New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-01
Defeats Banks i'm Three
Straight Sets in
Title Match.
GOLDMAN AND WOLFF
VICTORS IN DOUBLES
Lawn Tennis Tournament for
Boys to Become a Ma
tiOnal Fixture.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

the Mount Vernon High School cham
pion, TO cut short the victorious career
of L. Maxwell Banks, the Adelphi
Academy sensation, in the final round
of the junior indoor metropolitan lawn
tennis tournament, at the eth Regi-
ment armory yesterday Bowman, by
brilliant net game, worked the down
fall of Banks in three straight sets. az
-, IS, 6-3, and with the victory
earned the title Of junior champion Of
the metropolitan district
King Smith. the official referee. an
nounced after Bowman's defeat Of
Banks, that next year the junior in
door tournament will be designated as
a national affair.
In the final round Of the doubles.
held in the afternoon, z. :. Goldman
and J. W. Wolff defeated B. r. Van
Raalte and William Katz, Of Columbia
University, in the easiest possible kind
OF match. The three sets were played
in forty-eight minutes, and Goldman
and Wolf won by score OF 81, 60,
6-l. This is the second time within
the space of five months that young
Wolff, pupil of the Ethical Culture
School, has earned a title in the
doubles of junior tournaments. He
and l.. Selig won the first outdoor
tournament at Forest Hills last Sep
TENDER.
In defeating Banks, Bowman proved
himself a clever court general yester-
day. He profited by the mistakes made
on Wednesday by Roland b. Haines,
when the latter was defeated by Banks
in the semi-fnal round, and, instead Of
sacrificing everything 70 speed and
wild smashing, tricked Banks out Of
position by clever changes of pace and
cut short the Adelphi boys driving for
passes by intrenching himself at the
net.
Bowman showed that he had the
proper fighting temperament by coming
from behind in the first two sets and
overcoming what looked like over
whelming leads. In the first set Banks
took the first three games and led at
five games TO two, only to have the
Mount Vernon boy take the next five
games in row and the set.
Again, in the seconi set. after d.
viding the first six games evenly, Bow
man allowed his opponent to gain a
lead Of 5 to 3. He then frightened up
in mis- playing and took the last four
games and the set, with the loss OF
on y seven points.
Against such whirlwind tactics
Banks faltered, and was able TO get
only three games in the final set Of
the match, Bowman taking the last
game at love.
The railroad" service Bowman
made use of in the title match was
severe test for little Banks, who never
seemed certain in his handling Of the
ball. The new champion made good
use of this service by following in
quickly TO the net, from where he was
able to chop off the low drives that
Banks had used so effectively against
Haines the day before.
But the boy from Brooklyn did not
give up his dreams of a championship
without a sturdy struggle, and Bow
man had to play at his fastest TO gain
the advantage. Several times, as Bow
man charged in TO the net, the Adelphi
boy shot deep drives down the side
lines that had the Mount Vernon youth
digging wildly at the thin air.
More frequently, however, Bowman
brought down those drives and sent
them flashing into the corners for sure
aces. Just 10 show the resourcefulness
of his game and his courage in cru
cial situations. when Banks led a.
five games TO four in the second set
and was leading at 1910 in the tenth
game, Bowman switched mis- swift over
head service for an underhand deliv-
cry.
Banks was standing far back Of his
base line TO receive the ball, and when
Bowman dropped it just over the net
the Brooklyn boy was caught out OF
position. He dove forward. and has
racquet met the ball. but his return
went into the net. With the score az
deuce. Bowman went right ahead and
pulled out of that game and the next
two for the set
In the final 1t Banks led at two
games to one, My 70 see Bowman
win the next two games at love, ana
the sixth after II had gone once 10
deuce. Banks made his last tally by
winning the seventh game, the Mount
Vernon boy taking the eighth ana
smashing out the last game OF the
match without the loss of point.
The final round in the doubles wac
a moor exhibition Of lawn tennis, al
though due credit must be given Gold
man and Wolff for their victory. IL
was the persistence Of the winners IN
going after everything that came over
into their court that won for them.
Van Raalte was the weakest of the
four yesterday, continually sending the
hall into the net and out of court.
Little Wolff was as steady as a rock,
some of his gets" being sensational.
The point score of the singles match
follows:
FIRST SET