New-York tribune., 1910-10-03
LAWN TENNIS.
Gardner. in Five Sets. Wins
Bronx Championship.
HIS DRIVES BEAT T0UCHARD
Hamilton Grange Defeats Har-
lem Team in Metropolitan
League Series.
HIS DRIVES BEAT TOUCHARC

Showing amazing skill az driving To- the
side lines in fifth set pull-up. Carlton T.
Gardner. one Of the California group OF
lawn tennis players who have been compet-
ing In the East this season won the Bronx
singles championship cup yestcTday- lie
defeated the holder Gustave = Touchard.
after eve grueuinS sets. by tho score OF
81. s.. 46. is. Is. The challenge
match. postponed from IN" Tournament OF
last MAY. was held on tho clay courts Of
the Bedford Park Lawn Tennis club. be-
fore large and enthusiastic gallery
Gardner began his game by an energetic
attack upon .hc sides Of his opponents
court. He placed his shots accurately and
met all Of Touchards attacks at the net
by such low ana sharply played vo!leys
that the latter was more than Outpiayed at
this stage. Touchard was two sets down
before lie steadied his game. Then he
opened with d series Of whirlWind rushes
ana swift variations of racket work that
swept Gardner before him.
The real strength Of Touchard's genius
for handling The racket and his skill at
finding the vulnerable spots in the opposite
court were at the best in the fourth and
the early part Of the fifth sets.
In the third set Gardner had partially
stemmed the tide that was setting against
him by timely and deep 1obbirE- This had
tho effect Of checking ToucharJ's speed to
some degree, but il was not sufficient 10
score tho set.
Touchard compelled Gardner 10 desist
from lobbiuG and sending the ball soaring
to dizzy heights at the beginning of tho
fourth set by forcing his shots clesnly 20
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either to send tho ball back swiftly or take
the hazards OF short lob because Of the
Increased range
II was after TouChard had executed
splendid kills Of tho bali as it dropped close
to the net from tho Iobs that the chal-
longer lad tried to play that Gardner
elected 10 meet the defending champion at
the faster game. The rallies were played
at furious pace after that While the
challenger was good and steady Touchsrd
seemed always to find the opening through
which 10 force the ball FOR the point Each
was playing with all the speed tnat he
could muster. and It seemed as if the de
Tending champion was again to win By one
Of his brilliant finishes as he scored the
set at G--1.
Continuing into the fifth and deciding
set Touchard forged ahead 10 lead Of
5--f on games in a manner which would
have been sufficient To have broken the
heart Of less courageous PLAYER than
Gardner The change came in the seventh
game. with Touchard serving. as he dropped
q double fault which. had it been good,
might hsvc won tho ruatch and title for
him again.
The failure Of the service appeared TO get
on Touchard's nerves. He had been within
q point Of winning and could not bring II
off On his side Gardner forced his attack
with renewed viEor. He began TO vary his
drives with low 'cross-ccurt shots that
caused Touchard 4 lot of trouble, with che
result that his returns began TO fly wild
and out Of court Once again. on the ninth
game. TOuchard was within stroke OF
winning only TO have Gardner outplace him
to the side for the point that spelled defeat
for him.
on the challcnGer's part ii was won
derful retrievaI OF lost ground. for. despite
the fact that he was twice within point
Of losing Gardner finished out tho set and
match with a ruin Of six straight games.
He scored tho final set at -.
How closely thu, match was played may be
judged from the points, which totalled 15a
for Gardner TO 150 for Touchard, while the
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defeated champion. A. J. OstendOrf acted
as umpire III a most able manner.
Walter Merrill Hall. George p. Parkes
and Julio NJ. Schumacher, representing the
team of the Hamilton Grange Lawn Tennis
/ Club, yesterday defeated the team OF the
Harlem Lawn Tennis Club on the courts OF
the former in series Of the metropolitan
League championship. The victorious trio
scored all Of the matches in singles and
doubles.
In the singles Hail. playing a strong
game from mid-cOurt. defeated Morris s.
Clark. g, Glove. PaTkcs in his turn de-
feated DR. William Rosenbaum. g. 10-S.
In the doubles Steinacher and Parkes
paired against Clark and Dr. Rosenbaum,
| defeating the latter, -, IS. The vOlley-
ing in this match was fast and often spec
tacular. the steadiness of the Hamilton
Grange pair in the pinches Outplaying theiT
! opponents.
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