New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-04
DARKNESS SAVES WARD
Played to StandStiII. He Splits
Sets with Dr.. Taylor.
HACKETT HAS NEW PARTNER
Wins, with Mahan, in Doubles i'll
Middle States Lawn
Tennis Tourney.

Twilight saved another reversal from be-
ing chalked up on the card at the Middle
states lawn tennis championship tourna-
Inent yesterday when Holcombc Ward and
Or Ewing TAYLOR split sets in the third
round of the singles on the turf courts OF
the Orange Lawn Tennis club, at Mountain
Station, y. j. Or. Taylor, the old Harvard
crack. scored the FIRST set by persistent
court covering and an ability frequently 10
pass the former national champion and in
tcrnationaist as he came mp 10 the net
This set was a gueling session, the games
touching at deuce three times before Dr'
Taylor won at 81 Then Ward forced his
net game. overhead he was at his best
his smashing backhandcrs 10 tho sides WIN
ming many points The pace at which the
famous player moved things in this set was
so severe that he was at a stanGstill after hc
had won it at 50. Fortunately for nina
darkness made the third and deciding set
impossible, for Dr. Taylor was compare
! lively fresh and going strongly The de-
Gliding set viii be- played the first thing TINS
morning
In the same round Wallace +. Johnson
showed some Of his best racquet work. lie
was swift i'm his net attack and h" always
had f.. =. Bennett on the move. winning at
love. Il Watson NJ Washburn, the nale
freshman. moved up to the Semi-hha'
round although he was forced 10 the illhiV
of three sets by Lindley Durham before
he won at 81 l-6, g. The Yale player
low shots did not come off ~ well as usual
and Durham held him back from the net
.t..ssi
| The doubles brought out some new COM
J hnaticns aud spirited play. The pairing
/ II Harold ~ Hackett with Lyle II. Mahah
made 4 positive that there is to b" no
challenge match in tie doubles champion
ship the title I'm which is held by Harold
/ ~ Iackctt and Frederick 4. NeHahher'
II has been rumored for some time that
/ Alexander 81 not likely 10 appear IN tour
uamont competitions again. ana HacRet' >
/ finding new partners seems 10 settle th"
question In their FIRST match iiackett and
/ MaEan defeated r. L. Lindley ana . NJ
/ BOYS most perfunctorily at ST. b-".
! William J. Clothier, the former national
champion. and George +. Wrenn. Jr.' the
/ iuternationalist, paired I'm most satisfactory
/ fashion. They forced matters al me way
against Frank 3 Roundey and Or. Johh
| s. Billings, a West Side pair to win al
6-love, 90
! For spectacular racquet work the TWO
matches IL Wallace +. Johnson, inc
pernsylvanian, and {. Frederick watson
/ ir, surpassed anything on the courts our
/ ing the day II was a scratch pairing, but
! both played with individual brilhancy
which mado amends for lapses IN team
work In their first match they defeated
Emsley Miles and Clarence Baync at 6-3'
7-5, the losing pair lighting pretuly, X un-
successfully, In the rallies. They next met
tho two Amherst players, Spencer Miller
ir, and 5. o. Strange. The collegians
were beaten I'm a fast and lively net game
at 6-love, "a.
The summary follows:
Middle States championship. mems eingles
| uhird round Wallace L. Johnson defeated H.
J.. Bennett: 90 o. Or E%inS Taylor vs.
| Fourth round Watson ~ Washburn defeated
l.. Durham. GO. 10 90 ,,..
! Middle states championship mems dounies
onrst round william J. CloIhieI ana ne a,s ~ ~
John =. Billings, 90, e; r. 7; Bennett 7, ana
| Cordon Byron defeated J. G. Blache ana n. I.
| MARTIN 90. 10 81. Benjamin NJ Philips
and Arick II Man, lr.. defeated 1. l. flsAe
and A G. Bragaw. 60 6-l
/ second round T. = II. Pendergast and Neal
/ & stevens defeated M J. Dodd ami II. W. Aer-
Mahan defeated II L. Llndey and s. NJ; Boys.
al & a. G. Frederick Watson. IT, and Wal
lace r. Johnson defeated J. Emsey Miles ana ~
| Baync IS -. Spencer Miller IT, ana SS;iu ~.
Strange defeated George Miles ana w " -"i''9
% Third r'i' round. Frederick watson. g.. and
| Wallace T.. Johnson defeated Spencer Miller IT.
and = o. Strange 80. 81