New-York tribune., 1910-06-22
.INMAN LOSES HIS TITLE
Burchard Too Fast for Metro
po|itan Champion.
ALEXANDER ON HIS GAME
Both He and Larned Score in
Matches on West Side
Courts.


playing through champion, Frederick c.
Inman In the third round of the Metropol-
itan championship singles yesterday on the
turf courts of the West Side Tennis Club.
2ssth street and Review Place II was the
sensation of day filed with fast racket
work, as Inman met his Waterloo at the
hands of Ross Burchard. the holder of
1908, In straight sets at Is, 6-3
Never has Burchard, veteran Of many
hard matches on the courts. displayed such
speed and power. He worked with the
smoothness of giant dynamo Driving for
placement was his forte and the ball
cracked through Inman's court like light
ming flashes. finding all of the open spots
despite Inman's splendid and plucky effort
to smother the shots at close range. Inman
was successful in his volleys. but not stead
ily so. while Burchard was invincible at
the critical moments.
Altogether progress was made as the
third round was brought UP level, while
nine of the competitors reached the fourth
round The national champion, William
A Larned, was one of this number. He
proved to be In superb stroke. defeating
H B. Carter two sets at love- Then Fred
erick B. Alexander, the national doubles
champion and internationalist, emerged
from his retirement and worked his way
from the first to the fourth rounds in able
fashion.
In the second round Alexander whipped
his volleys all around the Crescent Ath-
letic Club champion, Henry c. Martin, de-
feating him Glove, 6-1. Then Alexander
turned his attention to the Bostonian. C.
Gilbert Plfmpton, defeating him at o.
6-S. Plinpton's softened strokes bothered
the internationalst at times. but not sufti-
ciently to cause him to be dangerous.
Raymond D. Little, who appeared in the
international doubles last year against the
English team, likewise reached the fourth
division. 1t was his battling drop stroke,
which he played with perfect control, that
helped him through his third round match,
in which he defeated c. Frederick Watson.
jr., the Orange crack, at S-6, 6-l- Little
ground strokes also were good. and after
Watson had played him closely in the first
set and lost, the Orange player endeavored
to outdrive Little with such disastrous re-
suits that he scored only one game in the
deciding set
Others who reached the advanced round
were George NJ. Church, the boy who re-
Gently won the Princeton interscholastic
title. Church, on service and at deep court.
displayed wonderfully improved strokes
over a year ago, and he defeated Thomas
Slidell, 6-1, Ga.
Gustave F. Touchard also was on his
game, and he defeated Walter Merrill Hall,
the regimental champion, g. 81.
The summary follows:
Metropolitan championship mems singles
first round) = Seymour johnson defsateo
fe defeated George ~ NJ. Bodman. sI6. 4-s, 6-4:
H F. Hartman defeated Newton Rae. BY de-
Wallis Merrfhew, e. 6-1 Charles NJ. BulE
jr-, defeated s Howard yoshell. Ia. 6.2.
6-1, Ga; D. W. Peiser defeated Joseph z.
Batten, 3-6 6-3, Ga; Theodore Roosevelt
Pell defeated Robert Taylor. 6-3, Is, Ga;
fault; George o. Wagner defeated Edward G
Conlin. by default
E. Mead, by default; C. Leonard defeated
seymoure johnson. Ga, e-3; F. H Gates
Edwin P. Fischer defeated III rFe Hartman.
e-3. 6-1; Edgar ". LEONARD defeated H.
feated A. J. ostendorf. by Hd Default; Carleton
R. Gardner defeated Dr.. William Rosenbsu4. 2
Roberts. 6-1. Ga: Reuben A. HoIdeR. jr.,
6-S. 60: Thomas Slidel1 defeated William
d. Bourne. 6-1, Go: George NJ Church de-
saIf Mes dsfsstsa chaEIafs Waftsr u Bennett
E6. IS. W. S. slade defeated Edward A
Guuther 6-3, O-6, 6-2; Frederick b Alex
.ander defeated Henry c. Martin. 60, 81;
e Gilbert PlimptOn defeated the Rey ,ds Edgar ss5
defeated Frank B. Roundey, 60, SIS; wal
ter Merrill Hall defeated @ Morris s d.Ss1dd Clark
Touis I Drevfus 1-6 6-3, 6-1: King Smith
defeated Richard H. Palmer, by s1i,na dsfauit; y
90: G. A. L. Dionne defeated d. W. Peiser
81, defaulted; BENJAMIN NJ d Phillips y wes- de
ner defeated r. l. Baggs- 6-3. 6-S, Fred
erick G Baggs defeated Paul Foerster %,
6-3. 6-f; Raymond D. Little defeated A L.
Third round-william a. Larned defeated III
r. Chatter 60 Go: c. Leonard defeated F H.
Gates Ga 60; Ross Burchard defeated Fred
erick G Inman. 7-5. 6e3: George NJ Church
defeated Thomas Slidell, 6-1, 6-4: Frederick b
Alexander defeated c. Gilbert Plimpton. 60.
Ga: Gustave F. Touchard defeated Walter Mers
riH Hall, 6-4 81; George O. Wagner defeated
Frederick c. Baggs by default; Lyle z. Mahan
defeated George C. Shafer by default: Raymond
D. Little defeated c. Frederick Watson Jr' 80