New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Club
And Yale Men
In Seni-Final
Tones, Richards, Vain.
wright, Adams, Advance
in Class B Title Suuash
By A. c. Cavaanaro

Two Harvard Club and .wo VI.
Club players viii meet n the SOW;
final round Of play as resul, os -.
matches contested yesterday in n.
fourth round of the National So,aue
Tennis Association Class 3 blash cbann'as
snip tournament on the Yale CIr,
courts A. II. Torres and
Richards, both Crimson entrants NJ
ACE each other IN the upper half. Will
William Adams ir. and S.pvvasa..
Wainwright are the Yale men in 49,
lower half '"s
Some OF the most spirited ma.cb.,
o. the tourney featured the fovrts
round conflicts. a SURPRISE VIZ
furnished when Richards vanouisbs5
The veteran Frank A. Seller. Non+cia;.
Athletic Club. Richards rallied bril-
lantly afscr an unsteady start. and
won oQt by 10 Is, ID, l5-l2. A.
intervals during the match Selsr
played far below his form. forfei+ins
many aces on errors in MS endeavns
TO keep the ball low over the tell-als
However. the most bitterly fouvb.
match of the day was that in whicb
William Adams jr, Yale Cub. gained
a sensational victory over T. S. Whit
lock. Harvard Club. by score a.
Is 1S, Is 10, Il Is. Adams aver-sa
defeat by a sensational rally after
Whitlock came within enc point ~
victory. In the third game. -he Hsr-
ward man led At II to Q Adams made
the most of his rivals mistakes 10
set matters at 1t-all, and eyentuallv
down Whitlock.
Tones Has Easy lime
Tones eliminated Frank A. Cham.
bers, Columbia Clab, by the easy score,
of Is IS. 15-7. and Wainwright de-.
feated Irving H. Cornell, Columbia
Club, 15-1l, Is.
Richards's spectacular gets and hi,
terrific driving Of the ball proved his
forte against Seller Tho latter wss
compelled to follow the torrId pace Sc.
by Richards. who gained many aces bv
hitting his rival with the ball.
In the opening game Seller iumped
INTO big lead when his opponent found
difficulty in meeting the attack with his
backhand drives. Toward the end Rich
ards worked his way INTO the middle OF
tho court, where he had better success
in combating Sellers trick shots.
The second game found Richards
counting his necessary points in quick
succession, when Seller erred often in
attempting TO keep the ball low over
the telltale. Richards sent many shot
whlzzlng past his rival, VINO also Jared
poorly in digging the ball ont of the
backwall corners. Seller showed a re-
turn TO his best form with the onening
shot of the third game Richards re-
sorted TO d change Of pace and kills
down the side walls shat caugh; Seller
off his guard.
Rally Proves Futile
After gaining an advantage of II -
Seller staged a determined rally. lie
rapidly closed the gap with sharp cross
court shots that al times caught Rich
ards out OF position. Seller succeeded
IN closing the gap. to trail his opponent
by IL 20 /. Each player then had
three chances at service, with Richards
getting his necessary point on his
fourth hand when Seller drove into the
tim
Tones again showed au Impressive
pertormance ia yanqulsnng hambeis
The latter attempted to puzzle his less
experienced rival with change or pace.
but Tones. showing unusual agility in
getting around the court. intercepted
many OF Chambers $ shots with sensa-
tional gets
Although Wainwright succeeded in
disposlng Of Cornell ia two straight
sets. the match Was a long-drawn-
affair. each point being stubbornly
fought. Wainwrght's pet shots were
returns 20 the back wall corners that
often caught the rugged Cornell out Of
position