Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-25
BULL VICTOR OVER INMAN
IN FURIOUS TENNIS BATTLE
ON The MONTROSE COURTS
Match Strenuous One and Winner Plays
Brilliantly in the Last Two Sets
to Capture the Contest
BOLCoMBE WARD IS PLAYING A FINE GAME


marked the match between Charles
NJ. Bull, jr., and Frederick c. Imam
which proved to be the feature event
of the second days play in the Mid
die States championship now in
progress on the courts of the Orange
Lawn Tennis Club at Montrose. Bull
won the match, but not without
strenuous opposition. He outplayed
Inman after the first set, which he
lost 2-6, but it required every effort
to do so. Bull played brilliant tennis
in the second set, and took 1t, 10
but the deciding set went to l5-u
before the issue was settled. 1t was
surely a strenuous battle and was
easily the feature of a day of some
very interesting contests.
The fight those two experts waged
will long stand out in the minds OF
those who were there to enjoy It,
Furious volleys. hard back court
smashes and running placement
shots followed each other in rapid Sc
ouence. At times it looked as If In
man would win, but Bull seemed 10
reserve his most brilliant play until
the moment when the clouds were
darkest for him. His courage soon
won him the friendship of the crowd
and his victory was popular.
In the closing set. one of the great
est ever seen in the Middle states
tournament, each man won his serV-
ice game with regularity that was
remarkable. Vantage games were
won. but reduced to evens again as
the other man served. Finally, on
the twenty-fourth game, with lnman
serving, Bull scored two points and
had the score love 80. He then be-
gan to force the fight with redoubled
energy. but his plueky rival passed
him on two cunning strokes along
the side lines and brought the score
to 80 all.
The effort left him pretty we'll used
up. however and Bull worked up to
the net on the next rally, and block
ing off a hard shot caught Inman out
Of position and passed him along the
side lines. The final point also was
hard-fought, but Bull finally brought
IF another passing shot, winning the
ct and match.
Walter NJ Hall, who won the tour
gey two years ago. defeated W. L.
Pate at GA, 6-1. He was a bit slow
n getting down to his stroke, but
As the match progressed his speed IN
creased and at the end he was play
bag well within himself.
Gustave F. Touehard defeated G.
3. Smith. Touchard found little diff
iculty in forcing Smith out of posi-
Sion and passing him with short
sharp strokes to- the back court and
along the side lines. Smith, how
ever, was game, which he proved in
the second set by forcing the aries
to to I before acknowledging de-
feat.
Holcombe Ward. a former national
champion, defeated DR.. William
Rosenbaun in three hard-fought sets,
81. 46. 81.
w. NJ. Washburn, of Harvard
played a superior brank of lawn ten
mis- in defeating Spencer Miller, of
Amherst. after three hard sets. The
summaries follow:
The matches today brought to-
gether Dean Mathey and Lindsay
Durham, William McI<im and Mont
gemery Ogden, G. A. L. Dionne and
Walter Merrill Hall, Watson M.
Washburn and Robert P. Bennett,
and the winners will meet in the
semi finals tomorrow.
The doubles, which are being
played today call for the following
pairings:
Montgomery Ogden and Lawrence d.
Woodbury.. champion and runner-up,
respectively, of the Orange Lawn
Tennis Club, have been teamed, as
have HoIcombe Ward and George H.
Miles, both c3 the Orange club. An
other strong team is that of Gus
tave Toucha7l and Watson Wash
burn, while charley Bull has been
paired with Walter Merrill Hall. The
other entries Cor the doubles are as
follows: ti1dslay Durham and
Harold ThrocAmorton, Frank Kidde
and Otto Hinsk, Ralph P. Booream
and J. H. Mclean, e. B. Heal and
Harry n. Balch. w. F. Merrill and
G, B. Smith. Allan c. Bragaw and
A. F. Fiske, Felix Doubleday and
Walter L, Pate. Spencer Miller and
Walter Sea bury, e. Y. rockingham
and C. w McMullen. Robert Bennett
and partner. A. F. Glazebrook and
partner.
The women will get into the fray
tomorrow. 1F3,en they will play in the
singles and the mixed doubles will be
contested On Friday. The summary:
Second Round-Lindslay Durham,
Railway, defeated Harold Throck-
morton, New York, 8-6, "a; Dean
Mathey, Princeton. defeated Felix
Doubleday, Princeton. 60, SO; Will
lam L. McKim, Hill School, Potts
town, Pa, defeated Ralph z. Wett-
laufer, Passaic Field Club, 6-1, So;