The New York herald., 1921-06-06
BEHR ATONES FOR
DEFEAT AT TENNIS
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Ne
Turns Tables on Alfred D.
Hammett in Brooklyn
Championship.
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FIELD NARROWS RAPIDLY
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Only One-third Of 134 En-
trants Survive After Two
Days. Play.
FIELD NARROWS RAPIDLY
By SAMUEL y. BRooKMAx.

Loss than one-third OF tho large field
OF 13% entrants remained unbeaten whom
the second days play In tho Brooklyn
tennis championship closed on the courts
OF tho Terrace Kings County Tennis As
sociAtion yesterday. OF the survivors six
had advanced to tho fifth round. They
we're Cscii Donaldson. Albert J. Ostan-
dorf. Herbert l., Bowman. Harry J.
6teinkampf. Royal d. Richey and II. Don
Keresey. Tho most gratifying feature
from the tournament committees stand
point. was the fact that only three de-
faults had to be taken for nonappearance
OF entrants. With most of the contest
ants arriving on time. the rapid progress
OF the tournament was never halted dur
fng the day.
There was no semblance Of an upset
such as marked the first days play on
Saturday when Frank T. Anderson, title
holder. was eliminated in the opening
round. In the main the matches ran to
form. The nearest thing to a surprise
was the defeat Of Alfred y. Hammett.
winner of the Harlem Challenge Cup and
finaiist In the Eastern New York State
Championship. He was beaten. 10--s.
6--8. by Allen Behr. over whom he had
scored twice before this season Behr,
however. always has extended Hammett
to the limit, so the result was far from
being an upset Behr had far more
sting to his drive than In their previous
matches, and he played more confidently.
Hammett who was depending chiefly on
coaxing his opponent into errors was
very close to taking the first set, but
missed his opportunity when he led at
81 and 30--15 In the last set Ham,
NETT appeared to tire. and he was unable
to follow Behr's pace.
Vanderbilt b. Ward. Cecil Donaldson.
Albert ], Ostendorf, Herbert l.. Bowman
and II. Don Keresey were among those
who scored two victories during the day
Charles Chambers, holder of one leg on
the championship bowl. won his third
round match from +. d. Powers at
e-3. 6-3.
/. Among the entrants who have not yet
played their opening matches are Ichiya
kumagae and Vincent Richards, who
The SUMMARY.
Brooklyn Tennis Championship Singles,
Second Round-R. ID. Golden defeated w. A.
Dwyre, 8--3, 8-4; Albert ]. Ostendorf won
from Arthur Taylor by default: Kenneth ID.
Prank Seller defeated David Mitchell. To.
6-S; II. N. Wyckoff won from II. W.
schwarz by default; Edward Oelsner won
from II. @. Morehouse by default; 8. p.
Jones defeated H. wiswell. rs. 7-5 Van
dcrbilt r. Ward defeated G. A. H. Smith.
60. 6-1: Ell M. Behar defeated A. b.
Murray 60. 6-2: T.. l.. Pierce defeated
". II. Smith, Go, 6--1; G. II. Boocock, Jr..
defeated J. Bnechick. ST. 1913. sc: Alfred
D. Hammett defeated Allen Duncan. rs.
6-2.
Third Round--Cecn Donaldson defeated
Gerald Donaldson, Jr.. 3-6, 6-4. 8-3; DR.,
n. r. Drake defeated r. u. Golden, rs.
f-5: c. r. Garnans defeated Alexander
Cunningham. 6-5 and default: Albert J..
Ostendorf defeated Milton soper, Us. 40,
60: Herbert L. Bowman defeated Jay An
derson. Go. 60: Walter Abels defeated
Ralph J. Sommers, Ga, 6-3 Lincoln Reimer
defeated Ralph M. De Mott. "a. 6-3, G-f;
Harry W. Lewis defeated H. N. Wyckoff,
s-5. c.: Walter J. Toussaint defeated 8.
p. Jones. Ga, 6--2: A. l.. Brunean de-
feated Frank L. McWatty, 8-s. CO; Harry
l.. WestfalI defeated Jones w. Meseresu
Cd. g.: Vanderbilt H. Ward defeated Fred
NJ. Nelson. 6--1, 6-2: Charles Chambers de-
feated r. n. Powers, 6-3. 6-3; Lawrence T.
C3rinnell defeated Albert J. Fleig, 60. G--3 !;
II. Don Keresey defeated r. ". Pierce. 7-5
IS; Harry Hewetson defeated G. u. Boo-
cock, 6-4. 6-i; Allen Behr defeated Alfred
d. Hammett. 1913. 6--3.
Fourth Round-Cecil Donaldson defeated
Carl Joliffe. s-3. rs; Albert J. Ostendorf
defeated G. II. Garnaus. 6-i. 6-1; Herbert
L. Bowman defeated Paul Keresey, 6-f
6-3; Harry J. Steinkampf defeated Walter
Abels. 60. Ga: Royal d, Richey defeated
Harry w. Lewis. 12-i0. al: X. Don Kere-
sey defeated Harry Hewetson. 5-7, 6-3 6--3