarke. l Aces by opponent iiiSsS
Brooke, 5; Clarke. l.
zsasss- --,.-..-. S9a35S Q 1-iS
ac.s nv se-vice-Brooke Clarke. $ Aces ey pae G
nE-Brooke. 2 Aces by opponents misses -
Rs9 Albert Rossngartsn. MarzeE-George Standing
Immediately after the fnal round to-day there
,5u he = professional match between sontaT' OF
Phnsselphia and Foster. of the home CLUB
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