Evening star., 1915-02-19
TOUCHARD W|NS0UT
OVER PEL[ At TENNIS.
Title Holder Scores Easy Victory in
Fast Championship
Match.

NEW YORK. February 1S.-PlayinS
at the top of his form. Gustave r.
Touchard. the title holder, yesterday
defeated Theodore r. Pell in the upper
brackets of the mems national indoor
lawn tennis championship at the 1th
Regiment armory. The defeat OF Peil
was somewhat of a surprise, as the
West Side crack had shown oetter
form in the early rounds of the tour
nament than his opponent. but that
the victory would be accomplished IN
straight sets was entirely unexpected
and so impressive was Touchard s
racquet work that it is generally eA-
pected he will capture the title TINS
afternoon for the third consecutive
time. which will give him absolute pos
session of the challenge trophy
That Touchard was out to win was
evident from the start OF tne matcnt
He played with plenty Of dash and put
n deal of sting into his shots. lie va
ried his style of play to suit all occa-
sions, and completely outplayed his op-
ponent, who had been seriously .;t1a coh-
Touchard played with judgment. he
got a good length on his strokes ana
placed his shots in all parts of the
court. Pell was kept busy chasing the
felt-covered sphere throughout the two
sets. Touchard frequently ran up to
the net. and was deadly with his
smashing.
Springs a Surprise.
In the second half of the semi-final
round Arthur NJ Lovibond, the 7th
Regiment runner-up. sprung a surprise
on Bernon S. Prentice, and after a
grueling competition qualified for the
championship round. Lovibond played
kept we'll back in the court and drove
the balls over the net with such accu-
racy that Prentice did not attempt to
go after many of them. There was no
attempt at brilliancy by either player,
but an effort to wear down the oppos-
ing player. Lovibond won the first set
after the score had been carried to
A, from which point he broke through
his opponents service and won his own.
Prentice turned tables In the second set
and equalized after a smart rally at
ct. The effort appeared to tire Prem
tice, who fell off in his play In the third
set and scored but two points.
While the favorites won in the
doubles semi-finals. Karl H. Behr and
Theodore r. Peil were compelled TO
| work hard to win from Julius NJ. Stein
acher and Lincoln Reimer. After los
ing the first set, the latter pair played
thing in sight and smashing the ball
with unusual force. These tactics were
successful and broke up the combina-
tion play of Pell and Behr. The ag-
gressve attack swept Pell and Behr
Oft their feet, and the score was car
ried to 6-3 in favor of Steinacher and
Reimer before their opponents were
able to rally. Glass told in the third
set. and Pell and Behr had matters all
their own way from the start. While
several of the games went to deuce,
Steinacher and his partner weakened
at the real test and Pell and Behr
blanked the opposing pair.
After his victory over Pell in the
singles, Touchard joined issue with
Watson NJ. Washburn. the college play
er. and qualified for the final round by
| a straight-set victory over L. V. Rob-
inson and H. w. Robinson. The latter
combination was unable to put up any
kind Of defense to the powerful at
tack of Touchard and Washburn and
were easy victims to their more expert
enced opponents.