New-York tribune., 1919-09-16
Cornell Player Puts Out
Anderson at Hoboken:
Throckmorton Winner
BY Fred Hawthorne

Kirk Reid, the Cornell student, and
Captain R. G. Van Vliet, late Of the
A. E. F., forced their way into the
round before the semi-flnal yesterday
afternoon In the "Castie Point" lawn
tennis tournament of the Hoboken
Tennis Club, and are the furthest adj
vanced of the original big field that
began play last Saturday. Reid won
from Frank T. Anderson, at Cd,
11-9, and Van Vliet defeated Edward
Reese, at d--1, 6-2, in the fourth
round. Harold A. Throckm orton, a for
mer national junior champion, won the
only other match of tho day in the
mems singles, conquering Abraham
Bassford, jr., of Westchester, by a
score of 81, 6-3, in the third round.
The clubs excellent clay courts were
kept busy most of the afternoon, how
ever, for the womens singles got un-
der way, with twentyslx players in the
draw, and the entire first round was
completed, in spite of the threatening
weather and damp wind that blew di-
and the men will continue play this
afternoon, and the mixed doubles will
begin tomorrow, with many strong
combinations entered for the honors
The match between Reid and young
Anderson was staged on the grandstand
court and was easily the feature meet
ing of the day. Both these players be-
long to the hard-hitting, quiok-fnis shing,
school Of tennis, and the shots they
brought off as they struggled for the
victory earned frequent applause from
the gallery.
Lacks Control of Shots
Anderson was superior to Reid on
ground strokes, but the Cornell man
overcame this by sterling overland
play and fine volleying. 1t was Ander-
sons inability to hold control of his
own volleying shots and gave Reid the
heavily topped, was always a difficult
problem for Anderson to solve. and
Reid followed his delivery in the net
with q rush, to bring off his flashing
volleying.
The first set was nip and tuck af-
fair, with Reid breaking through after
the games had reached 4-all and then
taking the final game with a series of
beautiful overland volleys for place
ments.
In the second set Reid ran into a
lead Of 5--3 on games and Anderson
seemed on the verge of immediate de-
feat. But the Brooklyn Junior put up
a stirring battle at this stage, coming
up to the net himself and smothering
his opponents returns by sharp voiley-
ing and decisive smashing. Anderson
also discovered q weakness on Reid S
backhand and earned many a point by
shooting the ball down the side line
as his rival came tearing in from the
base line. If the Cornell student could
take these shots on the full volley he
had fair success in getting them back
but off the ground he was erratic, and
kept sending his returns into the net
Anderson squared the match at s.
all on games, catching Reid with the
ball at his feet by driving short across
court. The latter scented the danger
Of the schoolboy's rush then, and
raised his own game, notch by notch
until he was going at rare pace
The games altcrnatcd, with both play
ers breaking through service at times
and the rallies from mid-court growing
in speed every minute. After 9-all
had been reached on games, Reid took
the last two games, for the set at 11-9
and the match.
Easy for Army Man
Captain Van Vliet had far easier
time to reach his bracket, triumphing
over Reese in short order The army
man was the master of his opponent
in every department Of the game,
raking Reese's court with well-paced
shots that caught the Brooklyn player
far out of position. Either Throck-
morton or Percy L. Kynaston, who
meet tomorrow, will be Captain Van
Vliet's next opponent
Throckmorton was close to his best