New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-14
SIZZLING LAWN
TENNIS IN PLAY
ON TURF COURTS
Little and lie Roy Forced
to the Limit in Beating
Hackett and Hall.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

To the accompaniment OF resoundlng
thunder claps and vivid streaks or
lightning, two matches were played
Yesterday in the annual invitation
lawn tennis doubles on the turf courts
Of the Country Club Of Westchester.
r. r. Pell, who was TO have played
with BernOn s. Prentice against r. I.
Inman and F.. p. Larned, in the SENT
final round, was stormbound IN, MS
launch on the Sound and was unable 70
put in an appearance.
Raymond d. Little and Robert lie
Roy gained the final bracket in the
upper half of the draw by defeating
Harold H. Hackett and w. Merrill HAL,
Metropolitan champions, at lO-6, %,
and Inman and Larned went into the
semi-fnals in the lower half by van,
duishing Leonard Beekman and Harold
A. Throckmorton at ID, %. Ihey
will meet Pell and Prentice at 2:3p
o'clock this afternoon and the winners
will play Little and lie Roy for the
trophy at 4:30 o'clock.
Rarely has Larned shown more brill
iantly in doubles than he did yesterday
There was nothing which seemed 100
difficult for him to execute, and many
of the shots he brought off at the net
plause. Inman was only a shade BE-
hind his partner, and although Beck
man and Throckmorton played we'll the
Youngsters succumbed to a stronger
pair. -.
Larned was everywhere on the court,
searching for the openings, forcing the
opposing pair back to the base line and
then finishing his points with hard
overhead volleys that invariably found
n vulnerable spot He also possessed
the ability to anticipate the returns ot
Beekman and his partner, and the la'.
ter were rarely able to catch him out Of
Inman's sharp lefthanded volleys
across the court, combined with Lar
ned's really brilliant low volleying, and
the frictionless team work OF the Vet-
Grams. spelled certain defeat Tor
Throckmorton and Beekman, but the
Younger players were not by any means
disgraced by the result.
Had Hackett been a little more az
cressive, bit more severe IN ms
smashes, he and Hall might have pulled
out their match against Little and lie
Roy. All four men played unusualIy
well, but Hackett was the weakest OF
The four, and this was sufficient TO turn
the tide against his side.
Little justified the promise he gave
on Monday Of further brilliance on the
courts by his play yesterday. lie
'crosg.courted continually, and at such
sharp angles that Hall and his partner
were lunging wildly at balls that flew
almost parallel with the net. lie Roy
was lust as effective and whipped over
beautiful drives down the lines Tor
clean aces. Both were steady over.
head and soon convinced Hackett and
Hall that lobs had no standing IN the
match.
In the first set the struggle was an
even one, with the games alternating
up to sail before Little and lie Koy
came with an extra burst of speed and
hard hitting and carried of the first
set. Hacke,t won his service every
time up to the fifteenth game, and his
success in tins regard led spectator
on the clubhouse veranda TO remarH
TO the man who sat beside him:
81 have been watching Hackett in all
his important matches for the last ten
years and | have yet to see him lose
his service. It's the more remarkable
because, as you can see, he mas no
speed on the ball and the placing OF II
is not particularly good-he Just seems
to hypnotic the opposing player with
it. iii lay you a wager right now that
he and Hall win this game"
That was just the time, however,
that Hackett selected to lose his ser.
vice. and this was the turning point o:
the match, for Little and lie Roy, after
winning the opening set, got the jump
on the opposing pair and took the Sec
ond set at 60, and the. match.
Without being so rash as to make
any actual prophecy, it would not be
surprising to see Little and lie Roy
against Larned and Imam in the final
roupd to-u,orrOW