New-York tribune., 1918-07-14
Anderson Wins
Junior Lawn
Tennis Title
Brooklyn Schoolboy Defeats
Donaldson in Gruelling
Struggle on Court
By Fred Hawthorne

old Brooklyn schoolboy, is the new Met
ropolitan junior lawn tennis champion
to day. but he won his latest honors on
the court only after one of the most
eruelling struggles ever seen in junior
competition, when, pitted against Cecil
Donaldson, Of Borough Park, he was
winner at 81. 4-6, 6-2, 81, 6-3.
Through the full limit of five sets
the two youthful stars battled keenly
for the points. There was no soft
hitting in this match, the points be-
ing settled quickly and decisively by
one or the other, and there was a crisp
ness about the execution of strokes
that delighted the gallery.
Summing it all up, we should say
that Anderson won through his supe-
rior control of strokes and his ability
to seek out the narrowest of openings
for the finishing shot. Donaldson made
one fatal mistake throughout the
match. There were many times when
lob was the logical shot to stop An
derson's dashing attack, but these oc-
casicns called for a deep lob whereas
Donaldson almost invariably played
the ball short. so that his opponent was
able to "kill" with the severcst of
smashcs.
In Role of Williams
In q way, the match was a miniature
replica of what might be expected if
Richard Norris Williams. I'd, the ma
tonal champion. opposed Karl Behr,
the fiery, the tcmperamental. Yester-
day Anderson played the role of Will
Jams, shooting true for the lines. cool
in the hottest of rallies, and an expert
at digging the ball up from under his
feet on the full voley as he charged
for the net.
Little Donaldson was miniature
Behr, fretting openly when he made
errors, daring in his play, and sac
rticing everything that resembled eau
tion in his impetuous anxiety to finish
off his points with "kill" AS might
be expected, when these two opposite
types of tennis were opposed, the Will
Jams brand won with little to spare,
hut very little, as the point score
will show.
Donaldsons forehand drive was one
of the most striking shots shown on
the courts yesterday. The little tow
headed whirlwind takes the ball at the
top of the rise and "walks into it"
much in the way William M. john
ston, of California, used to do. He
gets a decided "top" on the ball, which
enables him to put his full strength
behind the shot, and dozen times,
taking Anderson's service in this man
ner, he earned the points on clean
placement aces as he crashed his re-
turns back into the far corner of deep
court.
Cecil also flashed brilliantly at times
when volleying from inside the service
court line, using a block volley that
dropped the ball just over the net and
caught Anderson out of position near
his base line.
AS for the new champion, his game
may hardly be praised enough, con-
sidering his youth. With the utmost
GOODNESS, he picked the openings and
often passed his opponent by shooting
the ball down the side lines or angled
it sharply across the court as Donaldson
came laundering down centre court. all
intent upon finishing matters with
"kill,"
Anderson Began Service
A popularity of the match was that
Anderson began the service in every
set and he also finished the match on
his own delivery. Franks service is
possessed of more speed than Cecil's
and was generally better placed Don
aldson gets decided amount of "top"
on the ball in serving and the second
ball went over the net with fully as
much power as the first. even though
the effort seemed to have taken some
thing from his strength in the last set
Taken as a whole, it is doubtful if a
better exhibition of lawn tennis by
juniors could have been seen in this
country than was shown yesterday by
Anderson and Donaldson.
Donaldson won the fourth set after
remarkable uphill struggle, for Ander-
son led him at 81 on games, and ap-
parently was on the high road to vic
tory before Cecil staged a sensational
rally, driving and smashing with a
vicious impetuosity that all his oppo-
nent's skill could not Offset, and the
spectators gave Donaldson a great re-
ception as he took the set at 7-5 and
brought the match all square.
POINT SCORE
First Set
Andersen Andersen 3
Second Set
Anderson ......2 6 4 "a q o-as 4
Donaldson ......4 4 / o74 4e24 SO 6
Third Set
Anderson ...,.....4 4 q q q S 40 s
Donaldson ..........O go g
Fourth Set
Anderson "a q q q 1 7o1 I o-2s S
Donaldson ..........0 2 I 6 2 8 2-20 2
Fifth Set
Anderson ......4 o 4 q q 4-2s s
Donaldson .......0 4 I I 4 2 4 1-2o 8
Totals Anderson. 8 sets. 80 games. 17a
points. Donaldson, 2 sets. 25 games. 15s
points.