The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06

4 10 ms gam" iiii that match WAS half
through, and whatever points were won
nv tn. CalIiornianS came from the work
OF Bundy. who warmed 10 his gam. from
IN" very start I'm every point Of ths
play Hackstt and Alexander excelled.
! Their court covering was better. their not
smashing superior. and they completely
outshon" the Challengers in the accuracy
of their ground strokes
The first set fell Ia Alexander aud
Hack.tt At al. hat the second was totally
different H.ndgICk WAS becoming stead
! ser. whtle BIndy chan ",.d his tactics and
: began To force the pace ard mix matters
4 with the other pair As often ~ H. get
tn" chance he dlr'ed To- th. nrt and siusir, q
, some shots thar sem the gallery WILD
: Bnfor. anybody had ti,n. tu think the
/ CalifornlAns were IN the lead az 1t.
Then hv good steady paw thu champions
/, draw sp lowell at !. and the challengsrs
led AT and with Alexander serving
they w-r" within a point Of IN" set bur
they failed at I'll" critical moment and thu
| tally then stood = :. BIundy and his
pivtn'.r led again At :. but ON hIS SER
. ytCr liaCkrt' sv"n"i up. aud the cham
pi"us tuOk al" two games following and
the seq NJ
Tn. champions took m. third set at
q 3. hut u was a much better seat than the
figures would Indicate During the entire
season Alexander and tiack.tt never once
met defeat. although III tn. New York
State championships they had mighty
clos. rub Of 1t TheI- opponents were
Carlton II. Gardn.' and Mau.Irn r. Nc
I IOughlln. the Young Californian ami =
NOR. brilliant match had never been
seen in this locality and II was III every
way worthy VI tn" good crowd that saw
II ON Ia. courts oi Nh. Crescent \. {.
The -cpr. was2 all on the sets and Card
ner and Mcl.oughlun lei AT IL. when th.g
! mad. mistake. Instead IT eng aging
! ~ 4 lobbing match which they did Mo
Loughln should have come Ia the net
and taken cloIt AZ the hail every time il
few near hun or h. could reach H.
! III nothing else he would mix matters
, with the champions and fare rs well
| "a he did IN the remainder " the sst. for
, by the steadi--t sort Of play alexander
and HSc<.tt won five games straight and
the set and match
| The interscholastIc championship was
won bv r. II. Whitney after u warm tIssls
with George VI. Church. the Princeton
interscholastir champion. II was PLAYED
at Newport and the score IN favor Of Whit
ney was5 sd "a as ~ All through
the match he was cooler and showed
better head work than the PrincetonIan.
The new feature OF the wear was the
clay court championship held for the
first time at Omaha, Neh. The even.
/ brought together - splendid entry ~
the best clay court exports in America.
|, California. wniCl might h. caIled tho
I home of the riaY cour'. produced the
winner IN Melville III. Long. who won
in such "A style a. To leave not the slightest
doubt about his ability There were
PLAYERS from every State in the West
and the South the best representative
II the East being Walter Merrill Hall of
tn. Hamilton Grange Tennis Club Ha
was the iinalist against Long and made
rather poor showing. the main Cause
! being his hard match against Walter
Hayes of Chicago. the five time champion
Of tn. middle West. Against Longs
! smashing and lobbnR Hall could do little
or nothing and the Californian won with
T 1t an A Ill
| IN the doubles paired with DIR. p r. Hawk,
bat they got knocked out IN the third
round. The winners IN the doubles
were +. G. Anderson Of BROOKLYN and
Walter HAYES Of Chicago Ia the final
round they beat Melville IL Long and A.
/ Scr bner n. , Q. S-l :. J.
The clash Of the Long island Champion
ships and the Engewood Field Club open
tournament occurred the first week in
June. the former fixture having little the
worst Of the entry. IL matIercd little. for
II was the weticst weather of he whol0
year and both tournaments suffered sew
-ral po-tponemen'~ William Is Cragin
maintained ms grip on 'h. Ed0iS cup for
the Long Island singles. and he needs
another leg 20 own outright the prize
which j. the most valuable. tennis trophy
IN IN. East In the Fnglevood tourney
Carlton X Gardner. the tall Californian.
captured dual honor~. He defeated
Charles VI Bull. Jr.. of the Crescent A. G.
/ in the final round III - raIght sets. although
I Bull had defeated Karl Behr in the scmi-
/ final Gardner paired with Harold H.
Hackett in the doubles and they won.
though on the road 10 victory thew had TO
go through X. u. Little and Kari B.hr.
| Right on the heels OF these meets came
the New England championship and ID
4 was held ON the courts ~ the Hartford
Golf Club. Theodor. II. pell. the holder
( Of the title. turned up IN rare shape. and
he had To- meet X. A Holden. Jr. of Yale
! University. tn. challenger. Pell did ths
u Nr..xla
fourth consecutive win for the title. He
gained the first leg On IN" new challenge
! cup. he having won ont the old one last
wear Paired with WstFotiS. Holden won
+ the doubles. and this. latte has since
earned distinction by winning the inter-
collegiate championship singles.
! The Metropolitan championship singles
and doubles for men was given by the
West Sid. Tennis Club at 23sth street and
Broadway. and for the first time IN its
history the tournament was held ON grass
courts. On this account nearly all the
turf players oi note entered aAd among
the lot was William 4. Larnsd There
were some first rate matches and the re-
suit was that larned and Touchard
landed IN the final round. In the semi
final Touchard won a most sensational
match from Alexander after the latter
had won "A set was 81 and io-l5 TO tbs
SECOND set. within one point of the
match. In the other section of the semi
final Larned met Carlton X. Gardner,
and the Californian led the national
champion such par. that he sprung a
tendon. though he was able to scratch
along and win out. Larned then wanted
to- default to Touchard on account Of his
leg. hut acting in a sportsmanliks manner
Toy hard refused To accept the default.
saying that he would wait till Larnsd's leg
was better He did wait. hut when tho
match crme of Touchard was suffering
from appendicitis and Larne,. Won easily.
Alexander and Hackett won rho doubles
without being extended.
4 fe'r days prior to Ere opening III tho
New York Stat. championship on thS
Crescent A. c. courts the last week In
july Mclaughlin defeated Beals Wright
at Lougwood. and IL was therefore con-
Guided that the youngsrer from the coast
had improved from his previous trips
East. Wright had just returned from VIM
blsdon where he produced the only inter-
national feature II the year though he
was beaten Ivy Anthony Wilding. The
fact that MrIatinhlin Wa. In the Vow York