New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-03
Red Letter Day on
Turf Courts for Bull

MIN 70 MIS- limit IN the SecOnd, Dy
score Of 81, -.
Last. but not least, Billy Larned. a
seven times national champion. made
his appearance on the stretch of turf
against ". A. ". Stewart. a former
Harvard player. defeating his OPP
pOnent with ease and dispatch, at
81, 6-l.
Inman's defeat Of Mathey was the
surprise Of the tournament, for the
former holder of the Metropolitan
championship has not been at his best
thus far in the season and Mathey's
brilliant game against the veteran
Larned. az Cedarhurst last week, in
dicated he was going at his best.
The secret of Inman's success against
the former Princeton boy lay in the
fact that he was hitting the ball un-
usually hard and this. combined with
excellent placing. vas an obstacle
against which Mathey could never sue
cessfully cope.
In The early stages the match was
ever, with both men relying on deep
drives 20 score the points, lnmsn had
his service working like a charm. The
ball had q vicious cut, and on the turf
bounded erratically, causing Mathey
constant worry.
Il was this that finally won for In
man, IS ne succeeded in breaking
ta. ough his opponents service OIL the
eleventh game. something that Mathey
Vas not able TO do at any time with
the " est Side mans delivery.
The eX-Prlnccton captain never was
able 70 get set" for his favorte net
game, As inman kept shooting hard
drives TO his base line. forcing Mathev
IL remain anchored in back court. So
sadly did this method of attack disrupt
Imam opponent that he won only two
games in the final set.
Clothier gave a mastery exhibition
81 the beauties of the placing game in
his match against young Beekman. Al
though the interscholastic champion
footed about his court with great
speed. making attempts az everything,
ClOthier was too much for him, and
sim7," plastered his opponents mid
court With placement shots that rarely
failed 20 score aces.
The former national champion is be-
Lived 20 have designs on the makeup
Of the Davis Cup team, and his fine
placing and the all around strength OF
bis game against Beekman augur we'll
fgr hls success.
Iarrcd. in defeating Stewart, played
again n the form that won him cham
plonships b. the score in years gone
b.. and seemed 20 have completely re-
covered from the effects of his heart
breaking struggle with Mathey at &C.
dGrhu-st.
The old champion showed a prefer
ence for the back court game, sending
his powerful drives skimming over the
net for beautiful passing shots. Stew
art could make no Roadway against the
tide of defeat that eventually engulfed
him. and both of the games he won
were the result more of Larned's faults
than anything he could accomplish.
In his first match of the day against
Watrous. Bull, as usual. started slug
gishly, allowing his opponent 10 get
the jump on him and win the first set
at O.. Thereafter the Crescent Ath-
letic Club man swept the court. going
in TO the net at every opportunity and
earning many kills" b. his unerring
overhead play
After polishing Off Watrous. Bull
took on Edwin P. Larned. and pro-
ceedcd 10 put the younger brother of
the famous player out of the tourna-
ment in straight sets. Beginning this
match. Bull was already warmed up
and he started in with a rush. outplac-
ing his opponent with ease and volley-
ing overhead with a certainty and a
force that had Lsrned ceaselessly on
the run. Bull took the match at 81,
6-3.
Mahan had had such an easy time
in his first set against Pate, which he
won at s /. that he was totally UMPIRE
pared for the stern battle the former
Nassau and Queens County champion
put up in the second set, when it re-
duired the playing Of sixteen games
before the tall Mshan triumphed at
81.
The summaries follow:
Nassau cup singles tnrSt round)-c 81.
Bull ir defeated Frank " WatrouS, IS.
G-f. 81. William j. ClOthier N0n from g..
j. WATSON. ir.. b. default. Leonard Reck-
man Won from X. Lindiey Murray by de-
fault; Frederick G. inmsn Won from Kari
liohr hy default. Dean Mathcy Won from
Irving g.. Wright by default.
sernnd round Walter Merrill Hall DE-
featcd Felix " Doubleday. @, al. e. NJ.
Buii. IT, defeated Edwin i. Lsrncd "a.
G-g: William J. Ciothier defeated Leonard
Heekman. 80. Is Frederick e.. Inman
defeated Dean Mathcy. "a. g. Theodorc
Roosevelt Poll Won from -. Coikct Gamer rs
default: Lyle Y. Mahsn defeated walter l..
Pate. G-i, a.. William \ i.amCd defeated
". 4. W. stewart. 81. 6-I.