New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
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Rivals for Net
Championship
Fred c. Anderson, ST., and
Jr.' Two of Semi-F iinaIists
at Pleasantville
By Fred Hawthorne

lhe Eastern New York State To-.
tennis championship singles re..h.a
the semi-fnal round YESTERDAY -.
noon on the clay courts of tho NJ.
Pleasant Tennis Club, at Pleasantv;n
"estchester County, with the sn,v;rs'
hsted as Fred G. Anderson. 81 49,
veteran Long Island star; Abr.h.~
Bassford. jr., another veteran - Az
courts; Lieutenant John Collom ul.
earned his bracket Sunday. and w.
Anderson, jr., son of the first n,ms,
The men will meet in that order TOD
for places in the final brackets
One team, Alexander Her and 1,u.
). o'Boyle, the Naval Reserve nj,
went into the final round Of the dorh,..
by d@feating George S. GroesbecL 49,
b. Landau at e., 50, while tbr..
other pairs gained their sem;.sn.,
round brackets.
Father Anderson closed his dav o,
activity by defeating Henry H. Bass.
ford in the fourth round of the sin,,..
by score of 90, 6--1, outplavin, n.
opponent all the way by splend;d
driving attack mixed up with sag.,
to the net position for sharp vollsv;n.
and severe smashing when the onnnr
tunities presented themselves. and ~.
veteran made few mistakes in t;n,;ns ;ns
his trips to the net. His rather sass
victory over Bassford indicated tb.t
the oldtime star is rapidly work;n.
into his pristine efficiency at the eame
Abraham Bassford, ir.. Henrr,.
brother, will have a chance to redeer,
the family name on the courts to-ssv
when he takes On the senior Anderson
IN the upper half of the draw. and this
should be a nip-and- tuck struggle. foy
the surviving Bassford is one Of those
players &ho fever realize thew are
beaten until the opponent has chalked
up the final point in match. Both
VIII probably place their main reliance
IN deep court driving attack. Bass.
lord earned his semi-final bracket
through his two-set victory over Har.
old Taylor.
COLON May Enter Final
Lieutenant Colon, whose PLAYING
mas been the surprise of the tourna.
ment, IN view of the fact that he has
only just returned from service over.
seas, may give Fred Anderson, jr., q
bitter fight before the decision is
reached. The young army man was
driving so accurately Sunday in his
match against Gerald Emerson that,
should his opponent to-day experience
streak of erratic PLAYING. Collom
may be the contender in the final
round for the championship.
The women will begin their cham
plonship singles tournament to-day.
and the women's doubles may also Get
under way. This should bring out
plenty of lively competition for the
titles at stake.
Bassford brought all his cour.
strategy into play in defeating Young
Harold Taylor, the Brooklyn schoolboy
and former Junior metropolitan cham.
plon, by score of 6-3, IS. Taylor
was faster in covering his court than
MS veteran opponent, but Bassfords
clever court generalship more than
offset the advantages of youth. TAYLOR
came to grief several times in irving
to "kill' the deep lobs that Bassford
used. and the latter's persistent get
ting" OF the schoolboy's we'll placed
shots was substantial factor in bring
ing him safely through the match.
Young Anderson Wins Easily
The younger Anderson went into the
sc -hnal round with ease. dsposing
OF DR.. Benjamin f. Drake in one.two
order. by score of 60 6-1. Drake.
who had defeated Warren E. Osgood
earlier in the day by score of 50.
60, was looked upon to give the tall
brooklyn youth a good battle but
Anderson simply ran away with the
honors. His great reach made it easy
Tor him to cut off Dr. brakes at
tempted passing drives at the net, and
when the physician sought to drive his
opponent back from the net position
by deep lobbing Anderson crashed
the ball back with splendid accuracy
Tor the finishing points.
The summarizes:
Eastern New York State championship singles
Second round)--Dr b. + Drake won from ".
NJ Jennings by default
Third round-Dr Drake defeated Warren 2.
Fourth round Fred Anderson jr. defeated pr
sasd Harold S sval h9raa BassoTd ID X i,d, a.
SOL. sr dcfea-l H. n iBessrcrd. 4,s 6--4 s.
Eastern championship doubles ttlird round,
Aiex re-. lisr and 5. o'Boyle defeated J.
Cr3esneck and Il. Landau defeated " wsdsvorh
and r. o. DorInan. 6-3. --6 % Fred Andsr-
son, BaH, sr. .,, and C. A. Anderson defeated 4a.
Anderson. jr and H H. Bassfo-i defeated Dr.
b. r Drake and Alfred D. Hammeti "a. 81
r, semi nnal round-ller AID 0'BSle deiein'
EFoesoeck and Landau. g.. 60.
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