New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-17
C0pev No Match for
Gould at Court Tennis
American Amateur Wins
Four Straight Sets as
Match Begins.
rYRFE MORE NEEDED
TO CLINCH TITLE
,,cland's Professional Champion
Calls His Rival the Finest
PLAYER He Ever Met.

.,,.a,lrbia. March l5.-Jay Gould the
..rscsn and English amateur court ten
c,ompion. earned a commanding lead
,he Ars. DAYS play Of his match with
- - y Co,ey. the professional cham
- England. for the open champion
p1n - the world. The American Won all
s" - the sets played, the score being
"a ID. g.. IS.
The tile viii 90 % the PLAYER who wins
-. frst seven sets. The match will be re-
,yrred ON Wedn' sdaH'
e., $1,000 changed hands to-day as
40 result of the match. most OF the
tin being placed ut even money Fol-
TIC the games this afternoon the Eng
,,.hr,cn demanded 10 I for their money
pa orl. made a few small wagers.
4, the opinion OF most Of the critics
80, now las little chance to win.
eo,,d outcencrallcd and outplayed him.
before the match began the English
go, va confident Of the outcome and is
I'D to have bet heavily on himself.
The work of Gould was revelation TO
covev. who literally was played off his
feet So surprisingly good was the Ameri-
cans play that Coyey at times showed
,smper which old not improve his
dances Of winning
7, WAS not until the third set that he
,towed s,ens Of his real form. In this set
10 was defeated. g. but the American
,l.ved hard To win In the next set, too,
cov.y showed flashes Of brilliancy. but
could would not be denied and amid the
etaers and handclapping Of the specta-
tors made IL four straight.
Gould won a majority Of the games that
vent 10 deuce. and he also won nearly
avery "chase" that was called.
The English PLAYER lost many points by
driving the ball into the net on apparently
cosy returns. while the American made
few such errors. only twice losing points
in that way
In writing Of the match II. Fl. Cornish.
who is well qualified TO express an opin-
ion. said
From the very start the Englishman
was not in 1t. and his opponent displayed
marked superiority over him at all
points Of the game.
up HIS sleeve was not fulfilled. and lie was
struggling against odds al all stages of
the match Gould was as cool as If he
rad been playing a friendly practice
match, and althoush he was obviously
ferrous before the proceedings began this
soon woe off. and when he had won the
first set there was rever any doubt
about the result.
"Covey appeared less nervous than
Gould, but he evidently realized that he
had met his master after the first six
games had been played, and in trying to
play better than he knew how he made
s.me lameutably bad strokes from returns
that he should have never missed.
The victory Of the American was so
Overwhelming that there can really lie no
GcLbt about the ultimate result, and it
would no: be at all surprising if the
match Is finished off on Wednesday.
Should Gould win the match he will
have performed what no other amateur
ha, ever dcne. In the first place, an anna
teur has FEVER before played a profess
SIGNAL for the title. because an amateur
las never been considered good enough to
meet a professional on even terms. In
the second, he Will ring a title TO this
country that has never been held by an
ether player. Mr.. CCulds father wit
messed the match. and the result must
have been very gratifying to him
Among those present, in addition TO Mr.
Gould, were the Duke Of Manchester, the
Hon Neville s. Lytton. Mrs. Lytton. who
occupied a seat in the grille; George 5.
Fearing referee; Kingdom Gould, T. Suf-
fern Taller. 4. l.. Agassiz. Larry II.
Waterbury. Pavne Whitney. W. A. Bur
cen Foxhau p. keene. VI. S. Barger
Charles +. Sands. Roy Rainey. K. NJ
byers, Pierre Ilorlnard. jr., j. f. Cowdin'
George j. Gould, r. D. Wrenn, J. Cor
con Douglass, ". Cabot II. II. Hume
well, Harold Blanchard. r. T. Stotesbury,
Edgar Scott. \. +. Newbold, Wilson Pot
Ter George n. Brooke. William Folweli,
x X. Cassatt. James Potter. John Is.
Nohr, George McFadSen W. II. T. HUM
and A. j. ID. Paul.
After the match Coyey declared thai
Gould was the finest player he had ever
met Convey appeared 20 take II a. a
ioiegone conclusion that the match was
over and that he was the loser.
Gould won q games TO his opponent g.
and scored a total Of ~ points TO Convey
The summary follows
FIRST SET.
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