New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-14
CHOSE NASSAU COURSE 'MATHEY BOWS TO GRANT
Spirited Matches in Second
Day of Lawn Tennis Tourney.
TOUCHARD TWICE A VICTOR
Robinson Put Up Game Fight
Against Pell, but Is
Defeated.

Spectacular doubles '.cd with tao SIN
sles in the second day matches OF tho
fourteenth annual national indoor Lawn
tennis championship Yesterday. OF tnc
courts Of the 1th Regiment Armory. s5th
street and Park avenue Wylic &. Grant.
the PLAYING through holder al the siii-
clcs title Gained the fourth round. ;nc
round before the semi-nnal. With uncX-
p'cted case he defeated Dean Mathey.
the famous Princeton PLAYER. h. score
r. C. So
Whilc Grant Wa coming through n
tho upper hall. Bepj.nu -. Phillips
also advanced 20 the fourth round b.
o. .posine OF g. +. Pontccosi. j.. OF the
Greenwich Country club. At -. s.. IT,
Connecticut PLAYER gave Phillips q hard
battle and only the spirited court cover
ing Of the New Yorker saved him IN the
tight game
GIsiavo +. Touchard. rated IS No. 70
on IN, national list. performed In both
the sii glcs and doYble. In The sinsi"s
10, clard arrived In tho tnird round h.
dei.at.n: Charlie e.. chambers. or TIC
pafk Slope '!uD. TO- straight sets at Ct.
6-i Tho favoritc shot uscd h. Touch
aid was a pulling chop ~ TO the side
az tho court. which caused the ball 10
bound 50 crra,ically that Chambers VAS
never sure Of the returns. TouchdTd
ard Ermscn Schcrck will meet to-mor-
row.
one % tie most interesting contests
Of the day VS. that in which Theodore
Roosevelt pen. the former champion.
defcatcd Lester Y. Robinson. Of the
Washington Heights club. AZ 50. e3.
Robinson IS only seventeen years old. lie
met poll GENEROUSLY In the rallies anu
hit hard and last. SIN he failed TO con-
troll tho ual with Tho same skill as his
more experienced opponent. losing many
points by errors.
ono OF the lievlic.t matches in the
doubles was that in which Touchsrd and
William Il. C'raCin ir.. defeated Lea Her
rick and Rursovno Hamilton. by the
.pcn tlis contest iIerricK and Hamilton
had disposed of Robert Is. Tcmlin ard
benjamin Dwight A. - St Conse-
qu,nilv tncy were "A bit blown whcn
they faced Touchard and Cragin Long
rallies with plenty OF hilh lobDin% kcpr
the four mon footing IL all over the
court. Neither lIciIick nor Hamilton
covered W well. 80 that With Bill Cra-
gins slap shots on to tho alleys and
Touchard's' spinning drives for place
mort tho pair pulled through in the
close games
Watson NJ. Washburn, the Young IIar-
ward PLAYER. paired with James :. Cush-
man. won stubbornly contested match
against lingo Hartman ard j. H. Stein
kamp. Of tho Bedford Park club. 1T
Sc, ELL. The wolfe, ing of Washburn
was the feature OF this match
The summary follows:
National indoor Championship mon's singles
Second roundl ". Mc!>. r'lazcbrook defcs tod
Dr ~. H. Bates. q =. c-J: ,;usisye q. C;Ycaz
der eatcd Pau l.. Good. 6. Go. Sc Dr
William Eoscrb,um defsaod ~ w. Robinson
81. G-J; Theodore Roosevelt Pen defeated
T.'ster y. f;obinson. GO. u :: GustaIc T.
Touctard defeated Charles Z. Chambers es-I
C..
.rh'rd round Wylic .. Giant defeated Dean
Nsthe,. Ct. Il .; i}ohinmin VI. rhiliips de
fcated g. i. rente'oSi. IT.. ID &.
National indoor chs;rp ionsnip. mems doubles
ohrst roundJ Lea iisrr,ch end Burgoyne Ham
ilton dcfcst,d eohcrt X. Tomlln and BENJAMIN
right IS c-i. 81.
Second round Walter Iis;ard and Preston
Cumming lr defeated william, H. HolIrne and
Carol I Post G-i, 6 :. Watson NJ Wash
burn and Jane, :. Cushnan defeated lingo
Hartman and y. ". Steinksmp. Sc. 81:
Gusip'c r. ToIchard and William ~ Cragin
g.. defeated Lea IIcrrich and Burgcyre Hamii
robev defeated Jnrncs Valentino Edwards ara
=. 4 Utter CO. d =.