New-York tribune., 1921-05-04
Stars Forced
To Three Sets
Forthe Victory
Defeat Fisher and Cawse i'm
Hard Contest, 81, 10,
6-1, on Heights Courts
BY Fred Hawthorne

Leonard Beekman and Walter Mar
rill Hall won their way into the semi-
final round Of the University Heights
Tennis Clubs annual mems open
doubles tournament yesterday after
noon by defeating Kenneth D. Fisher
and A. j. Cawse, of Staten Island.
by score of 81, 4--6, 6-1, in the
fourth round.
Four other pairs advanced to the
round before the semi-inal,, and alto
in when play ceased for the day
Beekman and Hall are in tho bottom
bracket of the lower half, while Ben
Letson and Fred G.. Anderson. New
Jersey State champions, are in the
upper section and look like the logi-
cal pair to face Hall and Beekman
in the final on Saturday.
Anderson and Letson came through
by winning a hard three-set match
Manhattan champions, the score going
at Ga, 6-8, 6-4, a winning margin
of two games out of total of thirty
four, not very marked evidence Of
superiority.
Cold Hampers Players
These were the two feature matches
Of very bleak day on the courts, the
weather being 80 raw that several of
able all through their matches. Among
the other winning combinations were
Herbert l.. Bowman and Harry Stein
kampf, who defeated Charles A. Ander-
son and Leon Croley at 5-7, Cd,
60, in the third round; CaTl Jolliffe
and E. C. Oelsner, who vanquished
Schlessinger and Bernstein at 2-6,
60, Cd, and j. E. Palmer and r. D..
Powers, who triumphed over N. r.
score Of 6--1, 6-3, also in the third
round.
Hall and Beekman were far from
their best during the first two sets
against Fisher and Cawse, having
lapses, during which they held little
control overhead. In the opening set
Cawse and Fisher led at Al on
games, and apparently were we'll on
the road to victory, as their opponents
kept messing up easy overhead shots.
But Hall and his partner steadied at
this stage, Beekman finishing of lobs
in decisive manner, while Halls fierce
driving through deep court made many
openings. After squaring the set at
4-all, Beekman and Hall continued to
hold their form and took the set ct
81.
In the second set the Staten Island
team got the jump on their opponents.
Fisher driving hard and true and Cawse
going in to the net to finish off points
Cd, squaring the match, and it looked
like q toss-up at this stage.
Take Last Set Easy
In the third and final set, however,
Hall and Beekman came to life and
flashed brand of hard-h hitting, accu-
rate, overhead play, backed UP by
sound driving and brilliant volleying,
that completely upset the opposing
for tho New York team.
Anderson and Letson were forced to
keep on their toes from start to finish
OF their match against Kelly and Stod-
dart, the rallies being most stubbornly
fought. In the main it was the New
Jersey champions ability to storm the
net position and cut off shots that
looked good for placement aces that
decided the issue. The winners made
numerous errors, but their winning
shots exceeded their mistakes, Ander-
once he got inside the service court
lines
The summaries:
University Heights Tennis Clubs mems
open doubles (second round)--Ben Letson
and F. G. Anderson defeated c. n. Amer
singer ana NJ. Bernstein defeated e. o.
pesnoes and j. G. Nickonow. s-3, Ga;
4 ansa Palmer ana and p Powers defeated
n. r.. Sinclair. and S. Spaeth defeated c.
Rahil and A. Reed Ga. SO, 7--5: C. A.
Anderson and Leon Croley defeated d. and
P. Keresey. 4-e, 60. Ga. 4
Third round--Anderson and Letson de-
feated s.. G Kelly and Il. s. Stoddart.
G--4 A<--S Yoftf II ~
Oelsner defeated Schlessinger and Bern
stein. Is, 60. Ct; Palmer and Powers
defeated Sinclair and Spaeth, 81, Ga:
Herbert L. Bowman and Harry Stein
kampf defeated c. A. Anderson and Croley
81. "a, 60.
Walter Merrill Hall defeated K. D. Fisher
and A. j. Cawse, 80, 4--6, 6-l
Ernnch Afllo4oe H..