The New York herald., 1920-12-29
JERRY LANG LOOMS
IN TENNIS TOURNEY
Scores Two Convincing Vic
tories in Junior Indoor
Championship.
EIGHT YOUTHS SURVIVE
Vincent Richards in Lower
Half Seems Certain to
Reach Final Round.
EIGHT YOUTHS SURVIVE
BY SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.

Jerry Lang Ioomed UP yesterday as
the most likely opponent Of Vincent
Richards, title holder, in the anal Of the
Junior indoor tennis championship,
which is being played this week on the
courts of the Seventh Regiment Tennis
Club. In impressive fashion Lang. who
is the local scholastic champion. dis
posed OF two OF the strongest players In
the tournament, FRANK T. Osgood OF
Pleasantville and Charles NJ. Wood. Jr..
the lad who won the national boys title
a year ago. In both matches Lang
scored In straight sets, defeating Os-
good 6-3. 6--s. and Wood 6-4. Ct.
II was not so much a matter OF su-
perior skill as II was superior control
that carried Lang to victory In both
contests He covered lot OF ground,
but from difficult positions showed abil-
ity to return the ball safely. His strokes
were well timed and splendidly judged
as to distance. Both Osgood and Wood
playing aggressively were inclined to
take more chances. but both threw away
many points by netting or driving out
Of bounds at critical stages.
Osgood held his own with Lang IN
the early stages OF his match. the score
going to all At this point the scho-
lastic champion increased his speed
without losing any OF his steadiness, and
ran seven games In a row. taking the
frst set at 6-3 and a lead OF 90 in
the second. Osgood rallied late in the
set, but too late to overcome Lang's
long lead. Wood gave Lang a busy
time Of It. The latter showed just as
much control as In his first match. but
his early encounter had taken some OF
the edge off his speed and Wood man
aged to keep the result In doubt until
the last two games Of each set But
for a tendency to wildness, Wood easily
might have carried the tussle into
third set
Interest I'm Upper Half.
Those who advanced with Lang in the
upper half Of the draw were ]. J. Tucker
OF Horace Mann, Harry Pickells Of
Flushing ans Arthur Orth. All of them
PLAYED we'll and made It clear that Lang.
IL he is to move into the championship
round, will have no easy task on his
hands In the lower half the survivors
nre Parke Cumming of Harvard. Will
lam Aydelotte of Horace Mann. A. L.
Hopkins and Vincent Richards. the
champion. It rs practically foregore
conclusion that Richards, WHO comes
close to being one OF the frst ten In ma
(. end defend his title successfully. Inter-
est. therefore, will be centred in the
opposite half of the draw. In which the
finalist will be determined after three
more matches
Richards scored with his customary
ease in Junior tournaments. AS in his
first round match on Monday, the cham
rion yesterday allowed his opponent, w.
r Hicks OF Peddie Institute, Just two
r-av tva nrh a Had
on crafty placing and a change OF pace
rather than speed to win his points, and
he succeeded in keeping Hicks on the
run. Only two of dozen matches
played In Junior singles required more
than two sets.
In boys singles the tournament mar
rewed down to the semi-hnalists. who
are David D. Hedekin of st. Paurs
School and William Einsmann In the
upper half. and Herbert d. Bearman Of
Townsend Harris Hall and Sidney J.
Gittler In the other. All four survivors
appear to be we'll matched and II is
pretty difficult to pick winner on tho
form they have shown 10 date.
The summary.
Junior National Indoor Tennis Champion
feated Frank T. osgood. Ga. Ga: William
M. Aydelotte won from Jack Cronin by de-
fault: G. +. Mathey defeated Arthur r.
Glore. 3-6, Ca, T-5; Jack Martin defeated
Morris II. RugeF, 6-i. Go.
Third Round-J. J. Tucker defeated y. r:
Bradley. 6-4. ca. Harry Pickells defeated
Jack Martin. 6-2. rs; Arthur Orth de-
feated Ernest Kuhn, Ga, 6-2: Jerry Lang
defeated Charles VI. Wood. Jr., 6-4, ca.
william NJ Aydelotte defeated G. +. Mathey.
CO, 60: A. L. Hopkins defeated A. p.
Sheridan, i1--o. 6--4; Vincent Richards de-
feated w. r. Hicks. Peddie Institute. 6-i.
6-1; Parke Cumming defeated Willis Gels.
G--3, 3-6. 6--3.
Boys Championship singles-second Round
Paul o'Brien defeated J. c. Judge. CO.
C-3.
Third Round-willam Einsmann defeated
Louis n. Rouiilon. To. G-2: David y.
Hedekin defeated Paul O'Brien, ii-9, 3-s.
e--s. Sidney J. Gittler defeated Crevel Acker,
ca. ST., 6-f: Herbert ID. Besunan de-
feated william Noble. 6-i. Go.
Junior Championship Doubles-First Round
Lesser and Eeuburger defeated Burdick
and Root. SO, 6--1; Glore and Kuhn de-
feated Debevoise and Bddle, 6-3. Ga;
Hurd and Cumming defeated Horn and
Ruger. 4-S, 6-3, Sd: Hedekn and Gels de-
feated Sheridan and Stoddard, 6-3, 80,
Ga: Bernstein and Gittler defeated Wood
and Lang, O., 6-1.
Second Round--(ilore and Kuhn defeated
Lesser and Neuburger, e., O.; Tucker
and Aydelotte defeated Hopkins and Hicks,