The sun., 1909-02-21
GRANT DEFEATS TOUCHARD.
indoor Tennis Champion Has Hard Match
In First Round OF Play.

The match between Wylie C. Grant. the
present champion, and Gustave i. Tou-
ohard, rinnerup In 1908. was the most inter-
esting thing In the first round yesterday
OF the indoor lawn tennis national champion
ship tournament In tho Seventh Regiment
armory. Grant and Touchard. who met
In the flnal round last year. were In FIRST
round bracket this time. IL was conceded
thatthe outcome OF this match would have
great bearing on the championship for 1909
Grant won after three sets.
When the light was good In the earlier
part OF the match Touchard was not so
much bothered by Grants service. which
Is particularly severe on boards. Grant
said after the match that he never before
had lost so many service games indoors.
The players ran on oven terms In the first
set for the first eight games. Then Grant
won a very neat love game and followed
it by a tough fight for the tenth game.
which required IL points for a decision. That
gave the first set to the champion, e..
In the second set he had a comfortable
lead after losing the first game at love. lie
enard hit the ball well and scored some
clever passes, Grant did not show much
animation and did not hit the bal! as hard
Sfans, sAs waS ali sorts q
! and was rewarded by string OF three
games, which put an entirely different
complex ion r. on 1, sfiairs; ln isGt io1ked Tiys
| leading at 5-3. However, Grant scored
a game in which he allowed only one point
TO his opponent and STAYED Of defeat for
II ToueSaPd ,S Td ied at 7-s. but again Grant
won the sncceeding game after is points
had been played. Then for a change Grant
game had the points 40-.I5. It looked as
u it were all. over then. but the sprightiy
Touchard had his nerve with him and ran
beginning OF the end aud Grant did not
have such a chance again. Eventually he
lost the set. the score being ll-9.
and Grant 3 speed. 'coup pied with two or
three points in which he was rather lucky.
helped him. The play ran even up TO four
ToueSsrd % & "S had, % He vss sS' very cry snxious 10
win the match, while Grant played with
that great exterior calm he always shows.
In the enc inlperturbability was the one best
bet and Grant scored at 6-I The points
were:
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& 3. o. O. ooi5iitso.siiSsi.ti iSoiSistso:.s;
THIRD SET.
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Il looks as il the top half Of the draw
eventually is likely to meet T. r, Pell in this
half and the winner Of this should have
little trouble With ahy player in the lower
half. The first round was practically com,
pleted yesterday and one match was played
In rhe second round. The summary
U. s. y; L. T. A. Indoor Championships. Mems
Slnsles-Plrst round.A. s. Cragin defeated 4 (
Petersen 6-i, 90 NJ. ), Clark defeated W. ID
ss9are sSqFnf BY dsf.S Psps fsHs dfffass stsaed
Watson. by default: Roy Rtchey defeated N
Slocum. by default: T. r; Pell defeated q. y
Fitch. Is, o--t Dr W. Rosenhauyn defeated 4.
MerriSeS. a: "a. %: & Cragin defeated {;
N Amerman. co. GO ". C. Grant defeated
g TSpshsrd Ca 9li m t.,,. st VI cSnnWlngIhss@ W.I On
fested II. BretE. o. IA II. d. Montgomery de-
feated G. Vondermuhl. by detaIir II Enrich IS.
M; 3 Gharloes. s-S 'ps p,.n igaLnished' W. g. De
3hafcr defeated J. II. Kyle, 6-l. 90 x. T. Bryan
defeated 4. Bassford, b-3 50. :. Well defeated
Il. Lvinsston. o-S %; King smith defesi1d
Roberts. by default; w. ID. Chase defeated o. G.
Child. 60. 90; p. II. Converse defeated a. J.:
Hofkins 6y default L iSSgysT seissisa issisd
Secord Round-J. N. Stelnscher defeated
Dlmon z. Roberts. e-3. ia.
The match between the seventh Regi-
meat players and the team Of the Boston
Cadet Corps vas finished yesterday morn
ing Theleanl broke even in the singles
aud as the Seventh Regiment players won
the doubles on Friday they took the meet
terday Arthur $. Crasin defeated Philip l..
sGSyIeD ssSCp Of & SosSs SSs'S aeieSed " Mer f aa
Of the seventh, e-i. 0-s, 0-'l.
The indoor championship play will CON
tipue tomorrow morning and there will be
hos All uf XaahingtOn's HiTthuay,