New-York tribune., 1912-01-21
NEW YORK PLAYERS WIN
r,efeat Philadelphia in the Inter-
city Racquet Match.
QUAKERS FAIL TO SCORE
whitney and Barger Play Dash.
ing Game in Beating Cas-
satt and Thayer.

PLAYING IN tnelT DeSI IOIin, tne new OIk
men snothered their Philadelphia rivals ir
IN. second half OF the home-and-home IN
,aroity racquet match on the court of the
rseouet and Tennis Club, on &3d street.
,ssterday afternoon The home players
,on Roth four-handed matches without
,rewfng their opponents single game, so
that the total on the full match stands 3
"A IN New York's favor.
In the first match yesterday New York's
,eeond team. consisting of J. Gordon Doug
las and William Stackpole, defeated NJ. W
Tihen and 4. J. Drexel Paul 1S-17. i5-7,
1 6 and i5-s. while Payne Whitney and
AZ Barger New York's first downcd
phi,sdelphia's first team. composed OF r.
K. .Csssatt and Walter Thayer. ID, l5-3
BIO and Isl The home forces were
,dsnticaly the same as a week ago. except
that Whitney and Barger were promoted
10 No l. on the other side there were two
changes Paul being substituted for Wilson
Potter and Cassatt taking the place Of
George Brooke, who was prevented from
.cnu,;ne over because Of illness I'm his fam
!ly.
Team work of the highest order. in which
the partners rarely became confused. told
in favor Of the home pair. Cassatt is re-
Fsvded hy many as moro finished player
than Brooke, but the first named has been
out Of the court good deal this winter.
He and Thayer worked hard, disputng
every point, but there was no denying the
steady work of Bsrger and Whitney. Bar
ger who is particularly effective at the
fcur-handed game. was at his best yester-
Gay. Cool and collected, he covered court
without any wasted energy and rarely was
caught off his balance Further. he dis
played the happy faculty for making gets
from ali sorts of difficult angles. Whitney.
on the other hand. played his customary
dsshing game. varying great speed with
soft" places that barely reached the fur
ther wall.
, So far as Douglas and Stackpole were
concerned. those who saw them I'm defeat
week ago al Philadelphia were surprised
AZ their improved form. Although Douglas
Is admittedly strong at the single handed
game where he can slash away with great
er freedom. he played well. while Stack
poles service was more puzz!ing than ever
The usual keen racquet gathering put in
an appearance. among those noticed about
the court being o. s. Campbell Reginald
Brooks Charles Oelrichs. G. S. Brown. L. G.
Clark W r. Dinsmore. f. Hale. Jr.. P. G..
Harris Donald Harris. Erskine Hewitt
Ford Huntington r. H. Williams. presi-
dent of the club; II. W. Slocum. c. W.
Vaughn Randolph Hurry. G. P. Wyckoff,
Harry La Montague. Morgan r. La Mon
tagne. Rene La Montague, Lawrence Wa
terbury. ". T. Burden. J. ". Barney and
Edgar Freeman
The second teams were the first TO take
the court. Douglas and Stackpole winning
the toss and starting to serve. NJ. 5. Patton
was the referee and I'D Rodgers looked
after the marking. This first game not only
proved the hardest fought of this particular
match. but Of the afternoon. During the
first three hands the local team could make
little progress. whereas Tilden and Paul
gathered in eight aces. three OF which were
on placement. After Douglas was hand out
in the fifth inning, Stsckpole went in to-
serve. and the player in question scored
six consecutive aces on service, the ball In
nearly every instance shooting TO the cor
ners for wellnigh impossible gets. The
count then stood 11-all. and It remained
that way when the inning closed, for the
PhiIadelphians were blanked in their hand.
The New York team scored twice on its
opponent's misses IN the sixth hand. and
when the opposition promptly counted two
on a place and miss 1t became set at Ave.
Tilden was serving. and he scored again
before losing his hand. From there on
every point was stubbornly contested
Douglas and stackpole finally winning, IS
TO Il. in the ninth hand.
Failure TO win that game seemed 10 take
the snap out Of the visitors, who proved
rather easy victims thereafter. The second
game ended in the fifth hand, the New
Workers hitting the ball so hard that most
of the points were scored on opponents
misses. Clever placing on the part OF the
New Workers kept their opponents on the
Jump in the third game, which ended IN
the fourth hand In the fourth and last
game hard smashes by Douglas. combined
with puzzling service by Stackpole, always
had Tilden and Paul guessing.
II took Whitney and Barger few hands
10 get fairly warmed up 10 their work to
start the second match, but when they
did get in their stroke they kept George
Standing, who went in 10 mark, calling on
the score. Al the end of the fourth hand
The count stood to In favor of Cassatt
and Thayer, but It was a different story
went In TO serve, and by the time 1t was
hand ont he and Barger had added FIVE to
their total. That additional five meant a
GOOD deal, as the opposing pair were
banked on places I'm their half. The game
terminated in the next hand with another
run OF FIVE. the result OF two places. two
more aces on service and miss by the
opponents after long rally.
Both sides were blanked TO start the
third game, but Whitney and Barger ran
. in the second inning. Whitney's service
here was deadly, and the aces came so
fast that it looked as II the Quaker pair
would meet speedy elimination. On one oc-
cssion. when Whitney missed the ball COM
rletely on a quick bound from the side
wall, Barger was there 20 make the return
In brilliant fashion. When the home pair
ran the count up TO 14-5 In the NTH hand
II looked all over. but the game ball lin
sered for three more hands, during which
period Cassatt and Thayer got their count
up 10 TO- The decisive point was an ace
tcored on service by whitney
The home pair settled matters In three
hands in the fourth game. After being
BANKED in the first inning, Whitney and
Barger failed to retire their opponents be-
fore Cassatt and Thayer had made z, four
of which were on placement. Whitney then
went in TO serve, his side getting before
ne Was hand out Barger then went in,
and the run never stopped until the game
oall had been reached. After the other
side had been reached Whitney won the