New-York tribune., 1920-02-22

Frank Anderson Ouert/lrOlUs'
Mathey in Straight Sets
ssRailroad" Service of Youngster Battles His More
Experienced Rival; Fred Anderson Defeats
Leonard Beekman; 26 Games in First Set
By Fred Hawthorne

ACV1lAEU DcCkU1aus
By Fred
The strong team Of the 7th Regi
from the Heights Casino, Of Brook,
six matches to two. with one match
each team had won q set. The MAJ
courts Of the regimental armory,
soldiers evened tho score against Il
match several weeks ago on the Ca
It must be said that the light was
extremely poor at tho armory during
tho playing Of the matches, even more
so than is usually tho case. The
gloom the pervaded the big building
proved a severe handicap to the Casino
players, and conditions grew worse
with each succeeding match, until,
see the ball, which necessitated the
ending Of the last match without de-
eision being reached.
One Of the feature encounters Of
the day brought Frank r. Anderson,
the seventeen-year-old schoolboy,
against Dean Mathey, of the Heights
Casino, who has won his titles on
many courts. Anderson, playing very
fast and with great brilliance, took
tho measure Of his opponent in ..1s.ls straight
got tho limit Of effectiveness out Of
his railroad" service, sending the
ball into Mathey's court with such
speed that the Casino star was fire.
quently unable to get his racquet IN
position in time to make the return.
Smothers Mathews Return
Anderson followed in after this
service quickly, so that he was usually
entrenched near the. net by the time
Mathey made his return, smothering
many Of the latter's shots by severe
volleying and forceful smashing. When
returning Mathey's service, Anderson
shot back sizzling drives that often
nicked the lines near the far corners,
and these gave the Brooklyn man lot
of trouble.
Mathey, on his side Of the net, played
brilliantly and erratically by turns:
His volleying was as usual very good
as long as he held control, but too fire.
quently he found the net or overshot
the lines. Many Of his smashes landed
in the net or out Of court, due perhaps
to the difficulty of seeing the ball in
the gloom. 1t is doubtful, however,
whether Mathey could have stopped
Anderson under any conditions the
way the schoolboy was playing yester-
day.
Fred c. Anderson, Franks six-foot
eight-inch older brother, was also sue
cessful in the singles, defeating Leon
ard Beekman, the No. man from the
Casino, by a score of 14-12, 6-4. AS
the score indicates, the match was des-
perately fought, with Anderson's tre-
mcndous reach playing a leading part
in the result. Beekman found 1t ex-
tremely difficult to get the ball past
Anderson. once the latter could gain
the net position, but for all that he
forced his opponent to the limit to take
the first set, the men alternating on
games with great persistency.
Beekman's ground strokes were good
and his skillful placing of the ball close
to the lines as Anderson came tearing
down from the base line kept the young
giant continually on the jump. Over
head, too, Beekman was generally re-
liable, but the poor light and the bound
of the ball appeared to annoy him
bit
Team Captain Triumphs
Samuel R. MacAllister, team captain
Of the Seventh, defeated Hugh Kellc-
her at 6-1, Ga, playing steader
game than his younger opponent at all
times. Kelleher was inclined to take
too many chances in his anxiety to
vantage of every slip, won without
great difficulty.
william D. Cunningham of the
Seventh, vanquished H. S. Parker, of
the Casino. by score Of SO, 6-4,
6-4, in a hard contested match, and
George G. Moore, of the regimental
club, accounted for l.. H. Fitch. of
Brooklyn, at 6-8, 7-5, 6-4 with the
result in doubt until the final point.
only representative Of that club to win
in the singles, task he accomplished
by defeating Abraham Bastard Sd,
by score Of 6-9. 6-4.
Mathey and Beekman defeated Frank
and Fred Anderson by a score Of 6-3,
"a In the doubles, team work and an
aggressive net attack telling the tale
Cunningham and ]. D. Ewing defeated
Gallon and Julian S. Myrick at e--1,
Ga In the second doubles meeting
and In the third Moore and MacAllister
took the first set from Kelleher and
Parker at 12-l0, and dropped the Sec
ond at 10. By that time 1t was too
dark to continue and the match was
called.
The summarizes:
Slng!es--F Anderson (7th) defeated
Dean Mathey tcasino) Is, s-s: Fred G.
man (C) 14-l2. Cd: g. r. MaoAllister
!7th) defeated Hugh Kelleher (C) 81
-; W. D. Cunntngham (7th) defeated
r. s. Parker tC) so. 6--4. e---A; G. G.
Moore Tth) defeated L. II. Fitch {C) s-S,
~, e.: w. J. Gallon tC) defeated
Abraham Rassford tsd) 6--3. 6-4.
Doubles-Mathey and Beekman (C) do
reated r. r and +. c. Anderson (7th)
s-3, 6--x; w. D. Cunningham and j. D.
hw1nE (7th) defeated W. j. Gallon and
j. 8. Myrick (C) 6-l. 60; q. q. Moore
ana MaoAllister (7th) VS.. Kelleher and
Parker (C) 12-1o. 10 (unnnished)