New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-21
LAWN TENNIS AT
SLEEPY HOLLOW
NOT SLEEPY KIND
Alexander. WaShburn and
Inman Win Matches
in Dashing Style.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Frederick b. Alexander. Watson ".
Washburn and Frederick C. lnman were
the outstanding attractions yesterday
in the Sleepy Hollow Country Clubs
invitation lawn tennis tournament.
These three men, together with Gus
tave F. Touchard and Dean Mathey,
advanced 10 the round before tho semi
finals in the singles. ana the original
field of thirty-two ranking players has
been reduced TO nine.
Four pairs fought their way into the
.emi-fnals of the doubles namely,
Robert lie Roy and Dean Mathey, W.
Merrill Hall and King Smith, H. IL:
Hackett and +. b. Alexander, and
Touchard and Washburn. They VIII
meet for places in the final round IN
the order named.
Alexander administered crushing
defeat TO Walter ;. Andrews, the Eng
iishman, AT 81, 81. Andrews was
utterly out of form yesterday, and at
no time did he do himself justice,
while Alexander was the brilliant. re-
sourceful player of old, outmaneuvring
his opponent at will and raking the OBJ
posing court with his sharp cross
court volleys.
Andrews seemed timid ABOUT going
70 the net, and well he might be- for
upon the few occasions when he did
essay the net game Alexander passed
him with cOnsummate skill.
Inman engaged in a desperate three
set match with Cedric Major, and won
- Ittf ~ l.
after he had played himself out so com
plctelv that he soon wilted in his dou-
bles match against W. Merrill Hall and
King Smith.
Inman has not vet worked himself
into the proper playing condition, but
against Major he executed many spec
tacular strokes, his sharp, decisive
smashing from midcourt and his deadly
placing overcoming his opponents care
ful defence.
Washburn, taking things very coolly,
defeated Alrick II. Man, jr, with ease
by a score OF /. |. The former
Harvard man was unfaiing IN the ac-
Curacy with which he passed Man down
the side lines and by volleylng sharply
across the midcOurt. Mans eye Tor
distance vas poor. and many or his
returns just caught the top Of the net.
Touchard found his work cut out for
him in defeating Hugh Tsllant, the
Harvard veteran. a. 10 <, 10. Tai
liant was in particularly good form, and
got his racquet on 20 almost every ball
Touchard sent over. The indoor cham
pion, however. was always able to pull
out the points by magical placement
shots when necessity stared him in the
face. and seems 10 be gradually work
ing himself into form.
Dean Mathey enjoyed a red-hot ses-
sion with Harold Throckmorton. the
schoolboy star. dropping the first set
10 his opponent, but finally winning by
score Of 6. g, s /. Throck
morton worked his terrific service with
deadly results in the opening set. but
Mathey gradually speeded up his game,
outsteadying the Railway boy IN the
later stages Of the match.
f. NJ. b. Fisher, Of Wellington. New
Zealand. who wrote up the Davis Cup
matches In this country several years
ago and was n personal friend of the
late Anthony +. Wilding. his great
countryman. oficiated ms umpire in the
lnman Major match. He was greatly
impressed by some Of the younger play
ers on the courts yesterday.
The summaries follow:
SLEEPY Hollow Country cubs singles leer-
onf undI-liuSfare +. IOuruard defeated