New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-25
BULL DEFEATS |NMAN
IN A FURIOUS MAICE
TWenty-fOur Games Needed b,
Decide Between Them in
Third Set.
GALLERY APPLAUDS PLAY
Hall, Ward and Washburn A..
Win in Lawn Tennis Tour.
ney for the Middle
States Title.

Fighting as II international bo,.
pended upon the result Of every a..
Charles NJ. Bull, Jr.. outplayed
feated Frederick c. Inman IN -.
which stood out as the feature q,
second days play in the lawn
tournament for the Middle STATE, 81.
pionship on the courts Of the d.
Lawn Tennis Club, at Mountaj, c..
y. j.. yesterday afternoon. '~
After going down 70 defeat IN ,h
ing set at -s. Bull rallied earos,, 20,
won the two following sets, Is snd,
after some dashing lawn tennis th.,
the fair sized gallery standing ~
chairs. w
Matches may come and natchss
go, but the fight those two ern...aH
the racquet waged will long stand a.,
the minds OF those who were ths,1
enjoy 1t. Furious volleys. hard s,S
court smashes and cunning pacsr...
shots followed each other in rs,1
cuence. At times II seemed tia, r.
would win, but Bull seemed 70 ,.,s~'
his most brilliant play until the ro-...
when the clouds were darkest 70, N-
His courage soon won him the trtsrd.s,.
Of the crowd, and his victory wa, roT'
lar.
In the closing set, one Of the sr.s,.,.
ever seen In this tournament, or 70, -,
matter IN any other, each man vo, n.
service game with a regularity thar Ne,
remarkable. Vantage games vera Va,
but reduced 70 eyens again as the o,ss.
man served. Finally, on the tvsn,v.
fourth game, with Inman serving Ban
scored two points and had the score loy.-
80. He then began TO force the fight VII.
redoubled energy, but MS plucky ry,l
passed him on two cunning strokes a!ors
the side lines and brought the score 10 a
all The effort left him pretty well u,a
up, however and Bull worked I'd 10 n.
net on the next rally. and blocking OF
hard shot caught Inman out OF posito,
and passed him along the side lines II.
final point also was hard fought, but Bull
finally brought of another passing shot
winning the set and match.
Walter Merrill Hail. who two years az,
won the tournament, was victorious /,
his match, defeating ". L. Pate at ~
81. Hall found II hard shedding in The
first set. lie was a bit slow In getting
down 70 his stroke. but as the match Pro.
crossed his speed increased. and at the
end he was playing We'll within himself;
Gustavc K. Touchard started his match
with q. y. smith IN Wnlrl~ind style aai
won a love set 10 begin with. smith Was
badly Mustered and IOgchard found lite
difficulty IN forcing him out OF position
and passing him with short sharp strokes
10 the back court and along the slce lines
Smith, however II confronted oy bis mas
ter, was game 10 the core, winch as
proved in the second set by forcing tas
games 10 20 before acknowledging &C.
feat.
Holcombe Ward. former national
champion and one time a member OF ne
Davis cup team, followed up MS victory
on Monday by defeating Or. William 10
senbaum IN three bitterly fought sets a.
81, IS. 81. In the dry records the We
tory OF Ward Will stand forth as &C.
Cisive and almost crushing. out IL Wa
won only after a slaSnius strugg.e
w. VI. Washburn. Of Harvard, played
superior brand OF lawn tennis IN De-
cisivcly defeating Spencer Miller, OF AM
herst. after three hard sets. Playing :
driving, smashing game plnnlnS a Nons
Of faith in his terrific service, Whlcn WEE
tied over the net as 81 propelled oy hs
arm OF n McLouchlln, Miller won lls
first set at s.. Washburn. u appeaIss'
however. had only been feeling nm o.s
for in the two following sets he Heht q.
ter Miller and outplayod him rom we.
angle. Washburn was uFins eAaiHt;s..
OF the conservation Of energies q.
played a back court game and plaoea ="
shots with infinite care and precision
The summaries follow.
Middle States Championship mens gu,
giles, preliminary round Dean M y.
defeated j. n. o Council, % ~ ". -
Hall defeated l. d. Woodbury., ~
First roUnd-L. Durham defeated a.. i.
Throckmorton. Sc. e.. D. Matneey ~.
feated f. Doubleday @. 90, "
Kim defeated r. &. Wettauier, - ~
NJ Ogden defeated J. +. Nalden.
6-3: W. NJ Hall defeated ". y. Fsl1s,
81. II. =. Bennett defeated +. II. ~:
fer. IS. IS. W. Washburn deiea'e'
Miller. IS. g., 60. II
Second rouud-D. Mathey defeatee r,
Durham, 81, "a: III. Ward deieaieg, 81 N
w. Rosenbaum. 6-l, IS, 81: Z ~ D.~-.
ir.. defeated r. &. lnman, 80 - -.
q. 7. Touchard defeated y. Smlth.
81; G.. Dionne defeated 4. {. brass'''
g. 6-3.