New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-27
Young Players
Double Victors
In Title Tennis
Anderson and Letson, N. ].
Champions, Reach Third
Round i'm Local Tourney
By Fred Hawthorne

Thirty-two teams began play on the
turf courts of the Crescent Athletic
Club at Bay Ridge, yesterday afternoon,
in the New York State sectional doubles
championship lawn tennis tournament,
and total Of sixteen matches were dis
posed Of, leaving sixteen pairs still in
the tourney. The winners of this tour
nament will qualify for the national
championship at Longwood next month.
The fate of the draw distributed the
strength Of the field fairly evenly in the
two halves. In the upper section we
find Frederick 3. Alexander and S.
Howard Voshell, ranked as team at
No. 3 last season; Willard Botsford
and Frank 7. Anderson; Lyle E. Ma
han and Alrck II. Mann, jr.. Harry
Parker and Hugh Kelleher.
The lower half contains the names of
Fred C. Anderson and Ben Letson, New
Jersey champions; w Merrill Hail and
land Roberts and "Peck" Griffin at
Cleveland last week. and Harold
Throckmorton and Charles NJ Bull jr.
Letson and Anderson and Hall and
Beekman advanced to the round before
the semi-final yesterday, both teams
winning matches during the afternoon.
Two matches in the first round were
not played, but will be staged this af-
ternoon.
Women In Exhibitions
1t is the intention of the tournament
committee at the Crescent Club, of
which Arthur Neill is the chairman, to
take the tourney along by easy stages,
putting on the final round match on
Saturday and some exhibition matches
on Friday, when some of the leading
women players, including Miss Eleanor
Tenant, of California; Miss Florence
BALM, Miss Eleanor Goss, Miss Marion
Zlnderstein, the new metropolitan
champion, and possibly Miss Helen
Baker and Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, of
California, should the latter arrive in
the East in time.
One of the most stubornly fought
matches yesterday was that in which
Harry Parker and Hugh KeIleher de-
feated DR.. William Rosenbaum and
Henry Bassford, by score of GO,
13-1l, in the first round. 1t was not
until the second set that Rosenbaum
could gain full control over his volley-
ing and overhead shots and then he
and Bassford set sail for the set in
earnest.
With Bassford defending deep court
and Rosenbaum smothering everything
at the net, they went into lead of
SO on games and 1910 on points,
and it did not seem possible for Parker
and Kelleher to pull the set out. But
that is just what happened. Little
slips made at crucial points, mostly by
Bassford, who was hitting the top of
the net with his drives, and a spirited
rally by Parker and Kelleher, slowly
but surely pulled the games up to g
all, and then bitter fight followed,
with the games alternating up to IL
all before Parker and Kelleher could
break through
Alexander and Voshell Win
Alexander and Voshell had no diff
culties in their match against r. W.
Seabury and Valentine Ravens, win
ming at 81, 6-3. The losing pair put
up as sturdy defense as they could
against the dazzling volieying and ire
mendous smashing of Alexander and
Voshell and several times brought off
shots that earned applause from the
gallery, but the high ranking pair al
ways were certain of their position and
might have made the score more de-
cisive in the last set had they been so
minded.
The colt" team. Anderson and Let
son, went through their first match
against George Roberts and ]. w Wins
eliminated Harold Taylor and James
Weber by a score of 10, e. The
New Jersey champions were steadier
than usual overhead, and this meant
that their smashing was very severe
and aggressive, with both taking turns
at making spectacular "kilIs."
Taylor and Weber staged a great
rally in the second set, but after the
game had gone to Sail, Anderson and
Letson broke through for the decisive
game and won the last by a strong
attack at the NOT
Hall and Beekman first warmed up
with G. S. Groesbcek and Sigmund
Spaeth, winning at Go, GO, and then
took the court against S. R. MacAllister
and George Moore, defeating the latter
pair at e., "a. The winnersswer re
strong in every department yesterday
Hall driving with fine depth and pace,
and beekman showing to great effect
overhead and on the volley.
Throckmorton and Bull had a mar