The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-22
GRANT AND SHAFER
RETAIN THEIR TITLE
Indoor Tennis Champions in
Doubles Beat Touchard and
Cragin in Hard Final.
FIVE SETS ARE NECESSARY
Challengers Play Gamely, but
Fall by Scores Of 3-6. Go.
60, 6-8, 81.
FIVE SETS ARE NECESSARY
Second Section

,ss,e-day afternoon by defeating W. b.
c,,rn Jr.. and Gustave r. Touchard In
the anal round OF the tourney on the drill
door Of the Seventh Regiment Armory De-
fore A crowd OF enthusiasts. The match
xss repiete with long sustained rail-
les and brilliant plays from start to FIN
,sb and vas won by three sets to two.
Nth scores at 3--6, Ga, Ga. 6-s, 6-l.
The Winners had a total Of twenty seven
rare. TO their credit. while the losers took
nineteen.
Tha; victory perched upon the banner
4, ,hs ,lt,e holders was due for the most
mart TO the untirinE efforts OF Shafer. AL
though his strokes often sparkled II was
no, his brilllancy that counted the most
IN, his wonderful steadiness and super.
abundance Of ginger. Doing three-Quar.
ters Of the work for his team. he played
lar better tennis than any OF the three
other contestants. Grant was strong ana
nj, smashing kills were In many respects
the feature OF the match. but even these
.ere due Indirectly to Shafer. for II was
the lsttet's steadiness that paved the
way for them.
started and for this reason lost the open
lns sci, They took the initial game after
i, had gone TO deuce. dropped the next two
and then evened up matters. BY bsgging
the fourth This practic ally finished them
for the aYst set. for they were unable TO
re, point on the hfth game. and followed
this by losing the next two. both OF wnich
vent TO deuce. With the score 5-2 against
them the title holders made one more
stand and won the next game. They took
the lead in the ninth too. but Touchard
and Crasin brought the. game to deuce
and later won II, taking the set at ~
The points were 3&-26. Better PLACING
vas a great help to CraEin and Touchard
toward winning this set. for although they
made more errors than the champions
they scored ~ placement aces to their
rivals 4.
In the second set Grant and shafer
after taking the first game at love fell
down and lost the second the same way
The teams broke even on the next Two.
but the title holders struck their stride az
this point and carried on four In row
on a grand stand finish. This quartet a
games was a sort OF progressive Anair
For the champions. They took the nist
after Il had gone to deuce twice, the next
:wo at Al each and finished up with a
love gamA, making the games S-2 and
N. pointa 27--l6. Placement shots were
a material benefit TO the winners IN this
o., too.-tor they made 10 to the losers g.
This time the beaten pair made more
errors
once tney noO 9Ottcu uuuei Wy NV
Grant Shafer combination resembled the
Iroverbiaa Irresistible force. for they kept
right on going and won the nrst three
Games OF the third set without much
trouble They made considerable STAB
ct the fourth too but Cragin and Touch
ard settled down and brought the game
to deuce three times and then oageed
it. one out OF the ncxt four was the
bes, that Cragin and Touehard could do.
and this set also ended with the games
at So. The points were $50. The
champions again &c pred far more often
on placement shots and made fewer errors
than their opponents.
With the sets FL against them
Touchard and Crae.n seemed to come TO
the realization that II they wanted to
make any sort Of bid for the title they
had TO show n better brand OF tennis than
they had been showing. They aroee TO
the situation and by steady. careful play
carried OF three Of the hrst four games
IN the fourth set. The battle started in
real earnest then, for neither pair was
willing to bulge an inch. The champions
wanted to WIN the set to hold their title
safe and the other pair were anxious to
take IL 70 that they would have one more
chance. On the next two games there
was an even break and the score stood
- in favor Of Crasin and Touchard.
Grant and Shafer started to work like the
nered the next three, which put them In
the lead at 5---a.
Wedding only one game TO keep their
aureIs the champions lacked the punch
Necessary to put II across and the set
went 10 deuce at all. The rant-Shafer
hard fight and were out In front once
more Touchard and Cragin then started
rally, "taich subsequent events proved
TO Pee their dying gasp and won the set
~ IS by making OF with . cluster Of 8.
Tie points score was SO to IS. The cham
plons again placed better. but they were
more prone to hit either to the net or out
Of bounds
The NTH and hast set was easy for the
champions They won II at 81 by
taking the first three. dropping the mex.
ana finishing up with three more In row.
tn" points were 2s-17. The anal Of the
'hdln7 onshlp singles will tie played to-
.nsles viii be contested at 80 +. M.
Tine summaries:
Nm championshiP DogbissIvinsi round
G cfar,n. Jr .nd ol''s Ts. .oIo "ss ssore
C,rasio and Touchard ..!s?.!giEs-s.
nrnhi ana shafer. ..".s S-S-ze
analysis.
nrsr,r and ToucAard. Is -
hfant and shsfer. n
T., SECOND SET.
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ANALYSIS.
Grant and shsfer. 10
'i"Fn and TOuchard., 10
THIRD SET.
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ANALvsia
n N, % N
G'u' ana shafer. ,..s 10 II
't"s'u and Touchard.
FOURTH SET
GRAM and shafer:
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ANALYSIS.
sf,.. ' "a. s 4ss:s.,s: Il 4 Il I :;
FIFTH SET.
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REcAPiTULATIoN
~ q: ' a + FL r.; u 2 Fl s.,
.cIs0u and Touehsrd,
100 10 81 ~
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