New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-04

There were few sensational features
IN the play yesterday, although DR..
Rosenbaum. who met Alexander in the
fourth round of The singles. in the up
per half of the draw, threatened for
time to make serious trouble for his
doubles partner. He took the first set
at S--6 by the fastest kind of playing,
While Alexander seemed unable to
gauge his usual deadly voileying cor
rectly. But with the beginning of the
second set conditions underwent a COM
plete and startling change
harely IN recent years on indoor
courts has Alexander given such dis
I]ay of finished work as he did vester-
cay IN the last two sets against Rosen-
baum. His low volleying was executed
with the skill of the master, and his
! skill IN forcing the position for the
llhlshlng shotS was treat to watch.
tie took. the last two sets and the match
by scores of Go, 6-1, with Eosen-
baum never having chance to bring
on his typical smashes overhead
Alexander kept the ball low. and he
sent his returns through the narrowest
of openings. so that his opponent was
generally only able to stab wildly at
the ball as it shot by him.
S. Howard Voshell, the playing
through champion, maintained his un-
beaten record by vanquishing H. H.
Manchester at 6-3. Is. while King
Smith moved into the semi-fnal round
by eliminating Herbert l.. Bowman, of
Columbia University, by score of
Sd. 81
Hard Tussle in Doubles
Alexander and Rosenbaum had tus-
sic on their hands before they gained
their semi-fnal round bracket in the
doubles. They defeated w. j. Gallon
and Ralph B. Gatcomb at Sc, So
6-3, but the victory may prove a costly
one. for in the third game of the last
set Alexander turned his left ankle in
going after one of Gatcomb's shots
down the centre.
The injury proved such a handicap
to Alexander for few minutes that he
actually hobbled about the court and
was compelled to let many shots go by
that he could otherwise have taken.
Rosenbaum INDUCED in a streak of err
ratio playing at the same time, with the
result that Gallon and Gatcomb won
the next three games, bringing the set
even. 1t looked as though the cham
pions would finally lose the match and
the title, but Alexander rose in the
crisis and played with great brilliance.
taking leading part IN the volleying
sallies from mid-court. Rosenbaum
also came to life and helped his part
ner out with forceful smashing and
hard driving, SO that the next three
games went to Alexander and Rosen-
baum, giving them the set at 6-3 and
the match.
Fortunately Alexander will have a
period of rest to-day, as he has no
matches scheduled, and by tomorrow
it is hoped his ankle will be in good
shape again.
Voshell Kept on Run
Manchester gave Voshell plenty of
exercise and some anxious moments in
the match that carried the champion
through to contest with King Smith to-
morrow for place in the final bracket
Manchester is great "getter" from
the back court, and in the second set
he tricked Voshell into the same type
of game for a time. Manchester can
exchange deep court drives with almost
any of the leading players and at least
hold his own. Perhaps the real reason
for Voshell's falling back on the deep
court game during the second set was
because of his lack of condition. His
usual netstorming attack is a great tax
upon mans physical stamina, and the
champion has not had the opportunities
for practice during the past winter that
are necessary to enable player to
keep going at full speed through a
hard match.
After winning the first set at 6-3
| Voshell decided to rest while. and
fought out the games from back court.
Manchester, covering his court with in
defatigable energy, kept driving the
ball down the side lines and we'll into
deep court Voshell's own ground
strokes are not going at their best at
present, and, although he did a great
amount of running himself Manches
ter was getting the better of the long
rallies, and ran into a lead of 80 on
games before Voshell awoke to the sit
uation and realized that the net at