The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
WARD SURPRISES ALL
BY DOWNING SHAFER
Seventh Regiment Player Lacks
Form Shown Earlier
in Tournament.
HIS WORST WORK IN CRISES
Several Times Within Point Of
Taking Last Set, but Cant
Develop Final Punch.

Much to the surprise OF everybody in
terested in the NTH annual open lawn ten
mis- tournament Of the Marine and Field
Club. which has been in progress for the
past week at the club courts in Bath
Beach, q. Carlton shafer, the Seventh
Regiment racket wiolder, was defeated in
the final round yesterday In straight sets
by Vanderbilt Is. Ward Of the Apawamis
Club. There were some few who look ID
forward to victory for Ward but even
these expected that the milt!aman would
take set at least. The set scores OF the
match were e.. e., Sc.
The guardsman had played brilliant
tennis during the preliminary rounds and
had disposed Of men who were thought
to be dangerous contenders for leg on
the cup For this reason IL WIS thong
generally that he would prove superior to
Ward. who, although he reached the final
round. did not play az good tennis as
Shafer had. The loser however, did not
do anything like the work that he had
done earlier in the tourney and was es'
pecially weak on his backhand. This
weakness figured more than anything else
In his defeat.
The one consolation that shafer had out
OF the match outside OF the fact that ne
gained the runner up prize was in bring
ing the last set to deuce twice before he
dropped II. incidentally In this set the
loser scored one more ace than ;ae winner,
for the point totals showed As for Shater
and ~ for Ward.
Ward did not play particularly strong
game. but he was very steady and found
Shafer at his worst. In the opening set,
and for that matter in the other two,
Ward gained an early lead, and although
he lapsed from good form occasionally.
finished strong In every set.
The winner played better in the opening
games OF the match than he did at any
other time. and had the advantage at three
games to one. Shafer then pulled to-
gether for a time and evened up the score
but lost the next two. He won the ninth
game on his own service, but the best he
could do In the tenth was to pull the score
to deuce after II had been Abb against
him. Ward then put on a little more
steam and Tailed the necessary two points
for the set on pretty cross court drives.
Again In the second set Ward proved
himself the better starter and once more
leaped TO the front by a al margin
Shafer again made n rally, and this time
did q little better than In the preceding
set by winning three games which put him
into tho lead for the first time in the
seem to agree with him, however. for he
had an attack Of wretched playing. and
Ward took three games In a row and with
them the second set.
The Apawamis man for the third and
last time in the match moved into a q,
lead In the r1rst set, and once more tbs
guardsman started upon his periodical
squirt This time his effort brought hin
to the front at S.. and II looked as II h,
would win the set surely, for on the tentf
game he had the score at 800 He coult
not get the two points which he need d
however. and the set reached deuce
Shafer needed only one ace for the elev
enth game too, but he lost that one also
Had he won 1t, as events turned out. HI
would haye taken the set, for he captured
the twelfth game, bringing the set to d euc'
once more, The m!lltiaman fought hart
for the next two games, and chased boil
Of them into extra points, but in each cas-
lacked the final punch. Wards victor!
gives him leg on the challenge cup
The summaries:
Mems singlss-Flnal round--Vanderbilt II
Ward def. ed G. Carlton Shafer, c., e.
SIS.
FIRST SET