New-York tribune., 1916-02-17
4. .,sor Takes Just Twenty
ave Minutes to Shoot
TO Semi-Finals.
o,c Upset OCCURS
M DOUBLES MATCHES
,.,,irgham and King Defeat
Ward and VoShell After
along Struggle.


.ss.sllv. a meteor is q transient
= luminous body or appearance
y. !, the atmosphere and usually
-, a. terrific speed. The term
49,, (. especially applied 70 shoot
,.s,. in ether words 20 Robert
.gC Murray
T, .ook re dashins Californian just
..,.s,s minutes 70 shoot through
..'-i'..ior warren Waite 20 the semi
,osn0 In tho national indoor
~, ssampionships 40 the 18th Regi-
=. srrorv yesterday afternoon.
= meteor descends 20 this ter
.ss,gs Globe teilurians should watch
p io- hings commence to happen.
~, tsposned so fast yesterday that
1. Wslte excellent player though he
,.sN 60 httle else than catch
-, Al The Palo Alto phenom as
80. Two sets ct 6-s, GO.
- were no upsets in the singles,
- srt one IN the doubles. The latter
~, b, defeat Of the two southpaws, },
.-ss-bl, B. Ward and 5. Howard
-JsI ias remarkably hRrd-fought
| -...s ~ scores II 9--1l, l5-l7. ".
| .gss Cunningham. formerly Of Yale,
1 y nog q Columbia Law School, and
l .sr.s King. the Columbia Medical
- hockey, acrobGrc and running
A.. Esrs the uYsetters.
{T,u5a ". Washburn defeated
I.,,-,s 4 Walker. IT,. quite handily at
s-O. and the old rivals Abraham
avso.s. IT.. and J. Harry Steinkampf
,,,s3 h on, again before many friends
.s,h and 8 particular one OF Harry.
r,-..s.ess. the latter lost, 2-6, 2-6.
- elimination II Waite Steinkampf
Walker narrov-s the held 70 six
r7vor5.
rs star match to-day will be that
cgssa Bsssiori and Wylie c. Grant,
=; .s determined 90 win the indoor
!, ior the sixth time at 1880 o'clock.
.rsy vii. not again be seen until
,Ir.sy. when he vii! ight II out with
I,asaI for the bracket In the finals.
| lrning fast was Murray yester-
r lis back. which hampered his
,ra Saturday when he waded
mgt c. C. Shafer, Q. Y. Smith and
q snitb in succession, troubled him
ensl ln consequence. when he
IaAa 70 serve fast or smash, he
rt,: AWAY with 8 spectacular aban-
aa delighted the gallery, come
| Hs ianlls. The eye could scarcely
| Or re sphere after the Meteor had
-t.it
! Y1rg that came wss aii the SAME
A.ny foIenand. backhand, lob,
| -la r.ley. half-vonoy, rich man,
| % ~ bcgg- ne did al with utter
.at3o. His service was under mar
| i-'g @ntrol Murray varied it con-
J rls-! r0w doubling up like q jack
lT,i Is be spraug furiouslv at the
4 "a t'I hump-iump delivery Of tre-
-c.,ss velocity now sending a
/ sst high bounding American twist
IG.h-owirg 30 with three leaps % the
l. Iot once did Murray make q
irts-iault and most OF his first ser
A vent d.
+, zone Of Murray's seven service
5a-a did Dr.. Waite get over two
II -a 4AtL- were DAA. NAIrb ActCO
Ia-si n the match. All were or DR..
i rss service. and Murray took every
/ Dr. Waite won his first and
/ .-i deliveries Al by excellent vol
Il ssi the ret. At most other times
yes helpless, as Is shown by the
4 points score, as for Murray, 26
4 Waite.
ne many excellent rallies usually
I'd With q lightning drive or smash
'ae racket Of the Meteor. who was
---g. The second set found Dr..
sA with less sting TO his service
aoTs frequent recourses between
',-s TO 8 mopp.rg with his hygieni-
A sterile purple handkerchief
-:ifay Is nothing + not spectacular.
,aShsd the first set with a sensa-
%. smash from deep in the court,
.as match with hump-jump SER
$50 last Dr. Waite barely had time
F't', himself with his racket.
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