New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-18
Youth TO Meet Youth
in Battle on Courts
Beekman and Throckmor-
ton. in Teens, in West
chester Semi-FinalS.
PRINCETON LAD
VANQUlSHES VOSHELL
Then Continues to Show His
ProwesS by Defeating
COlket Gamer.
By FRED HAWTHORNE.

leonard Rcckman, Princeton fresh
- and Harold A. Throckmorton,
Tooibr.dce High School student.
t,v-bt thc.r way into the semi-fnai
t-ssse.s IN the annual invitation lawn
.eSris tournament Of the Country Club
n Wes,che>.er, yesterday, and will
Meet AZ noon to-day for the place in
10 lower half of the finals.
Kerl Rchv and DR.. William Rosen-
INV, who occupy the two top brackets.
al not play their scheduled match
INC 10 tne lat.cr'S absence, and Behr
Iii nrobabN advance 20 the final by
Ssfsplt. although this has not yet def
;ni,ely been settled by the tournament
.,rrrittfc. The final match viii be
njsyed about q o'clock,
Beekr,ar made q brilliant record yes
,srsav. defeating s. Howard Noshell
- The second round by a score Of So,
s-36-4. and then vanQuiShlng u. Col
~ Gamer. OF Harvard, at Sc, Ga,
SO ThrocSmorton had an easier task
I, that he was asked 10 play only one
r,stch. against G.. a. L. Dionne, whom
- Sef,ate3 40 6-S, Cd, IS, start
IN, with the games at 5-all in the first
ses where the two left off on Friday
evening.
okids" Of the tournament, both being
vet N their teens. and this makes their
3e.b through the field of veterans all
10 more noteworthy. Beekman's way
,ogrsr6 tle seml-tnalS was beSct with
roore difficulties than Throckmorton'
and on what each has accomplished at
Westche>tcr this week the Princeton
how seems 20 have a slightly better
chance O. reaching the final than the
Railway. y. D.. schoolboy.
In the first round Beekman upset cal
citations by putting out Harold II.
Hackttt. veteran Internationally az
fS. g. 6-3. and followed these tri-
umphs with the victories YESTERDAY
over Voshell and Gamer Ihrockmorton
defeated Lyle +. Mahan in a hard
three-se. match on Friday and gained
his semi-fnal bracket by his defeat o.
Dionne yesterday.
Although young in years, Beekman
uses his head 10 better advantage thal
probably any player Of his age now on
he courts i'm the East. The fact that
an opponent wins the opening set does
not discourage or upset him, for he Is
content to study his adversary's game
in the early stages and then go out
after the match on the full speed"
Throckmorton, while more spectacu-
lar in his methods and stroking the BAT
with much greater force, is prone u
err at critical stages, and this may cost
him dear against Beekman to-day, al
though be has proved his ability to pull
q match out OF the fire.
Beekman played his best lawn tennis
Yesterday against NosheI, and won
largely through superior court general
ship. Voshell, a left-hsnder, hits every
bali with all his strength and is always
on the aggres siye, but the Princeton
freshman curbed his opponents speed
and checked his attack by mastery
volleying, bewildering change OF pace
and placement shots that caught No-
shell too often out of position.
Voshell assumed command al the out
set Of the match, smashing with great
success and continually forcing the
issue at the net. His service, described
BY some competent judges as the
hardes. in the East" worried Beekman
for the first few games, but the latter
soon evolved q way TO handle II sue
cessfu'ly, taking the ball on the rise
and Shipping il back quickly to No-
shells feet.
With the first set going TO his OPP
ponent. Beekman started on an ag-
gresslve campaign of his own, and ran
into q lead on games in the second set
that Nosholl was never able 10 over
come The Princeton student followed
in on service with great speed, taking
many Of his opponents returns on the
half yoIlcy as he came, and when the
time was ripe for a "kill' he accom-
plished the feat by beautifully placed
smashes and yollcys that NOshell rarely
got his racquet on.
Winning the second set at 6-3,
Beekmau maintained his victorious
stride and captured the third at Cd.
and with Il the match. After the
luncheon hour he began his struggle
against the tall Gamer, and after drop
ping the opening set at Sc, as he had
against Noshell, put on speed and won
the last two al 6-4, GO.
Gamer is blessed with a tremendous
reach and it takes a sharp-angled shot
10 get past him al the net, but Beck
man was In splendid stroke and played
the ball FOR the openings with con-
spicuous success, tricking his opponent
wide of the court on one side and then
finishing the points by placement shots
that sped true TO the mark.
Ii took Ihrockmorton several games
10 get full control Of his shots, and
after losing the unfinished first set at
G-8 he began to batter Dionne's ter
ritory with swift smashes that found
the range Cf the court with unusual
accuracy.
Dionne covered a great amount Of
ground IN going after the schoolboy's
widely scattered shots, and by many
dificul, gets" made the struggle an
even one. IHrocEmorton had the more
speed however. and all his strokes car
ned al abundance Of speed, so that he
TOOK the last two sets and the match
at e., s.