New-York tribune., 1911-02-18
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DASH|NG PLAY At NETS.
Alexander, with ,PeII, Adds New
Title on Courts.
WINS TIE INDOOR DOUBLES
Cragin ard Grant Make tood
Fight in First Set, but
Tire Near End

PLAYING with swift and certain ACTON
Frederick r. Alexander and lheooofe
Roosevelt Pell won the natonai ih'o'i
lawn tenris championship in doubles Ees'er
day. on the courts of the Seventh hesl'hen'
Arrnorv. They defeated Calhoun 'ras'n
and Wylie G. Grant in three siralsHt se'9
at 11-a. So. e-i Alexander Is no" '"e
holder with partners. of the ha''oid'
doubles tile. both in and out of doors III
dividuallv he scored 73 Of the points maze
by his side. while Pc.l scored 81. both sur
PASSED Cragin and Grant. who scored %
and IS points respectively. Cragih ahn
Grant were unusually strong in service. II
was tho chief asset Of Grants eamc Tor al
toeing the line he won u service aces an
astounding number. with Cragin 81 H. al
exander scored 70 service aces ana Peii ..
The total tally Of games was - 10 l"' ana
on points 137 To 112.
While the championship doubles was be-
ing decided William 3. Cragn, jr.. deieated
Walter Merrill Hall in the semi-hnal or the
| singles by the score Of 6-l 60. lie VIII
| meet Theodore Roosevelt Pell for the ute
| and cup this afternoon. Should PelI win ne
will take the trophy. as IL VIII be lilS tniru
| victory and holding Of the title
TO the disappointment Of the players ana
| the gallery the conditions were anything
| but favorable The rainy day caused The
| Ijcht 10 be poor. and 20 this fact may. In
measure ba attributed the large number or
service aces, for all the men played with
all the force and speed that they could
muster.
,laa
alon, by Pell's drives from deep court off
his back hand. won the game. Then Graht
won his service. II was love game that
Pe tore off on his turn. He followed up
his service well, once making a wonderful
passing drive down the alley. and once Al
exander whipped the bail across so thet
neither Cragin nor Grant could handle IT,
The other two points were aces.
on his side of the net Cragin brought of
splendid shots at close range. He was Inn
! partia, and passed both Alexander and Pel
I'm a fashion that caused the crowd to ap-
plaud him 20 the echo. Rarely has Cragin
hit so hard and with such surety and tell
| ing effect in any previous match. BY ms
work his side led at i-3 on games. But on
the next game Alexander and Pell sue
ceeded in holding Cragin's service despite
/ furiously contested rallies. Then they pulled
up tn the lead Of 81 before Cragin and
Grant brought the games TO deuce.
/ From this stage to Sail the pairs
worked for all they were worth. IL was so
close that nearly all the points wavered
between deuce and vantage before the set
was finally won at l1-9. Before IT was
finally put away Pell weakened considerably
D Ifet,., Int of
wonderful work Grant also slumped on his
overhead shots and the set ended with the
two men seemingly fading because Of the
pace.
The points by games follow:
+ FIRST SET
Alexander and Pell-.4. J. Z. 1; 4. i.2. a. .,
q. A. s. 6. S, (. ,. 4. :, T. 4. Points 49,;
games, II.
l. 10 T. 10. ]. 4. .. :. q . Points. 6s games. Q.
The games followed the service up 10
2-al at the beginning of the second set,
Grant and Feli each winning at love. Pell
had caught his stride once more and he was
hammering backhanders into the corners,
while Alexander slashed straight through,
so that they forged ahead to a lead OF -
on games. Grant lost his first service in
this set, the sixth game, as both of the
opposing players handled the ball for
pretty shots down the sides for passing
strokes. Cragin came near to losing his
service on the eighth game. but finally
pulled IT out after the hottest rallies of the
match But the pace could not be main
tained, and Alexander and Pell scored the
set at 6--3.
The point score follows:
SEYT
'r'-V''D ''f'- Points. Games.
Alexander and Pell4 90 a. -! 9
Craein and Grant. = u ! II 81 j
Grant opened the third set by winning
his service. That was the only game that
his side scored. The rest came near TO be
ing a procession for Alexander and Pell
The latter overhead was terrific. so that the
ball fairly crashed through tire opposite
court.
The point score follows.
THIRD SET
Points Games
t,ff' craein aud ''' Grant .....i 2 i 2 o--i5 /
II was the steadIness Of William B.
Cragin. jr, that carried him through
against Hall The latter was somewhat
handicapped by the poor light. He was
weak on his overhead shots. and as Cragin
varied the pace of his drives he had Hall
banging the ball into the net or out Of
court.
The summary follows:
National indoor championship singles lserni.
final rcUnd)-William p: Cragin' j., defeated
Walter Merrill Hall. 81. 60
National indoor championship doubles ,hnal
and championship roundl-f1ederick f. Alehan
der and Theodore Roosevelt Pell defeated cal
houn Cragin and Wylie e. Grant, ll-o. 60,
G-1.
Consolation singles third rounds. Howard
Vosheu defeated Robert r. Bryan, 6-2. 6-4'
George S. Groesbeck defeated w H. Bates, by
defsrlt. Charles e. chambers defeated 4. II.
Doty by default: Reuben y. Holden, jr., de-
feated William g. De Mile G-3, 2-6 g.
Semi-6na rounds. Howard Noshell defeated
George S. Groesbeck. 6-2, 6-3 Reuben 4. iIol-
.sha han nv O.