New-York tribune., 1910-02-22

RITCHlE IN FORM
WINS TWO Witches.
Prentice Beats Cragin an Play
for In7Cn Tennis Title.

po,.I u Ritchie led the lawn tennis
nIavars toward the finals of the national in
aoo, cban,nIonship tournament yesterday
on the board courts of the 'th Resifhsn'
Armorv He gained his bracket In ths
round before the semi-finals In the upper
half hv winning two fast matches In his
first bs defeated Edgar F.. Leo. 6-2. +-S,
gI and he followed this UP by taxing
+. II l.. Todd jr.. into camp at d o-i-
Ritcbie is now a round ahead Of the rest or
the field
Among the other matches one reversal
Of form was recorded as Bernon S. Prem
tica the former Harvard captain. defeated
the onetime regimental champion, Caihouh
rraoiu at A I'll 81 Prentice improved
as the match progressed Nheh ne d"
tanned his best action he had the Dall "ntil
ing through Cragin's court at a pace WHO"
made it difficult to see. as the hsht was
none of the best throughout the latter part
of the afternoon. The former hdrFdi"
crack was strongly aggressive, ana ohe0
on his game. he afforded his admirers
surprise.
Richard 4. Holden. ir-, captain Of the
x-oia ,.. opd holder of the Western cham
rionsbin brscketed with Prentice by de-
feating the young Brooklyn player, 5 H.
yoehaiI f-Ioye 64 1t was NosheH WHO
caused many reversals early last season
The Yale captain was too clever az FORCING
tactics. however. so that Nosheii hao httie
opportunity for his sashing Work at Tue
net and passing. AS result haF'diu
old player and Yales representative are III
for one of the leading matches this morn
ing.
The showing made by GustaVe r lou
chard the ex-Californan, in his matcn
against F.. BfgeIow of the Kings County
club was anything but up TO his Class
Touchard won the match at 6-3, 10. but
at every stage he was uncertain Blselow,
although an unranked player, proved him
self remarkably versatile Ee used his
racket with either his right or left hand
and In each equally well. His best Shot
was q long, low drive that repeatedly aceo
Touchard for q pass or caught MIN OUT Oh
position as it placed to the corners Oh
his court Nearly all OF the games In tne
match touched at deuce so that Iouchard
was fortunate in being successful. IN MS
match this morning Touchard draws the
regimentaI champion. william b. Cragin'
ir. who has been displaying excellent FORM
A. l.. Hoskins, of the Belmont CRICKET
Club, PhflaOelpnla, Neill uO"A ~ NcAo'AN '--
his first match. He met l.. HI. Fitch, VINO
scored at "a 10 1t was hardly expected
that Fitch would be successful in scoring in
straight sets against the secretary of the
national association. He not only held 10
consistent steadiness, however. but dis
played skill in handling all of the changes
of mace by which HoSkins manoeuvred TO
break up his game.
William c. De Mile and o. V. bost~lcA'
the skivi pair, won the only match decided
in the doubles They defeated the Harvard
player Preston T. Large, jr-, VINO was
paired with 8. H VosheI at So. 81. The
rallies In this competition were interesting,
the losers forcing the work OF their oppo-
nents throughout All matches will begin
at 10 o'clock this morning
The summary follows:
(.econd roundl-Bernon s. Prentice defeated
Calhoun Cragin 4-S, 6-1, 81; Richard A.
Holden r. defeated S. II. Noshen. 90 -
Walter Merrill Hall defeated Edward H; Pfeiffer.
90 90: Royal d. Richey defeated Edgar r
Leo. 81 4-e. 81: J. H; L: Todd: tr. de-
feated Edward a Gunther, by default; HosaFa ~
"a; L. H Fitch defeated A. l. Hoskins.
"a. IS: Miles 6. Charlock defeated j. H
! feated George s. Groesbeck, 4-6. 6-3. 6-S:
| C;ustave F. Touchard defeated E. Eigelow, c-3.
IS; William B. Crasn. jT defeated w j.
| Banks. by default
Third round-RoyaI D. Richey defeated j. H.
| L. Todd, jr, IS, 81
Mems national indoor championship doubles
! first roundl-Williem C De Milo and o. V.
Bostw1ck defeated Preston T. LaTFs jr,, and s.
| Putnam defeated f. l. James and partner oy
default