New-York tribune., 1920-10-11
w est Side Is
Winner inPlay
For Met Title
Champion New York Club
Team Defeated i'm Three
of Five Tennis Matches

The West Side Tennis Club won tho
team championship Of the Metropolitan
Tennis League yesterday by defeating
the team of the New York Tennis
Club by total of FIVE matches 10 three,
on the clay courts OF the New York
Club at 23Sth Street and Broadway.
The home club was the playing through
champion, having won the title last
year
1t was the great work of the veterans
of the game, men who played their
top tennis fifteen years ago. that
saved the day for the West Side Club.
The, grand old war-horses, Harold H.
Hackett, Beals c. Wright. Samuel
Hardy and Karl Behr, who have won
their laurels in international compe-
tition these many years gone. came
through like champions indeed yester-
day
Honors were divided evenly in the
six singles matches. Hardy taking a
very keenly fought three-set match
from Henry H. Bassford, of the New
York Club, by a score of 81. Sc,
7-5, after trailing in the final set.
Lyle Mahan, of the West Side. won his
match from Leon Croley by score OF
e-3, Is. and Percy L. Kynaston. Of
the West Side, vanquished w. Halsey
Wood, of the home club, by a score
of 6-2, Ga.
New York scored in the singles as
follows: Vincent Richards defeated
Seiichiro Kashio, 6-1, 60; Herbert I.
Bowman "a defeated Cerdic a. Major,
1-6, GO, Is, and Francis T Hunter
defeated Ralph l.. Baggs, IS. 9-lI,
g, thus leaving the teams tied at
three matches each.
AS was expected, the doubles decided
the champi onship, and here is where
the veterans showed to greatest ad-
vantage. Karl Behr. making his first
appearance on the courts in several
years, paired with Beals Wright. and
tie two defeated Richards and Allen
Behr at S-6, 3-6, 7-5. coming from
behind at o. in the last set to win.
The two Behrs, both having been
tournament players for years on local
courts, were playing against each other
for the first time in their careers and
the competition between the two was
correspondingly keen, with Karl. tho
more famous. carrying of the greater
share of the glory-and the points. He
and Wright came back with a thrilling
rally in the last half Of the final set,
both volleying beautifully.
Richards, covering q tremendous
amount Of court in his anxiety to cover
up the holes, frequently poached on his
partners territory and sometimes un-
successfully. although at times his play
was superbrilliant.
Hackett and Walter Merrill Hall In
the mean time were having a furious
struggle with Harry Steinkampf and
Carl Joliffe. finally winning by a score
Of Cd, 81, 6-1. Hackett was par
ticularly effective in the many volley
ing exchanges at short range, with Hall
backing him up splenddly. The third
doubles match of the day, between
Hardy and Fred Baggs and Hunter and
Albert j. Ostendorf. was left unfin-
ished. the West Side already having
won the team honors. The opening set
won't to Hunter and Ostendor' at Cd.
and Hardy and Bangs took the second
at 7-5.
The quickest played match of the a. ,
came in the singles, when "Old Rubber r
) Boot" Richardson defeated Seiichi, }
Kashio, of Japan and the West Side
club, by score of 6-1, Go. Kashio
won the first game, and then Richards
ran out twelve in row, compl etc ,
outplaying his man in every depart
ment.