The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-07
CRANE EARNS RIGHT
TO MEET JAY GOULD.
Defeats Whitney in Final Of
Court Tennis Tournament,
6-2, 4-6. G-3. 6-1. .
HEIGHT OF HIS GAME

Joshua Crane Of Boston. court tennis
champion in 1901. 1902. 1903 and 1904.
VIII meet Jay Gould. holder of the title
since 1905, tomorrow afternoon in the
challenge round Of the tournament at
the Racquet n Tennis Club. lie de.
feated Payne Whitney OF New York In
the hnal yesterday by three sets to one
at So. IS. SIS. Ct. ON strokes
the Bostonial won at 500. sos.
2'-ao. 3+--2i. Crane earned his place
In the challenge round by playing better
tennis than his rival from start to finish.
The second set. the only one that ne lost.
went against him because OF unsteadi-
ness.
whitney deserves nothing bu, praise
Tor the gamc he played. He was in the
nght at every stage OF the match. play
Ing every stroke as II the title depended
on II. The one big fault In the New
Workers. play was ~overanxiety TO score
his points In a hurry. lie did not play
the openings "a we'll as Crane, but his
volleying n half volleying were az
good az could he desired. Crane wa.
picked universally TO win the match and
most OF the onlookers felt that whitney
would not get even one set.
Crane gave n good example Of what
was to be expected In the very first
81 me. After losing the opening point
by netting a return from service. he
scored two in rapid succession. the first
n cannon ball drive To the corner under
the grille and the second a similar stroke
to the corner on the gallery side under
the service 'pent house. A hazard worse
than two was chalked up against him on
his next service. but he followed tina BY
scoring a placement which sizzled to
Whitney's feet and made a get impos-
sible. With the score tO-lS, he changed
to the hazard side and Won back his
hazard. taking the first game.
Three more games FOLLOWED in the wake
Of the first one. C'ranc's ability to md
the dedans and the grille. and his &C.
curacy In winning back chases al,
counted W in the stroke score. with a
four game lead the Bostonian let up "A
little and whitney took advantage OF
the ease in pace by whining two games.
Crane then put on fun steam again and
finished the set.
In the second set Whitney did his very
best work of the match. If not for IN.
entire tournament. lie played Crane out
of position with the utmost skill ann
forced his way TO the openings. II made
no difference what crane did In that
set. Whitney hung right TO him with
bulldog tenacity and kept on even terms
with the former champion up 10 ,
all. Crane won the seventh game after
IL had gone to deuce twice and took
the lead in the set. but starting with
the very mex game he became wild
and made six consecutive errors.
This gave Whitney the eithth game at
love and a lead Of 30 love on the ninth.
He made the most Of his lead by bounc-
ing two wicked drives on the tambour.
and took the ninth AT lov" too. Crane
scored the first two strokes in the tenth
| game. hut Whitney came right back with
n straight drive to the grille. a sharp
one of the tambour and a low one that
Crane was forced TO return out of
court. He ended the set by winning a
hazard OF half a yard.
The pace In the second set was ter
rife. and whitney began to show signs
Of the strain. From the start Of the
set TO the end he had been putting every
thing he had on the ball. and Crane kept
him hus,ling around 50 that I've had no
opportunity to rest. As "A result Crane
started the third set 10y winning two
games with the loss OF only one stroke.
Whitney tried hard and brought the
| score up to 3-+. with cram. leading.
bur that was his final effort FOR the
match.
crane took the next Nv" games, which
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| second game Of the final set OF Cranes
! errors. but the latter frightened and ran
through fvs straight games. which gave
han the match, The summary
National Court Tennis Championship
Singles. Final Round-Joshu Crane. Bos-
ton. defeated Payne Whltnev, New York,
"a, sc, C-3. 81. The point score: