New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-22
LARNED MAKES HIS BOW
National Champion Wins with
His Brother in Doubles.
PLAYS WITH HIS OLD SKILL
Mathey and Hall Reach Semi.
Final Round in Singles on
West Side Courts.

Swinging his racket with that nastsr,r,
skill which has brought him six nat,oo.,
championship titles. William A. Tarpss
tho Nestor OF the American avn tera,
courts, made his appearance yesterday /,
the doubles Of the Metropolitan charaDo-
ship tournament on tine turf courts OF m.
West Side club. The champion was sair,4
with his younger brother. Edwin 2. Lar.
ned. and they won their first round ms,.s
by defeating C. Frederick Watson. j.. ana
Alonzo Potter Of the Orange Lawn Tenn.
Cub. az s.. -.
The appearance of Larned was tie ro,,.
ure Of the day Before taking the cour
FOR the doubles DO warmed up AZ slnsl,.
with his brother % the delight ~ the ss.
lery. There were many questions asAel
Gustave F. Teuchard. tho referee n he
tournament. as 20 the probable appesranc.
OF Beals G.. Wright Neither the referee nor
members Of the committee seemed t0 zrog
whether or not Wright was. ln tho en-,
Anyway. he failed 90 appear az IL
grounds.
When the two La-reds got into action n
their match they developed a Ilne u LAY
totally different from the usual proceed.
ings. They fairly leaped for tho net AZ
each service u almost seemed Hle a raes
between the brothers ass 20 which would
get into voilcying range first. as they COS.
cred up wonderfully ard Jet no return Of
Watson or Potter pass the first SET Vas
won by an easy score with the loss CO caly
two games.
Watson and Potter changed 20 the san.
line Of attack I'm the second ser TIE 70.
suit was that many spectacular rallies fo.
lowed. both pairs sending over o ,uslIzds
OF shots. The score hung even uD 20 al
on games. By a spirited bit Of voiiey.ns
Watson and Potter then pulled lp 70 deas
but that was the best they could do, as 70.
Larned brothers steadied and won az ~
Larned and his brother Will meet HaroX
Fl. Hackett and Carleton Z. Gardener in TIE
feature match this afternoon. 10 is stated
that they are 20 try for the national d0gbss
championship this season by way q ID.
Eastern tournament at Boston.
The singles made excellent progress. BIZ
not without surprises. Dean Ma-aey cor.
tinued his series OF victories by defeaun.
Dr. Alfred Stllman. ID by a score q s.
s. 4Iathey arrived IN the seni-dnal rogas
because Of his triumph over The natcn1
squash champion. The chop strokes aai
UNDERSTANDING cuts Of the young Princsg@
player caused the ball 10 break win IL
certain bounds on the turf.
The other player TO reach The sem.-ana
round was W NJ. Hall, who defeated Care
ton r. Gardner after three fast sets By
the score OF ID, 81. 6-i Gardner sao1
drop shots bothered Hall IN the d-sl Sc
In the second Hall came up 20 the NJ
with greater frequency. catching Garirer
out OF position or of his feet ly prefix
placed shots down the sides. ln The third
set Hall led at j-lovc and 30-l5. when re
Californian executed O. stirring ~alr ut
ming four straight games. Then IA
checked him and won his place a. %.
The summary follows.
Metropolitan Championship. mems sng--
Third r0uns-Aoraham Rsssford. Pr is,sAi.
d. Roberts 6-L o--g. 6-l. carleton r carr
her defeated 81 H. Y. HaeH--t. %. 60 D
d. shafer defeated Walter T.. Pate q. G-i
Fourth rounQ-Walter Merrill HtI ie'ei.i
D. H. Nsgoun. 1e-s s.. carleton 2. 'ian.
uer defeated Abraham Basstord Ir r~ .sialt
d a. shafer defeated o. 70 Leonard 81. o.
George ST. Churcn defeated Dr. Ewing laye.
3 S-2. CT. F-ercrirg o.. lr~lr fe,a3'.
T.vIa r Nahsn Sd. 6-1. o. az
leonard defeated John q. TomlIson er isfsli,
ur g. --Iiw3u defeated Hugh -sl81' f-s
Ga
Frnr round-Uaiter Merrill Ha. isis5f
carleton r GARNER. 10. 81. f--f. pea1 u
rhev defeated Dr A. st.'.msn. 81. S. -
erfcs e. Inman defeated Edgsr r Leonard -
6-f
Metropolitan championship re-s t'usT
First rounG-Vrllam a Lar1ei and h-EaTl j.
r.arrod defeated d.. = Watson ant A-rnzn
ter @ IS. Harry lorraine. I-. 8lt lf'
FiucS defeated x ID Bourne ana s. Ndi-
new Go 6-l. karl H. Beh- ar. Harmo1l
Little defeated a. Mann and partner q
fault. : Howard N0snall and -reoe7cs~'
Bsggs defeated Harry Mo'e-harer and W. o
Campbell. G-f. g.