New-York tribune., 1919-07-08
Bradley Wins
Tennis Tourney
In Single Day
Mount Pleasant Youngster
Takes2MatcE,es in Preli,n-
mary for National Meet
By Fred Hawthorne

The first annual boys and Juniors
open singles lawn tennis tournament
began yesterday morning on the turf
courts OF the Country Club at West
chester, with the boys event first on
the schedule. Although the entry list
was aisappointingly small, only four
youngsters coming out to decide the
issue, the quality of play was very
good, particularly as regards the win
ner and runner-up. The juniors will
begin. play Thursday morning at II
o'clock Richards Bradley, of the
Mount Pleasant Tennis Club, was the
winner OF the tourney yesterday.
George Townsend Adee, president of
the united States National Lawn Ten
ms Association, and chairman of the
tournament committee of the Country
CLUB, arranged the event for the pur-,
pose of allowing the boys and juniors
chance to qualify for the various
tennls centre championship tourneys
the winners of which will be eIigible
10 play IN the boys and junior national
events at the West Side Tennis Club
or Forest Hills, l.. l., next August.
Inc boys tournament was open to
all LADS who had not reached their ff
tteenth birthday on March l last. The
1our who played in the semi-fnal round
were richards Bradley, Albert Aiken,
OF Mamaroneck; Herbert N. Rawlins. ir.
OF the Country Club of Westchester'
and Ernest Kuhn, of New York CITY,
and they met in the order named.
Played on Famous Court
The, semi round matches were
played in the morning, on the courts
that have been trod by such famous
players as William A: Larned, Richard
Norris Williams I'd, William NJ. john
ston, Maurice E. Mclaughlin, Miss Mary
r.; browne and Mrs. Thomas c. Bundy,
all former national champions, not to
mention Frederick B. Alexander. Karl
Il. Behr, Harold H. Hackett and other
lntcrnationalists.
1t IS an interesting commentary on
q, the newly awakened interest in the
game that thcre was a good sized GAL
lery on the clubhouse veranda and on
the grassy slopes about the courts
when the boys began play.
Young Bradley looked the winner all
over IN his match against Aiken, whom
ne dc1eated by q score OF 6--1, Go,
winning absolutely as he pleased. The
Mount Pleasant boy got lots of speed
into his shots, "stroking" the ball ex-
tremely we'll and showing good work
ut the net whenever he essayed to seek
a position at the barrier. This match
was disposed of very quickly, young
Aiken not being able to make much Of
stand against the harder hitting
game he was up against.
Engage in Close Match
In the meantime Rawlirs was having
considerably more difficulty in taking.
the measure of Kuhn, finally leaving
the court a victor after the sets had
gone at 6-3, 81. The loser showed
much promise in his shots and his
court tactics, although the usual over
ambition Of youth led him to make
many costly errors as he strovc to
score on kills" Rawins profted by
these errors, driving with fine depth
uring to volley his way to victory. This
ended the play for the morning session
and the final was staged in the after
noon
Mr.. Potter, member of the tourna
ment committee, presided in the UNI
n>re's chair, and the boys were Identified
by the presence Of linesmen when thew
began the struggle for the chief hon
ors. Rawlings began the service and won
his game, and then they alternated in
winning to 2-all. At this point Brad
ley broke through his opponents de-
livery, making it 80 on games.
AS though in answer to this chal-
lenge, Rawlings came right hack with
a love game on Bradlcy's service, tim
ing his returns of service so skilfuHy
as to catch his rival out of position.
THIS only served to put Bradley on his
mettle, however, and he took the last
three games with the loss of only four
points, giving him the first set at 6-3.
Bradley started service in the second
set, but Rawlins broke through by some
pretty driving from deep court, but
promptly lost his advantage by drop
ping the second game. The boys were
playing fast tennis in this set and
Bradley, timing his shots better and
getting little more pace" in his
strokes, went into lead of 4-2 on
games. Rawlins then improved his play
sufficiently to win the seventh and
ninth games, but that was all, Brad
ley winning the set at Cd by taking
the tenth game ut "love," giving him
the match.
The point score:
First Set
Points. Games.
hawnaS.. hraaiay.. / 4-sS ss 8
Second Set
Points. Games.