New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-18
INDOOR SINGLES
CROWN TOLOVIBOND
Cragin, Held at Bay by
Mastery of Strokes, Bows
After Four Sets.
MATCH REPLETE WITH
SPECTACULAR PLAYS
Much to Cheer in Thrilling Lawn
Tennis Tilt at Seventh
Regiment Armory.

Arthur NJ Iovibond won the champion
shin title i'm the regimental lawn tennis
singles Yesterday by defeating William b
cragin. jr.. in the final round'of that poV-
ton of the annual tournament on the III
door courts of the 9TH Regiment ArmorE'
The match was fought with spirit anu
dash through the limit Of four sets before
Joyibond claimed the crown OF the courts
by the score Of &c. e. Ct, -"
Rarely in his long career on the courts
has Lovibond one Of the leaders OF ,he
Hamilton Grange Tennis Club, reVeaieu
such mastery Of driving strokes cohpiheu
with burning speed. Furthermore ne was
armed with "A service which IN user
rroved so strong a weapon for holding
Cracin away from the net that the Efforts
Of the four-time holder Of the t'''c ap
reared weak and Intellectual ny co'hpa'i-
son.
steadlness was the chief asset on the
winning side Of the net. II was not uh''i
,be second Get that Iovibord really found
Tho range of the court. When he did tho
hall went crashing TO the base line
Cragin's attempts TO bring off an assault
at the net were invariably met with won
derfuI drives down the side lines
There was no diminution of skill on
Crarln's side Of the net. He played
rlucky, uphill battle which reachen us
sensational climax in the fourth set At
this point LOvibond led him at ~ u"
games. and il seemed to he only a cues
ton of a few minutes when ne "ouio
claim the laurels. Cragin startled hith'
however. by a splendid burst of smashing
not nlav that had the effect OF putting the
former champion in the lead at So ana
- on games.
The manner in which Crasin cut OH
Ioyibond's drives and made use OF MS
peculiar push vOlley shot-a Craginesque
straight arm lab of the racquet to the oaii
had l.ovibond bewldered for q Time
Cracin however. could not hold to the
swift mace. and the instant that he wa
vered Iovibond fought his way TO the from
again. 10 win the champions utie' fof
which ne has contested for more than nNe
seasons.
While the light conditions were none OF
the best. the greater part OF the match
heing played by electric light, there was
a good sized crowd TO watch 1t. Georse
:. Hauck officiated as umpire. ana Claslh
started with the service. His cieNerhess
at stopping Iovlbond's shots caused MN
70 lead at - on games. Lovibond WIN
ring the third and fifth games. Then the
service alternated. Lovibond scoring the
seventh and ninth, with Cragin getting the
set ct Cd.
The best that Cragin could do in the
o. In
second set was 10 get the first ana lourt"
games. He improved in his rallies, now
ever. in the third Set and led at - as
bie onnonent had counted the first and
third games TO his side He could nor
hold, however, and Lovibond reeied OIL
four games for the set and the hrst Tour
If the next set run Of eight straight
games. II was then that Cragln mace
Tho sensational stand, which caused the
finish TO be the most thrilling portion OF
the great match.
Although the championship match was
the main attraction on the courts the
handicap singles and doubles also pro-
duced excellent sport. In the seini-hnai
round Of the handicap singles George q.
Grenz. with the mark of minus half ~.
defeated Frederick ]. Kenney, at plus hail
-. by the score of 6-1, 6-S, 6-3.
Long driving rallies predominated IN
this contest. and In the second set GrenZ
was twice within a stroke OF winning
only TO have Kenney outplay him ana
force the competition through another se''
The summary follows:
Regimental championship singles FINAL ana
Championship roundl-Artnur NJ Iovloond de-
fcated william b. Cragn, jr.. 4-6, t-2 o.
81. cs.z.
Handicap singles (semi-hnal round)-George
c. Grenz minus half 40, defeated Frederick D.
Kennev (plus half l5), 81. 6-s Cd
Handicap doubles (nrst rounds. NJ. hlch-
ardson and l.. y. Austen minus half 400 De
feated c. II Olls and Bird s. Wyman minus
half 3U GO, g. H. L. Naisawaid ana
George II. Leigh (minus half 11l defeated n
T. Flnlay and ]. Anderson minus 3O), %
3-G c. Robert +. Putnam and Harry l.:
Follett (scratch) defeated A. ID. Rockwell and
Julian S. Myrck minus half 3o), %, ".
II X Tomlin and &. A. Schwarzwaeider Oninus
half 4M defeated +. VI. Leask and partner
Cscratch) by default; A. II. Tiemeyer and i.
w Kroehle. 81. plus half 80 defeated Robert
i. clarendon and ". o. Raymond Cplus hait
l5), G-3, G-3.