New-York tribune., 1921-05-15
Han1mett Routs
Bellr for Place
In Final Round
New Rochelle Tennis plave.
Outplays Veteran, in Two
Sets on Harlem Cour,s
By Fred Hawthorne

Alfred D. Hammett. Of Nev y
chelle, defeated Allen Behr. Of +ho y w
York Tennis Club, yesterday afterno.s
IN the scmi-inal round of the Har,.s
Tennis Clubs annual mems onan ~
giles tournament Hammett uo.
straight sets at Cd, Cd. and a.
manner Of his winning left small 5oas.
in the minds Of those who wat.t.s
as to the victors superiority ., 1 81:
occasion at least.
rms afternoon at 3 o'clock Hamr,...
and Kenneth D. Fisher, of Staten Islass' Is'lias;'
VIII meet in the final round for -.
Harlem Challenge Cup, won last vsas sas
ny Fred e.. Anderson. If the courts ~
day are slow, Hammett's chances =.
winning wl!l be increased, for his na,
slstent employment of the chop strot.
means that Fisher will have to tss.
digging the ball up from low, skidS;og
bounds most of the time.
1t was the same battling chon th.,
broke up Behr's game yesterday al.
though Hammett's returns were :.
well placed and his change Of pace ~
skillfully employed that Bebr fornS
DOEetl0n a,1
forced to reach far for the ball Az ,s
a few games this led Behr into errst;.
stroking, 80 that he often lo,t na;n..
by overdrawing the court or smssbins
out of bounds in his anxiety to scora a'''S
The courts were slow 20 drv mn,
sfter Fridays rains, and the foot;ns
was heavy all through the matcb
Behr began the service, hut Hammst,
broke through and then won his ows
service, making it 20. Behr man.
aged to win the next game. his dee,
heavily topped drives playing a ' mar,
and then Hammett made it al by
taking the fourth
Behr was fighting hard now and
covering a tremendous amount "A
court as he went after his opponent,.
finely placed shots. BY great rerov'
cries the New York man won for,
games before Hammett took the FIRST
set at Cd.
In the second set the strupoIs
grew keener, Behr APPARENTLY realis;ns
that he must make his bid then or snf,
fer defeat. They alternoted on games
up to 2-all, Hammeet hammering
away at Behr's backhand with low.
bounding shop strokes, and occasion.
ally sending up beautifully ploced
Iobs when he had tricked his oppo-
nent close to the net. The pace was
beginning to tell on Behr, for Ham.
NETT forced him to run ceaselessly
to make the return.
Behr dropped the fifth game when
he smashed the ball out Of court three
times in succession as he sought to
finish matters with "kill," and that
marked the beginning or the end. Ham.
nett continued to chop his way to vie.
tory, showing fine control and excellent
generalship as he mixed UP deep drives
with short drop shots and deep lobs
Again Behr managed to take four
games before his opponent had run out
the second set, at "a for the match
Owing to the absence of Leonard
Beekman, who is playing in the Old
Dominion championship tourney at
Richmond, Va, the scheduled final
round match in the annual open dou.
bles tournament If the University
Heights Tennis Clun was not played
yesterday afternoon. Reekman and Wal.
ter Merrill Hall were to have played
Frederick c. Anderson and Ben Letsou.
The committee has not yet decided
upon the date when this match shall be
played.