New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-05
THREE new YORI
PLAYERS SURVIVE
AT COURT TENNIS
Joshua Crane at His Re-,
in Match He Wins from
Lawrence Waterbury.

Eight mon played four mateh.. -
terday in the national cour, ,,,.'.
singles championship tournsms,,
the Racquet and Tennis Club Tn.
was April (. Four men reached :.
fourth or seminal round. and ,,.
which started in the morning. va, 3.
ished AZ 4 o'clock
The challenger. who will pl,, J..
Gould. the champion, on SATURDAY. NV
not be known before tomorrow 49,.
noon. when the finals take place A,
heretofore. forecasts make Gous y.
winner, and there is much forebosi,,
among the four survivors.
The dsuntless four are tire. ".
Workers Charles +. Sands p,y..
Whitney and {. ). Cutting and h,
Bostonian, Joshua Crane. Sand. 4,
feated George ". Wigh,msn. Of Bos,.,
6 3, e o. p Whitney won = ,ns.
tacular match from d. ?. Rhode, ~ :,
other Bostonian. at s. 60 ga
3 :. 6 3. Cutting bested ". II 7
HUM. OF Philadelphia. in an uneSp,,,.i
ly easy fashion, s 2, s 3, Go. cr,,,
had a walkover with Lawrence W.,,
bury, Of polo fame The scor, VA,
8 |. & /. s (.
II WAS the first appearance OF cr,,
who lost in straight sets 10 GouI :
the challenge round last year. and a.
Sands. the local veteran. Rarely n,
the Boston player appeared TO bet,,
advantage than in his match aga,.
Waterbury. Cranes forcing stro.n
were so accurate that the polo in,,,'
nationalist was put on the defen,,
throughout. Waterbury started !,
with a world Of speed. except for N,
easy service. but Crane handed ever.
thing and shipped II back in mas,.,'v
manner. Crane swatted 10 the dsd,,,
FOR many points
Wightman, who Is crack l,.,
tennis player and the husband OF Hare
Hotchkiss. former national women,
lawn tennis title holder was a trife A.
sea against Sands In the match Sand,
found the dedans nine times and n.
grill window three times. while Wight.
man made little Roadway playing 70,
the chases. The local veterans ser.
vice was too pulling for the Nss
Englander.
In his five-set match with Rhode,
Whitney was brilliant. but erra,ic. A,
times the loser appeared abou, to b..
come the winner. and little change IL
the luck al critical points would have
altered the result. Whitney took II,
first two games. which went TO des,,
but got only ) points in the next -four
games. He dropped the last two game,
of the set also. but ran them 10 degc,
Whitney ran out the second Sc, By
taking five straight games, in which kr
rival earned only > points. Then h
took the third set xith six strsIs'
games. and finished high run q
thirteen straight by winning the FIT
two of the fourth get. Rhodes, toE.
ever, captured the set after bitter
struggle, getting the last two games a
love by brilliant hitting. Whitney had
the most reserve strength and speed
and held the edge in the deciding Sc.
Cuttings game, perhaps, was ne
most noticesbly brilliant OF the DAY
HUM, who is national champion in 10
doubles with Gould. was expected "a
put up a better fight. but fell down on
the easy shots. He had great sting @
his drives. but frequently netted. Cut
ting's great placing and nimblere''
afoot made the margin Of victory ever
greater than II would have been hs.
HUM been steadier.
TT. 1900 5000 foffous