New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-19
Beats Church and Must Now
Meet Alexander for the
Metropolitan Title.
UPSETS MARK PLAY
FOR DOUBLES CROWN
Champions Put Out as Were the
California Stars and Hackett
and Alexander.

from California and Frederick Il. Alex
ander. the international veteran, came
through Yesterday to the final round in
the Metropolitan lawn tennis champion
ship singles. on the clay courts OF the
West Side Tennis Club. at Forest HIS,
Long Island. They will meet Tomorrow
afternoon at $50 o'clock 10 decide who
shall wear the champions crown for 1914.
Murray defeated George Myers Church,
IT,. in the lower half of the draw, by
score Of 90. rs, and Alexander proved
victor over Robert lie Roy by the same
score
The day was one Of sensations and SEN
sational playing. In the doubles Church,
paired with Dean Mathey. forming the
Princeton team. decisively defeated Muir
ray and Hahn. at e. IS gaining their
sem-fnal bracket
Theodore Roosevelt Pel and Karl Behr,
both internationalists. moved out TO the
semi-nnals by defeating William Dixon
Cunningham and G.. \. l.. Dionne at
/ Ga. IS. while c. Carlton Shafer and
King Smith gave the most stirring eXhi-
btion of the day. winning two matches
against worthy opponents. They first put
Bull. jr., the playing through champions,
in a three-set match. at %, Ga, H.
and they moved into the final round by
defeating Hackett and Alexander, four
| times national doubles champions, at
/ 6-4, Ga S.
This afternoon Pell and Behr and
/ Church and Mathey will meet in the
/ semi-fnal round 10 determine who shall
/ face Shafer and Smith for the champion
shin tomorrow. The three pairs appear
about evenly matched. and il is certain
q bitter struggle will be forthcoming.
In his singles match against Church
| Murray performed in impressive fashion.
His overhead and ground strokes were
working in happy combination, and at no
time in the match was he in danger Of
losing TO the former intercollegiate cham
pion
OF the eight games played in the first
set Murray took five at love. Church
could gain only eleven points to his
onponeut's twenty-nine, although he was
playing brilliantly and fighting keenly'
some of Alurrays gets bordered on
the sensational lie would leap TO the
net after his service with speed so great
as to arrive almost as the ball struck
Church's court From there he brought
down the latter's bullet-like drives win
an unerring racquet The pace he put
in his strokes always made it difficult Tor
C,,,,rob IN make his placement shots with
any certainty.
In the second set both men went at
their task with even more VIM y chahse
of racauets seemed to benefit Church'
and after Murray had taken the hrsV
game the former Princeton man won the
next three in a row, drawing into what
looked like formidable lead.
II was then that Murray showed MS
reserve strength. With Church playing
hard and brilliantly, both at the net ana
from deep court, the California comet
swent his opponent aside by the sheer
force and speed Of his own game. Des-
nerateIv did Church resort to wonder
fully placed lobs in an effort to Keep the
6ashing boy from gaining the net but
ii was in vain.
Nothing seemed too difficult for Murra!'
and he played every shot with all the
strength in his 1.-the body, showing
remarkable faculty for keeping his nara
est PLAYED shots within the chalk mes
with Church lighting with his BACK 10
the wall, Murray broke through MS
service at 5-all and took the last wv
: games. set and match, at %
Alexander had less trouble in dlsposlhs
OF Leroy, although the latters shlilluiy
placcd drives gave the old Davis Cup star
plenty of running BY getting close 10 inc
net however. and blocking off these drives
Alexander took the match in straight selS'
1t will be the veteran OF the hdS'
against the unbeaten youth from the
West tomorrow, and opinion IS aDoI'
evenly divided as to who will prevail
Murray had made such prodigal use Of
his arm in delivering his meteoric service
I'm the singles that he pulled up lame, ana
in his doubles match, paired with Herbert
Hahn. had to fall back on so1t strohe'
Church and Mathey proved Winning
combination against the Calliorhlahs anu
won without undue trouble.
4 large part Of the gallery remaiheu
about the courts until after shutdown TO
sec the final strokes played in the
doubts match between Hacket anu
/ Alexander and Shafer and Smith.
Some OF the DtcA lawn N'''''S
dav resulted. Hackett, the sharpshooter'
always looking for an opening, no matter
how small and Alexander, with his mas
terv Of strokes, pitted their experience
against the strength and steadiness OF
sbafer and Smith, and the latter proved
the better.
Like the rattle Of musketry ola the
racouets of the veterans meet the tn
ending lobs Of Shafer and his partner.
Time after time the former national
champions sent the ball crashing back
but lust as often did Shafer and Smih
return it. until finally their persistence
broke through the cunning OF the olu
masters and the latter were sent down 10
defeat.
The summaries follow;
NtotronoIitan lawn tennis championship SlW
- Iee,ni final round)-Fredorick b. D. Alen
dor defeated Robert lie Roy g; 80 ~
TJndlev MURRAY defeated George NJ ""''' ~
~, ac,ro-1,oiItsn lawn tennis championship
doubles third rond)-GeorEc NJ, Ihui r.
Dean Mathey defeated Herbert Hahn ana -
Itndiev Murray g: 6-3: Karl Benr shl
I,hrod6re Roosevelt Pell defeated Nii"iH
biyon birmingham and G. 4 l.. Dionnc, ~
"a. g. Carlton Shafer and King sinlth ~.
Ssst,d Charles NJ Bull. ST., and watson ~
IToehburn. 90 G.. li-9 .,
semI-nnal round-Shafcr and smith deIeateu
Harold H. Haclett and Frederick H. AeAa"
der, ca, 2-6. sc.