The sun., 1916-09-17
HARVARD TENNIS
PLAYERS VICTORS
IN ALL MATCHES
Crimson Men Make Clean
. sweep Of intercollegiate
Title Tournament.
GAMER SINGLES LEADER

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doubles hou"rs and Gamer became the
-rs'es ,i,i, holder Tho Crimson team
~ -vsn hotter. &c tho Hnalist> in both
single and doubles were ~, Harvard
ren, Tn. o her collegiate teams being
,au; out either befo-e or In The semi
fIa round.
Ne,sr hefor. IN the history OF the In
,rcollesiHte not past.me mas one insti-
tuition SO dcc!sivcly earned the tennis
'surc's Aiso never before has ono team
IN COMPLETELY shut ont its opponents.
rver, ono OF the four Crimson players
entered iu The tournament reached the
sral brackets by eliminating an oppon-
81, from some rival college.
Harvard. doubles triumph was as.
sured early to-day when Gamer and
',ar,e defeated Eugene Warren and T..
r Mccormick NJ the University Of
Southern california in a 1--WE set match.
"a. s., -. t--6, -. and J. e.
psarman and w. NJ. Whitehouse OF
Harvard eliminated Riker and Knox
~ Princeton. 6--3. Go. IS. thus CIV
'rg Harvard two teams in the Anal
match.
Gamer singles Leader.
Gamer assembled TO the singles title,
reid by 80 many prominent American
tennis experts. by defeating his team
mate. Pfaffnan. 6--3. 6-3. As. So.
rhi. match was played late In the day
and was decided at the request Of the
contestants after the management had
scheduled II for Monday. Neither Gamer
-or rfaffman wished 20 ren,a'n In Phil
,aeiphia over Sunday. so they were al
lowed to play for the title.
Most OF the interest to-day centred
IN the semi-inal match between the
California pair and the Harvard couple
who finally gained the championship.
Warren and Mccormick played brilliant
=, and surely must have succeeded had
>, no, been for the superlative tennis OF
Har,e. This match brought out By far
.ie best tennis OF the tournament. The
smooth team work Of the Western stars
s!mos, gave them victory notwithstand-
Inc the individual superiority OF the
Crimson team.
uar,e and Gamer began the match
with a vicious net attack h a literally
svept aside the Pacific coast men n
brought 10 Harvard a decisive victory. 8
games to . In the second set Warren
snd Mccormick o~utgeneralled the GRIM
,oa men by lobbing. this artince coupled
with neatly placed cross court shots
bringing the westerners the second set.
~ mes to ..
AItlOugn tdneT IPil vi pcTSeptioiS a.
Nj. rame in the third set. Harte seemed
N take on speed and driving power. his
mi v'iual brilliance accounting for Har-
yard'r triumph in this set. : games to 3.
Warren and Mccormick fought gamely.
mixing lobbing with an exchange OF
drives. and only succumbed because OF
lie hard hitting OF Harte.
with the games to 2 against them in
me fourth set. Warren and Mccormick
rallied with the best display Of the
match. They broke through the service
~ Harte by ross court placements that
.cintillated with perfection. then won on
warren's service and followed up by
rushing TO the net n smashing their
returns to win IN Gamers service. taking
he set.
W~esteraers' Last stand.
This momentary setback did not deter
the Harvard men from their work. how
ever, and they opened the ffth set with
he same steady tennis that had kept
hem in front all the way. The Cali
ornians made a desperate and last
stand. smashing everything that came
their way. and managed to &c into the
lead. S games to T.. However. at this
stage Harte made some almost impos-
sibie gets that enabled Harvard to break
through the service of Mccormick. and
then the set was quickly brought to a
finish. I games to s. and with II the
match.
Harte made UP for the defeat in sin.
giles suffered by him early In the tourna-
men', He played all over the court. in
vading the territory Of his teammate in
bad doubles form but with great success.
Harte seemed TO realize that victory or
defeat remained with him and he neglec-
ted no chance to bring the title to Cam
bridge The Californians were the bet
Ter team but could not measure up to the
work Of Harte.
The Harvard.P Princeton semi-hnal
match was not over interesting. a. at no
time did h e'Tiger players seem to have
chance for victory. Whitehouse and
p:arman an away with the hrst two
sets, hardly being extended. Riker and
Knox braced in the early part Of the third
set, Offering stif opposition, but they
were not consistent and fell short of VIC
tory by q narrow margin.
Wis Gamer Cor.
Because Of the ~preponderence OF Har-
ward men in the fnals little interest wal
shown by the gallery. BY its double vic
Tory in the tournament Harvard gains
permanent possession Of the Harrison X.
Gamer trophy. placed In competition In
1919, II was suitable that the son Of the
donor won the singles championship and
Materially helped to bring to Harvard
the cup oYered by his father.
After their exceptional work against
TIE Cslifornians Gamer and Hartc only
n"eted 10 half extend themselves to dis
lose OF Whitehouse n Pfaffman In the
maj match. winning by the scores OF
So. 81. s-2. The losers only offered
Opposition In the frst set. n finding
out tina, they were really outclassed hur-
rcd through the match.
Gamer was somewhat distressed ny his
hard work in the doubles. hut insisted
UPON finishing his singles match with
pfaNman This almost cost him dearly
1s h' was clearly out Of form and con-
tnually in trouble. He took the first two
'nish dropping the third set. He braced
ard with supreme effort won the fourth
s." sc. taking the match. Thu sum
nsries:
lnterooleziste Doubles Championship
~. hnal.-csnsr ana harts. Harvard. de.
!'.rTsS and whitehou.., Harvard, dc.
""",|d- h!iksr and Knox Princeton. sIs
,fnN.-Can-r and Har,e. Harvard. deiea,e,
.'.nn,n and whitehouse. Harvard. 90
rh'sf'oll"Eiate singles Championship =
ina Gamer. Harvard. defested Pfshman
ard. o-3, S-3. -. g..
wr,sh, Tskes shost Evest.
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~ fish, Lyndonyiile. n. Y, won the il
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m,hf 10" target match.