The sun., 1918-09-25
BEHR ADVANCES ON
PARK HILL COURTS
Beats Alex Her and Reaches
Semi-finals jim Red Cross
Tourney.
by FREDERICK G. LIEB.

Allen Behr of the New York Tennis
Club reached the semi final round in the
mems singles OF the Park Hill Red Cross
tournament on the Park Hill courts.
Yonkers, yesterday afternoon. He scored
an easy victory over Alex Her, Pelham
Bay sailor. Ga, 6--l.
Her. who had sailed through the first
three rounds without difficulty, proved no
match for Behr and was outplayed in
all departments of the game.
Several highly exciting third round
matches were played. The best of them
was the one in which Elliott Binzen de-
feated lingo Hartman. The veteran sur
prised the fashy youth with his strong
resistance and Binzen was compelled TO
exert himself to his utmost to win by
IS, rs.
Vincent Richards snufred out the am
billions OF Fred Pianisani In rather easy
fashion In third round match. He won
at 60. ca. Pisnisani, however. did
good work in getting to the third round.
beating Hendrickson, the New England
intercollegiate champion. Later he dis
posed OF j. Salter.
Mrs. Hartman Advances.
The veteran Duke Thomas encoun-
tered Tartar in Walkowitz, a Yonlters
boy. but after losing the first set. g..
Thomass experience enabled him to take
the next two sets.
The womens singles reached tho semi
final stage after some spirited playing.
1t was big day for the Hartman fam
lily. as Mrs. Hartman lowered the colors
Of Mrs. Pritchard, the Yonkers favorite.
winning by e.. 6--3. The victory sent
Mrs. Hartman into the semi-finals.
Miao 10 oil t,,ko
the semi-hnals. She scored two clean
cut victories. In her second round she
defeated Mrs Waring In straight sets.
at e., e.. This proved one OF the
best matches of the day. Mrs. Waring
played a strong, heady game. and got in
some beautiful shots, but Miss Cassell s
ability to drive the ball into the corners
gave her the edge in both sets. The
third round match vas a walkover for
Miss Cassell She encountered little
difficulty in defeating Miss Lowerie at
Ga. Go.
Mrs. Lynch reached the semi-flnals by
defeating Miss Edith Bagg. 6--1. 6-3.
The semi-finals In the women's singles
will be played to-day. Mrs. Hartman
will play Miss Cassell In the upper half
and Mrs Lynch and Miss Marie Wagner
will have It out In the lower half.
In the mems doubles Elliott Blnzen
and Harry O'Boyle advanced themselves
to the fourth round yesterday by de-
, feating Duncan and Lesterence. GO,
6-l. The summaries:
Mems Sln9les-second Rouna-Eliot
Blnzen defeated Walter Toussaint, 6-1
80: Vincent Richards defeated II. J.
French, 81, -.
Third Round--Vincent Richards defeated
Pred Pianis1ni. 60. Ct: Elliott Binzen
defeated lingo Hartman. 7-5. 7--5: L. +.
Thomas defeated E. Walkowltz. 2-6. Ga.
6-3.
Fourth Rcpna-Allen B.hr defeated
women's Singles-Second Round-Miss
VI. Lowerie defeated Miss Rosamond
Whiteside. -. St. 60: Miss Glare
cassel defeated Mrs. S. W. waring. e..
g.
Third Round-Miss Clare Cassell de-
feated Miss NJ. Lowsrle, "a, TO: Mrs.
f. v. Lynch defeated Miss Edith Bagg.
81. 6-3; Mrs. lingo Hartman defeated
Mrs W. II. Pritchard, e., Ga.
Mems Doub'es-Flrst Round-Elliot;
Binzen and II. O'Boyle defeated widows
and Jones. 50. Go: simmons and wilcox
defeated Caldwell and BenJamin, 6--,3
s-e: g. N: NcCallum and W. Richards de-
feated s. Du Bruille and J. Doyle. Ct,
Ct
Second Round-J. b. Hughes and Hugh
Tallant defeated L. j. Gage and II. Rosen.
, 81. 81: Elliott Bnzen and II. OBoyle
won on a default.
Third Round-Elliott Binzen and II
oBoyle defeated A. B. Duncan and Lester
a.