New-York tribune., 1912-03-17
PRINCETON PAIR BEATEN
Butler and Dell Do Poorly in
Match with the Seventh
CRAGIN AND HALL WIN
Absence of Dean Mathey Grip
Piles Tiger Team--Kuhn and
Tiff Play Well.

Princeton's lawn tennis team. led by G..
r Butler and B. y. Dell the intercollegiate
doubles champions, Jared poorly yesterday
i'm the annual indoor matches with the team
I Of the 9Th Regiment on the armory courts,
! at 66th street and Park avenue. Prince
| ton failed 10 get even a set in tho SIX
matches in the singles. In that part of the
! series tho tally was - games 10 36. The
collegians did better in the doubles, as
! they took set from william B. Cragn. jr,'
and Walter Merrill Hall, tho regimenta'
champions by the score Of 6-S. S.
! 81. and W. :. Kuhn and Harry y. TINT
jr.. one of the most promising of the Prince
ton combinations made a draw OF their
match against the Cragn brothers. as u
was unfinished, tho tally being 81, ~
! The game score was considerably in favor
| Of the regimental players however, by tn"
totals of it games 10 80.
Tho Princetouians were crippled hy the
absence Of Dean Mathev. who was unable
| 10 come with the team because Of an at
tack Of tonsolitis. Butler filled in as first
string man. and met the regimental cham
| pon. william r. Crsgin, jr.. tho latter WIN
ming At s., -, The powerfully PLAYED
drives from Cragins side of the net caused
| Butler considera bic trouble in tho first set.
He learned how to meet the ball, however,
with the result that he soon had Cragin
sending the ball we'll mp in its flight 10 him.
Then the rr'ncetonisu smashed like pile
driver lie was sensational overhead AS
result CraCiu fol- behind in the second
set AZ tt Then II was all he could do
n catch MP with Butler NJ all, rs the
| Princeton player used deceptiv" pace and
made a stubborn defence until Cragin
scored the set and match after once ar
deuce.
Dell. tho hockey player. worked through
4 Tremendous match with Arthur 3. Cragin
| before the latter won at 6--I. s. II
was closer than the score indicates, and
| Cragin was winded from court covering at
tho end
II vas IN the leading match of the
doubles. however. that Dell distinguishes
himself along with Butler In tho first set
Dell. who swings his racquet with his left
hand. had both Bill Cragin and Walter
Merrill Hall haf1ed by his sizzling straight
shots through their court. To add 70 the
dtrculty Hall began poorly and BIZ
ora gin. did not make matters any tho
smoother ~ p"F'nlng "P'N MS Fe' 'Hrl >
court.
When the resimsntal champions we're a
set down they began 80 take account Of
! things. with the result that the game from
their side of the net was soon running bet
ter. They lobbed high and deep TO gain
time. This brought Dell into action In a
! yay that created no end OF interest. The
| big Princeton player literally ran his shoes
| on spriuting between the net and the base
| line BY picking their openings Cras'n and
Hall managed 70 keep IN the lead through
| the second and third sets winning AT 6
| and 81.
" s Kuhn and Harry \ Tint. jr. dis
played considerable skill IN their match
against the Cragin brothers. drawing 70
-. 81, after a lot of tho fastest rallies
Of the day
The summary follows
Seventh Regiment " Princeton cslnslssl-
william b Crasiu. ir. 7th Regimenl Dc
! Walter Merrill Hall. 7th Regiment, defeated
! J. MaSoun Princeton. 6-2, s.; Arthur
! 3 Cragln. 7th Regiment. defeated y y. Dell.
| Princeton. 81 d Robert T Bran. 7th
ton. s---t e. \ Goodman. 7th ReSimont
| defeated " 5 Kuhn. Princeton. 6-i. 6-t
| Valentine Treat 1th Regiment, defeated \
| Tobe.. Princeton SIS, 6-i.
| seventh Regiment "a Princeton fdoublesl -
| HaiI. I'm Regiment. defeated p \. Dell anC
. r Butler princeton. G-S IS: Gl
| rragin brothers. ~, Regiment. Us. ". :. Kuhn
and Harry y TIM, Ir" Princeton -, Is
| C,o.t R.girpout I 4 MagOun