New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
YALEMEN DEFEATED
PUT OUT IN FIGHT
FOR 4 TITLE.
Grant and Gardner Hin Their
Match for Lasrn Tennis
Cham pionship.

In & lively succession OF rapid FIRE
matches the field OF sXty-four aspirants
,or the national indoor lawn tennis cham
nionship singles for men dwindled 10 thirty
survivors yesterday on the courts Of the
-th Regiment ArInory ssth street and Park
avenue. There were no revcrsals OF form,
rhe nearest approach heing the defeat of r.
J.. James. OF the Belmont Cricket Club,
Philadelphia. by Morris s. Clark. at 6-S.
- II was the collegians who Jared the
worst the day progressed. Yale losing
!. NJ. fIolcombe- jr.. z VI. Watrous. Wal
ter Roberts and A II. Man. Preston T
Large, jr.. Harvard. also met defeat. One
o, The few 10 survive q hard match was
Edward II. Pfeiffer. Of Columbia, who de-
feated Harry Parker a regimental expert,
~ s-< 50.
The keerfest interest centred in tho play
~ the four-tirne champion. wyiie c. Grant.
who IN rurn defested Man of Yale. at e..
s.. and one Of his strongest rivals Will
lam G De Mile. Al -. "a. Grant was
fn his best FORM but despite this De Mile
played him 10 his limit, though the lat
Ter had previously scored IN tho hardest
sort OF a driving match at e-3. s.
Next 10 Grant attention centred upon
Carr z. Gardner. the tall Californian. al
:. Wallis Merrihew he practically had
wslkcver. Gardner acquitted himself well.
winning without effort a. SIS. 81. Gustave
r. Touchsrd. formerly OF the Pacific Coast.
toyed with another Californian. A H.
Henry the latter only scoring one game in
the Tvo. the score was 6 love, 6-1.
No previous holding Of the national in
door championship has begun under more
sUsEicious conditions The light IN the
rnory was perfect and inspired by q gal
lery that numbered TWO thousand, the play
ers all worked fast. II was also made
known that tho entire first round Of thirty
tno matches must be cleared, and that de-
1inquents would be defsulted. Ten defaults
went down in the first round, and one in
the second, so that the survivors may now
work toward the finals more gradually
Arthur S Cragin disposed of F. NJ
Ratrous. Yale at IS 81 e. At the
beginning Cragin could not get his slash
ing overhead shot down inside the chalked
boundaries. Toward the close of the first
set Cragin placed the bail sharply to the
base line, so that Natrous was putting and
blowing NTH the fast foot work as he tried
10 kee, within range Getting the shot per-
fcctl.. Cragin easily outplayed the Yale
man in The second set with the loss of only
one game. The speed and the singing ac-
curscy were more than Watrous could
hold. As he remarked: TT was called
lawn tennis. but il was more like CREASED
pig in the deciding set Watrous rushed
10 The neI. There he cut off his opponents
shots. but he could not pull ahead al
though he made the score excitingly close.
The Yale men made a strong stand but
J. NJ Hoicomb, jr-, lost 10 the Fanwood
player. J. H L. Todd, jr., at -, 4-6, 81,
and Walter Roberts Yale. lost TO Z. Bige-
low. az Sc. IS. g. Both of these match
indicated that the youths from New
Haven have trained industriously upon
boards. They handled the long. slancing
bounds % the bali with considerable skill.
Their chief fault Was IN their unsteadiness,
and il VAS by taking advantage of this
that Todd and Bigelow came through
Bernon :. Prentice. 1he eX- Harvard cap
tain. introduced d new element OF uncer-
TsinIy as TO the ultimate outcome OF the
tournament. The comparative ease with
which lie defeated Julio n, Steinacller at
G-l. s. seemed 10 indicate that Ae IS des-
lined TO figure prominently in the upper
section Of the draw. Steinacher could not
find vulnerable spot in the opposite court
Among the other men who displayed great
,.leverness We're Royal u. Richey and Di-
mon z Roberts Richey, depending al
most entirely upon hard hit drive de-
Roberts played slower game. in which
he appeared To have perfect command 0f
the ball and an ability to spot IL down IN
any portion o. the court he wished. Rob
c-ts's line shots made Large. of Harvard,
easy victim at g. e. He then met
\. 7. Marks. ir-. one "f the Youngest OF the
Yale team. The latter Was defeated in the
first set at g. at which the competition
was postponed because OF darkness
The championships VIII hold The Te2l-
mental courts for the coming week. the
doubles probably starting on Tuesday
morning. The summary follows:
Mems na-ioslaI indoor Championship singles
,aI-r rcund,-,;aihoul g,-agin defeated 'ius,ave
= S-cinacher. &c 81. Berncn < Prentice de
teatsd Julio II St.ina.ileT 6-l. .: l..eh%I1
E.1lli- = Il Tosheii defeated - 9. \. Child, bT
lesault: EDWARD u. Tlel1Ier 4et-are'l HAIRY
Wa!;o Hazard g. g. 4. T. Marks, i. De
Z. T;ober-s defeated Preston T. Large. jr.. e,
-. i,o-ai J. Richie defeated F1lar'es II;
a45ur -- see9re1. ~ e1aui- 1i5 EDWARD va A 5iunfher
.iefestrd G + Putnam; l. Sal; -: g.: ), II /;
- ca f5s,~ RefTs 81 r. Recsy s5'o;i defeate5 Ii {
To6l. ty default. Howard A PluTmer defeated
.ief~ste8 :. u Nan. e =; William = DE
Mill aefeated Benjamin n Phillips, 6-@, G-4;
-;fIu- : CTssgia defeated =. ii Watrol's -
e. f-@: 'aTl L Gardner defeated : Walls
IIzrve. Y Lake. by default; J.. II. Fitch defeat
81 King Smith bv default: Miles :. chaTlooi
-sfNsted II. q Bretz: br default: Morris :
s-1 ae1es'e9 r. = Jslns5i .Si g q ioi-.o 80 lane
e-s; Walter = Chase defeated 7 ! Johnson,
GO. 6-1: Harold NJ Livingston defeated II u.
Tuieh-. D.. de1s Tit: George : Groes5eck defeated
F-e'ertira Treat. S-S 6: Dr. William E0seu-
bsnai defeated W J. o'B;ieu. e. IS: Gus
5s-r =. T'onchard defeated II. y. Henry, GO,
e-1: y. RlEeory defeated Walter Roberts. Sc.
. s-o- William 3 CrsRiu, jr.. defeated
5.a,-Ie J Grant. So 60: ". !. Banks defeated
ss J. T. Eegf. bv default.
~ecCad r0Und-DiTnoa =. Roberts 4 2.
.fa~l-. fr.. g u-finished: Nyllo e. Grant d
(ss.ed w.;isarl =. 10 a'.,,c. - 6-a: Waller T.
t1see leces;ed Harold y Livingston, bl default