New-York tribune., 1915-12-31
J. Weber, of Chicago, and
E. BinZen, of FOrdham.
Best of Juniors.
EXPERTS DIVIDED
AS TO WINNri>
Weber and Rand, of Harvard,
Win Doubles Title by Defeat
Of Binzen and Taylor.
BY FRED HAWTHORNE.

ny hED HAN itORNE.
James Weber. Of Chicago. a stu.en-
at Andover Academy. and Elliott Bin.
zen. OF Fordham University. will NEE,
at l0:30 o'clock this morning in the
final round Of the first annual national
indoor junior lawn tennis tournament
at the eth Regiment Armory, and the
victor will be hailed a. champion.
Weber paired with Il. {. Rand. o.
Harvard University. won the doubles
championship by defeating Bnzen and
Harold Taylor in the .nal round hy o
score Of 6-3. 60. 3. the winners
cutclassing their opponents all the way.
In the singles Weber gained his fna
bracket by vauquishing Merritt Cutler.
Of Pratt Institute, by score Of 81.
! "a and Binzen sent young n =.
NGuiler down 20 defeat IN straight sets
az 3. 81.
I / Those who saw the matches yester-
day we're evenly divided IN their
opinions as 10 who would win the
singles title to-day. Both Binzen and
Weber showed flashes Of brilliancy. and
eX rcise the better control over his
strokes to-day will turn up as the vic
tor. For this reason we must pick
Weber as the new champion. as he
seems cooler under fire aund is just as
, speedy in his court covering as the
! Fordham student.
/ Yet the two are 30 evenly matched.
apparently. that a streak Of wildness
on the part OF either lay decide the
struggle.
Weber has been suffering from a
badly strained left arm for the last two
days, and "a he is a left-handed player
this troubled him quite a bit. Against
! Cutler. however, the Chicago boy
stroked the ball with all his strength
and il was the pace he put into his
strokes that spelled defeat for Cutler
who seemed unable to Withstand the
bombardment Of drives and hard
smashes to which he was subjected.
B Weber never hesitated 10 make for
the net position whenever the oppor-
tunity presented itself, paving the way
for an assault there by deep drives
that found the side lines with great sc-
curacy. Cutler had 10 keep continually
racing from side 10 side OF his court 20
get his racquet on the ball. When he
Rad drawn his opponent far out OF po-
ston Weber would charge 20 the net
and finish the points with severe
smashes or fast shots across the fore
court
Cutter could win only two games in
/ the first set, but in the second he played
/ faster and took more chances, leay-
/ ing his base line with a rush after ser
vice and cutting off many Of Weber,
attempted passing shots. He managed
20 get four games before the Andover
youth ran out the set at 81 and the
match.
Binzen defeated Cutler in even
shorter time. taking the opening set a.
G-3 and the second AZ 6-l. Cutler
was plainly puzzled by Binzen's re
verse twist service and was unable 10
gauge the erratic bound OF the ball.
The Fordham student took full advan-
tage of this and was always firmly in
/ trerched at the net. ready for n "kill
bv the time Cutler could make his re-
turns. The latter seemed discouraged
~ his inability 20 handle Binzen's de
livery and scarcely tried In the last
set.
T This service of Binzen's breaks
sharply to the left Of the receiver and
is therefore not likely 20 worry Weber
as much as II would in the case OF a
r'ch.-handcd player. But the Fordhan
youth makes use Of a sharp angled
p 'cross-court shot that may trouble
, Weber If he remains in the back of his
court The Chicago players service is
devoid of frills. but carries lots OF
sneed and is usually well placed, and
Binzen was not very successful In re
turning the ball in the doubles match
in the afternoon.
N1I safi
PLAYED. with Weber and Binzen doing
the most effective work for their re-
snectiye sides Half n dozen times
Weber scored clean service aces, and
his smashing Of the short lobs that
Binzen and Taylor sent up was spec
tacular Rand was very weak overhead.
crashing the ball short into the net
when he had chances for "kills." but
from the back Of the court he whipped
deep drives into the corners Of the back
court.
TAYLOR was inclined TO be erratic. and
IL fell 20 Binzen 20 do most OF the court
covering. He T.sde for the net with
great speed and scored often on shots
10 the corners. but his service was not
up 70 the standard. and he seemed un-
able 70 control the flight Of the ball
The point scores Of the doubles
match and the summaries follow:
FIRST SIT
Pts g
Neher and Rant ..........o 4 - so
Taylor and BlnIer .....-.-f l Z 0 4 -
SECOND SET
Weber snd Rand .-..-......A : - s-?2
Taylor and Bnzen ..-....... I I : 0 = 5-ia
THIRD SET
Weber ard Rand .........e laa4t. l-fL
Taylor aud Bnzen ........s 2 2 i---'
National indoor junior iesn tennis chAmpoushp
singles l'erai taGl round james Weber d-ia,'i
Merritt cutter g.. g E i0't BIuTsu defeated
HuzI j. Cutler C--2 s-l
Doubles lsem final fouuil James Weber ,nd r
=. Rand de'eateI ~. J. Cutler srd l. MstFel.
BsuAs az. q -. Harold rsylor snt
Elliott uzcn dete-'ei " ~ Webster aul ~ "
Ia iensfcir. 60 g..
Fi,a round Weber anI Rand defeated Ta,i'-
Srl Buzc0 c. f-2 B-8