New-York tribune., 1921-09-08
Pickells Defeats DALEY, Of
Jersey, by 1912, Is,
6--4; Guest Easy Winner
BY Fred Hawthorne

Two players reached into the semi
iinal round OF the junior singles for
the championship of Long Island yes
terday on the courts OF thc West Side
Tennis Club at Forest Hills, and Win
sston Guest, pupil of George Agutter,
tne West Side professional advanced
TO the final round of the boys' singles
py defeating Earl Smith at Ga, 6---1,
IN the semi final round The doubles
III nctE divisions were also started
yesterday.
The stiffest struggle of the day re-
suited in the third round meetin9 he.
tween Harry Pickells, Of Flushing High
School, and Louis B. Daley jr, Of New
Jersey. Pickels finally won bv score
OF l0-12, 7--5, Cd, after DALEY had
been within | point OF winning the
match in the tenth game Of the second
set. The New Jersey youth made a
costly "out" for the point however.
and after that Pickells steadied down
splendidly and pulled. the game out.
- III. Lyman, youth from Santiago,
Cuba. showed we'll rounded game in
defeating Walter Ruhl by a score Of
%. 80, while j. +. Whitbeck, Yale
lnterschclastic champion, played with
great accuracy from back-court in de-
feating Edgar Snow, Of this city. bv a
score of 6--2, So. Whitbeck showed
command of fine forehand drive and
won many Of his points with this shot.
Houghton in Semi Final
Walter Houghton and Valentine
Gress were the Juniors to reach the
somi-final brackets, Houxhton by de-
feating R. Martin at IS. s-3 and md
!Gress by eliminating X. Seward at
I'll, 6-4, in the fourth round.
Young Guest demonstrated the great
value Of the coaching he had received
from Agutter in the match against
Smith. His strokes were smoothly and
correctly executed and his court tao
tics were we'll planned, so that Smith
had, little opportunity to work into a
Little Stuart Gayness, another Agut-
ter pupil, paired with P. O'Brien,
gained bracket in the semi final round
Of the boys doubles by winning first
from z. Landers and j. Barnes at 6-1,
81, and then from j, Haag and H.
Buckleman at Cd, 6-1. The victors
were decidedly overmatched as to size.
put the cleverness of their play more
than made up for their lack of inches.
Boys Act as Umpires
The tournaments are being conducted
on lines similar to those in force at
the mems national championship tour
ney, although on Lilliputian scale.
Agutter swore in volunteers among the
boys themselves when he needed UNI
pires and linesmen, and "Cap'n" Rice,
the superintendent of the grounds, who
worked the courts into such mag
nificent shape for the Davis cup
matches last week, had the playing
surfaces IN similar condition Yesterday
for the youngsters.
1t is planned to finish the tourna-
ments tomorrow morning, when the
finals in all divisions will be played,
unless rain should force a postpone
ment. The summaries:
(hipas 5sIsgd 1Hn9F singles
Daley 1r., 10--12, Is, 6-4; c. III. Lyman
defeated ". Ruhl, 60, 60; J. F. WHIT.
Fourth round--W Houghton defeated
r. Martin. 7--5 Ga: Valentine Gress7 de-
Jul Junior ~ 'eSanu cham pionahip o ID doubles trst
round)-Stokum and Martin defeated May
err and Hunt, IS 6-3 walters and Ly-
man man won from Rees and Gruner, by de-
Second round-Dalley and Jerry Lang
defeated fsa,s haimbesr and Almiral IS, s-l.
Lincoln Guest defeated X. o'Brien, %,
Ga; p O'Brien defeated F. McGirr, 8--s'
S-3; II. Whtbeck defeated Palmer sealy.
Semi final round-Lincoln Guest defeated
q. Smith, Go, 6--1
Championship doubles (iirst round)-
Stuart Gayness and r. O'Brien defeated c.
Landers ard ]. Barnes, 6--1, 6-I; Haag
End an Buckleman defeated D. Earle and
won from wainwright and McGirr, by de-
fault; Castleman and Hunt defeated Nor
reil and Dinmore, 4-6, 6--1, Ga.
ed Smith and K. O'Brien, S--1, 81; Gay
ness and O'Brien defeated Haas and
Buckleman, S-4. 6--1; Staly and Whltbeclx
fault,