The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-31
AND LANG !
IN TENNIS FINAL
Youngsters Meet To-day for
Junior Indoor Championship
Title Holder Improves.
By SAMUEL j. BRooKMAN.

Only Jerry Lang stands between Vim
cent Richards and the latter's third In
door tennis championship. Favored
from the start to come through to the
title round. the youngsters lived up to
predictions by defeating their semi-nnal
opponents with ease on the courts OF the
Seventh Regiment Tennis Club yester-
day. They face each other at IL O'CLOCK
this morning In a match that shoulu
prove TO be the best OF the tournament
but which can end only in a victory for
the champion, IL one of the most star
Ting upsets OF the season is not TO De
recorded.
Lang, a youngster OF great promise.
has played most impressively through
out the tournament. His work showed
clearly how he managed to win the local
scholastic championship last June. but
ne scarcely has advanced far enough to
cope with q racquet wielder OF Richardss
calibre. particularly if the latter is play
ing as he did yesterday against William
Aydelotte in one of the semi-fnals. The
title holder appeared to be aware or the
fact that his performance In q fourtn
round match the previous Cay had been
decidedly careless. and he reused himself
to greater effort, flashing some OF the
brilliant volleying and exhibiting all OF
the cleyerness OF court tactics that he Is
capable of.
It was Aydelotte's misfortune that
Richards was in aggressive mood. for
although he played well he was unable
to place more than one game In each set
to his credit. Richards puzzled him
throughout with his fast. sharp breaking
service, and smothered his best shots at
the net in dlscouraging fashion. Work
ing every variety of stroke and changing
pace repeatedly, Richards had little
trouble holding tina lead from the start.
Yet Aydelotte fought pluckily and the
champion found II advisable to keep 30
ing at his best speed.
Lang outsteadied and outmanoeuvred
Harry Pickells of Flushing High School
throughout the other semi-fnal. which
he won at Go, Ga. The scholastic
champion appeared to be playing well
within himself: his good Judgment in
placing forced the Flushing youth into
errors repeatedly The latter showed
good command of strokes but lacked the
experience necessary to hold his own
with Lang, who has played against vet
Grams in open tournaments.
The championship round of the boys
national indoor championship was not
played, and never will be, unfortunately,
the title being awarded by default to
William Elnsman of the West Side Ten
mis- Club over II. d. Bearmann of Towns
end Harris Hall. Following the semi
final round matches on Wednesday 1t
was learned that Bearmann had passed
his fifteenth birthday a few days before
the first of last March, and that under
the rules he was ineligible to compete
among the boys. Bearmann had been
i'll advised, having been told that the
matter of a few days would not affect
his eligibility, and the tournament COM
mittee was convinced that he was not
greatly to blame for the error.
The suggestion was made that all the
matches In the lower half of the draw
be played over again. but this was found
10 be impracticable. as many of the con-
testants had left town on their Christ
mas week vacations. Accordingly there
was nothing left to do but to award the
title by default.
Junior National Indoor Tennis Champion
shin Sngles-Semi-finai Round-Nincent
Richards defeated William Aydelotte, III,
81: Jerry Lang defeated Harry Pickells'
Go, 6-S.
Boys Singles Championship-Final Round
william Einsmann won by default from H.
u. Bearmann
Round-vincent Richards and Paul 5. Nc
Hugh defeated William Aydelotte and John
J. Tucker, Ga, $40. rs: Arthur Glore
and E. Kuhn defeated William Einsmann
and G.. Acker, SO, rs. 6-3.
RICHARDS VS.. AYDELOTTE.