The New York herald., 1921-01-30
NEW YORK TEAM
IN CLEAN SWEEP
AT COURT TENNIS
Local Players Take Four
Straight From the
QEakers.
CHAMPION MEETS DEFEAT
Jay Gould and Russell Thayer
Are Beaten by Cutting
Brothers.
CHAMPION MEETS DEFEAT
ny SAMUEL ). BRooKMAN.

week New York representatives made
clean sweep Of their annual court
tennis matches with the Philadelphia
team at the Racquet and Tennis Club
yesterday. Four doubles contests were
decided and in three Of them the VIC
tors led in straight sets. In the other
Jay Gould, the court tennis champion
playing with Russell Thayer, went
down to defeat at the hands of r. Full
ton Cutting and his brother, c. Suydam
Cutting, after one of the most spec
tacular exhibitions Of court tennis
doubles in years at the local club. The
latter match was a tennis treat that
was watched by as many members and
guests as could crowd into the side
galleries and seats behind the dedans.
The tussle In which Jay Gould fg-
urcd was the last of the day after
three other Quaker doubles teams had
been outplayed by wide margin In
the first Payne Whitney and Charles T..
Sands had scored over George Brooke
and Scofield Andrews, 6-5, 6-2. 60. /.
in the second Morris Roche and j. H.
Smith, Jr., had won from s. Roberts
and William McGlinn with the loss OF
only three games. 6--1, Go, 6-2. ami
in the third Hewitt Morgan and Edgar
Leonard had triumphed with almost
equal ease over Daniel Hutchinson and
J. Bell.
Rated by far the best pair in the
Racqcet and Tennis Club the Cutting
brothers before the tournament began
We're expected to have the best chance
of victory, despite the fact that the
champion was one of their opponents.
They not only lived up to expectations
but exceeded them, playing q better
game both individually and as team
than they have shown in open conipe-
tition to date They worked together
very smoothly, far better than Gould
and his partner, who in the past have
had other teammates Unlike the Gotham
pair Gould and Thayer frequently
crossed signals. and 1t was this lack
Of coordination that told heavily against
them.
Gould Shoulders Burden.
Thayer may have been upset by the
fact that Gould time and again poached
on his territory and met returns that
ordinarily the former would have been
expected to handle, but there was justi-
fcation in Gould's overzealousness for
Cnayer was the weak member of the
quartet on the court and the champion
allied that the only hope of victor,
was In shouldering most OF the burden
HIMSELF. In the last set OF the limit
nf five that were played. when, defeat
or victory hinged on the result of fif-
teen minutes of play. Gould practically
played the New York pair single handed.
rhayer being very uncertain in his
stroking.
In the early stages OF the match Gould
sud Thayer appeared to have the contest
ell in hand. They won two OF the
1rst three. sets. one of them at love and
The other with the loss OF only a single
gamc Gould was at his best, and his
tartling recoveries and perfect Judg-
ment Of distance for winning points
had the gallery applauding continually.
He was all over the court, varying his
attack and anticipating shots In sur
prising fashion. The Cutting brothers
played well from the start, hit hard and
maintained tie fastest sort OF pace, yet
with the exception of one period In the
second set found themselves outplayed
T'hayer, too. was giving a better per-
formance at that stage than he did later
when the New York team discovered his
weakness and kept driving the ball at
his feet.
With Gould outshining the rest by an
appreciable margin and with the Cutting
brothers fighting for every tally, the
match finally advanced TO the point
where the Philadelphians needed just
one more winning stroke to clinch the
victory in the fourth set. With the
score Sail in games and 1910
against them. the Cuttings rallied splen-
6.dly In the face Of threatening defeat
A low shot TO the corner that none but
Gould could have returned caught the
champion out of position for a brief
moment, and c. Suydam Cutting took
advantage of the opportunity to drive
the ball straight into the grille. That
made the score deuce. Suydam then
followed with another low, swift return
that glanced off Thayer's racquet, and
the Gotham pair had the vantage. An
other perfect shot into the grllle--this
time by Fulton Cutting--gave the local
pair the game and with II the set In
stead of a point within victory, the
Philadelphians were now tied at 2 sets
all.
Fast Final Set.
IL is not exaggerating to say ulat in
the finai set c. Suydam Cutting played
the most impressive as we'll as the most
effective tennis of the quartet. Gould
was tiring perceptibly as a result OF his
attempt to shoulder the entire burden
and was not getting UP to the ball as
quickly as at the start, although his
recoveries continued marvellous at
times. Suydam Cutting was placing
with rare skill. reaching the talnbour
frequently for winning points and send
ing the boil back with great speed. The
rallies. prolonged from the start grew
more so. but the New York team won
most Of them and took the first three
games. Gould and Thayer rallied and
drew up TO as. but II proved to be
their final bid.
Fulton Cutting covered more ground
than his brother during the match. but
on the whole Suydam was the steadier
and the more effective. With the cx-
ception Of Fulton Cutting the contest
ants all used the railroad service. Both
sides defonded the rear of the court
we'll. so that surprisingly snSsI num-
her of points was scored In the dedans.
In the matter of chases 1t was toss-
I'D, both sides winning and losing an
equal number. One OF the strange fea-
utres of the match was the fact that
the losing pair won B games TO 10 for
the victors The onc-sided first and