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Last week's match was a contest to determine a new world champion. Last world champion was Charles Williams of the Chicago Racquet Club who won the title from J. Jamsetji of Bombay in 1911 lost it to Jock Soutar of Philadelphia 1913, won it back in 1929, held it until his death in 1935. Setzler, son of a Buffalo corset salesman, was apprenticed to his father's friend, George Standing, longtime New York Racquet Club professional, in 1920. Last year, at 31, he won the U. S.open championship against socialite experts like Clarence Pell, Stanley G. Mortimer...
KHARDUNI-Andrew Soutar-Macaulay...
Pierre Etchebaster, a Basque from St. Jean de Luz and the Jeu de Paume of Paris, beat the best court tennis players in the U. S. last week in Philadelphia. Jock Soutar, Britisher, met him in the finals for the national championship in the Racquet Club of Philadelphia...
Etchebaster wears a Basque cap, a Basque mustache, a Basque smile. He moves around the court very little. He plays his floor shots with a delicate, excessive turn of the wrist that cuts the ball down sharply over the low looping net. Jay Gould called his floor shots "invincible." Soutar, running around, breathing hard, scored his points to the dedans and grille, made his best fight in the seventh game, then lost three games in succession, the match, and the title...
American professionals had thought it was ridiculous for Etchebaster, with his limited experience, to play the great Soutar. When they saw him practice they admitted that his shoulder stroke was the prettiest they had seen since Mr. Gould was at his best. After the match Soutar went to the dressing room and poked Etchebaster in the ribs. Mr. Joseph Widener went to the dressing room and gave him a two thousand dollar side-bet. Etchebaster (pronounced-bastaire) retained his calm...
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