New-York tribune., 1911-02-22
KEEN MATCHES THE RULE
Beqin Play for National Racquets
Title in Singles.
PAYNE WHITNEY Defeated
Former Champion in Poor Form
end Falls Before Attack
Of Stackpole.

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/ Keen matches. ono requiring The maN
mum number Of five games, marked th'
/ onening round OF the national racquet'
! chamrionship tournament in singles al I'M
/ New York Racquet and Tennis Olup w
| tcrday. With one exception, all the con
/ testants in the four matches fcpfeseh'c'
the local club. The outsider was u \
Thorne. OF Chicago. who lost to H. IL
Fncke in straight games.
In brief. the days results were as io'
lows;
William stackpolc beat Payne whitney
ls-,. 7-l5. l5-lo. Ij-l2: W. +. D'hshoI'
beat G. NJ Hcckschcr. l5-ll, l1-9. I--''
i5-I2: r n. Tinckc beat O. \. Ihorne
lis 15-t lj-u: ]. Gordon Douglas pc''
Erskinc Hewitt i2-lj. 15-il, 15-S' l--l'
ID
This ro,cd the way for two second rouhd
matches which will he held TODAY. H. T.
Scott. ~ Boston who drew bye VIII mee'
stackpoe nj = O'Clock. while II. +. NC
Cormick. Of Chicago. who also drew bye
will play Dlnsmorc at O'Clock.
one Of the surprises of the dlN vas VI,
defeat Of Payne whitney. The ior'ne'
champion was not in anything IKE MS oiu'
time form. and. with the exception OF Tue
second game, never approached h's uu'
speed.
Th. plovinc OF Flncko furnished n trea'
for tho gallery. There was httic W'St'''
energy In the efforts az the former 'ia'-
yard athlete and nc covered tho court with
an case and grace that made tie most
difficult gets appear simple. \; times
Thornc. in desperation. would rise to TIC
occasion for hand or two. hut his efforts
soon gave way before the others rele1tleSs
attack.
AftcT 10 Chicago man had opened the
match by scoring twice in the first hand
Fincke gave an indication of what might
bo expected of him by gathering IN six
roints. orc Of these aces vas scored on a
puzzIing service and another on clever
placo. When Fincke went in 70 serve in
the sixth hand the count was u 70 In his
favor. and ne then ran out the game.
Brilliant service enabled Fincke to count
five times in tho fourth hand Of the next
game. making the 0cors to ]. Thereafter
both vere hand out several times without
scoring. and on one occasion Fincke was
guilty Of double fault He finally won,
however l. TO 4
Thorne's best work occurred IN the
second hand Of the last game, where his
service temporarily hsfied the local man.
II resulted i'm run Of s. hut thereafter
blanks were frequently chalked up for
Thorne Fincke won In the eleventh Wand
on q beautiful place that struck an inch
or two above tho tell-tale and then died
away. o ". Bird acted az referee Of this
match. while V. Ellis attended to the mark
ing
The Douglas Hewitt match had everyone
guessing. NJ the outset Hewitt with his
snappy service and careful placing proved
more than match for the dashing
Douglas. The last named lost frequently
through failure 20 control his twisting
urderhand service when ne counted five
times I'm the fourth hand Of the first game
and then duplicated the feat on his next
time at service 81 looked as n he had the
game at his mercy. for the score stood 10 to
g. Hewitt finally won the game after six
teen hands had been required the count
being II to -.
Douglas returned tho compliment by win
ming the second game. l. 20 II, and he also
gathered in the next. 70 10 s. In this
session Douglas had al of his speed, while
his placing kept Hewitt on the jump.
Seven of the points gained by the winner
were on places. Hewitt had only counted
eight when Douglas ran ont in the ninth
hand. The fourth game went to thirteen
hands before Hewitt succeeded In winning
the decisive point Douglas became un-
steady for a time.
Here's where Douglas goes in and
wins remarked an admircr. after Hewitt
failed 20 score in the opening hand of the
nth game. It didn't look so A moment
later when the elder man ran In tho next
hand and another i'm the following hand.
That made the score 4 10 I'm HeNitt's
favor when Douglas went In 10 serve. With
great speed along the side wall, combined
with clever placing, Douglas ran off l2
points before he was hand out. That p-ac-
tically settled matters for after blanking
Hewitt in the next hand Douglas gained the
necessary two points for the game and
match Harold Mccormick, OF Chr,ago.
refereed This match and George Standing
did the marking.