New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-23
Defeats Harvard Univer-
sity Players by a
Score of 4 to 3.
CHURCH AND MATHEY
LOSE IN DOUBLES
Behr and Pell Meet Defeat at
Hands of Gamer and Rand
After Hard Struggle.
BY JAMES S. O'NEALE.

As the cleaning faded into night
yesterday passengers on trains passing
Forest Hills saw. dimly, the gray,
gaunt form of George Meyers Church
leaping frantically about on the courts
of the West Side Tennis Club, which
parallel the tracks. Church was try
ing desperately 20 help out his firing
partner, Dean Mathey, TO bring the
pair, who were ranked third in the ma
tional doubles list last season. TO vic
tori over r. Norris Williams, I'd, and
J. :. PfafFman. of Harvard. The IA
nous Princetonans failed, losing al
%. "a, 81.
That was not the only upset passen-
gers caught aeeting glimpsss of when
the first big outdoor tennis match OF
the season, that between Harvard Uni
versity and the West Side Club, was
fought TO a desperate finish before the
Long Islanders won, four matches 70
three.
A little earlier the renowned COM
bination of Karl H. Behr and Theodore
Roosevelt Pell, by many thought the
best doubles team in this country, wen,
down in three desperate sets before
the young Crimson team of e.. Colke'
Gamer and William Rand, Sd. The ap-
precative engineer Of the sightseeing
special ought to promoted. for he blew
the whistle as the men rushed at each
other to shake hands.
One College Victory.
The college men won only one Of the
five singles matches. This was the
starred event, when Dick Williams
clay court, intercollegiate and ex-na
tional champion, bested his former
teammate. Watson NJ. Washburn. Is
81. Church defeated G. Colket Ca
ner, Harvard's second man, in 6
lengthy match. The combined height
of the contestants was twelve feet ter
end one-half inches. but the match
went much longer because of innumer-
able rd-fought rallies in the second
set. which fell to Church. 81. He
took the first set at 60.
Williams's doubles partner, Pfaffman
carried Dean Mathey, of the Wes
Side, TO three sets before the Prince
toiian won, at 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Thee
dore Roosevelt Pell, of the club team
won over William Rand, Sd. 81, IS
and Alrick H. Man. jr.. took another
Crimson man, J. c. Kelleher, into camp
So, %, 6-3.
The doubles upsets were the big sur
prises of the day. along with the fine
showing of all the Harvard players
Williams, OF course. was known
quantity, and, though several others OF
the Harvard team are ranking men
they were not thought TO be so strong
as they demonstrated themselves to
be. The Crimson players, on their way
home from their Easter Southern trip
were In better condition than the Wes,
SIDE representatives.
Five of the country's first nine play
ers performed, as advertised. Williams
ranks second, after William NJ. John
ston. national champion; Behr is
fourth, Pell fifth, Washburn eighth and
Church ninth. The other Harvard
players will be right up in such last
company if they continue to play as
well as they did yesterday.
Worse conditions for the game OF
tennis would be hard to imagine. Early
in the afternoon a wild wind swept
witheringly across the courts, notwith-
standing the fact that wind-screens
were in position. Later in the after
nc on most of the wind blew itself away
so newhere else. but the cold and the
wet, slippery. rough courts remained