New-York tribune., 1912-02-13
GRANT 0UTDR|VES HALL
Plays DaShing Lawn Tennis in
Match for Indoor Title.
SHAFER BEATS YALE MAN
Scores After Two Hard Fought
Deuce Sets on the 7th
Regiment Courts.

Wylie 9. Grant defeated Walter Merrill
Han, rated as tenth on the national rank.
ing list, I'm the third round Of the national
Indoor lawn tennis championship singles
yesterday. on the courts OF the eth Regi-
ment Armory, Goth street and Park aveuu,.
Grant. who formerly held the indoor
title. was at his best Seeing that Hall
was inert and lacking in speed Grant put
tremendous speed into his game. winning
at ca. -
so much on tiptoe was Grant that IN tho
third game Of the match as no came up
10 the net on the jump he made q !eap
and smashed the ball cleany thfousn
Halls court for the game point He mis-
calculated hts footing. however. ana vent
tumbling 10 the floor II dld not seem 10
bother him a bit. az he fought our ,scn
rally TO the limit completely outstripping
Hall as 10 speed From his side sll uf
Grants shots were finding the court. while
Hall was shy on length and direction. espe-
Cially at critical times.
Rapid work OF the part OF IN, committee
practically reduced the original n,ld OF
sixty-four competitors down 10 eight sur
Nyors IN the round before the ssm-iulls
In the singles. Grant arrived In that round
and co Ipled with j. II. Ste!ukemph. OF the
Bedford Park club. who came thrUlgn a
sashlnE match, in which lie dcfcateI Val
entlne Treat the 7th's great athlete, By
the score OF Sc, CO
One OF the b,st contests OF the day. which
had an intercollegiate flavor. was that in
which George <. Shafer, formerly OF Co
lumba University, defeated 4. H. Man.
jr., the nrst string OF the Yale team, at
- IS. shdfers drives. especially on
his back hand, had plenty OF sting lie
was inclined 10 drive long. however, when
Man went In for the net position, where
he vas strongest Once at the net the
Yale player was almost sure Of the points
by hls volley and half vOlley shots He
rarely missed these. and 50 Shafer at
tempted TO drive a bit high so as to make
the Yale player smash on the run. where
he was practically certain Of driving out
side. The points I'm nearly ali OF the
games touched at deuce, but Shafers
steadiness finally pulled him through.
o. NJ. Bostwick. one OF the veterans and
member OF the West Side Tennis Club.
eliminated Frank VI. Watrous. OF Yale. by
o
ing one OF his best days at driving. and
he kept the ball spinning through the Yale
mans court with such unerrng aim and
speed that Watrous was outplayed in both
sets
Julio VI. Steinacher the old Cornell play
er: Arthur S. Cragin, and c. Gilbert Plymp-
ton, formerly OF the Longwood Cricket
Club, also won places In the fourth round
Twenty-three pairs were drawn in the
doubles, including Frederick b. Alexander
and Theodore Roosevelt Pell. the cham
pions. A start was made In this event the
successful teams winning in straight sets.
The summary follows:
National indoor championship singles (hrst
round)-F H. Gates defeated J. A. Miles by
default; j. II. steinkemph defeated +. G. stan
Icy by default; Julio M stsinaeher defeated J.
C. oelsnef by default IT, w. Robinson defeated
Hastings Moore by default; +. Baumer defeated
r. c. Gates by default; A. X. Dunham defeated
+. North by default.
Second round-W c. Grant defeated +. O.
Porter by default: Walter Merrill Han defeated
i. ii. Gates by default: Valentine Treat defeated
Louis Tiebel, 6-i, 6-i: J. H. Stenkemph de-
feated Charles c. Chambers. 60. Ia. i4-I2:
Reston stevenson defeated ii: Manchester by de
fault Julio NJ. Schumacher defeated J. r. Lee,
81, O-3: Frank NJ. watrous defeated 8 w.
Merrlhew e.. G-4; o. NJ Bostwick defeated
n W Robinson G-i G-l; c. A. Anderson de-
feated r. Baumer, Go, Ga: George c. Shafer
defeated A. H. Man. jr.. 10. 10 ID. T.. Rob
erts defeated A. II. Dunham, GO, 6-3; Arthur
$. cragln defeated Abraham Bassford. jr., 0-4.
20; l.. Mlens Burt defeated G. r. npscomb.
GO 8-2; William B. Cragin. IT,, defeated Ben
iamIn NJ Phillips. c. 80. G--3; 6. Gilbert
Plynpton defeated Walter Hazard IS. 8-2:
George c. Moore jr., defeated q. A. L. Dionne.
s-6. 0-2
Third round-w. c. Grant defeated Walter
Merrill Hall e., IS: J. IT, Stelnkemph de
feated Valentine Treat S-6. 6-3; Julio NJ
Steinacher defeated Reston Stevenson. ID "a;
"a, e-3 Arthur s. Cragin defeated Dimon t.
Roberts 6-I, 6-4: G. Gilbert Plympton de
feated George @. Moore. Jr.. O-6. 60 IS.
National indoor championship doubles Cfrst
round)-O M. Bostwick and w {, DE Mile
defeated p NJ Hall and ID. Maplesden by de
fault: W C. Grant and L. Millens Burt defeated
George s. Groesbeck and c. A. Anderson. 6-3
a. l.. J. Grant and d, e. Roberts defeated
f. w Peaselee and partner by default; Dr.
William Rosenbaum and BENJAMIN NJ Phillips
defeated II. W. Robinson and q. o. Grenz GO.
6-1.
Second round-T. n. Goddard and 7. A,
Thomas defeated Stuyyesant Wainwright and A.
IL Man. jr., by default: W. G. Grant and l..
Millens Burt defeated Il J; Grant and ID. T..
Roberts, ca "a: Dr. william hosehDaum ana
and C. E. Lettson, 8-2, 6-2: Julio NJ Stein
aeher and c. Gilbert Plympton deteated Gustaye
Schumacher and partner by defaui.
Consolation singles (frst round)-G: ;. Groes-
beck defeated A Y. Peterson, 90. 81.
Second round-F w. Pelzer defeated Stuyves-
ant Wainwright by default Paul Goold defeated
W. II. Rates "a "a To. -,--.------.----