The New York herald., 1922-04-09
JAY GOULD RETAINS
court TENNIS TITLE
Easily Beats Challenger for
Championship He Won
16 Years Ago.
BY SAMUEL J. BRookMAN.

BY SAMUEL j. BROOkMAN.
Some day some one will come along
and take the court tennis champion
ship away from Jay Gould. but that
day seems a long way off,. With
astonishing ease the titleholder, who
has held undisputed sway for sixteen
years, defended his crown success
fully at the Racquet and Tennis Club
yesterday-successfully and decisively
as the score of 6--2, 6---1, 60 tells
eloquently enough. For Hewitt Nor
gan, the challenger in the annual ma
tional amateur tournament, 1t may be
said that he made a supreme effort,
that no fought hard for every point,
that he made many of the games close
but that is all.
In technic. In control. in speed Of
stroke. In judgment of distance and an
giles. in service. in aIl-around skill.
Gould unquestionably was the master
player from start to finish. He antici-
pated well. and he generally knew
where his own stroke was going he
maneuvered for position. and he gem
orally succeeded in outguessing his
man. After sixteen years Gould does
not cover as much ground perhaps as
in his early title years, but with his
great dexterity in bringing his racquet
into play from any angle, he doesn't
have to be as fast a sprinter as his
opponent unless everything else is
n ~ - H.
Morgan did some splendid stroking
during the match. and enthused the
gallery often with some spectacular re-
coveries and his persistency in the ral-
lies, but as title challenger he will
not begin to threaten seriously until he
acquires an offensive service. He has
not learned the railroad service with
its sting and quick drop to court. and
the absence Of that asset handicaps him
greatly.
ChalIenger's Weakness.
The undeveloped type of drop service
he employed was far from being an
attacking shot. 1t had neither speed
nor guile, and Gould found II the easi-
est thing in the world to handle. The
champion generally was able to set
himself for the return and to bring
Gould being the attacked he was the
attacker and when the man on the
hazard side Of the court can force the
server on the defensive with the first
stroke there is something radically
weak with the service.
Therein lay Morgans greatest fault.
He gave Gould too many opportunities
when the advantage naturally rested
with him. and all his hard effort went
to naught. Very different was Gould's
railroad service. which had all its old
sting and which was placed so well as
TO force Morgan into awkward positions
with consequent errors. Morgan must
have sent nearly a score OF GouId's
serves into the net. When he managed
to get them across, which was often, the
champion had the advantage of being
set for the comparatively weak return.
There was something decisive about
every shot that Gould sent across. In
playing for chases he kept the ball
travelling low and yet nearly always
had the proper length and speed to his
drive. He kept hammering away at
Morgan's backhand in the extreme right
corner and with excellent results, for
aside from the fact that Morgan's back
hand was not as certain as his fore
hand, the shot into the corner scarcely
bOunued AT all, ana IL would nave been
mighty difficult for the most proficient
backhand specialist to meet the ball
properly.
Chooses His own Pace.
with Morgan's service lacking speed,
Gould played the match about as fast
as he pleased. no faster Morgan's
greatest chance lay In running his OPP
ponent as much al possible and in tiring
him, for he could not hope &c match skin
with tho title holder. but he failed to
take much out of the champion. who
might have gone on for another hour at
the pace without showing any effects
at all.
The match was over in exactly an
hour. Morgan made by far his best
showing in the first set. for, besides
winning two games with ease, he forced
the score 60 deuce In three of Gould's
winning games. and was very close TO
winning all three OF them. The cham
pion had not quite solved Morgan's style
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