New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Boy
Has Chance for
Eastern Title
Nineteen Year Old Tenn.
Phenom in Eastern New
York State Champion
ship Saturday
By Fred Hawthorne

Fred c. Anderson, the nineteer.v...
old star from Brooklyn. and Ahr.L~
Bassford, the veteran from Westcb..,.
County, gained the final round brack.,.
yesterday afternoon on the cay conr,.
of the Mount Pleasant Tennis cl,h ',
Pleasantville, in the annual Ess,srn
New York State championship simple,
They Will meet for the title on sotn,
day afternoon.
Anderson earned his place as s,.,
lst by defeating Sergeant Collom :,
terrific three-set match, with tbo
sets going at 6-3. 2 s, l4-l2. Bss.
ford came through by eliminating Fed
G. Anderson at ID, C.
The mems doubles Will 20 over mt,
Saturday, but the women viii s,a,. ,
their singles and doubles to-day ,v;.S
thirty-two prominent players drawn IN
the singles ~
The match that saw Bassfors
triumph over Anderson was hst,la
between two veterans of the court ava
two past masters of the back copr,
deep driving game. It was Bassford's
ability to cover up the holes in b;s
defence and his astonishing gets, of
we'll placed shots, that gave him the
victory yesterday.
Anderson Shows Deadly Accuracy
Anderson was the more skilled ct
placing and his shots went true 10 tho
INES IN almost every instance. Against
less persistent court coverer than
bassford this accuracy must have
spelled victory for Anderson. but Bass
ford never took it for granted that
return was impossible, and so ne tried
for everything and was successful in
a vast majority of his attempts.
The distinguishing feature Of the
match was the abiding sseadiness Of
both players, and the driving rallies
were long drawn out. the issue be-
tween the contenders not being decjd
ed until after almost two hours Of
gruelling work. Most Of the games
went to deuce several times. and the
last game at least ten times. before
bassford came through with the win
nlng shot. Throughout the match
there were not half dozen rallies at
the net. Anderson came uu three or
tour times to smash or vollev. but the
bulk of the point getting was from
deep court
The junior member OF the Anderson
family began his match against Ser.
geant Colon late in the afternoon. but
nobody imagined At the iime that inc
men would be struggling along with.
out definite result until almost 5
o'clock in the evening. The res.
battle here did not develop an.il the
third set. Anderson taking the nrs' a.
6-3, and Collum annexjng the second
at :. Both players put their trust
IN the net attack, following IN Witty
on service and from there volleyinr
brilliantly for the points An lcrson's
great height and reach made il diff.
cult for Collom to score on passing
shots unless the ball WAS aimed close
TO the lines and througA he most
meeting of openings. and iobs. unless
they were played unusually deep. did
not often escape the sweep o. the tell
youths racquet as he smashed the hail
back into Collom's coAllt with al the
strength at has command
Becomes Question of Endurance
1t was only by the mos. accurate
KIND OF volleying ard the sharpesi
angled OF shots that Sergeant Colon
scored has winning points. bit he was
~ Ni'' Neioh, ana so the struggle
continued, game after game. with Col
iom usually holding "a one game ad-
vantage. After the SCI had been
deuced two or three times it seemed
TO become question OF endurance
more than anything else. and after ne
mad brought the match all square at
II all Anderson, the younger man,
nnaliy managed to break through his
opponents service and took the last
game after series of brilliant rallies
from midcourt
Owing to the fact that some Of the
players started for Utica last night to
take part in the New York state cham
plonships, the tournament committee
OF the Mount Pleasant club decided to
postpone the singles final between
bassford and Anderson until Saturday
with the mems double final set for
Sunday.