New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-24
Title Holder Carried TO
Five Games Before Beat.
ing q. M. Heckscher.
BIG CROWD ENJOYS
TWO-HOUR STRUGGLE
Stanley 6. Mortimer Defeats
Grenville Clark in Second
Match on the Card.

HNoily Two
hours to decide, Lawrence Waterbury
the title holder, barely escaped d,fs.,
at the hands OF G. w. Hecksche, in a..
second round Of the national yaeon.,.
championship tournament in the copr,
OF the Racquet and Tennis Club v..-
terday. An idea Of the closene,. .,
This match may be had when It is said
that two Of the five were set game,
me score reading $40, 12-l5. 8-l5.
18-l4. 1916.
In the other second round con,.,.
STANLEY u. Mortimer. Of Tuxedo. do.
teated Grenville Clark. Of the homs
club, in straight games at i5-7, is
l5-3. =
Every one appreciated the resource.
fulness Of Waterbury, and a majority
Of the clubmen present expected 10 50.
him win, but none moderated Heck-
scher. The last named is an athlete
who is always in condition and never
carries an ounce of extra flesh. He
gave a good account Of himself,
There is probably no racquet PLAYER
who varies his service quite so much
as Waterbury. At times he drove the
ball 10 the forewsll like a shot, but
more frequently he preferred medium
speed, although rarely neglecting 70
impsrt world Of "cut" 70 the stroke.
The champions service was not esee-
tive in the first game. In fact, Larry
failed 70 get warmed up, so to speak,
whereas his opponent, playing with
confidence, made few mistakes. His
gets were brilliant, and frequently his
low shots that barely missed the tell.
tale proved too much for the veteran.
After losing the first game Water
I bury appeared in something like his
true form in the next, but even then
the outcome remained in doubt for
long time. So close was the struggle
that on three different occasions the
score in this game was tied, but the
champion finally won in the fourteenth
hand.
/ Playing too close to the top OF IN.
telltale was responsible for Waterbury
losing the third game, and when his
opponent ran out the necessary Is
points, while Waterbury had only
gathered s, there were not a few who
expected TO see the international polo
player defeated.
The short rest before starting the
fourth game was appreciated by Wat
erbury, for the play was fast and furi-
Gus. When the count stood l3-sll in
the fourteenth hand set, FIVE was
called, but the champion scored the
necessary aces in his half of this hand
in a way TO set the crowd clspping
The final game was bitter struggle.
Fighting hard and stubbornly for every
point, the contestants went through
hand after hand without either sue
ceeding in gaining a material sdvsn-
tage. In the nineteenth inning Water.
bury scored two aces on service and
tied the score at l3-all.
An accident happened in the twenty
/ first hand that came near putting an
end TO the match then and there. In
making a return Waterbury hit a ball
/ that struck his opponent q glsnelng
/ blow on the back of the head. Heck.
scher reeled for an instant and then
leaned against the side wall. Blood
streamed from the cut, but after his
! head had been bandsged he resumed
play as if nothing had happened;
| Waterbury finally won the game and
match in the twenty fifth hand.
/ The dashing game put up BY Nor
! timer WAS lOO UluCu lOI Wal NJ G%NNF
/ tional speed in service and ri6elike
shots straight for the forewsll were
/ the strong points of Mortimer's game.
! There was less Of the round-the-cour
play with him, and the opinion at me
| finish was that he stands good chance
/ to win the title.
The matches to-day will bring TO,
gether C. c. Pell, OF Tuxedo, ana
/ George A. Thorne, of Chicago, in one
! bracket, and William Post, also OF
! Tuxedo, and ]. C. Waterbury, OF the
/ home club, in the other.
The summary in detail Of the Water
! bury-Heckscher match follows:
FIRST MATCH-FIRsT GAME
TeskschsL-I 2 3 / SSS & Z Ia
Aces by opponents mlsses-Hecssch.r. 10,
! placing S: BY service. g. Aces By opponents nieo
Waterbury. 3. By placing 5: By service
SECOND CANE.
Heckscher-o. 0. ?. l, l. 0. 3. /. g. ~
wsterbury-3 !. o. 8. o. o. o. = l. a. ~
! lis.
/ Ace, by opponents misses--wsprbury, );
! placing 8: by service g. Aces by opponent. nlfss
/ --Heckschsr. /: by placing s. By service. y
THIRD GAME
Waterbury. 3. |. Q. .. !, Q. !. esS -,
Z Heckscher-0 o, J. ., o. s, ', o. o. " . - -
/ Aces by opponents misses-watsrburJ, y
! placing I. by service. l. Aces By oppoha.'
} nis,es@Heckscher 9: by placing. 3: b. service
FOURTH GAME.
/ Heckscher-o. 0. 0. 1. o. o. o. l. y
! o. q. ia. -.
J wateTbury-0, 0. l. J. !. T. J. o. l. l. "
! O. l. 5-ls.
Ace, by opponents misses Hecksch,r. ~
! placina 4: by service. & Aces By opponents ms"
/ Waterbury. = by placing. 8: BY service D.
FIFTH GAME
B Waterbury-s. 0. 0. D. o. O. 0. ]. ..
! Heckscher-a. .. 0. o. 4. o. l. .. o. 9
l. l. 0. /. o. l. 0. o. l. !. !. o. r-le
A,e, By opponents mlsSes-wsterbuv.
/ placing p by service. Is. Aces By oppen.'
! misses-Hecbscher. 5: by placing 3: By serrcs. y
J Referee-M. =. Patton; marker. I'd kosens
National racquet championship second foeno N
Lawrence Waterbury, New York. beat 1eo,s "a
3 Heckscher Tuxedo lo-l5. l5-l2. SIS. ""
lS-i6. 80, 60.
/ STANLEY @ Mortimer. jr. bea, Grenuils cSh
New York l5-7. III. i3-3.
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