New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-09
COURT TENNIS TITLE Up
Some Lively Sets Mark Play in
First Round of Tourney.
JOSHUA CRANE GETS SCARE
Vane Pennell, Once Champion Of
England, Easily Defeats
Russell, of Boston.

A variety OF court tennis pleased criu-
cal gallery at the Racquet and Tennis club
Yesterday for the opening round Of the
na tional championship tournament Among
those to survive were Joshua Crane, the
Boston veteran. who has held the American
title on several occasions, and Nane Pen
nell, once amateur champion ot Great
Britain Crane won after o struggle; Pen
nell easily.
4 new contender for the honor who came
in for favorable comment was Fulton Cut
ting a Harvard student entered from cam
bridge Cutting disposed Of G.. l. Scott.
local veteran. in straight sets. In the
opinion OF no less a Judge than George
Standing. Cutting will bear watching. In
fact. Standing expects 20 see the collegfan
among the best in the country with an
other year or two OF seasoning.
W ". r. HUM. tho lone representative
from Philadelphia made 1T case OF three
s,raigh, sets against y. p. Rhodes. of Bos-
ton. while Pierre Lorillard. jr.. OF Tuxedo,
had hard york TO beat s. s. Furman. one OF
tho local entrants The draw also called
FOR a meeting between T. A IIayemeyer
and Wilson Potter. OF Philadelphia, but the
latter defaulted.
With so many matches carded for the
first day the committee planned to start
tho tournament at 30 o'clock IN the morn
ing. which was the time set for tho Cutting
Scott match. The latter. through mis-
understanding failed to arrive on time;
consequently there was an hours delay at
the outset. This came near causing trouble
later. for when Lorllard and Furman took
the court the Hight had begun 10 fall and
II Lorillard had not won the fourth and de-
cisiye set after vantage had been called
posponement would have been necessary.
Jay Could. the title holder. who will meet
the winner OF the tournament In the chal-
lcnge round on Saturday. was on hand
early. getting IN his customary practice.
which consisted Of an hours work with
Jack Forester the Georgian Court
pro" Could was In excellent form, and.
as Forester put #. when he IS at his
best there's no one 10 beat him"
To start the tournament Cutting quickly
demonstrated superior command OF
strokes scoring frequently a SCOTS ex-
pense with hard drives TO the dedans and
accurate places against the tambour. The
younger player ran the count up 10 four
games 10 rove ere scout SlNitthtu III ~
ing through. which he did with run OF
three games. Cutting then won the set al
6-3. Good tennis marked the early stages
Of the next set In the second game cut
ting made IL l5-love after a hazard better
than door. Scott came right back with
shot to the grille, and a little later both
scored with accurate places 10 the dedans.
Ia the end. however. Cuttings steadncss
proved too much for his opponent. the set
being won at 60. This count was dupl-
Gated I'm the third set Cutting always hold
ing the upper hand after winning the first
TWO games II T. Whitney acted as referee
, Of this match. Walter Knsella doing the
marking
With the exception Of the first set. HUM
always looked like a winner over Rhodes.
Both men used great speed, and Rhodes
| with puzZling cut service had his oppo-
nent guessing for a time. Many hard
rallies were recorded before HUM finally
| won At 60. I'm the second set he found the
winning openings with greater frequency
! and won by a score Of e. Tho third
! set found him unsteady for brief period,
and IT was i'm tho nth game that he was
guilty Of two double faults In succession.
/ a DIllldul IduN Ulstl tFu INV l'Ni hdlu''
and then HUM won the set and match.
: games TO t. G. p. Thompkins. the Phil
adelphia professional was all smiles over
| lIuhn's success lie said his pupil played
one Of his best games Harry Harris
acted as referee and Kinsella marked.
The surprise Of the day resulted In the
protracted match between Crane and j. y.
Lowell. Of the home club. II had been
expected that the former champion would
make short work OF his opponent. but It
was not until the sets stood to l against
! the Bostonian that he settled down To
business. In the opening game Lowell
gained the vantage point with a shot TO
the tambour. and the necessary ace fol-
! lowed when Crane found the net. on sew
eral occasions in this set Lowell reached
the grille window. ara although Cranes
strokes were uncertain the local man had
many winning openings 10 his credit lie
won the first set at g.
Conditions were reversed in the second
set. Crane steadyng down considerably.
reaching the dedans and the grille window
with unerring accuracy. His strokes
along the side wall also were well exc
cuted causing his man 10 reach for al
ll'Sl ANY, lllUSs III pa IiE LOT the tndgpS
Crane displayed much Of his erstwhile
skill in this set, which he won, s.
The third set was the hardest fought NJ
the match, many protracted rallies mark
Ing nearly every game. Lowell finally won
this to - From that moment Crane
showed "A vast Improvement both IN speed
and accuracy. Lowell remarked 10 Crape
as they passed each other while chang
ing sides that he UowelD was having a LOT
Of luck. You're playing WELL" observed
the Boston man.
Despite this, Crane sent the ban speed-
ing at his man in such a variety of angles
that Lowell soon became tangled up. lie
had made all Unexpectedly good stand how
ever. Crane won the last two sets quickly
the count being 6-1 in each Charles sands
was the referee Of this match. while lack
White attended TO the marking
Glass stood out prominently when Pom
nell took the court against G.. Russell or
| Boston. Tho Brlton had variety ~
strokes that rarely left him uneouat A., Al,