New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-15
SIXTEEN BOYS
COME THROUGH
In LAWN TENNIS
Many Keen Matches En-.
liven Play for Junior
Title at Forest Hills.

Under the watchful eye of Frederick
b. Alexander, the official referee and
sponsor of the second annual junior
metropolitan lawn tennis championship
tournament, the original field in the
singles was reduced TO sixteen players
on the clay courts Of the West Side
Tennis Club, at Forest Hills, Long ISL
and. Yesterday. Thirty-eight pairs IN
the do ibles also put in busy day, and
it is planned to play the finals to-mor-
row and Friday.
The heat was terrific in the morn
ing and early afternoon, and on the
advice of Alexander, who saw the boys
were feeling the strain, the doubles
were not started until late. In spite OF
the trying conditions. the juniors were
full OF ambition and wanted to play
without a let-up.
The Goddard Weld Saunders cham
pionship bowl, for which the boys are
fighting, was on view in the clubhouse
and spurred the boys on TO added eff
forts After the singles matches to-
day. il will be possible to get an linking
of who are likely to reach the final
brackets. Just now there are sixteen
very earnest young men, each equally
determined to gain the prize for him.
self.
One of the surprises of the tourney
developed in the match between Mat
thew A. Taylor, OF Fordham Prep
School, and f. j. Benjamin, a Harvard
freshman, which was won by the latter
at 60, 3-6, 60.
Taylor had been counted one Of the
strongest contenders for final bracket
and Benjamin was comparatively un-
known to the other ooys entered, but
he won his victory by smashing at
tack at the net thai gradually wore
Taylo~ down to the point Of exhaustion
and left him an easy victim in the last
set.
After losing the opening session, the
Fordham youth gained control OF his
forehahd drives and placed them down
the side lines so accurately that BenJa'
min was often tricked out Of posi-
ton. Taylor took the second set al
6-3, but the effort proved his ondoing
for in the final session he could hardly
do more than adopt a weak defensive
game against the impctuOus attack OF
Ben amin, who seemed TO revel in the
heat.
Some of the favorites to come
through yesterday were Robert c
Rand, who defeated Fred Barrett a
/ 60, "a; II. P. Cutler, Of st. Paul'i
School, who took the measure Of J
Mangin at 81, 81, 6-3, and G. P
Throckmorton, Of Sewaren, n. j., wh'
put out F. L. Loughman by score o.
6-l, 81.
/ The two Donaldson brothers, Geralt
and Cecil, fourteen and twelve years
respectively, were defeated by olde
and more experienced opponents in tn
third round.
: Louis VI. Banks, of Adelphi Academy
Brooklyn, defeated Gerald at 90, 6-l
gaining most of his points by har'
, torehand drives to deep court and
clever volleying game from mid-cour'
Lawrence Healy defeated Cecil. half hi
weight and height, by a score of &C
IS. Cecil could not handle Healy'
severe ground strokes in the first SCI
but in the second he worked his wa
10 the net and held his own up TO 5-al
By remarkably clever volleys.
Goddard Saunders and Jabish Holme;
! IT,, were successful in their only double
match Of the day, defeating Alfred Gal
lagher and Joseph Proctor, Of III
South Side High School. by score o
"a, Cd. Saunders used his dee
drives TO keep the other pair from IN
net and then Holmes finished the point
by severe overhead shots.
The summaries follow:
Metropolitan jlulof championship sinsl. !see~,
roundl-T Woodford defeated r. v haJmond' .
-. - So,
Tniri rornd--M. Cutler defeated o nh " ion. Jon.
! d ID R,lsrt Rand defeated y Barrett. 5,
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Go " HamBrrslou1h deiss'el =, hh'I.a
a.: = boSIinS dste.isd / ". Raymond .
sd 81. r Nsot'od defeated Jaia'h nsime
"a as G-l. l. H0pkins defeated " Ihon
IL ID. FL B,njsmin defeated Matthew
TAYLOR. "a. - %. n Hslisn.,sin art. ai;
",o,;nn defeated v l. Loughman. t-i 3
il1uia ~ Banks deiensl Gerald donaldson. 3
81: l. Heab defeated Cecil Donaldson. 9
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