New-York tribune., 1921-05-11
keresey Wins
Net Struggle
9S
I'm Three Sets
Bernstein Beaten 6-8, rs,
rs i'm Fast Match of Har-
lena Tennis Club Tourney
BY Fred Hawthorne

Several important matches were
scheduled to be played late yesterday
afternoon in the Harlem Tennis Clubs
open singles tournament. with eight
snen TO go into the round before the
semi-fpal, but these events were
started at such late hour that only
three players had gained their places in
the appointed brackets at o'clock,
when this correspondent had to leave.
The most keenly fought struggle Of
the day, and the one in which the high
est quality of tennis was shown, re-
suited in the fourth round meeting be-
tween Fl. Donald Keresey and Morton
Bernstein. Keresey came through the
winner In three sets at 8--s, 7--5, 7--5,
after Bernstein had twice needed oaly
two points to win the match
Another fourth round victor was E,
j. Mccall, a player new to tournament
tennis in this city, and hailing from
Baltimore. Mccall Won in straight
sets at 6--2, Sc, and to-day he is
scheduled to play the winner of the
Kenneth d. Fisher Charles NJ. w ovd
final bracket in the lower half Mccall
Is most active court coverer, going
after everything, and returning @ ma
1ority OF these, and also doing very
we'll at the net, where he cut OFF maay
Of Fishers drives. The latter was not
going ae we'll as usual, although he
improved as the match wore ON, max
ing his fight from the base line.
Behr Wins BY Default
Allen Behr was the third man who
had reached the fifth round by z
o'clock, but he did not have to 70 on
the court, getting default from r.
j. Sommer, who was called out of
the city Unexpectedly on Monday
night.
Herbert L. Bowman, who scored a
surprise by eliminating Fred Anderson,
present holder OF the Harlem Challenge
Cup, was drawn against j. Mattheys in
the fourth round yesterday, but the
match started shortly before O'Clock
and had not been completed in time to
be recorded in these columns. If Bow
man won, as seemed logical, he and
| upper half for the top semi-fnal
bracket.
The keresey- Bernstein match was
featured by hard stroking throughout
with both men placing their main reli-
ance on ground strokes ana not closing
in at the net position until fairly GER
tain of their openings, Bernstein g
service was great help to him; in
fact, it was instrumental in keeping
him within striking distance of victory
almost to the end. The heavily topped
ball gave Keresey lot of trouble on
the fast court apd Bernstein often won
his service games after trailing on
points.
In the opening set the games went
on service up to sail, ,aand then Mere
sey broke through and led at 6-5 ant
30--love on his own delivery. This
time, however, Bernstein, by virtue OF
two splendid backhand 'cross-court
volleys and two errors by his opponent
pulled out of the game, and then won
the next two, for the set.
Match Close Throughout
They alternated on games almost
without break in the last two sets
although Bernstein made double
fault for the game point when they
stood at 5-all in the last set, and then
Keresey, speeding up finely, won the
last two games, for the set and match
The winner exhibited the keenest
fighting spirit, never showing discour-
agement at any time, and 1t was TINS
dete ermination that was 81 decided fac
tor in his ultimate triumph. His most
valuable asset on strokes was his Sc
we're forehand drive across deep court
to the corner of base and side lines,
and with this he tricked Bernstein
many times. Keresey also was superior
to his opponent overhead, and it re
quired a very nicely Judged lob to
catch him out of position.
The summaries follow:
Harlem Tennis Clubs Mems Open Sin, In
r. F. Kuhn, rs. S--6 Allen Behr de-
fsated II. A. Christie, Ga. 81; 7. 3,
kcene defeated w s. Pearce, e--2. 6-~2
r d. Powers defeated A. B. Murray 7-5,
6--2: L. v. Robinson defeated L BENJAMIN p
defeated Colgate Baker. e--l, 60; Donald
Keressy won from w. B. Roberts. by de-
fault: Morton Bernstein defeated j. Min
ster, 81. "a; Anton Won Bernpth de, tdse.,
feated H. Craig, 6--+, So. Fourth round
--Behr won from somner. By default: T.
j. Mccall defeated w. NJ. Fischer. So
SIS; Keresey defeated. Bernstein, S--s
7-5, 7-5.