New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-04-14
GOULD BEW|TCHES BALL
Hun,bIeS Crane in Battle for
Court Tennis Title.
SEVEN TIMES A CHAMPION
Boston Challenger Scores Only
Four Games Against His
Bewildering Attack.

though representing the Philadelphia Rae
cuet club, won the national court tennis
obsn,nionship tournament, defeating Joshua
Crane. Of Boston, in the challenge round at
the Racquet and Tennis club, on 4Sd street,
,ssterday The title holder demonstrated
his superiority more forcbly than ever by
winning IN straight sets and only allowing
his opponent a bare four games.
While the result was almost a foregone
Conclusion. there were those who had hoped
n sec the former American champion give
the wizard Of the racquet harder battle.
Beginning with 1901, Crane won the title
four consecutive years, and, as he Is playing
as well az ever. the chances are he would
have succeeded in getting his name on the
scroll several times more only for the ad-
vent Of Gould In 1905 There never was a
moment ian Yesterdays encounter when
Crane looked 10 have a ghost Of a chance.
From the time Gould won the opening point
m service until the decisive ball found the
not. Crane was always the under dog.
Gould beat him. 6-3. 81, 90
When II was all over and the usual con-
calculations were in order the champion
took his success in a modest sort of a way.
1T was great" remarked a friend. you're
better. than ever" declared another. To
which Gould replied. II played all right"
While admitting the class Of his con
oueror. Crane was inclined to be somewhat
peevish at the finish. In his opinion, Gould
was unnecessarily deliberate. There were
no delays however; no procrastination dur
ing the changing OF sides, no constant
r1oppine Of heated brovs. nor calls for re-
freshments so frequent during tho Crane
Pennell match. and, for that matter, the
one on the previous day between Crane and
Charles Sands.
What defeated Crane was the fact that
his opponent never gave him chance. Al
WAYS on top Of his man so to speak, Gould
had the Bostonian reaching for difficult
gets Time and again when Crane would
make a hard return he would he able to
do little more than get the ball back. II
was regular occurrence for Gould to
make a chase and then make sure Of the
point on service. He gave the other man
few opportunities TO 20 after the winning
openings, as his low. cutting strokes
shooting over the net by the narrowest Of
margins. impaired blight to the ball.
making its actions either of the floor or
wall more or less uncertain
Unlike his match with Pencil, when he
I'D his best work from the hazard side,
Crane had better luck Yesterday from the
service court. Several times he found the
galleries on accurate cross-court shots, and
on occasions reached the tambour. He was
less fortunate in his attempts at the grille
window quite the reverse 10 Gould, VINO
10000 20 miss this oneOiDg
The biggest crowd of the week gathered
early. and long before the hour set for
starting the dedans were packed, as well
IS the spaces behind the galleries. NJ. s.
Patton acted as referee. and Jack White. as
usual did the marking. Conditions called
for the best three out Of five sets. \ good
many members, after vainly trying 10 Sc
cure points OF vantage, gave 1t mp In
DESPAIR There were few guests on hand
from Boston, while ". II. T. HUM came
from Philadelphia. Others seen about the
court wore:
II. Mortimer Brooks F. Townsend Irwin,
Howard Rrokaw. u. Crawford Clark, NJ.
s Barger. r. II. Williams II. G. Mortimer.
r NJ De Acosta. II W. Slooum. r. W.
Cioeiet. Sherman Day, Lloyd Warren. Ford
Huntington. T. G. Clark, ir., Reginald
Ronalds Fulton cutting. ir., r. A. V.
Garnbrin ". FeIowes Morgan. G. NJ.
Heckscher, Everett Colby, S. T. P. Trow-
bridge. Goodhue Livingston, Louis Iiv-
iugston. J. NJ. Marlborough J. r. steers.
II. " Rsvlins r. L. Bacon. g. F. Baker
ir, Nicholas Biddle, J. ". Barney, !. r
Burden. ir. A. s Burden. " p. Burden
Alexander NJ. Morten, s. p. Elklns, jr., l.
r. Larocque and William Earl Dodge.
Gould began by winning the opening SCR
vice and quickly ran II to ~ on a shot TO
tanbour and a net by Crane. The latter
rot only point in net by the champion.
In the next Could. a. steady as a rock, won
10 love Crane, after changing TO the haz-
ard side found the dedans. Gould lad TO
play for a chase and won it. He supple
mented this with a stroke 10 the winning
gallery and won the game.
beautiful stroke to the grille by Gould
in tho fourth game brought applause. This
went 10 deuce when Crane won it on a net
by Gould and another stroke to the grille
With a shot 70 the tambour Gould made It
W1j and he won. Fine speed by Crane.
wherein no ran It up 70 Above. brought
applause from the crowd Gould got the
next and then lost the game on failure to
coulds favor.
Gould won the seventh game. Crane get
ting only q on a stroke to the winning gal
lery The next game went 10 Crane, the
decisive point being an ont OF court The
Champion then went after the Bostonian.
winning the next game to love. That gave
him the set 6 games TO 3.
Throughout that set Gould had not exert
cd himself. moving round as little rs pos
Soe, depending on accuracy OF strokes
crane worked hard. occasionally putting
unusual speed TO his shots. but even when
me oan would bound of the battery to an
ugly get Gould was Invariably equal to the
occasion. The games were as follows:
GfsS"5''. ...,......... . . . . %
10 start the second set Gould quickly ran
10 80 on shots 10 the grille. Changing 10
the hazard side, the champion found the
oeoshs' running the count to 40-love No
slot appeared too difficult for the Georgian
Nourl marvel and murmurs of admiration
,O"'o nc heard through the crowd He
'"s game. Crane getting H. The sec
dlN' thrd games were quickly added to
"' toeaI but he lost the fourth, which
- ueuce. Crane won the game on a
leTy.
Usual after losing game, Could
si'eo after his man with renewed vgor
""nhg the score 10 4O-love on shot TO
'"'ii'our ana nets by the Boston man.
WIZ saved himself from a love game with
"""'neI OF MS fayorite strokes 10 the win
"InS gallery Gould's accuracy had the
o,her up,oed in the next game. which the
champion won, raising his advantage to s
EnIuns 10 = A hnn1LaLf..l ~ L. L. III.