New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-23
llLAPSES ON COURTS
,,ody. III, Defaults to Church
'' after a Game Stand.
little HUMBLES GARDNER
.:,. Place in All Corners Lawn
rsnnis Tourney After
Stirring Match.

o-. r. l.. Aug. 22.-Cahfornia
tennis players Jared badly in the
'.,,ress Of tho all-comers' national
,,,onship singles. as Maurice f. Nc
,,,shlin stood alone the survivor of the
. that had invaded the courts of the
,soo this year Thomas c. Bundy COL
- m the courts during match upon
occurrence Of acute stomach trouble,
~ had postponed the doubles contest.
.1.r the brilliant young giant, Clifton
u.,d proved unequal TO the task of
,.ssneraling R Norris Williams, with
= rssplt that as the eight survivors
IA nm the East held seven Of the
..css the list including Williams, Will
Clothier, Raymond ID. Little,
c,o-se NJ. Church Ito whom Bundy was
Vs. N default. Karl II. Behr. Wal
',.a 2. Johnson and Watson NJ. Wash
bgrn.
N. collapse Of Bundy came as the ell
-, NJ an eventful day. The little Ma
.,lsono had appeared all right in the
,,o-n,rc and in his usual style had de-
a,.,as William L. McKim at 20. e.
"a Then he plainly showed the waning
=, his physical powers. He insisted.
1ovever. upon taking the court against
r.urcb. the Princeton star, who had
,l,vsd him to the limit Of five sets last
rs.r But Bundy was in no condition TO
.ovsr court. As result Church easily
,.orAd the first and second sets at e.,
80
Then Bundy nerved himself. There was
flashing of his mighty execution with
IN. racquet. and he took the third set at
"a Then he became dizzy and weak, so
that he had TO he assisted from the
court. and the default was chalked up for
Church. who couples with Karl II. Behr.
The two matches following his phenome-
nal performance in the doubles COM
plstely sapped what little strength he
had left after his illness, and his hopes
winning the lawn tennis crown van
ishsd for this year.
The boy Herd. who is creating q stir
n the tournament because of his dashing
California style. went out in compare
freely easy fashion before r. Norris Will
ans. 10 the score of 81. 81, 6-l The
mint totals were 90 10 50. Herd was not
match for the clever manpuvring OF
fs young wizard Of the racquet. HIS
srssd while terrific. was not sufficiently
rssdy 70 cause Williams any difficulty.
d, service the young Californian managed
a get the sixth game of the first set. the
s,b Of the second and the second Of the
,hrd. the last being practically straight
m Of service aces. Mclaughlin. who
low alone represents the California inva-
sOn disposed Of Henry w. Slocum at
~ 81. GO.
The championship court was the scene
4 no hattie between Little and George
pabody Gardner, r., which went 10 thel
a Princetonian at 81, -, s. II
vas filed with dashing rallies. Gardner
aghting hard at the net and often smash
is prettily. while Little's steadiness al
vsS saved him. The conspicuous feat
M Of the opening was the uphill fight OF
Gardner when his rival had a 80 lead on
I'm. Gardner made II 5-3, and then cut
ne more game off the margin between
hem by clever rallying. his placement
bots being particularly good at this
sncture. They were not quite strong
scugh. however, 10 carry him through
r Little won the final game blythe score
( Ga.
II was in the second set that Gardner
lsde his best fight. Here. after lAttie
ad run up a 81 lead, the Bostoniah
raced and tied the tally. Then, success
ively. he made II ALI and 5-all, after
ropping the odd game. curiously enough
0 his own service. However, as Little
as equally useless toward the scoring OF
ees, the loss to the Bostonian was not
reat. The eleventh game was vigorously
infested. Gardner working with might
nd main TO win with the aid Of delivery.
he points climbed to deuce and balanced
,Ur times with the vantage.
Then Little smashed a clean ace
rough his rivals territory, and followed
with a drive that Gardner could not
,ndIe safely, and the second set was his.
srdner was able 10 win only the second
nd sixth games OF the third and final
T. He fought hard again in the very
vt try-out, deucing the game and en-
eavoring to maneuvre Little out OF posi-
on. but the veteran was at home in all
apartments Of play and was not to be
allied.
For superiority Of execution, none Of the
lays matches surpassed that in which
Johnson, the former intercollegiate cham
pon Of the University Of Pennsylvania,
disposed Of Alfred S. Dabney at So, Ga,
VI The point totals were III to &.
Johnson was swift as lightning and Dab
hsy vas never successful in fathoming his
chop strokes. Right through the three
sets Johnson camped at the net, smoth-
eng ali Of Dabney's drives IN wonderful
fashion
Wshburn again tested his whipping
'rsi shots which overwhelmed r. Chaun-
Wy Seaver, the former Bay State cham
Non, TO the score of 1912, Ga, 81, Go.
Al The close Of the day Bob Wrenn ar
'snged the schedule for the semi-fnal
.V0ho matches. Mclaughlin Will meet
VILLAINS on the grandstand court. while
VI Inc stretch Of turf beside the club
a0ase Behr and Church will battle for
ue place. On the two courts adjacent 70
As oSndstand Clothier will engage Little
:" Johnson will meet Washburn. In the
~Nnoon the championship final for the
~aonsl interscholastlc title Will be de-
'o, Herd playing against Weber. on
~00oay following the final Of the tourna-
:, ,s'a' mixed doubles will be decided for
' cup offered by the citizens of New
's.ssheaded by Everett Brown.
d me California pair will be Miss Mary
'V"h and Clifton u. Herd against Mrs.
"elker WaIlnnL o.I A-nahnnInl w Nil.c