New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
HOLDEN LIN DEFEAT
TOTCH4RD WINS An
INDOOR TITLE.
Yale Captain Makes St"b6or"
Fight Through Fire
Hard Sets.

cuetave F Touchard won the ratonai
insoor lawn tennis championship IT sinsies
,-as,er5sx after five sets Of heart breaking
.-,, .n tho courts Of the 7th Regiment Ar
- he defeated r. A. Holden. r. cap
80. f she SsIe team by the score OF b--,
es s-R s-5 In every way the
match was fitting ending TO the eseVentH
holding of the tournament. and II was wit
messed tx the largest gallery of enthusiasts
ever assembled there
AS had been predicted. Holden played
-ouchard 10 his limit Only in the opening
sets cid the Yale player make the mistake
of avoiding net play. which afteEWaro
nroved "a be his best and strongest asset
As the analysis Of the compie.e score
ebozre The conopetition was even closer
than tie doubles championship o. ire pre-
vions day. for it was total Of tllee sets
10 two. tvventy-seven games 10 twenty, Ia
,o;nts 10 ice. Touchard used his service TO
r.fter effect than Holden. He won his ser
wee games a total or eighteen times, losing
-. while Holden Won fourteen service
games and lost nine
4, every xvav the national honors when
--o,,cl,srd won were we'll earned. and he es-
.ahlsshe6 himself as a worthy successor OF
Theodore Roosevelt Pell. winner in 1909,
Who l,r1pired the match: Wylie 9 Grant
= four times holder. VINO defeated Touchard
as runner-up two years ago. and others OF
.he fon class men who have illuminated the
rational covered court tournament OF inns
country
Surrounded by a great crowd the two
,77er1 began the championship match win
ToG,chard serving. Letting out MS orlNea'
especialiv from his back hand, which ne
trlsved freely the Yale man cut the Sloe
lines for forcing shots end twice the Polnts
s-ouche6 al deuce before Touchard won
Then Holden scored -he second game.
whining in TWO splendid place shots for
the winning points. IT was soon evident,
however that a competition of the irnpor-
tsnee OF q national championship had It's
eeect upon the nerves Ct Holden he
was lacking in the experience OF big
tournament play that caused his opponent
80 pay slight attention to SURROUNDINGS
While Holden displayed ability, he was
trifle off as to form, so that Touchard LED
a. Al before Holden won another service
game. The Yale player would not tempt
his fortufes at the net, however, so Touch
ard at Pong range. his most meritorious
game = many WAYS won the SET at %, %
at Iona frange driving the second set was
much like the first. Holden alone scored
the fourth game on his service, and only
the first of the games went 10 deuce, the
Set ending ct e-l for the champion-to-be.
The turning point in Holden's favor came
with the third set He played Up to the
ret at every opportunity. but his returns
were far too short, ToGchard nanoeuvring
slashing passes. so that he led at love
II vas then that Holden struck his gait
he out volleyed and shot pass after pass
by Touchard. who on the fourth game OF
iris set lost his first service Of the match.
,sr-l,t
through Touchard's court that he led at
S-2 The set came 10 an end at 6-3 for
the Yale player who earned his last points
f,s terrific -cross-court shots that left
Tollcfard no chance OF return
Nolleving allies made the fourth set the
best Of The match. Holden exhibited such
muck End skill as to constantly keep the
specratS applauding- He could not quite
attain the speed nor the powerfulness Of
stroke Of Touchard, yet his judgment as
10 the openings was superior. In this way
hs was successful in holding the score even
up TO sail Then his swift placing and
rross-court smashing came into action
again ard he balanced the set score with
run OF three straight games. taking the i'm
portant set al S-6 while the gallery
cheered him to the echo
Touchard was visibIy disconnected when
the FIFTH set began. He used the defensive
lob To q considerable extent. leading al
f-love But Holden WAS as keen as ever
for the net placing SO well that he brought
the score To 2-aU II continued to 3-all.
in the eighth game Touchard brought into
action his tricks Of passing that he led
a @S- As Touchard toed the line for the
ninth service he made 2 great effort and
stea0ied himself He showed his fatigue.
and ne appeared 10 appreciate the fact that
. prolonged deuce set spelled defeat He
never served better. the third point being
clean ace. and the game going TO him ar
love, which completed the match AZ 6-5
and made him champion
The point score follows.
FIRST SET
Points Games
Tour r. AZ