The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-31
BANKS AND BOWMAN
ONLY JUNIORS LEFT
Win Their Way to Final Round
Of Indoor Tennis-DOubles
Also Near Finish.
PLAY OF PAIRS VERY EVEN

l.. NJ Banks of Adelphi School, Brook
Ign, and r. l. Bowman of Mount Vernon
High School reached the final round in
the indoor lawn tennis tournament for the
Junior metropolitan championship yester-
day and will meet for the title this morn
ing at the Seventh Regiment Armory
courts In the doubles Il. Il. Van Raalte
and william Eatz came through to the
championship round in the top half and
Will meet X. $. Goldman and J. W. Wolf.
who advanced In the lower half this after
noon.
Bowman moved out in the bottom sec
ton OF the draw without any great trouble,
for on he way he defeated Goldman In
the NTH round In straight sets at 80.
50 and in the semi-final eliminated c. NJ.
Cordley OF Glen Ridge. y. j., with the loss
OF only three games IN the opening set
Banks. however. had the time of his life
remaining in the tournament and did so
only by the narfowest of margins In he
third round he was ptted against Mat
thew Taylor of Furdham Prep and had to
go three sets to win at -. 6--3. y o.
Taylor came within u couple OF points Of
winning the match three times In the last
set. but proved to be a poor pinch player
". II, Hanes the young Horace Mann
School player who created such "a favor
dOle impression bN MS pay IN inc early
rounds. was Ranks's opponent i'm the semi
final round and although ne was beaten in
straight sets forced both OF them To- deuce
The scores in this match were -. -,
and Haines came within an ace Of win
ming both Of them. lIaines was not quite
| so accurate In his play as on Tuesday and
on more than one occasion used bad judg-
ment IN placing his shots.
The play in the doubles was the feature.
for the teams left in tire running could
not have been more evenly matched. SIX
matches were played four IN the third
round and two in the s'mi-hnal, and all
but one OF them Went TO three se's. The
single exception was IN the third round
and brought out Van Raalte and katz a.
winners over J. &. Mccormick and II. W.
Lama cke. Even this match was close,
for both OF the sets went TO extra games
before Van Rdaltr and Kate won NJ IL.
SIS. The longest match OF tho day was
one in which Goldman and W"'@ beat
Jabish Holmes, Jr.. and Wadsworth Dunn,
e., l0--l2. 6--3.
Van Raalte and katz later climbed into
the final round by defeating r. u. Ray
mond and H. IL Gillespie ;wo sets to one
at "a. SIS. IS. The losing pair IN
this match had advanced by a victory
over John Hicks and Walter Hanlon AZ
IS, s-4, "a. Goldman and Wolf
reached the ti,ular bracket by winning
the semi-fna at So 81. 6-3. Plat
and Rand had kept thus far in the tourna-
ment by nftn rouni defeat administered
to I. W. Raymond and g. 4. Zabriskie at
Is. st, -. The summaries:
| Metropolitan Junior Indoor champion nip
| Sing es, Fifth Eound-L. NJ Banks defeated
Matthew Taylor. - ia. So: II Il.
Bowman defeated II. $ Goldman. "a. t..
6 NJ cordey won from }. II. Robb by
default.
Semi.hnal Round. NJ. Banks defeated
| Y. H. Haines. -. -; II l. Bowman de-
| feated q NJ cordley. Ga. 90.
| Metropolitan Junior Indoor Champion :
ship Doubles. Third Round.B T. Van
Raalte and william Kaiz defeated e. J.
| Mccormick and \. W. LamarCke, li-s.
SIS. RIB. Raymond and II II Gillespie
defeated John Hicks and water Hgnlou.
?-e.. e.. g r. goldman ana J. W,
/ Woln defeated Jahish Holmes, j. and
| Wadsworth Dunn. Ct. lo-ic. t--3, II. G.
/ Rand and william Plat defeated ] "
Raymond and q. 4 Zabriskie. e st,
! -
| Semi.nnai Round-B Z Van Raalte and
/ william Kat= defeated II n. Raymond and
/ n Il. gillespie. "a. "a. "a, X. col
| man and J. ". Woln defeated r. G. Rand
and william Plat Is, 81. S