New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-17
Latter Breaks Racquet and
Puts Up Good Fight with
Borrowed Bat"
DR.. ROSENBAUM ALSO
REACHES SEMI-FINALS
Throckmorton Beats Mahan in
Only Other Match in Westches.
ter Lawn Tennis Tourney.
Rain
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

Dy NED nAN lHOkNt.
Karl H. Behr and Dr.. William Ros.
enbaum reached the semi-fnals OF the
annual invitation lawn tennis tourna.
ment of the Country Club al West.
chester yesterday. and will meet This
afternoon for the final bracket in the
upper half OF the draw.
Behr came through by defeating The.
Odore Roosevelt Pei. ~ IS. 6-3. and
Rosenbaum gained his bracket By tu,.
ting out Hugh Tallant az q. 50
The lower half of the draw Jagged YES.
terday. owing 20 the absence Of s
Howard Noshell, who was TO rave Eist
Leonard Beekman in the second round
but was kept away By business
In the only other match Of the iay
Harold Throckmorton. the Woodbr!ge
High School boy. defeated Lyle Evans
Mahan in a desperate three-set match
at 81. Sc. @. In the second set
Mahan led at SO on games. and an.
peared a certain winner, bat Threck
morton rose notably 10 the occasion
and ran six games in a row. and after
evening the score on sets kept on and
took the match.
George +. Adee. referee Of the tour.
nament. plans to bring the play down
TO the final round this afternoon. and
hold the championship struggle 10.
morrow.
The meeting between peil and Behr
produced the best lawn tennis Of tho
Gay. with both men battling hard foc
the honors. Il was behr's ability .
forsake his back-court for The net and
bring off the winning shots when the
opportunities presented themselves
that gave him the victory.
As the play nearS the final stages the
interest of the spectators rises accord.
ingly. and Yesterday q brilliant gallery
watched the stars of the court per
form Karl Behr has been installed as
favorite for the Westchcstcr singles
cup. with Leonard Beekman or Howard
NoShell fancied most for runner-up.
Ore feature of the tournament that
has brought forth favorable comment
from every visitor az the Country Club
this week is the unusually excellent
manner in which Mr. Adee has con-
Quoted affairs and his perfect an
nouncement of the scores in every
match in which he has OBLIGATED as um.
pire.
A spectator sitting in any part Of
the grounds yesterday could hear with
perfect distinctness every point called
by Adee, and il was not necessary TO
watch the play TO know how this match
was progressing. Decisions on Zines
were also in capable hands, FOR Julian
s. Myrlck, president of the West SIDE
Tennis Club, ofiiciated in that capacity
and made his rulings without hesita-
ton and without mistakes.
first three games without great diff
Guilty, Lehr not yet having attuned his
strokes properly. From then on the
struggle became more intense, and
Behr evened the score at Sail. Pell
led again at 81 on games, but then
his opponent began a spectacular ses-
sion at the net, and took the set at
7-5, ripping PelpS defence 10 pieces
by rare 'cross-court shots az sharp
angles.
Behr was always willing 10 wait until
he had forced his opening, and this lei
TO many driving ducls between the
two. Pel's famous backhand was tint
ing the base and side lines with beau
tiful accuracy, yet Behr held has own
by using a !ightning-fast forehand
drive.
When he had drawn Pell 20 either
side of the court by placement Shots
Behr wasted not a second ID s,ormIhg
the net, and there Keeling of dazzling
volleying shots that Pei. simply col1d
not handle.
In the latter part of the opening Sc;
there was a loud snap as Pe.- smassAs1
a lob. and he discovered that the inTee
centre strings of his racquet had
Cracked under the strain Appe'!s
were made TO Harold Th-ockmor,oE,
Hugh Tallant and BeeEman, saG
Throckmorton finally provided fe.;
with one Of his f2vorito bats, ana
the match went on.
Behr knew no stopping having
reached his full stride. and walked
away with the first FIVE games OF the
second set. Then Pell took brace
and by driving with great speed COW"
the side lines, playing the oa" ceef'!'
won the next three games. JUST W."
il seemed he was going 30 prove oA".
gerous 70 Behr's lead, however ene
latter again took command by gong
to the net, and finished the mas0.
with low volleying shot that .anGeal
in the extreme corner OF tae OS'"
court ,,..
Throckmorton could not contro! HIs
hard. smashing strokes in the "'S.
set, and Mahan, playing strongly tooA
the opening session az : 3. lie eo',
tinued playing a slashiug game a ~.
apparently had the match a: Ne -
mercy. when the score stood at o~V ID
the second set.
Throckmorton proved his ca.iore a
this point by charging 20 the net a.e
executing brilliant full. yolley snoLs'
interspersed by terrific smashes 70 nc nc
back of the court He never let up !.
his forcing attack and took the Sc. a.
S., then went ahead az the san.
speed in the last, winning tha'
6-4 and tho match.