The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-01
STRAIGHT SETS TAKE
| BOTH INDOOR TITLES
Bowman 0utgenerals Banks in
Junior Singles. Overcoming
Commanding Lead.
DOUBLES FINAL MEDIOCRE

Both Of the Metropolitan junior indoor
lawn tennis titles. singles and doubles,
were won in straight sets yesterday at
| the Seventh Regiment Armory. IL. l..
Bowman OF the Mount Vernon High
School was the winner of the singles
event defeating l.. NJ Banks OF Adelphi
school, Brooklyn. In the final round, 7--b.
7--5, 6-3 In the final OF the doubles,
r. s. Goldman and j. W. Wolff OF the
Ethical Cultsre School. won easily from
49, r. Van Raalte and william Katz OF
Columbia, at 81, 60, G-i.
In thu final singles match Banks tried
to play BoN man the same way he worked
against r. n. Haines. He attempted to
force Bowman TO drive hard In the hope
OF leading him into errors by overhittng.
Bowman was just as good court gem
eral as his rival, however. and quite n
bit more steady.
The Adeiphi boy got away to a com
manding lead OF games to and 30
love. He need only two strokes to win
the set. But Bowman buckled down 20
the task before him and won the game
after II had gone to deuce. This took
! the wind out OF Banks and gave courage
to the other lad, with the result that
Bowman carried of the next four games
which gave him the set at IS and the
advantage In points at ~ to 81.
: In the second set. Banks again showed
I that he was better at the start than at
the finish. for he Jumped into a lead OF
/ SIS The Mount Vernon player broke
through his rivals service on the ninth
game and came up to -. ON the
tenth game, Banks came within an ace
! OF winning the set. hut Bowman tried
AN underhand service which Banks could
not handle. and made deuce. The Adelphi
boy gained vantage twice after that and
could have taken the set on a stroke.
hut fell down and the game went to
/ Bowman. This was the turning point, for
Bowman took the eleventh and twelfth
games and set. Bowman played faster
/ In the third get and won II quite handily
at Ga. taking tire, Of his games at
love. The winner had a total OF 20 games
and l2l points TO ~ games and rs points
for Banks.
The doubles final had none OF the snap
and dash that marked the singles. Il
| was not a case OF the best team winning
! hut OF the weakest team losing Neither
Wolff nor Goldman OF the winning com
/ bination showed any great skill at the
| 81 me, hut they were both steady and man
aged 20 get the bali back into their OPP
pOnents' court. a salient point where Van
/ Raalte and Katz failed A peculiar fea-
ture Of this match was that in the -four
games the losers won. only one point was
/ scored against them Van Raalte showed
the poorest form OF the four. Nearly
every return he attempted. slammed into
; the net. Goldman played the bHst game
! for the winners. The summaries
! Metropolitan Junior Indoor champions ~
i Slnglcs-Final round--H. l.. Bowman. Mount
Vernon High school. defeated L. VI. Banks
! Adelphi rs, -. SIS. The point score
FIRST SET
s so.E. q ;:t;t 80
! SECOND SET.
Bowman - iaJ2 -
J Banks .......3 = ) 0 5 I'D
THIRD SET.
! Bowman ..........l 4 4 & it,
Banks ............A o O-26-;
l Totais--Buwmsn, sets: Ranks set
Rowman. 20 games: Banks. II MINES. Bow,
/ man. l2l points: Banks 9S points.
/ Metropolitan Junior Indoor champion sh :
l Doubles-Final round--R. =. Goldman and 4
d W. Woin. Ethical culture school, defeated
I r T. Van Raalte and william Hatz. Column
VA 6-i. 6-s. G-i The point score:
FIRST SET.
Goldman and Wolff & . I 4--21-C
Van Rsalte and katz % 4 1T
SECOND SET
Goldman and Woln. o 5 4--2T--t
Van Raalte and Katz.I O3 : lis.
THIRD SET
1 Goldman and Woln 80 1T
/ Van Raalte and katZ o = 3 2--i2-l
! TotHls--Goldman and Woin. sets Var
Rnalte and KAtg, set. Goldman ana Wolf
l. games. Van RBalte and Katz games
/ Goldman ana Wolff 10 points, Van Raait,
and KATE. ~ points