New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-16
EIGHT JUNIORS
NOW LEFT TO
PLAY FOR TITLE
Quality of Lawn Tennis
Goes Up as Boys Fight
to Hold Their Places.

metropolitan lawn tennis championship
tournament on the clay courts of the
West Side Tennis Club. at Forest Hills,
Long Island. approached the final
stage yesterday the quality of play i'm
proved, and several stirring struggles
were witnessed by the largest gallery
Of the week. Eight boys forced their
way into the round before the semi
finals.
The defeat of George P. Throckmor-
ton, of Seawaren. n. j.. brother Of
the national interscholastic champion,
was perhaps the outstanding feature
of the day. Louis NJ. Banks. the hard
hitting youth from Adelphi Academy,
Brooklyn. brought about his downfall,
by score Of "a. 6--1.
Charles s. Garland. Of Pittsburgh.
who looks more like q coming cham
pion in every succeeding match, gained
his bracket by defeating Robert C..
Rand, who reached the final round Of
the Lake George tournament in Au-
gust, at 6-l. 6-3. Other winners
yesterday were Augustin Healy and e.
lott Bin2in, the Fordham stars, and +.
J. Benz the Harvard freshman.
Paired with Matthew A. Taylor, Bin
Yin also gained a bracket in the semi
final round of the doubles, defeating ].
W. Wolf and r. s. Goldman, of the
Ethical Culture School, junior indoor
metropolitan champions, by score of
6-3, CO.
Garland and W. Irving Pitt defeated
Cecil Donaldson and Tremaine Morti-
mer at ll-9, 6-l, in the struggle to
get into another bracket in the serii-
final round. With the defeat of Cecil
came the elimination of the last of
the "liliputians" in the tournament,
but the Borough Park midget did not
60 down without a stirring struggle,
as the score attests.
Garland outplayed Rand in their
match. continually forcing his oppo-
nent out of position and then finishing
the points with well judged shots for
placement. While his strokes did not
possess any great speed, the ability to
put the ball where he wanted TO and
his craftiness in making his openings
before sending home the winning shot
distinguished his play.
Banks found q worthy opponent in
Throckmorton in the first set, for the
New Jersey youth hit the ball hard
and exercised fair control over has
shots Banks used his head, however,
and avoided the temptation of trying
TO "kill" at every opportunity, con-
tenting himself with scoring on clever
placement shots from mid-court. His
steadiness gave him the last two
games and the first set at ca, and
then he went out after the second set
with Throckmorton growing more err
ratio every minute.
II was a propensity TO sacrifice every
thing to tremendous pace in his strokes
that put Harold Throckmorton out OF
the all-comers' tournament in the first
round last week. and il was this same
failing that brought swift defeat to his
younger brother yesterday in the sec,
ond set. Time after time he crashed
the ball out of court and into the net,
and Banks, playing smoothly, took the
last set at 6-l. and with il the match.
Healy defeated W. II. Benedict, but
only after a bitter struggle, at IS,
IS, IS. Three times Benedict need
ed only a single point for the match.
but each time Healy STAYED off disaster
by scoring on brilliant kills"
Binzin went through W. Hammer
slough at So, 6-2, outplaying his OPP
ponent from every position in the court.
He was particularly strong at the net
and rained placement shots into unpro-
tected spots.
The doubles brought out some sharp
competition, the future McLoughllns
and Bundys of the court performing IN
manner to win rounds of applause
from the spectators. Goddard weld
Saunders, in whose name the champion
ship bowl was given. paired with Jabish
Holmes, ir.. and the won their way 70
the fourth round by defeating II. i.
Dickinson and ". P. Black by score
of 80, 6-2, "a.
Saunders was the court general on
his side, and after he and Holmes had
lost the first set at 4-6, led the attack
that finally terminated in victory. He
was constantly maneuvring to work the
opposing pair out of position, and once
Dickinson and Black had been tricked
into leaving holes in their court, Saun-
ders and Holmes shot home the finish
ing shots.
The summaries follow:
Metropolitan Junior championship singles uourth
round Bert Cohen defeated NJ. Cutler 10 -
Charles E,o a'' Hnaen d' ts'ss,od f0N liam
fner.ioush 81. g. Il. P. Cutler detected E
7 WosdioTd. 81 -; = lame, BsnismR R.S de-
defeated George =. Throckmorton. e-9. 81; Az
gistus Hcaly defeated W. H. Benedict, 20 ID
Metropolitan junior championship doubles Sec
oud roundj-E James BENJAMIN and W Ham
rner,lough debated Z. l. Hopkins and y" D.
' Third rcound-charies S Garland and ": /
Pitt defeated II. I. Larson end c Gentnsr' So
y'ycrs and W D. Drayton. g, 80 %;
Goldman and " Won "a 49, o a. E Chr q
zabri.Lte So 10: T. James BENJAMIN and W.
Hlmmcrsloush defeated " Bsnedlct and NJ,
Rsndau %, e. Sc; Goddard Saunders ana
jSbi.6 Holmss defeated II T Deldn'en n ard W, W.
ion and II W. Forster defeated Cecil pon1ldson
and rremAne Mortimer. IL 9-l Louis VI
hanks and II Y Cutler defeated c. HollendoT and
Bert Cohen. e. 6-l. 6-S.
Fourth round-Charles s. Gsrlsnd and W. Irving
pitt defeated T woodford and r shsw; 90.
6-2: Elliott BinIen and Matthew A. TAYLOR De
feated A Ehrman and + ". Chapman. 6-5. 6-2'