The Washington herald., 1916-12-31
O'BOYLE IS beaten
IN Tennis finals
Georgetown Player Loses to Elliott
Binzen, of Fordham. in Junior
Championships.

New York, Dec. 3o.-History has repeat
ed itself as far as Elliott Binzen and
the National Junior Indoor Tennis Cham
pions are concerned. Title holder of a
year ago the first in which the tourna-
ment was held. this plucky little Ford
ham player gained the crown for a sec
ond time this morning on the Seventh
Regiment courts when he defeated Henry
B. OBoyle. of Georgetown, in the final
round with the score 6-1, rs, 6-3.
Greater steadiness together with occa-
sional fights of brilliancy turned the bal
ance in favor OF BinZen. 1t was not,
however, all easy sailing for the title
holder. O'Boyle is a strudy contestant.
one who is endowed with much skill and
there were moments when he shone far
beyond his rival But the flights of good
tennis were not well sustained, and the
admixture Of a mediocre game here and
there allowed Binzen the opportunities
he sought for finishing off the points nee
essary to win each of the sets.
OBoyle was slow in getting started in
the first set and Binzen raced away to a
lead by nice placing and by an occasional
sortie at the net. The second set saw
conditions reversed, for it was here that
the Georgetown youth played his best
tennis of the day. Spurred on by Bin
Zen's victory in the opening clash he
gathered himself for a determined stand
and not only did he check Binzens play,
but he showed such marked improvement
that he was able to crush his opponents
defense and all but snatch the victory.
His first opportunity came in the ninth
game when he was leading at 5-3 on
games and 4O-3O on points.
An opportunity for a smash presented
and O'Boyle hit the ball fiercely. 1t
looked as if it would be impossible to
make the return. but Binzen, alert to
the impending disaster. succeeded in
making a remarkable get. His opponents
reply was a lob, for Binzen was racing
toward the net and 1t was so deep to
the base line that once more 1t appeared
as II Benzen would be frustrated in his
endeavor to make a return. Running
back. however. and while still racing
from the net Binzen caught up with the
ball and made a lob that called to mid
court on the opposite side OF the net.
The Fordham col!egan was out of posi-
ton and with little care O'Boyle could
have placed for the winning point. In
the excitement he hit viciously and the
ball went far over the baseline.
This was really the turning point in
the contest. Binzen had shown signs of
a rally in the game previous and when
O'BOyle committed two errors in success
sion. Binzen secured the ninth game.
making the score 81. The tenth game
found the Georgetown boy playing with
some of his old Drilliancy and once more
he came within a point of victory. but
Binzen was able to ward off the attack
by brilliant play at the net and he fol-
lowed by taking the eleventh game, a
deuce encounter. The deciding game
which gave Binzen a - victory in the
set, went to him without much of a
struggle.
O'Boyle tried to spur his tagging game
to greater heights at the start of the
third set: he soon relapsed to only an
occasional telling stroke and Binzen
literally romped away with the last few
games.