New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-09
Sands and Russell Defeat
Lorillard and HUM
After Struggle.
PLAYERS CLASH IN
FINAL ROUND TO-DAY
Winner Will Meet Jay Gould in
Challenge Match on
Saturday.

TWO hard iolgnt matches, pOln OF
which we're carried to the fve-set limit,
kent the spectators interested from start
to finish throughout the semi-fnals OF the
national court tennis championship tour
nament al the Racquet and Tennis Club,
on West 4Sd street, yesterday.
The winners were Charles Z. Sands, OF
the local club. and Charles T. Russell. of
Boston. They will meet in the final round
this afternoon, TO see who will have the
distinction Of meeting Jay Gould in the
challenge round on Saturday.
Sands started the fun by taking on
Pierre Lorillard, jrA OF Tuxedo and few
expected 10 see the veteran meet with
such stubborn resistance. for In a
friendly tilt a few days before he had
had no difficulty in disposing OF the Tux
edo player.
From the outset OF yesterdays contest
Lorillard developed a superior brand OF
tennis than he had previously shown, his
speed when playing on the hazard side
being particularly in evidence. Time and
again he would slam the ball at the de-
dams with such force that Sands found
II impossible to make the return.
on the other hand, the veteran New
Yorker. who held the national title back
in 1906, proved as resourceful as ever, and
il was his steadiness as much as any
thing else that finally gained the day.
Shots 10 the net at critical times mill
,ated against Lorillard's chances.
The Tuxedo man also had his share Of
GOOD luck. case in point being freak
ish bound his ball took into the grill win
dow. II was the decisive ace OF the hrst
set which Lorillard won, 6 games TO ..
Sands showed what he was capable OF
by winning the second set at love. From
start TO finish he had no difficulty In
handling his opponents speedy shots
After the games had gone TO 5-all OF the
third set Sands became tribe unsteady
netting the ball three times mistakes That
enabled his opponent to gather in the
necessary aces. From there on, however,
Sandss tennis would not be denied, his
strokes TO the tambour and the corners
always keeping Lorillard reaching at all
sorts OF angles.
The afternoon match brought Russell
and w II. T. HUM. Of Philadelphia, to-
sether. They had proved evenly matched
on d previous meeting in Boston and yes
tcrdays contest was one of the most
protractod seen at the local club in many
% day. II lasted two hours and fifteen
minutes. and at the end the rivals were
wollnigh exhausted.
HUM had the most speed. which he
allied into play when striving to reach
Inc dedans, but in defence of that open
ng Russell fought cOurageously yoiey-
.ng most Of the Philadelphia speediest
strokes Russell won the first set at 6-3,
out Huhn's ability in playing for chases
turned the tide III the next set, which
went TO the Philadelphia at a.
Russell won the third set after his OPP
ponent had the game to 3 against him
The ninth game ended in the Bostonian s
favor when he found the grill opening
and a beautiful shot TO the tambour oy
Russell terminated the next game. The
eleventh was hard fought, but In the enc
an out Of court" followed by a shot t'
the net, proved disastrous to HUM.
The Philadelphia made 1t two sets a.
when he won the next. allowing the othe
four games. The finish Of this set wa
similar TO the previous one, with the Ia
bles turned, HUM running out the las
three games. So hard did the rival
struggle for supremacy in the fifth an
deciding set that twelve games we're nee
.ssary. At one stage Russell got craml
N mis- thumb and had 10 call time for
few minutes while he had his forearm
,nassaged. In the last two games n
proved as steady as rock. while HUM
oyeranxiety resulted in his netting sew
oral shots.
The summary follows:
National amateur court tennis champion
,hlo (senl-nnal round Charles Z. SANDS
E-s 20 &c g q Rcferee-Jac
White Marker-HarTy Harris
charles r. Russell. Boston. beat ". II. !
Uuhn. Philadelphia Is, 4--6. So. 1t
7-5 Referce-M &. Patton. Marker-JacI
White.