New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-07
Baggs and Partner Lose
When Lucky HeaddreSs
Is Discarded.
BY JAMES S. O'NEALE.

This is q tennis story, but we should
like to start with the remark that
Manager John McGiaw Of the Giants
used secretly to hire teamster TO
drive a load of empty barrels near the
Polo Grounds, because the Giants
thought it lucky thing to see load
Of empty barrels.
Tennis stars also play lunches"
There is DR.. William Rosenbaum's ia
nous luck-giving coat, which tricked
him into the national indoor doubles
championship last winter. Also, unde-
niably the reason that S. Howard No-
she'll and Frederick c. Baggs, ninth in
the country's doubles list, were beaten
in straight sets by the new team OF
Frederick c. Inman and Lyle Evans
Mahan in the doubles final OF the an
nual invitation tournament OF the
Country Club, Of Westchester, yester-
day was because Mrs. Voshell, the
teams mascot, wore different hat
yesterday.
This is the explanation Baggs and
Voshell give. The team won the East
crn New York championship, and i'm
plored Mrs. Voshell TO wear the same
hat every afternoon. They had been
uniformly successful in the Westches-
ter tournament till yesterday, when
Mrs. Voshell, delightfully."- feminine,
just couldn't wear that hat again. She
changed, and zip went the win.
Lost Confidence and the Match.
The team Immediately lost conf
dence, and instead Of their usually ag-
gressive game, were forced on the de-
fensive. Their shots had a startling
propensity to hit the top band of the
net, or to sail just an inch or two out.
Each time the sphere nicked just the
edge of the line. The hat jinx could
not be appeased, and on the drive home
after the match Mrs. Voshell was kept
busy explaining just why she decided
to change yesterday, Of all days.
Inman and Mahan continued their
great tennis. They forced matters at
ell times, and thus turned fortune
smiles upon themselves. IL is an axiom
that a winning team gets the breaks.
Voshell and Baggs, on the other hand,
after getting off TO a bad start, played
too carefully, instead of jumping into
the full stride of their powerful, at
lacking game.
The order of service was Southpaw
Inmnn, with his extreme twist; Baggs,
with his fast cut; Mahan's similar ser
vice. and the powerful, topped delivery
Of Southpaw Voshell. Games for the
most part followed service, and not
many went to deuce. Mahan took every
one OF his deliveries; lnman lost only
once when he set 'em up; Bags
dropped a service, and Voshell two,
and those losses accounted for the
match.
Stone Walls at the Net.
Mahan and Inman were stone walls
at the net. and lnman starred from
bsckcourt. his exaggerated topped drive
drawing in his opponents close to the
net to meet the ball before 1t dropped
too much, and an occasional well placed
lob catching them when they came IN
too far.
Mahan's tremendous reach played an
important part In fore court. lie vol
leyed Of many would-be passing drives
and hit severely overhead. Mahan and
Inman were right at the top OF their
games. and did not give Bsggs and
Voshell chance to get going at their
very best. IA.
The singles started yesterday, with
four matches. Alrick II. Man, j., was
hard put 10 Il 20 eliminate the ola
Harvard star, Arthur Sweetser, ID
%, "a. The ex-Yale captain was
helpless before Sweetser's fine driving