New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-23
Left-Hander Wins Indoor
Tennis Championship in
Three Straight Sets.
SEVERITY OF SERVICE
FACTOR IN VICTORY
Doubles Title Captured by DR..
Rosenbaum and LOvibOnd
in Great Match.
By JAMES ;. O'NEALE.

Which is swifter. heat or cold? Heat,
because you can catch cold. And so
Alrick II. Man, jr.. who was suffering
from q slight cold yesterday, was
caught to the tune q e, e, -
bv r. Nndley Murray. the only left
handed meteor in captivity, IN the SIN,
Giles final OF the seventeenth annual
national indoor tennis championship al
the 9Th Regiment Armory.
Not chat Mans cold had anything
whatever 20 do with the result. al
though the former Yale star did make
fine fight for the last set and was
twice within point OF 1t. But Murray
who for time had been .olng oaoiy,
threw in the speed clutch again and
ended the match with terrifc Smash
Fifteen hundred spectators saw the
doubles final, exciting IN the extreme
and more than half gave up all title 10
Washincton's Birthday dinners 70
watch Murray 60 through ms PAGES
in a match with foregone CONCLUSION
The armory rang with applause time
and again. from 10 O'Clock until sl'et
. D. m. in such q hearty manner as 70
leave no doubt of the wonderful ana
Growing manner in which the game
grips its devotees.
No closer or more exciting match
.han the doubles final. in which the
pick-up team of DR.. William kosen-
baum and Arthur NJ. Lovibond won
The national title by defeating hlhg
Smith and Arthur :. Cragin, 30 o
%. Sc, 10-s. has been seen Dy q
gallery in many day.
Apparently beaten. chiefly through
the bad form Of Dr.. Rosenbau m the
first two sets and in part OF the tnlrG,
tho new champions absorbed luck ana
confidence and pulled out the maten
after many escapes narrower than the
most minute purple threads IN the doc
tors famous luCk-giving coat. hosen-
baum in the last two sets was easlly
the most spectacular Of the four play
crs. .o,,.
ha been a most marvellous one Oe-
spite the fact that this winter mas oeeh
his first al the difficult board moor
game. He has played IN IL gam - q, Oh
which he has won 81 ana ioSt 81. ~, ~
has NOT lost n set Not until the last
IN .bo tournament was he forced TO q
deuce set
The new doubles champions. whose
.sn,retions were not too highly thought
~ when the tournament started, won
nv NO TuKe. either. a pickup par'
when IovibOnd was persuaded Oy KOS
anhsuro TO take enough time away from
husiness 10 plav and thus save "Roseh-
haur and partner" from de-aultlnS'
tbev plaved high class tennis through
ont excent i'm the first two sets OF the
anals Yesterday. Any team which can
disnose of Washburn and Dabney, 81 l.
81. Grant and Shafer, 6-4, ll-9,
and Whitney and Beekman, -
on n q wav TO the finals, is one WIN
sound tennis ability.
Man started the service encouraging
~ bv taking the first game win as
,isy NJ nrettv network. Then the Palo
Aifo sroed marvel ran out the set, with
tho loss of only one more game oE yer
rifle service. drive, smash ana the lasV-
est footwork ever seen IN me lhoooi
tournament. Murray, IT VIII De re
called. was one Of the greatest runners
on the Coast I'm tennis game ne
continually on his toes, ana tries iol
everything. no matter II ne Is uncs
ahead Of his opponent, when ne usu"'
ly rs. .,,a;ret Mar
,,.os Characteristic. The first denver
,,,as a top-spinning American twist 10
ar see The next was his hump-Juml
S %m straighter than the American
tvist hit with terrific force and with
out the top-spin 90 slow 1t. This ass
was an acc.
The Meteor followed the next one II
with three swift jumps, pounclng or
Mans return with the agility OF a wei
known member Of the feline family anC
voleying sharply for a clean oarne'
point. Man passed his opponent with
beautiful backhaud shot on the mex
pcint but the Californian Immediately
followed with another service ace fol
the game.
Murray made the game score by
taking 3 points ion succession after the