New-York tribune., 1916-05-28
Murray Proves Too Much
for lie Roy in Tourney
at Scarborough.
DARKNESS PUTS AN
END TO DOUBLES
church.Mathey and Throckmor'
ton.Dsvis Teams Each Capt
ure Two Sets.

u..eors fash At odd intervals. The
-,,sor Of the tennis courts. K. Lindley
v,rrav. who eommutcs between Palo
u.o Cal. and Hoboken, \. j.. flashed
~ IN. FIRST time outdoors this season
vh,, he defeated the cx-intercollegiate
,h,mp,on. Robert Leroy, S6. 6 a.,
+, ,he snnual invitation event Of the
sleepy Hollow Country Club. Scar
bo-ourh-
Nurray made his frst bid for ma
,ional fame two years ago at the. same
.orrnar,ent. when he bested Walter
Merrill Hall and the Internationally
r-e5srick x. Alexander and Karl II.
pshr i'm one afternoon, in addition 70
,i,ving doubles fnsl. That day, when
I, was introduced to Alexander. the
p,c6e Coast star said modestly: "Mr.
Alexander. I've read so much about
van and seen so many pictures that
- that know you" Then. un-
,b,shcd. Murray walloped the famous
one s.. GO.
vesterSsv Leroy was almost in the
,os;tiou o. Murray two years ago. He
- rsad much Of the Meteor. greeted
Wr-rav bash fully and then came within
a, ace Of sending the Palo Alto jack
r,bbit on the run. In the first set he
rade only three fewer points than the
southpaw, and did nearly as well IN the
second.
An Even Break.
Darkness gathered around Sleepy
go'Iow while the 6nal round of the
doubles was still IN progress, and the
fashionable gallery slipped away IN
silks and satins and motor cars before
.rc nlayers teams Of George Mey-
as Church and Dean Mathey and Har-
old Abingdon Throckmorton and Willis
DAVIS saw ft 20 call II day. The
men stoned with two sets each, the
srboolhoy and the California State
champion taking the first and the last
se.s and Church and Mathey all those
between.
The scores we're. putting Throck-
morton and Davis first, 90, 20. %,
rs. The match was featured by the
terrible serving OF Davis, the latest but
not the last Of the Californians; by the
al-around play of his partner, by the
vrest forecourt work OF Church and
he steady. heady play of Mathey, and
bv '-he erratic work of all the hrSt
three The doubles will be decided on
Memorial Day. by two out OF three sets.
play in the singles will be continued
TODAY. with the finals the same day as
the doubles climax.
The Meteor-LeROy match furnished
an interesting contrast between the old
tennis and the new. Leroy is prl-
narilv a baseliner of the older school,
while Murray is great example OF the
whirlwiud. net-rushing California style,
which has swept most modern players
into speed demons out OF selt-deience.
Heavy grounds made Murray let
down "a little in his speed yesterday
and made his speed trlfie less enee-
tive. while the weather conditions Just
suited the willy old Columbia star, who
plsved a headty. tricky game. Inc
match was scarcely started before
hesvv shower caused q postponemen'
% nearly an hour. and prevented Muir
-av's trying 10 repeat his 1914 trick, by
winning from Davis and Throckmorton
one after the other
TcRov's steadiness served IN meas
ure 10 Offset the great brilliancy o.
me iackrabbit's game. The. speedy
iunpv Californian showed such a marc
game that LeRoy's appeared soft by
COMPARISON. but the latter's penehan'
ior lust cutting the lines with ms
nassi1g shots as the Meteor flashed FOL
ibe net almost evened things up
The bridegroom which his name i
W.~rav -trailed "a in the first Sc
hefore he began 10 think just how
self-rcspecting Meteor should DrlL @
Then there was a rushing noise as ias'
footsteps battered madly Tor tne me-
ard several tremendous pings as raTh
o. CRASHED into ball for waIop, 1t
Ro~. behind at 4-5, hung on now.
ever. and sent the game score twlee
10 deuce before Murray hnished IN
riot Of speed. 80.
leading a. "a again. Then the sun
snail voice again whispered 10 Mul
"a, and he sent over his famous
syron.iump service like bullet, rush'
iro io ON il. and closing IN on lie
Rov's 6eliverv as well. Once at tne
net II Ie Rows passing attempt falled
tho Meteor hammered out the points
,ri,b cav abandon. Several times ne
bouncsd the ball over the backstops
i1to the dogwood and daisies NAV
form the greatest part of the popuia-
'ion Of sleepy Hollow, d., 49, polo
When coming from behind. the faiC
Al,o ph,rom had an uncanny way .,
wiviig ais pace. sending over several
sizzIcrs: then. when lie Roy was accus, ,,
toned - such speed, baby'ng one JUS
over the net The last two games ne ne
barmered out easily, for lie Roy saw .
tha, "a was no use. A Meteor cannon
he stopped.
The summaries follow;
roRFRr LNnLEY MtGRAY vs. hobL"i
IL ROY
FIRST SIT
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