New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-28
WATERBURYLOSES
RACQUETS TITLE
TO c. c. PELL
Tuxedo Player EXcels in
All Departments OF
Game.
ELUSIVE SERVICE
OF LARRY FUTILE
Veteran Plays Like Champion
in Second Match. but Then
FalterS Badly.

After holding the title for two years,
Lawrence Waterbury met defeat yes
terdsy I'm the deciding round Of the
national racquets championship tourns-
ment at the hands OF Clarence c. Pell,
OF Tuxedo, on the court Of the Racquet
and Tennis Club, in West Forty-third
Street
This was the twenty-sixth annual
tourney, and il was marked by PelIs
first success A short time ago, how
ever. Pell, with Stanley c. Mortimer
for a partner. won the national doubles
title az Philadelphia. On that occasion
'heS wrestcd the crown from Dwight
Davis and J. ". Wear, OF St Louis.
The fy in the ointment, so far as
-esterday's match was concerned, was
the indisposition OF Waterbury. After
he defeated his brother, J. c. Water
bury. in the semi-fnal tilt on Thursday,
Larry caught a severe cold, and he was
in the next day. He played IN the
final match against the advice OF his
physician.
Even so, waterbury's misfortune IN
no vav detracts from the credit due
PeU. The last named, In wellnigh per
feet condition, as he always IS, entered
the court practically an equal favorite
with the more season1l sportsman. FeII
had defeated Waterbury on a previous
occasion for the championship OF the
Racquet and Tennis Club.
As the match was played Pell dis
played superiority in all departments
OF the game. Only at rare intervals
did Waterbury's elusive service come
10 his aid His judgment and aeeu,
racy were not up TO his standard ana
frequently he would make no effort 10
reach the ball when his opponent del'-
ly placed il slightly out Of reacn.
The first game represented the hard
est struggle OF the match. From the
moment Pell opened the contest, after
winning the toss, he displayed great
speed. The local man seemed equal 10
the demand. however. and at one stage
q the protracted struggle II looked as
II Waterbury would win. when ne
had the count al 10 the home player
found il impossible TO make further
progress against Pells service and
rapid fire placing, and the Tuxedo man
gathered the necessary i've aces lh
two consecutive hands.
Waterbury PLAYED like q champion m
the second game. and the way the vet
eran won that tilt after his rival mad
gained a g lead reused the enthusi-
asm Of the spectators. In his half Of
the sixth hand Larry tied the score.
Pell got point in the next inning
whereuJon the New Yorker went into
the service box and proceeded TO run
out the game. Nearly half Of the aces
scored at that time were on service.
waterbury will win now" re
marked a member, but few moments
later he changed his mind. To start
the third game Waterbury lost his
hand on a low shot that hit the tell
tale, and then Pell began the longest
run of the match. A pulling service
made il next 20 impossible for Water
bury 20 do more than get the ball
back, and then Pell would promptly
gain the point with a deft place. In
This way he ran his total up TO y
finally losing his hand IN going after
a low ball along the side wall That
practically "sewed up the game fol-
Pell.
Waterbury lost his next hand on &
miss, whereas the other served nm
self out. The only point scored by
the New Yorker was an ace by ser
vice in the third hand. An Impossible
get then retired Waterbury, and hl'
opponent q moment later counted I'M
necessary three aces. The snap hat
gone OF the local mans strokes by TIN
time. and that fact made the other
speed i'm the fourth and decisive gam
appear all the greater by comparison
Considering his weakened condition
Waterbury did well to hang on 10
| twelve hands.
So much interest attached to IN
match that the clubmen turned out d
force, filling both galleries. anon
those on hand were Payne NhltneE
William Fellowes Morgan, X. Ii. VIII
Jams. jr., W. H. Sands, Charles +
Sands, f. c. Havemeyer, Roy kalney
William Rauch, J. NJ. Waterbury,. ,Jr
s Burden. W. =. Burden, Arthu
ise,in oliver Iselin. Everett Colby, {
NJ Heckscher, W w. Hoffman, ). NJ
Gerard. A. /. Norris, George 3. Post
George b. Post, jr., L. {. Clark an
Captain John McClintock.
The summary follows:
FIRST GAME.
Nt,.rbur, 62lOgOlO9 oooO2oo2 81 OIL
Aus, By opponents misses, Pei p gileiiygs s.,
service :, . ,,. Az, ~ E D.' ..lrSc. '''
SECOND GAME
E ,al ,,,.,,,,,......................? 5sf5 al
Ace, by opponents misses rsll. 2. ~ piseiigaI
:, ,! .'rIi'' 5, p. As' 6 SS' .sr1o.' ''
THIRD GAME.
Waterbury .............. .................''l2 . u
pIs,@L PEN I. y ' riscins 7. 6y service J.
FOURTH GAME
E,.g,.,sa.,-,, sur. g 2Ii55j i
~ ,.Sy,osi Aces 6y opponents misses-Ws'si