New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-04
JACK SOUTAR WINS
WORLDS RACQUET TITLE
Philadelphia Professional Easily
0utpIays Charles Williams
on Home Court.
TAKES ALL FOUR GAMES
British Champion Bewildered by
Lightning Service, and Loses
Advantage Gained in
Match Abroad.

Philadelphia, May SACK Soutar, Of
! Philadelphia. won the professional racquet
championship Of the world here to-day In
defeating Charles Williams. Of England.
the title holder, at the Racquet Club.
The new champion played in whirlwind
style. and after the first game, which he
took at Is to 2, there seemed to be little
doubt that he would win the title. His
| attack was sharp and his defence prac-
tically perfect His service was accurate.
and his lightning playing had the English
champion in distress at times.
Williams played truer to form in the
second game but the American ran out
his necessary fifteen while the English
man could only accumulate eight points.
In the third game both players began
to show the effect Of the fast pace and the
heat. the weather being the warmest OF
the year. Williams displayed the most
! distress however, and he could put to-
gether only four points while Soutar was
| running out.
The fourth and final game was all
Soutar. Continuing his terrific attack and
hard and clean service, he easily took the
game and the title at 15-3.
The conditions of the match were that
the best four out Of seven games should
| be played on a London court and the
| same on a Philadelphia court.
The first half of the match was played
at the Queens Club, London, on April ),
and resulted in a victory for Williams.
! four games 10 two. but he had an ad-
! vantage OF only ten aces.
To win the championship Soutar had to
take four straight games and score more
aces than his rival
! Soutar took the four games in easy
fashion. and in doing so put together As
aces.
Besides the worlds title the men played
| for a stake of $4,000 a side.
The crowd in the dedans was probably
the largest ever attracted to similar
match in this city, and as Soutar con-
tinued his lightning fast play the spec
tators grew wildly enthusiastic. He re-
ceived an ovation when the match ended
in his favor.
The summary follows:
| Jack Soutar Philadelphia, challenger.
defeated Charles Williams, Harrow, Eng
land. title holder. 15-2, 15-s, ID ana
| 15-3.
Soutar gained back ten aces he lost IL
| the English match and led by total OF
| SO aces at the close
/ Jay Gould. of New York, and W. III. t.
! HUM. OF Philadelphia, holders OF the
amateur doubles court tennis champion
/ ship of the United States. defeated i. {.
/ Tomkins. of Philadelphia, and Peter
| Latham, of England, the former worlds
champion. as a curtain raiser TO the big
raoquets match. The score was 90,
/ 6-3, %.
! A large amount OF money changed
| hands as a result of false odds OF To
quoted last night with Williams on the
/ long end. Even Racquet Club members,
| every one OF whom Is loyal to SOutar
/ looked upon the odds as means OF pick
/ ing up some money, and the betting was
brisk Conservative estimates place the
amount that changed hands at 3l,VV
| and this does not include the large purse
J that was wagered on the result OF the en-
I tire match The local clubmen lost quite
tidy sum when Williams defeated Sou
| tar in the first half of the match in Lon
don. but most OF them recuperated as q
result of the entire match