The New York herald., 1921-12-28
Newcomers Surprise in Open
ing of Junior National In
door Championship.
JERRY LANG IMPRESSIVE
Last Years Runner-Up Wins
Two Matches in Short
Order.
ss SAMUEL y. nRoor1mAN.

America need not worry about her
future IN international tennis IL the
ealiber of play exhibited at the opening
Of the junior national indoor champion
ship in the Seventh Regiment Armory
yesterday is typical OF junior tennis
throughout the country. In by far the
majority of the thirty-three matches that
were decided on the drill floor 1t needed
but moments attention 90 bring home
the conviction that the youngsters were
not only IN command of most of the
effective strokes OF the game. but that
they combined court generalship with
speed, good control with aggressiveness
and net with base line game. In short,
in many cases It was senior tennis
played by Juniors
The excellence OF play Is not so sur
prising when the phenomenal rise of
Vincent Richards. Arnold w. Jones and
others is remembered The astonishing
thing is that so large n percentage OF
contestants In single tournament
ahould show such highly developed skill
as In yesterdays first and second round
matches. 1t was interestir fast, hard
hitting tennis all the wa. With the
light favorable, the youngest g were able
70 show at their best. and those who
looked on were treated to some sparkling
rallies.
There were fifteen coilegians among
the hfty-flve youths. who began play as
early as 10 o'clock in the morning
Most Of them were youngsters who had
been prominent in local junior tennis
before entering college. without excep-
ton they were capable players, but they
found so efficient group among the
newcomers that only seven were able to
survive the first days competition. This
septet included L. Fl. Rouillon and Dom
aid Stralem of Harvard, William Ayde-
]otte and Arthur r. Glore of Princeton
Francis I. Osgood of Dartmouth Nor
ton Stone of Pennsylvania and II. A.
Walsh Of Fordham The losing col
lsgians were e. A. Coles, Louis B.
DALEY. Jr., and J. w. C. Herring OF
Princeton A q. Block and d. D. Hede-
kin of Columbia, c. G. Hurd of yale
Edmund C. Burke OF Fordham and Roy
Neuberger of n. Y. u.
The Leading Contenders.
Although the collegians as group
are the more experienced, II IS by no
means certain that they viii furnish the
winner of the tournament. AS a matter
OF fact, the favorites are Jerry Lang.
last years local interscholastic cham
pion and runner-up to Vincent Richards
in the title event of 1920, and John f.
Whitbeclz of Bronxville. Long Island
lunior and Yale interscholastic cham
pion. Both these youths We're very im-
pressive in their victories yesterday.
Lang began by eliminating l.. Rosen-
blum without the loss of "A game. after
which he defeated Ernest Kuhn OF
tKac F~~l.
strong opponent and a doubles mate OF
his last year. by a score OF 6--l. 6-2.
Lang favored neither back court or net.
but always came up 10 the forward
court at the right time TO press his sd-
vantage. His control was good and he
found his openings with surprisingly
line judgment. Whitbeck was just as
convincing in HIS exhibitions against Roy
Neuberger of New York University and
Alfred de Liagre OF Riverdale. In his
first match he yielded just one game n
set and in the second won twelve games
in a row in short order. There were
other love set victories. In one OF then.
u. II. RouiIlon of Harvard disposed OF
Edward Everitt OF Trinity School. IN
another c. v. de Biaso of Rutherford
overwhelmed j. s. Guggenheim.
The two matches that stood out as
the hardest fought and most spectacu-
lar of the day saw Francis T. Osgood
and Arthur II. Glore the winners. Os-
good met an opponent who was prac-
tically his equal in all around effective
ness in Louis p. Daley, Jr., OF Prince
ton, and the match lasted nearly two
hours before decision was reached. In
the opening set service was SO potent a
factor that the first break did not come
until the twenty-hfth game. which Os-
good took by two side line placements
and two errors on Dailey's part. Then
he finished the set in the next game at
ss--12. It was almost as close in the
second set. but this time Osgood man
aged TO win two games in a row after
the score had gone to sail.
The Summaries.
Junior National Indoor Tennis Champion
snip Singles, First Round--Jsmes w q.
Herring Princeton. defented Leonard Born
New York 60. 60. william Miles, New
s.. s-2, Go. r. A. walsh, Fordham. de-
feated II. s. Hufford De witt Clinton II. s.,
G-1. Go. Francis It. Osgood. Dartmouth.
defeated Louis p. Daley. Jr., Princeton, IL
u, Cd. Edger r. Dawson, Fordham Prep
defeated Q. G. Hurd, Yale. 6-i, al. John
r whitbeck, Bronxvlllc. defeated Roy Neu-
Jr Riverdale defeated Edmund G. Burke,
Fordham, Sc, O.. Valentine Gress, Forest
Hills. defeated Alan weisman, Townsend
Harris. SO. 6-1. Casper IL. Names, Harlem,
defeated Thomas n. Curtin, Jr.,Hnracu Mann,
DO, e--3 Morton Stone, Pennsylvania, de-
feated L. 4. Merchant. Hotchkiss School,
&c. ,t-2. Ga. Jerry Lang, New York Ten
mis- Club. defeated l. Rosenblum. New York,
so. so. Ernest Kuhn. George Washington
H. S., defeated Paul O'Brien. Exeter, e.,
S-f. eugene Stein. Stuyvesnnt. defeated
Jacob J. Lindman, Pennington Prep, Cd,
81. walter Nelltin, Stuyvesant. defeated
Everett waugh. New York. i-8. ca. e-4.
John Van Ryn, East Orange H. g., defeated
John Blust, Pennsylvania Prep. 8--l. 6-3.
George s. Case, George washington H. s.. de-
feated George Burdich. Glen Ridge. T--b,
T-p, 6--i. O. -. Schuster. Horace Mann.
defeated p. A. Coles, Pennsylvania. 6--2.
81 william Aydelotte, Princeton. de-