The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1920-09-14

Battling For Tennis
Title At BrOok1awn
1)r. r. Warren Hall and G. Macy Wheeler Face Each
Other This Afternoon at O'clock in City Champion
ship Match-Both Men Confident of Landing the
HOnOrS.


DR.. r. Warren Hall and G. Macy
| Wheeler faced each other this after
noon at o'clock in the finals Of the
| City Tennis championships at the
| Brooklawn Country club courts and
there was a large gallery on hand to
watch the title play Both men came
through to the title round with very
little opposition. DR.. Hall beat F. B.
Hawley with the loss of only one
game the first Of the second set, while
| VIII ee1er found Buckingham a little
| harder for the latter took two games
\ n each set.
| Wheeler Wins Serve.
| Play started shortly after 8 o'clock
| with close to 300 spectators encircling
the courts, most of them seeking pro-
lection from the hot rays Of the sun
/ within automobiles planted against
! the wire netting Wheeler won the
serve and Bucking CHAM took the game,
| scoring on two outs a net and the last
point of Macy's only double fault of
| the set.
an assault which lasted for five sue
cessive games, He stormed the net
on every possible occasion and his
! volleying was brilliant to watch.
back. with lobs, but these were
smashed with such good results that
if Buckingham did return them it was
| only very weakly and in such a man
| ner that they were met with a killing
and 1Inplayajble smash which some
| times sent the ba1l-clean over the wire
netting on the first bound.
In the seventh game Macy went wild
with his forehand drives and Buck
| ingham won it on four uccessive
outs. The deciding game of the set went
to duece and then Buckin CHAM Melted
| the bail twice
The second set was much like the
! first, with Wheeler gaining in speed
! n n HI TQ1to Iii
ham, too, speeded up his game and
| there were many long rallies, but
| usually Macy finished the point with
a clean placement. The vanquish ed
made last desperate stand in the
final game in which he won the first
two points and once led at 4O-15. The
score went to duece twice, then Buck
1ngham took the advantage and in a
long rally that followed lost it when
Macy, at the net, aced him clearly.
Buckingham netted the next ball and
served a double fault for the final
point.
Scores 13 Placements.
A good idea of W1heeIers ground
covering ability can be gained from
a glance at the stroke analysis In
the two sets the former champion was
able to place the ball completely out
of his reach on only five occasions.
On the other hand Macy himself scored
ID placements. What points he lost
net or went outside. Buckingham S
game was a strong one and though it
resulted in the winning of only two
games in each set, his opponent was
forced to play at top speed all sthe
distance to win.
F. c. Hawley was expected to fur
nish DR.. Hall more than little
| trouble, but proved to be weakling
who played him to a standstili.
DR.. Hall reeled off the, first set
| in exactly Ia minutes with the loss
OF only five points. He took the
! first two games at love, dropped a
point in the third when he drove
and then lost two points in each
of the last two games.
| Hawley'S Drives Wild
Hawley was wild with his drives
| netting and going out frequently but
Hall earned almost many points
| by placements as he did through his
| opponents errors.
| Starting the second set Hawley
out the first game after it had gone
| to deuce. After that he only scored
seven points in the next six game:
and lost the final and decidig poin
! on a double fault.
| Steadiness was again the big facto,
IN Dr. Halls success, for though h
showed surprising cleverness IL
finding the weak points in his op
Pon n :, defense, yet it was 1argel!
in play that he emerged a victor
by such an overwhelming score.
Against Macy Wheeler, however
the former champion will find NJ
Hawley with his wild and errati
strokes. The Yale star will o
course, net and out many balls dur
ing the course of the set, but if h,
displays the same skill and cour
seneralship that he did yesterday, tn,
l n, -p r11S
tanic one. =
Title Match Today.
Iooay championship battle will b.
staged at 8 o'clock and will be TO
is hardly likely that either man ca
win in three sets and many preoIc
the match will go the full route.
At 2 O'Clock in the afternoo,
Buck1nsham and Gregory s. Rrva
play John c.. Wilson and w q
WHIlams in the doubles and tn,
winners of this match play F r
Hawley and George Foster at ?. ?,
CLOCK Tor position in the fina
BY defeating Robert Fay and Cliff
Ton Weldhch in straight sets. rs
20, yesterday afternoon. Mac,
Wheeler and Jack Wheeler JnnioI
won their waysinto the finals of III
, doubles tournament. The title matc]
VIII be played tomorrow arternooT
, In the ladies' consolation tourna
, ment Mrs. Louis Snyder defI,a te
MISS Esther Gerrish by a score n
- o. She will play Mrs .Wa1te
: w wheeler in the final round this after
noon at 3 O'Clock.