New-York tribune., 1919-07-03
Hers Defeat i
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In Net Tou1'ney
Robinson Puts Out One
of Favorites in Nortb
Side Championship Meet
BY Fred Hawthorne

Laying wagers on the weather, Tia
ponies, the form of government I,
Russia next week-all these are s;mn,.
matters compared to picking the WIN
ners in lawn tennis these days. FoI-
lowing the defeat Of Frank T. Ander.
son, the playing through champion. ON
Tuesday, in the North Side champion.
ship tournament. another stunning nm.
set occurred on the clay courts Of Ii.
University Heights Tennis Club yes.
Howard w. Robinson, by a score o.
6-2, GO, in the fifth round of the
North Side tourney.
1t would not be fair to either man
to say that Her was compile tely off his
best game in this match or that Rob.
inson won solely on his merits, for Ter
is distinctly the better player when
both are going at top speed. But il
must be set down that RobinsonIs
steadiness, his great getting ability
and his readiness to take advantage Of
Hers many errors were big factors in
upsetting the lstter's game.
Her is one of those players who Is
either very good or very bad, like
Norris Williams, the former champion.
or William T. Tilden, I'd, for example.
shots are going properly all is well:
but if he is bit off in direction he ia
in all kinds of trouble, as was the case
yesterday.
1t evidently was Robinson's plan Of
campaign to trick Her into making
errors, and he succeeded conspicuously
almost from the start. Her began er-
ratically and was never able to steady
down against the type of game Robin
son was playing. Lobs were shots on
which Her came to grief many times,
he either smashing the ball into the net
or far out of court, and even when he
inson, sacrificing all to the main idea
of getting it back, went after every
thing, and popped the ball back with
what must have been aggravating per-
slstency to a high strung, hard-hittng
player of Hers type.
Roblnson's win put him in the semi
final round in the lower half, where his
opponent to-day will be Henry H. Bass
lord, who vanquished Anderson. This
should result in a long, drawn out
struggle, for both men are back-court
players of the steadiest kind
Still another form reversal came
ABOUT IN the fifth round match between
Percy L.. Kynaston, of Long Island, and
Herbert w. Forster, of Columbia Uni
verslty, kynaston winning by score
Of 10, 3-6, 6-2, and gaining his
semi-fnal bracket
This was another case of steadiness
overcoming periodic brilliance. for
hynaston, an awkward player, won his
match by the most praiseworthy steadi-
ness and great court covering He got
ms racquet on a. Jmost every placed
shot Forster sent into court, and when
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was always ready to take full ad-
vantage of Forster's mistakes.
kynaston will meet Elliott H. Bin
zen IN the upper half semi-final
bracket this afternoon, the latter hav-
ing come through by victory over
Paul Martin. Binzen won the first
set with ease by a score of 6-1. and
then Martin, feeling the intense heat,
could not continue, and the match
went to Binzen by default.
Several matches were finished in the
doubles, but the playing started at
such late hour that it was tav
on the contenders' ewes to " SEQ @ tbe tbe
ball. The feature match saw Frank
and Fred C. Anderson, brothers.
triumph over Herbert H. Manchester
ana John Whyte, by score of 1912.
f-5, I'd. 1t was a case of the net
game beating the back-court stvle of
play.
The summary:
MoIth Side championship singles fnrth
iouHu i 3-Fercy l.. kynaston defeated Her
pSit w. torster. II, S. e.: rlliots
r. .lnzen defeated Pau, Martin, 6-1 (de
laul); Howard w. Robinson defeated
AieX ller, CO. g.
North Side championship doubles fnrs,
s1) io4nu) =; = Groesbeck and Leon Cro,ev
Uelsated T. l.. kynaston and H II. Bass
1ord, -, 6-3. 49, S'
second round-Eliott Binzen and rm-
' D,ee cHenderson defeated Freaerick q
ola %h0 Inafles a. Anderson. IS, 6-4: Har.
Viu m Hastings and Fred Pianisani defeatad
=. o. ioussaint and r. Raymond. SIS
son defs,tsd g~5; frank "a T. and Fred c. Ander-
Nhyte. lo-12. 7-6, 6-4; Dr. G a S,ani
wlS 'Shs and and r. Cooke won from charle.
faiit ,,itit"ers WT ana ). w. Mersereau by de-
.dult; w. II. Pritchard and Jerr.v ~.
Won. Won from b. Parr and e Kuhn BY de-.