The New York herald., 1921-12-29
Fordham Prep Youth Elim-
mates, Two Strong Con-
tenders for Title.
EIGHT REMAIN uNBEATEN
Only Two of Fifteen Col
legians Survive Second
Days Play.
By SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Naming a winner of the junior ma
tional indoor tennis championship is
just as difficult now with only eight
youngsters unbeaten as it was before
the Tournament began on the courts of
the Seventh Regiment Armory on Mon
day morning. for with one or possibly
two exceptions the favorites have come
through to the round before the semi
final. and the survivors appear to be
pretty evenly matched. Among those
who have followed the. tourney close.y
the consensus seems to be that Edgar
T. Dawson of Fordham Prep, will reach
the title round in the upper half of the
draw and that Jerry Lang of the New
York Tennis Club. last years runner
up, will be the other finalist. But Junior
tennis. like senior tennis. is very un-
certain game.
There was distinct surprise yesler-
day, Tor instance, in the defeat OF Jehn
i. Whitbeck. Long Island junior and
Yale interscholastic champion, at the
hands of Edgar Dawson. Whitbeck on
the strength of his victory over Jerry
Lang last summer. was regarded In
some circles as the leading contender for
the title. In his first two matches on
Monday he had eliminated his opponents
with great ease. and he began just as
proniisingly against Dawson yesterday.
taking the first set at 6-1. He was get
ting good length and speed into his
strokes and his control was good, but
II was apparent even at that stage of
the match that his opponents errors
were aiding him considerably.
Trouble Getting the Range.
Dawson was having all sorts of diff
nculty getting the range of the net and
the sidelines, and he fairly threw the
first set away by his wild stroking
with the opening of the second set.
however. Dawson settled down quickly
and from point he demonstrated clearly
that he was the better tactician. Tirue
and again he caught Whitbeck out of
position. and sent a placement through
that ths'latter had no chance to reach.
Dawson was thus able to take the sac
ond set at So and the third at 7-5 He
grew trifle erratic late in the match
and Whitbeck took advantage of the
opportunity to cir down an advantage
OF two lgamesa but the winner finished
impressively, earning the majority of
his points after the score had gone to
all
The match was practically repeti-
tion OF Dawson's first tussle of the day
In which he eliminated Francis r. Os-
good or Dartmouth by a score Of 3-6.
81, Is. In this contest too Dawson
was very slow to find his best speed
and control, but proved his superiority
in the matter Of skill conclusively before
the contest was over. The winner
played baseline game all the way.
covering lot of ground and aiming for
the corners, with the idea of forcing his
rival far out of court. He concealed
his direction spendidly and outguessed
his opponent consistently.
Besides Dawson, the survivors in the
upper half are l.. II. Rouillon of Har-
ward. w. Miles OF New York and VAL
entine Gress of Forest Hills. while those
who remain to fight 1t out In the lower
half OF the draw are Jerry Lang, WILL
lam Aydelotte OF Princeton. Morton
Berstein Of the Harlem Tennis Club and
Harry Baker of Evander Childs High
School. Rouillon and Aydelotte are the
only two remaining colegians of the
fifteen who participated in the opening
days play.
Lang Proves Versatile.
Lang. flashing some effective tennis. in
which he mixed lob. drive and volley
with good effect. disposed of Eugene
stein OF Stuyvesant by a score of 6-3,
Go. Aydelotte won two matches, elm
mating c. Il. Schuster of Horace Mann
by score Of GO. 6-2, and then de-
feating j. Van Ryn of East Orange High
School without the loss of game He
Is to be Lang's next opponent. Morton
Bernstein was extended to the limit In
both his matches, although he managed
to win them in straight sets, and Nor
ton Stone of the University of Penn
sylvania carried Valentine Gress into
long, hard fought extra set match be-
fore acknowledging defeat.
To-day's play in junior singles will
bring the field down to four survivors In
the semi-inal round. In the boys cham
pfonship all but four entrants were elm
mated yesterday, the winners being
Palmer Sealy, II. Orser, X. Appel and
G.. Aclxer. Play was started yesterday
in the junior doubles championship. but
only three matches were decided. The
summary:
Junior Natinoai Indoor Tennis Champion
ship, singles.--Second round--Edgar L, Daw-
son, Fordham Prep, defeated Francis T. o.
stein. stein stayuessns. defeated " NefIn Esss9e ssss
yesant. 5-2. 6-2; J. Van Ryn, East Orange
washington High School. T--5. Ga William
Aydelotte. Princeton, defeated G. e. Schuster.
snao, Horace N Mann, s.2: e1s; J. T. Cohen High
Horace Mann, defeated Arthur 4. r. Giore.. .
Third Rosnd.L. II. RouIlIen. Harvard. de-
feated D. Oates, George Washington High
School. s--e. e-2; w. Miles. New York,
a.; Edgar F. Dawson. defeated John
r. whitbeck. Bron1yille: 1us, 90. 7-5;
vania. 10. Ga, 6--i; Jerry Lang. New
York Tennis Club, defeated Eugene Stein,
Ga. Go; william Aydelotte defeated J. Van
Ryn. 60, Go; Morton Bernstein defeated
!. b. Cohen. So. 7-5; Harry Baker, Evan
der Chrds High School. defeated Cornelius
v. dc Biaso, Rutherford, ca, rs.
Boys National Championship, singles-see-
Mathews. 6--f. O.; X. Appel defeated John
y. Whtbeck, Ga. O.: q. Acker defeated
!. IL. Sampson. Go. Ga.
Junior National Doubes.-First round--G.
G. Case and ~, Orser defeated c. G. Hurd
and J. w. G. Herring. O., Ga.
Second Round-John F. whitbcck and Nor
ton Bernstein defeated w. Miles and w. u.
Bearman, a.. ell l.. r. Merchant and +.
A. Coles defeated G. Il. Schuster and A. II.
Trumbull. 7--5, B-3.