New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-10
Plays Brilliant Lawn Ten
mis- in Holding Touchard
to Two Games.
MURRAY AGAIN A
MARVEL FOR SPEED
SmOthers Hall After Losing the
First Set-Behr Beats
Herbert Hahn.
b. FRED HAWTHORNE.


the Country Club Of Wcstchester, in
the opening round Of the invitation
singles lawn tennis tournament. WILL
Jams. the second ranking player IN
the United States, who was in poor
form on Wednesday. regalned his
playing strength overnight and car
ried Gustave +. Touchard. the national
indoor champion, along at so swift
pace in the second round that the
latter was hard pressed TO take two
games in the second set. Williams
won az 0. 8 2.
Murray. the Leland Stanford Uni
versi;v student. after starting errot-
ically in his match with Walter Mer-
rill Hall, a former Middle States cham
piOn, came into his own in the last
two sets. m which he allowed Hail
only single game. The score wss
IS. & 0. J.
William NJ. johnston. the young Cal
ifOrnian. who broke into the Eastern
lawn tennis world year ago with re-
markable success. matched his youth
and speed against William A. LarneL.
the seven-times national title holder,
and overcame his veteran opponent
after bitter three-set match at
b-3, IS. 6-3.
Karl Behr the Middle States cham
pon. used all his bewildering assert
ment of strokes and covered his court
with wonderful effectiveness in de-
fcating Herbert Hahn. Murray's play
ing partner. Although Hahn made a
desperate stand in the second set, Behr
was not to be denied and won, at 6,
3
Others on whom the light of victory
shone brightly were Harold II. Hackett
captain of last years Davis cup team;
George VI. Church. the new Delaware
state champion; Wallace F. Johnson.
of Pennsylvania. a member Of last
years international team, and G.. r.
Gardner. jr All these men won their
matches against worthy opponents.
Touchard Meets Master.
Just what inspiration Williams re-
) ccived between Wednesday night and
Yesterday afternoon is mystery, but
he played against Touchard as though
inspired. When a man can score a
love set against Touchard he is playing
lawn tennis Of high calibre. and the
Harvard man. after accomplishing that
feat IN the first set. kept right on in
his sweeping road TO victory and won
the last set al ,. with Touchard
fighting with his back against the wall
Williams uncovered a widerinG Sc
rics of shots in this match, and his
eye for angles was working without a
! flaw. Few men are faster in getting
about court than Touchard, yet ne
appeared slow by comparison. as he
made vain efforts TO pick up the con-
tinuous rain OF placement shots Will
. Jams aimed al him.
The game Of the Harvard man was
tricky. too. and countless times he lured
Touchsrd out of position. only TO shoot
the ball past him as the latter raced
for the net. No matter how hard
Williams stroked the ball and he had
an abundance Of speed yesterday he
seemed TO exercise perfect control. the
bail falling sharply within the court
limits just when II seemed bound to
go out.
Against such playing Touchard was
helpless Try as he would he could not
cut off those spearlike drives. Did he
attempt TO gain a position close to the
net. Williams caught him out of posi-
ton By cutting the ball so sharply
across the court that il sped by almost
parallel TO the net.
Touchard made his last stand at the
beginning OF the second set. and by
tircless work in covering the court,
ccuDled with several brilliant drives TO
tho far corner of the back court, man
aged TO take two games. Then Will
iams began again his irresistible
march 20 victory, smothering the best
that Touchard sent over the net and
scoring marvellous shots for place
mont.
WAS Williams playing strong
game" somebody asked Touchard al
ter the match. as the latter stood wip-
ing his dripping face with a towel.
"Oh, Lord, yes" gasped Touchsrd.
The dash and snap that are distin-
gushing features OF Lindlcy Murray's
game were lacking in the first set OF
his match against Hall. Somehow the
Pacific Coast youth could not get into
lis stride. and the games went steadily
against him.
But Hall, whose nerves have been
tempered ia the course of many hard
/ fought match, did not allow Murrays
reputation to disturb him. The vet
Gran began with a rush. leaplng into
mid-court at bound and cutting of
lis opponents deep drives with case
and dispatch.
Murray put all the strength of his
Ethe young body into these drives, but
Hall never wavered, and faced the
bombardmcnt with the utmost cool
rcss. chopping back the ball so sharp
Is that Murray was often caught in
the back OF his court.
Murray Wakes Up.
When the men changed courts, after
Hall had taken the first set AT 6-3,
Murray looked serious. Hall had
fairly outplayed him. had met speed
with speed. skill with skill. and had
emerged victorious in that first set.
The smile had gone from Murray's
face and his teeth were half barred in
snarl Of determination as the second
set began. II WAS transformed Muir
showed that mstchless speed in going
after the ball that is such an attractiYe
feature Of his game.
Like Mclaughlin, Murray goes ITO
the ball: he does not wait for IT to
come TO him. Diving forward with an
impotuous ruth. his racquet meets the
bali ms il begins to rise from the
ground and he strikes nard and
sharply.
Hall did not let up in his startling
play at the net. lie was Just as quick.
lust AS rcscurccful in searching for
opcnings. as before; but Murray played
with unrivallcd speed and parted with
his opponent nj the net so swiftly as
TO bcwildcr his him.
The Californian refused TO play any
thing but lawn tennis OF the most rapid
kind. II did not matter 10 him II the
point was a critical one; he stroked TIE
ball ms hard as though he WAS at prac-
tee and he went after every point with
boundlcss energy.