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hree Former Stars
Reach Semi Finals
Yale Star Forces Greg Bryan From Title Play In City
Tennis Championships at Brooklawn Country Club
PLAYING Womens Finals This Afternoon

Finals in the women's singles Will DE
played today in the city tennis cham
pionships on the Brooklawn Country
clubs tennis courts All the matches
scheduled are expected to produce
close and interesting plays.
In yesterdays play one former
CHAMPION fell, while two others won
their matches and by so doing entered
the seEni-final round. Gregory s.
Bryan went down before G. Macy
Wheeler, the young Yale man, who
won in straight SETS SO, 6-1-
DIR. r. Warren Hall and E T. Buck
ingham were the former champions to
weather the third round successfully.
DR. Hall disposed of J. w. Wheeler.
Jr., in straight sets, 6-3, 60, while
Buckingham was carried to three. sets
by W. Seymour Lacy, the Y. NJ c, A
expert, the final score being So, 60,
Cd
Macy Wheeler, DR.. Hail and Buck
ingham have won their brackets in
the serni-final round, while the fourth
member will be the winner of the bat
tie between F. B. Hawley and young
Paul B1echler this afternoon. Haw-
ley was forced to eNpend SO much en-
orgy in his long and grueling match
with W. D. buddy, a match which
went three sets and lasted almost two
hours, that he decided that it was I'M
wise to attempt a second match in the
same day.
Only the Hawley-Buechler match
will be played this afternoon in the
mems singles the two semi-final AFT
fairs giving way to the mems doubles
and the finals in the ladies' singles.
Monday afternoon Buckingham will
play Macy Wheeler and DR.. Hall will
engage F. B. Hawley in a battle for
the final bracket the final battle going
over to either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Great Match.
The greatest match of the tourna-
ment to date was played by Bryan
and Macy Wheeler sterday. As pre-
dicted, it was a battle of age and ex-
| per1ence against youth and speed,
court generalship against a smashing
cannonba1 attack And the latter
won, but not until the strength of the
veterans had been burned UP in
dozen bitterly contested games.
Macy started off like a whirIwind
and ran the game count up to 81 be-
fore Bryan got started. Then the
skill OF the latter in placing and
his long experience which aided him
well in fathoming the returns of his
younger opponent and in pulling his
man out of position began to make
| themselves felt. He took the next
three games in row and led al four
! three. Macy took the next on his
IL
| On his own service Bryan lost the
i first three points and it looked like
! the turning point in the match. But
| he gathered himself together and
| brought the point score to duece
Seven times he was within a point OF
! losing the game, when Macy finally
| drove one OF Bryan's services out of
| court on the deciding point.
| Bryan Breaks
| Twice in the next two games that
! Macy served Bryan attempted to go
| to the net, and these were the only
| mistakes notable in his game. On
each occasion . Macy scored clean
| placement aces down the side lines
| Games continue to follow service
| until score six all. Then Macy
! broke through and won a love game
on Bryan's service and took his own.
| although Bryan brought it to duece
| after the count was forty-fifteen.
| The last set was more or less of a
procession. Macy lifted his game to
, greater heights and literally smashed
| his way to victory. His volleying at
| the net was superb and unbeatable.
! Try as he would Bryan could not pass
him, and when he tried to drive him
! to the backlines with lobs, was met
| with smashing returns, many times
| for clean aces
/ Buckingham Lasts Longest
Buckingham and Lacy staged an
| endurance contest in which the COM
| pensation commissioner outlasted the
I Y. M. c. A. official. The pair were
on the courts two full hours and at
| times it took minutes to ecie single
| point. Buckingham. pressed his OPP
ponent's back hand, which is slightly
weaker than his forehand, to good
advantage. The final and deciding
point of the third set was a gem. The
rally had been long and well played
on both sides when Buckingham was
| finally drawn to the net. He attempt
ed a soft return and Lacy, rushing in,
lifted the ball, making IN almost i'm
possible get and returning it in an
/ unplayable position behind his an