New-York tribune., 1918-02-13
Age Iriiumphs
Over Youth in
Doubles Match
and Rosenba,,,o
Easily Defeat Throckmor-
ton and Garland
By Fred Hawthorne

The impetuosity of youth attempted
in vain yesterday on the 7th Reeim.,.
Armory tennis courts to triumph o,..
the skill of veterans, when Char,s,
Garland, national junior champion ~,
Harold A. Throckmorton, a form.
holder Of that title, were defeatsa :
straight sets at 6-2, 6-3. g., !.
Frederick B. Alexander and Dr. WIN
lam Rosenbaum, national ;na.s.
doubles champions.
The match was one Of the serie, a,
exhibition lawn. tennis double, =,
ranged by King Smith, president o. II.
regimental tennis club, for the ben.s,
Of the Training Camp Activities rn,a
Play will be continued next Saturd.r
and on Washineton's Birthday.
In the other matches decided vs,..-
day morning at the big armory. Arthnr
S Cragin, former regimenta1 .,.-
pion, paired with w. Dickson Cunn;nn
nam, the former Yale star. defaa.es
Theodore Roosevelt Pell and War;
Merrill Hall by a score of ga Sa s'.,
90. In the lone singles match of ~.
dav Vincent Richards, national hav nv
champion, and Harold L. Taylor. iun;o,
metropolitan title holder, battled in,a
three sets without reaching. a decis;on
Taylor gained the upper hand in II.
t1rst set, winning at So, only to bsrs
Richards triumph in the second bv ~
same score. Wv
Boys Show More Spirit
In the third session the bows wen+ =.
1T with even more spirit, alternating II
the lead until they reached all on
games. Then, as there appeared no i'm.
mediate possibility OF a victory for
either one, the match was called To 81.
low the other players to get into action
The upset Of the day came in ths
surprisingly easy defeat of Pell and
Hall. On the records of the opnosins
pairs IN this match, Pell and his mart.
ner looked like odds-on favorites. PeI
has held the national indoor title thr.s
times, has been a Middle States cham.
plon and Florida State titleholdsr
besides having been ranked in ths
first ten" upon several occasions. Hsll
has also held the Middle States honor.
end was No. 10 on the national list in
1915. ' '''' ~
But it is not what you were Int
what you are to-day. that counts. on
the tennis courts, as elsewhere and
Pell and Hall paid the penalty Of lack
of practice. That does not explain the
whole story of the match, either. for
the playing of Cragin and Cunningham
was particularly good. Cragin. aspe-
cially, outdid himself, smashing with
spectacular and deadly effect and drv-
ing hard and accurately through the
opposing court. Cunningham backed
has partner up beautifully, volleying at
the net with rare skill and exchanging
drives with Hall from deep court.
Penn's vaunted backhand was far,
far from its best, and instead of being
a powerful weapon Of offence, which It
ordinarily is, was one of the weak spots
in the losers defence. At times, to be
sure, Pell flashed into brilliant streaks.
but both he and Hall were prone to
erratic playing.
Alexander Coming Back
Alexander, who shows signs Of com.
ing back with a vengeance this season,
was the star of the other doubles match.
The internationalist had his service
going superbly, and not once IN the
three sets did he lose his service game.
At volleying he outshone every man
on the court, and was continually fore
ing the younger pair out of position
1 lhrockmorton, not yet recovered from
an illness, could not gain complets
control of his shots for any lengthy
period. but he was always a sensationsl
feature in the play, some of bis
smashes being of the cannon-ball "a.
riety.
Young Garland showed the coolnes
of veteran, driving beautifully down
the side lines and volleying SHARPLY
across the court. Several times he
caught the champions out of position
by well timed lobs to the base line. At
hrst Alexander and Rosenbaum came
to grief when they attempted to score
kills" on these soaring balls, but
eventually they steadied and bombard.
ed the opposite court with severe
smashes.
The last point in the match was
scored by DR.. Rosenbaum on a fresk
shot, for he caught the ball on the
wood OF his racquet, and sent it shoot
ing nigh toward the armory rafters. II
!lnally came to earth again and landed
inside the court and won the point