New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-20
FAvOR|TES WIN IN
T|LTS AT RACQUETS
Waterbury Plays in Form and
Trounces Thorne in Straight
Games.
MCCORMICK MEETS TARTAR
Forced to Extend himself to
Beat Clark-Greenshields
Disposes of Pell
More Easily.

Most Of the favorites won i'm the second
round Of the national championship
racquet tournament. continued on the
court of the Racquet and Tennis Club
Yesterday. Lawrence Waterbury, the hope
Of the home club. in straight games de-
fcsted George Thorne. the Chicago player,
while Harold F. Mccormick. also of the
West, blighted the hopes Of Grenville
Clark. Mccormick won after four games.
In the first match of the day Stanley @.
Mortimer. jr. OF Tuxedo. eliminated Hugh
p. Scott. of Boston, a former national
title holder while the fourth winner was
coward Greenshields, Of Montreal, who
downed the hard hitting Clarence {. Pell,
another Tuxedo player
The first match in the semi-final round
to-day between Waterbury and Mortimer
will begin at ll:3D. Greenshields and Nc
Cormick are carded for two hours later.
4 change in the programme also has been
announced for Saturday, the plan being
to have the final match start at Il O'Clock,
20 as 10 make way for a special profess
sional contest between Jock Souter, who
represents the Philadelphia Racquet Club.
and George Standing. The pros will
take the court at 9 o'clock. Souter is
matched TO meet Williams, of England,
shortly in a contest for the worlds title.
Unquestionably the most clever work of
the day was that of Waterbury and Nc
Cormick in their matches. SO deadly was
Waterburys service and general all
round play, once he got started. that
Thorne had little or no chance Because
ne had been suffering with a bad cold for
several days Waterbury did not feel any
TOO confident when he began, and conse-
ouently il did not take the Chicago player
long TO run w j. points while Larry
was making g. Waterbury then settled
into something like oldtime form. finally
pulling q deuce out of the fire. In the
second clash his dazzling service fodnd
The backhand corners and had Thorne SO
helpless that Waterbury needed only
three hands TO run out a love game.
Waterbury always had his opponent at
his mercy in the third game, more partic-
uarly in the fourth and fifth hands.
wherein he gathered a total of l. aces
} on service and 3 on places. His PACK
hand strokes off the side wall were flaw
less and he frequently left Thorne we'll
nigh impossible gets. The latter was
fortunate in getting three points.
Mccormick had TO extend himSeit 10
take the measure Of Clark. who disputed
every point in the first two games which
went to the Chicago man. So many Ions
rallies marked these games that McCor-
mick was breathing hard when he began
the third tilt He noticeably slackened his
.peed with the result that Clark won,
Is TO O. In the fourth game McCormick
vas as lively as a bundle OF springs, ana
by varying his attack soon had his oppo-
nent on the defensive.
Although Clark hit the ball hard he
lacked that snappy wrist action espe-
c!ally when playing to the forehand. Nc
CCrmick never neglected an opportunity
10 kill the ball. and practically won the
game and match with a run OF 10 in the
fifth hand. The decisive point was deft
place. a backhand shot that first took the
side wall.
The summary follows:
National championship second round
Stanley G. Mortimer. IT., Tuxedo. beat
Hugh d. Scott. Boston. 15-2. 1914, S-lo.
15-4; Lawrence Waterbury, New York,
beat George A. Thorne, Chicago. ISL
10. l5-3: Harold +. Mccormick, Chi
cago, beat Grenville Clark, New York,
15-12. l5--u, S-15 l5-7; Edward Green
shields. Montreal. beat Clarence G. Pell,
Tuxedo. l6-12 S--15. 15-13 7-15, l5-7