New-York tribune., 1911-02-24
DOUGLAS WINS MATCH
Defeats Mccormick in Champion
ship Raequets Tourney.
PLAYER IN SPLENDID FORM
Aggressiveness and Speed Give
Him the Victory in Three
Straight Sets.

J. c. Douglas one of the local set
earned mis- place in tie final bracket Of the
national racquets championship tourna-
ment by defeating Harold f. Mccormick,
of Chicago. in straight sets at the New
York Racquet and Tennis club yesterday
afternoon As a result Of his achievement
Douglas will play his clubmate, Il. r.
Fincke. for the title tomorrow. Tie
match was hard fought, as the score,
1913, 15-3, 1915, shows.
This outcome would also go ? long way
10 prove that Douglass victory over Nc
Cormick at Tuxedo recently was no nuke.
The dashing local player never appeared
to better advantage. lie had too mud
speed FOR his opponent and, to use 'he
phrase. was ION top" of his man all the
time Douglas was also extremely accu-
rate, as evidenced by the fact that fifteen
Of the total number of aces credited 70
him were on placement. Continuing the
analysis further, il may be said that the
winner scored no fewer than fourteen
times on service
Although beaten in straight games. Nc
Cormicks downfall was far from decisive.
So evenly did the rivals play that the first
]
the gets credited 10 Mccormick won ap-
plause from the gallery. Several times he
brought off the seemingly impossible, hut
when it came to withstandinR the others
never ending rapid fire attack the cham
pion Of two years ago at last found him
self compelled to yield.
With the first game tucked away TO his
credit Douglas became a wild horse Daz-
zling speed and almost mechanical accu-
racy on his part gave the other little or
no chance TO break through. In six hands
/ Douglas made II. getting three aces by
! service, four by placement and a like rum
Der on his opponents misses. In the mean
time Mccormick had been unable TO score
at all. He d,d manage 10 get three by the
time the Tuxedo winner ran out In tho
eleventh hand.
! The third and what proved to be the last
game was in many ways, a repetition OF
the first. Mccormick started well with a
! run of three on misses by his opponent
/ and d battling service. Douglas had failed
to score in his half OF the opening inning.
| as was the case with Mccormick in the
next. These were the only barren hands.
! however. Douglas had run of four in
/ the fifth, and Mccormick had likewise. His
/ first ace was the result of a great get the
/ bat striking the ball directly in front OF
the body. A miss and two aces by place
, ment also aided ,he Westerncr In getting
| the four mentioned.
After the count got 20 be l3-all they
again agreed on set. Here Douglas
once more proved equal 10 che occasion.
! making a run of five and winning the
game and match with a fine place that
/ Mccormick could not reach.
The summary follows:
FIRST GAME
MoCormic, % 1911 llo20o5 ia y
| douglas .....1 roo % = l--l3 IL
| Aces by service Met tOTulCk, .. by places. /
| by opponent misses. - Aces by service-DOug
/ las, !. by places. a. by opponents misses, 10.
SECOND GAME.
I.ourlas .............O 8 % q 3 0 o LIS
| Mccormick ............u - u u - - X
/ Aces by service Douglas - by Iiaocs, u. by
| opponents misses. 4. Aces by aeIricc-Mccor-
/ mick. /. by places. ., by opponent misses, :
THIRD GAME.
/ Douglas .............O = 4-i3 o 5-ls
] McCormi"k ..........t...d y / q 10 - A--it
! Aces o., scryicc-DJuglas. =, by places .. BY
/ opponent misses, ;. Aces by service McCOr
| uiicL .. by places 4. by opponent misses. ..
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