New-York tribune., 1910-07-16
A WIZARD At THE NETS
Touehard Defeats yPeII in the
Most Dazzling Fashion.
NILES PUTS OUT DABNEY
Achelis Challenge Cup Hangs II
Balance on Seabright
Courts To-day.

All the wizardry Of Gustave 2 Tou-
chards lawn tennis was revealed yesterday
in his match IN the semi-hnal round Of IN.
Achelis challenge cup singles on the turf
courts Of the Seahrfght Lawn Tennis and
Cricket Club. at Seabrfght. y J. He de-
feated Theodore Roosevelt PelI 5-3. So.
and at no stage was IL possible for the lat
ter to solve the riddles OF pace and dirsc-
ton that Touchard propounded
In the other seni-fnaI match Nathanisf
" Niles defeated his Harvard team mats.
arthur 5. Dabney. after three long deuce
and vantage sets by a score Of SIS, 6-a
T-5. II was fast lawn tennis. and the
cIoseness Of the score was in large meas
ure attributable 70 the fact that each was
intimately acquainted with the methods OF
the other
AS William J CIotbier the holder Of tils
AcheIis CUP. Is I'll with typhoid fever tbs
winning OF the trophy for this year now
lies between Touchard and Niles. and they
win meet for the valuable prize early tllis
afternoon
It is difficult 10 describs adequatsly t1s
game that Touchard plays He Is an orig
inal genius OF the lawn tennis courts, who
apparently has neither system nor method.
and yet wins in the cleverest fashion. His
game against E-i F%SLSIU6E was E.tEQ
with surprises for the fashionable specta-
tors who fringed the court and likewise for
Pell. who at times used his racket Ike
novice
Whenever PeII believed that he had
solved the line OF attack that Touchard vas
next to develop he was compelled 70 guess
again Touchard turned drives into voIleT
shots. smashed straight at his man when
he might as easily have placed at q dis
tance in the court or popped I'D lobs from
the heat Of rally where drive for pass
seemed the natural return.
AT the net or deep in court-in fact IN
any position whatever-Touchsrd OutpIayed
PelI And TO the credit OF Pell be it said
that he played for all he was worth to at
least get set; yet he was never within
haiIing distance There were times. VIXEN
Pen forced things ar close range. that
TOuchard rose to masterful fights He
seemed possessed of a wrist Of iron, and
he whipped voIIey shots across at Pell,
eventually forcing an opening for a pass
with hardly any arm motion at all 10 his
strokes and he scored the points almost as
he pleased
The final round OF the doubles also VIII
be decided this afternoon, Harold H Hack
EFT and Frederick B Alexander, the ns-
tionaI champions. meeting William A.
Larned the national singles champion. WAC
is paired with George L Wrenn. tr-
Larned is playing the best lawn tennis OF
his long career this season. The two
matches viii bring 20 an end a tournament
that has been notable in many ways
Competitors in the Hudson River Associa-
ton lawn tennis championship tournament
on the courts of the Dunwoodie Country
ton of the competitions YESTERDAY Ross
Burchard and Morris 5 Clark are up 70 the
singles final This and ali Of the other
fixtures awaiting conclusion viii De de-
cided to-day.
Forty-two OF the top class lawn tennis
players Of the Crescent Athletic Club be-
gan play in the championship singles yes
terday on the courts at Bay Ridge Henry
c. Martin. the winner Of the title last sea
son. is drawn IN the upper half, and IN.
former holder. Charles N. Bull jr-, in the
lower half. All of the matches are the best
three out of five sets. and the competitions
developed fast play The summary IoiioVs-
Crescent A c. mems Championship singles
first roundl-CharIes VI Bull. ST.. defeated H
defeated z. 2. Durham. 6-3. So. 6-4, Hem
G. Martin defeated H H Neale 81, So 81
g. 6-2s Charles N BUIl IT. defeated g Z
Perry s. 6-4. e.
second round-Robert Casamajor defeated z
n whiting e. T9, SIS 81 d Van
Brundt defeated Burton Smith, 81. So. 9-1s
c o. Potter defeated c. H EsnshaU- s. -
- 81: Charles u Bull ST, defeated J. 2
fssred ., a. Possfre 6-i 6-I SO: Miles :.
Charlock defeated o. P Lowell. 81 6-2. 81