New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-18
'BEHR CONQUERED
BY SHAFER'S SPEED
InternatiOnaliSt Finds His
Task Too Hard in
Feature Match.
INDOOR LAWN TENNIS
TOURNEY NEARS END
Three Singles Players Reach the
Semi-Finals in Seventh Regi-
ment Armory.

The wedding out process in the national
indoor championship lawn tennis tourney
at the eth Regiment Armory continued
yesterday. three men Benjamin NJ. Phil
lips. Dr. William Rosenbaum and Arthur
VI. misunderstanding the semi-fnal
bracket in the singles. The place in the
fourth bracket will be occupied by the
winner OF the Touchard-Shafer match.
scheduled 10 be played tomorrow with
the other semi-Gnas.
Only one team. Alexander and Pell,
has arrived at the seminal round in the
doubles. and an effort will be made to-
day to rush the doubles matches off so as
to III the other semi-fnal brackets before
sunset.
The doubles matches decided yesterda.
provided no roversals Of form. Behr and
Prentice taking Parker and MiXsell into
camp handily. and Grant and Shsfer. last
years winners of the championship. dis
posing of Steinkamp and Hartman in a
runaway match.
In the fourth round Of the singles G..
Carleton Shafer. runner-up last year,
showed fash of championship lawn ten
mis- in defeating Karl Behr. the interna-
tional PLAYER, by the score of e. 6-3,
6-3.
Behr was going al top speed in the first.
set. his service breaking sharply and Civ
ing Shafer much trouble Overhead too.
Behr was deadly. shooting the ball
through Skaters court for kills time and
again. The inalist in 1919 could not get
his strokes going properly in this set. and
was fortunate 10 pull two games out OF
the eight.
The second set told different story.
Behrs smashes into deep court began TO
go awry, and time after time struck be-
yond the base line or in the side alleys.
About this time. too. the internationalist
began 70 find fault with the light and
had difficulty in eauging the distances cor
rectly.
Shafer. improving all the time. put lots
of spin into his strokes and drew his OBJ
ponent ont Of position frequently The
second set went to him by the score OF
6-3. and then Behr seemed to wilt, his
strokes losing the power they showed in
the earlier part Of the struggle.
In the final set Of the match Shafer
began TO get up TO the net more frequent
ly, where he bewildered his opponent by
brilliant cross-fre Of shots. varying his
pace in a way that had Behr footing
miles After pulling the match from 81
against him up to 5--3 by a dazzling rally
Behr succumbed, and Shafer ran out the
set and match
In breaking into the semi-fnal bracket
Benjamin VI. Phillips provided a surprise
fnv hn IN
Prentice defeat him. The old Harvard
champion could not get going. while
Phillips, playing at the top of his form.
romped through the match, to win by the
one-sided score Of So. 6-3.
Arthur s Cragin was never a match for
Arthur Lovbond. the latters game at the
net proving more deadly than Cragins
long drives from the back Of the court
The 18th Regiment champion made his
opponent race continuously from one side
Of the court TO the other, and Cragin de-
veloped a strained ankle in the latter part
Of the first set
The summary follows
National indoor championship singles Fourth
rOundD--(i Carleton Shafer defeated Kari Behr
&c. 6-3, 6-3.
Round before the -fnal-Bcnjamin NJ
Phillips defeated Bernon S Prentice, 90. 6-3
Dr. william Rosenbaum defeated James :.
Cushmsn. 81, g. Arthur NJ. LOvibond de
ieated Arthur :. Cragin, 6-l Sc.
National indoor championship doubles Second
round)-Karl Behr and Bernon G. Prentice de
feated Harry Parker and DR.. II. r Mixsell,
6-1. 6-3.
Third round-Vylie c. Grant and G. Carrie
ton shafer defeated Harry Stcinkamp and lingo
i. Hartman. 90, Go
Indoor championship, consolation singles
first round)-W. ID. Bourne defeated l.. V.
Robinson, &c, ca. 80: Or. J. W. Travel
defeated J. =. Patterson. by default; VI. Il.
Caldwell defeated r. II. Doeg. by default