New-York tribune., 1918-12-25

Tavlor. national outdoor junior ch
c;ae and Long Island title holder;
chin of the old Abraham Bassford
Mann School, and Percy Kynaston,
vincent Richards, the national boy
champion outdoors, played his fret
..,ch Of the tournament, defeating J.
cordner. of Horace Mann School. by
..ora Of 6-S, &c. Young Richards,
rAo has left school to enter business,
!. decidedly out of practise. but by the
IA Of the week he may work into
.omething like his old form. and in
shat case, he should make a strong
MD for the championship, now held
Ar Edmund II. Hendrickson, of Am
.s+st College, who is not defending this
year.
Anderson had no trouble yesterday
in taking the measure Of Louis Lef
tovitz. Of Stuyvesant High School,
winning by a score of 6-1, GO. The
Long Island title holder held command
sl the way, and his volleying and driv-
Ing were features OF Cnc match.
Anderson Going Well
Anderson seemed to be going we'll,
and it would not be at all surprising
Il he should topple over Taylor in the
semi-fnal round, for both seem fairly
certain of reaching those brackets.
Anderson's service was not so severe
IS Taylor's, perhaps. but is was beauti-
fully placed, and he was very quick in
closing in at the following service
Alexander II. Frey. of Yale Univer-
sty. succumbed to Taylor's flashing
brand of tennis. but not before he had
taken the second set from the national
junior turf court champion. Taylor
won at 60, ST. 6--1, and he should
have won in straight sets, but in the
second session he experienced one of
those unaccountable lapses that creep
into his game at times and lost all
control of his strokes. Frey was on
the alert for just such letup in his
opponents play, and his steadiness en-
sbled him to win the set after the
games had gone once to deuce.
In the first and third sets, however,
Taylor gave glimpses of the real power
Of his game. This youth is stylist in
stree, although inclined to be a trifc
cs~eIess at times, and the smooth man
ner in which he passed the ball down
the side lines and into the corners for
dazzling placement aces caused the gal
ery to enthuse.
Richards, one of the most sensational
youngsters ever developed in the East,
held Gardner at his mercy throughout
their match, and he never extended
himself to win. His service was soft,
yet deceptive in its bound, and his eye
for the openings was generally keen,
although several times he missed GER
tain placement aces by trying to shave
the lines bit too close.
Young Bassford showed the spirit of
which champions are made in his match
with Warren Osgood of Pleasantville.
The latter has had plenty of experience
in tournament play and he proved a
worthy opponent for Bassford, forcing
both sets to deuce before admitting
defeat
Bassford Hits Ball Hard
In the opening set he led his rival
at Al on games and at 81 in the
second set, yet each time Bassford came
through in the pinch with winning
brand Of tennis. In the crises ne
sought the net position and volleyed
his way TO victory, his hard hitting OF
the ball at these times indicating that
bis nerve had not deserted him.
Kynaston had little difficulty in elm
mating Warren Slattery by score Of
8-l g, while Kaltenbach accounted
for Louis Daley, at 6-2,, I'd, his
experience being too much for the
fourteen-year- r-old star.
The boys tournament reached into
the semi-fnal round, with Leo Jan
dorf and Daley occupying the top and
bottom brackets and Charley Vail one
OF the others. Daley vanquished lrv~
Ing Landau by score of 60, 6-1,
while Jandorf had a runaway match
with Stanley Noble of Horace Mann,
taking the two sets at 60, Go. Jan
dorf looks like the fnalist in the upper
hall by his work yesterday. Vail de-
teated McHugh at 6-3, 6-3.
start was made in the doubles, but
only two matches were finished, the
poor light interfering with further
progress
William Cunningham, the bustling
hustling, referee-manager spurred the
Youngsters on to extra efforts by plac-
ing the prizes in the regimental show
case, where all might look and long
There are handsome bronze and silver
cups. with the regimental mineral and
silver racquet crossed in raised metal
on the bowls and also solid silver med
ais likewise decorated "Uncle Bill
sess rs considerable prize picker.
The boys will devote all their ath-
ietio prowess to getting the better of
the Christmas turkey to-day, wrestling
AZ catch catch-can style, but to-mor-
row they will resume play with all
shree finals scheduled to be played on
Saturday morning.