Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-31
GREAT NET BATTLE
AT CXNWYD TODAY
DR.. P. B. Ha,ok Meets Carl
Fischer; Crauis Clashes
7 With Norman S,Udyne
BOYS FINISH UP
RY SPICK HALL

singles for the championship Of eastern
Pennsylvania. This set-to will be be-
tween DR.. Philip =. Hawk and Carl
Fischer both members of the Cynwyd
Club. where the match will be staged.
In the other bracket Norman Swayne
meets I. Cravis. Both Of these players
also are members Of Cynwyd. Cravis
defeated L. III. Richards. Jr., German
town. 6.3. Ga.
When Fischer and Doctor Hawk
meet It will be remarkable tilt. pro-
yided that each plays his usual game.
and there Is no reason to believe that
there will be a slipsup of form by either
the veteran or the young University of
PENNSYLVANIA star. Doctor Hawk and
Carl Fischer typify the extremes in
lawn tennis, the former never going
closer to the net than he can help. ard
the latter never going anywhere else il
possible. Doctor Hawk is baseline
player, whose drives arc not hit Sc
verely, but the accuracy with which
they are played has been the downfall
of scores Of far more fiashy performers.
Great Outguesser
Doctor Hawk has the knack of out
guessing his opponent for many earned
points during a match, and this Is par
ticularly true where his foe, plays at
the barrier. He manages to work his
man a trife out Of position and then
shoot the ball past him for a clean
placement. And the doctor always
stays back as far as possible in making
these shots. Some one remarked the
other day that the only way to beat
Doctor Hawk was to play further back
from the baselne than he does.
OF course, that isn't strictly true,
h,,k ;e tr,o ,,loSo hia pnnppent IN
extraordinarily good at the net. As
Carl Fischer is great net player. both
as to killing lobs and blocking drives
with angular volleys. he will try to
beat the doctor in this way.
In Carl Fischer's junior days Doctor
Hawk always trimmed him. but last
year, after Carl had come into his own
as a senior player. he defeated Doctor
Hawk in three sets in a match played
on grass. This wear at the Merton
state tournament, Carl had Doctor
in the second when they had to quit
on account of the darkness. The next
day Doctor Hawk had to leave the city
and defaulted the match. So that's
their social standing on the courts.
Fischer In Form
Fischer was the favorite against Paul
yanneman yesterday, but there were
many who thought that Paul would get
set, and some who were willing to
take odds that Paul would win the
match. Pauls great exhibition against
Gus Amsterdam on Thursday boosted
his stock very high. but Carl came to
himself in a convincing manner and
defeated his clubmate in straight sets,
6.1. 6-2.
In the first set vanneman gave
Fischer q hard fight on his own serv-
fee. but Carl managed to win his de-
livery games in very convincing man.
ner. Carl's service. by the way, was
working as smoothly as it has this
season and that means that he scored
numerous aces and made other points
easily on fierce kills, as Vanneman'
returns were met in the forecourt.
Vanneman's service was not working
as we'll as it was in his match with
Amsterdam, but it was good. never
theless. Carl took Paul's service, when
good, from behind the baseline. but
when he came in for the second delivery
he took the ball on the rise and shot
It back into the corners in such way
that he either won the point then and
there or was in a perfect position to
make a killing finish of the return.
The match, while somewhat disap
pointing as to score, was an excellent
one to witness. and the gallery thor
oughly appreciated it.
Another long drawn out battle was
waged between Norman Swayne and
Percy Osborne. who are playing to.
gether in the doubles and who defeated
Marshall yanneman and Andy Morgan
in the cleaning last night by the score
of SO. 6-3.
Swayne won the match and went into
he eor,;6,ole Tho nopnt R.g &c
Swayne and Osborne play very much
the same type of a game. Neither gees
to the net frequently, both are great
gctters and good ,placers. Virtually
every point resulted in a long rally in
which each Nman tried to get the other
out of position and put over the win
" ming placement shot. But neither was
able to do this until the ball had been
passed backward and forward many
times. AS the score indicates, there
really was very little to choose be-
tween them.
Swayne annexed 96 points to 81 for
Osborne. These players have had many
tilts before. Osborne has always won
in tournament play Swayne has now
won three matches to one.
Just to indicate roughly how long the
Swayne- Osborne rallies were, Car
Fischer and Paul Nanneman played
their entire match during the others
second set and, incidentally, they fin
ish'd when Swayne and Osborne were
deLced at Gall
Here is the point score of the
Swayne- Osborne match:
FIRST SET
SsSSrns SSSSSas :,.:.: ......: t4saS$ai6Essii-:-!!
SECOND SET
6I2I44 eIs24444 -.
-84-IC
SS4o8a 8a4s4244e4e Sal
Foes, as Friends, Win
After their long battle, Percy Os
borne and Norman Swayne forgot thei
hostilities and teamed up in the doubles
against Marshall Vanneman and And!
Morgan. In the first set, the younge
players put up fine struggle and wer,
only beaten out after fourteen game
mad been played. In the second set
however, Osborne and Swayne playe,
with greater accuracy than their harder
hltting opponents and won out at 6-3
Ihe count in the first set was SO.
yesterday morning Milo Miller VOL
MS way to the national junior cham
Plonship tournament at the Westsid
Iennls Club, Forest Hills, l.. l., b,
qSfeating NJ. Brooke Huff, I'd, in tn
Philadelphia center tournament. A
Mcguire was entered in this event, bu
aetaulted. He is still little too youn
10 compete with boy of Miller's age
height and weight. r,
mi, Miller won from Huff in four sets
The score was 6-1. 7.5, 4-6, 6.1. Hui
played as we'll as he knew how, but h
= q