New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-21
LITTLE PICKED TO WIN
Shows Championship Form as
He Defeats Mathey on Courts.
ALSO SCORES IN DOUBLES
Victor with Touchard in Semi.
finals of Metropolitan Lawn
Tennis TOURNEY. "'7J

Critical observers tagged Raymond n
Little as OF national championship oa,,A..
as he went through his matches IN n.
metropolitan lawn tennis champior.b,,
singles and doubles on the turf courts =,
the West Side Tennis Club, 22sth street ana
Broadway, yesterday. The former Primo.
ton player showed clearly that he is mas.
ter OF the racquet. His strokes and NJ,
timing Of speed were perfection. Alto.
gether Titles performance stood OIL, a, i.
day that boosted much high class playin,
To begin with, in the singles he defeat.s
Dean Mathey, the glngery Princeton cham.
pion. at GO, 6-4. Then, with his partne,
I'm the national doubles, Gustave T. Ton.
chard, he walked into the final round 4,
that fixture, at 6-3, 60. g. at the 81.
pense of W. S. Slade and George NJ. BOD.
man.
The singles drew level to the semi.hnal,
with C. X. F. Andrews pairing with Llttl.
and Arthur S. Dabney. the famous Boston
crack. coupling with G. Frederick Watson
jr., OF Orange. Then the pairs came into
the final OF the doubles with Harold II
Hackett and Walter Merrill Hall oppos,,.
to Little and Touchard
The meeting Of Little and Mathey wa,
watched with interest, and while II wa,
expected that the more experienced playe,
would win, the impression prevailed before
the match that Mathey would at least 70,
a set.
The most notable feature OF IAttle's gam.
was that he was much more severe o,
stroke and faster than he had been agalns,
Nathaniel W. Niles Then his service wa,
terrific. Three straight service aces in II,
fifth game of tho first set and two in sue.
cession IN the seventh served 10 shake u,
the younger man considerably Mathey
hustled about his court Ike hen crossing
the road before an automobile With Little
leading at Al in the second set. Mathey le,
out a burst OF speed. and by shots down
the side lines as straight as 2 crow flies h,
ran the games to ALL. That was the best
he could do, as Little cutplaced him in the
next two games and won. ..
The Briton, Andrews was the only one
Of the quartet that reached the semi-fnal,
who took three sets to score. He met Al.
rick H. Man, jr.. the Yale star. who finally
yielded up his place to the score Of 81
% O-9. AHuEt"S played a typical BrltSl
game. II was all lengthy driving, with
sting 10 the ball that made It Troublesome
to handle at all times. Al court covering
the Englishman was tireless. He ran miles
as Man placed prettlly. II the second set
Man came up to the net and by sheer bat.
tering tactics managed to win the set II
was a pace he could not maintain. and
when he settled back at the driving the
Englishman pulled ahead and won.
Dabney scored a rather colOrless match
against Neal c. Stevens at Go, 81. Then
Watson defeated w. Dickson Cunningham
the Yale freshman. at e. SIS The Yale
boy worked like fury IN the second set
He gave Watson all he wanted In the way
OF running before hy steadiness he scored
the match.
The summary follows:
Metropolitan mems championship single,
Fourth round --Arick II Man, IT,. defeated
Harold II. Hackett by default
Fifth round--C X z. Andrews defeated A.
rick Man, jr g :. IS, e.. Raymond D.
Little defeated Dean Mathey. SO, 81: Arthur
:. Dabney defeated Neal e. stevens s. 6-l'
G. Frederick Watson, jr.. defeated ". Dickson
Cunningham. 80. Sc
Metropolitan mems Championship, dolole,
third roundj-Raymond y. Little and Gustav.
F. Touchard defeated Nathaniel ". Mics and
Arthur :. Dabney, %, IS.
Semi-hnal round Harold H. Hackett ara
Walter Merrill Hall defeated G. Frederick
Watson, jr., and George T.. Wreun, g., 3-6
s. 80, 81. ?; Raymond D. Little aR5
Gustave =. Touchard defeated ". = Slats and
George NJ BOdman. 80. 8 . Is