The sun., 1909-02-20
VISITORS WIN AT RACQUETS
M'CORMICK AND BROOKE LEFT
FOR FINAL MATCH.
chicago Player Disposes OF Payne Whit.
ney and PhIiadelphIsn Takes Clarke
Into Camp In Chsmpi onship Tourna.
ment-ScOres Made by the Players.


George II. Brooke Of Philadelphia and
Harold +. Mccormick of Chicago yester-
day won places In the final bracket OF the
amateur racquets championship tourna-
ment at the New York Racquet and Tennis
Club on Forty-third street. This makes
the second year in succession In which a
New Yorker has failed TO reach tho final
stage. In yesterdays semi-hnal round
Mccormick defeated Payne whitney Of
the home club In straight sets while
Brooke disposed OF George II. Clarke. Jr,
In a similar manner
The winners will meet for the title
this afternoon. Brooke, who Is former
national champion. has been prominent
in racquets for the last ten tears. but Me-
Cormick never claimed more than passing
attention until two weeks ago, when he W on
the gold racquet at Tuxedo In decisive
| fashion.
Save for the first few hands OF the first
set, Mccormick always had command Of
the situation throughout his match with
whitney The turning point OF the first
set came in the fourth hand, when tho
Chicago man counted six times before
being retired. II was then 0 to In his
favor aud he pTsS;ics!y settled e.! doubts
with run OF 5 In the next hand. He won
the set easily. i5-5.
To start the second set both men drew
blanks In the first three hands. but McCor-
micks speedy service then began to tell
and he won the set with successive counts
Of and Is Whitney barely escaped a
shutout by scoring a single ace in the fourth
hand. In this set the Chicago man scored
seven aces by service.
In the first flve hands OF the decisive set
Mccormick quickly ran up a total OF II as
against ! for the local player, The latter
ran hve aces in his sixth hand and after
both men were blanked in the next
Mccormick scored the necessary point.
No less than Ave Of his aces in this set were
due TO misses by his opponent. who never
succeeded In getting to the top of his Ssme,
! The scores were as follows:
! FIRST SET
MsComck k,.,.,,....","., 49,. i-is
Aces by service -McComick. O. whitney, .
Ace. by plsclnsnMccor%f!cs: CNtmIHny WhI,nsy' !
SECOND SIT.
Mccormick ........".," Q 6-is
Aces by seric.-Mccor%Ick = whitney, !,
Aces by Pl.c!nSE,HHsGoTTmncs' s. Aces by oppo
THIRD SET.
MfGsSgck MsIt.t1 d..,i ....,..ii 1913 -Is i--Is
aces BY SsselMcS9I%ck Wha.y W%hS1Ss
Aces by opponents misses Mccormick s. Whit
'R 'RReiSeree-Albert Rosenssr,en. Racquet and
Tennis Club Marker~-Geofge Standing,
Lack OF confidence worked against
Clarke In his match with Brooke. He
OF the encounter, when the Philsdelphisn
was serving. Clarke made eight consecutive
efforts to meet the bal on the volley tie
out the match the local player seemed un-
willing to wait and take the ball from the
back wall
The match was replete " ith rallies. some
long and brilliant. They almost invariably
ended In Brooke's favor, as the latter's
greater steadiness proved too much for
straight. hard service. which in the end
proved a surer point gamer than the others
greater variety OF strokes delivered with
To start the match Clarke lost his first
service. while Brooke made an ace. They
were even up at 5 for the first four hands
a lead which enabled him TO win with two
more aces in the next. the final count being
There vas little to choose between the
pair in the early stages OF the second set
After Ave hands Brooke led 9 to 3 and then
ran out with a string Of nine aces several
Of which we're gained by brilliant shots
Twelve hand. we're required before a
decision could be reached In the last sat
When the count stood 10 to = in Clarks's
favor every point was stubbornly con-
tested and for three hands neither man was
able TO score. Brooke evened up matters
in the ninth hand and then forged steadily
ahead. while Clarke's sequence OF ciphers
continued These we're due largely TO
Brooke,s brilliant returns Just over the tell
tale. The hnal count was 1910.
Following are the scores
FIRST SET
RrGSs: gSs: by ..ivc.-clrs, brooke. 10 Ace. Ace.
by piac,nsSCisrke. ;; Brooke. /. Aces hy oppo