New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Richards Wins Junior
! LnzCn Tennis Groom
Boy Champion Beats Taylor
in Final at Terrace
Club
By Fred Hawthorne

BY FRED F1aWtnOrnc
Vincent Richards. the ffteen-year-
old national boy champion, added the
Brooklyn junior lawn tennis champion
ship singles title to his rapidly grow
ing list of honors yesterday afternoon
by defeating Harold A. Taylor, metro
politan junior champion, in the final
round match on the clay courts Of the
Terrace Club, OF Flatbush Richards
won in straight sets, at 6-3, 6-2,
6-1, and in such decisive manner as
to leave no doubt as to his superiority
on this occasion.
Cecil Donaldson. the fifteen-year-old
marvel from Brooklyn. paired with
Frank. Anderson, son of the famous
Frederick G. of other days, won the
junior doubles championship of Brook
lyn, by vanquishing Abraham Bassford,
Sd, and Gerald Donaldson, jr., by q
score of 6-3, 4-6. 8-6, 60.
The tournament will be completed
this morning, when Cecil Donaldson
and young Bassford meet in the final
round of the boys singles, starting
play at 1880 o'clock. The tourney has
history of junior tennis in the East,
thanks largely to the intelligent and
sympathetic management by Gerald
Donaldson, sr., chairman of the tourna-
ment committee.
Richards at His Best.
In taking the junior singles title,
advantage in every department of the
game. The slender youth from Yon-
kers baffled Taylor by his speed, his
crafty change of pace and by his
ability to force his openings and then
shoot the winning shot through the
hole.
Taylor was not at his best yesterday
and never seemed able to get his
strokes working with that smoothness
that usually characterizes his work on
the courts. He missed, many shots
that ordinarily would be easy for him
and his play overhead lacked the
him high honors before.
But the brilliant playing of young
Richards was a considerable factor in
putting Taylor off his regular game.
The boy champion drew his opponent
in close to the net by the prettiest of
block volleys or short, fast-dropping
drives, only to change to a deep lob
bing game when he had Taylor far out
Of position. On other occasions Rich
ards volleyed beautifully for the cor
ners and slammed forehand drives
Gown tHe sloe IlueS Will ouS" oPSeo
and certainty Of direction that Taylor
could only make desperate stabs at
the ball as it flew past him.
The point score of the Richards
Taylor match follows:
FIRST SET
Pts. GINS.
R Richards ----44sssssa g ss 80 80 g
SECOND SET
.
Tsslor T.sio.'. .-.---...i ..-1i 4oao i-is 2
THIRD SET
Tsshord: TssioT ..: .::.:.s Z = g g s - :
Totals-RiehaTds. 8 sets. 1s g game. 1u;. 1o1
I Doubles Well Played
The doubles provided a remarkably
we'll played and stirring match, with
the issue in doubt until the final set,
when Cecil Donaldson and Anderson
put on an extra burst of speed and
hard hitting and swept their opponents
off the court.
Where there was so much excellent
lawn tennis shown as in this match, it
is ticklish proposition to name any
one boy as standing out above his fell
lows, for all had their turns at shin
ing. Taking the match from first point
to last, we should say that Frank An
derson was a wee bit better than the
other three lads, and that is not placing
any odious comparison on Cecil and
Gerald Donaldson and young Bassford,
for all brought frequent applause from
the gallery by spectacular work in the
rallies.
Anderson was particularly clever at
low volleying, coming inside the SER
vice court line to take the ball close
to the ground on either fore or back
hand. He was also in full control of
an unusually severe and we'll placed
service and his smashing was clean and
forceful.
Fast Play in Last Set
Cecil did his most sensational play
in the last set, and in this period he
went crazy" volleying, smashing End
driving in amazing fashion. Bassford
likewise shone brightest in the last
set. driving like a fiend off his fore
hand and lobbing with all the consum-
mate skill that his famous father has
made a byword in the world of lawn
tennis
Gerald Donaldson excel!ed all the
others at times by his terrific smash. I
ing and his low, fast drives, but he was
little shy of practice and in the last
set lost control of his strokes. with
disastrous results.
In each of the first three sets there
was similarity, in that Cecil Donald
son and Anderson led at 40 on
games, with Gerald donaldson and
Hassiord Duplicating in the third. In
the fourth Cecil and his partner led
81 81, and then ran the last three
games IN a row for the set, match and
championship.
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Miss Boyle Captures
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