New-York tribune., 1921-05-03
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Rally and Win
lin Three Sets
Beekman and Hall Play I'm
evenly, but Manage TO Tri-
umph in Heights Tourney

Three teams, Leonard Beskman and
Walter Merrill Hall; K. u. Fisher and
A.. ]. Cawse, and S. Adelstein and III
Bruni, reached into the round before
the senii-Anal yesterday in the annual
mems open doubles tournament on the
clay courts of the University Heights
Tennis Club, Seventeen other pairs
wero still in the tourney and raising
havoc with tho daylight saving hour
when this exhausted correspondent sn-
trained for the return trip to the city.
Hall and Beekman, who are generally
favored to win the tournament, came
through late in the day by defeating
4. ". Seabury and Valentine II. Havens
at 6--1, 2--8, Go, In tho third round
The play Of the winners was q bit un-
evan. both Beekman and Hall having
their periods Of unsteadiness overhead
Seabury. the "Pride Of Pinehurst,n 2
and Havens came to life in the second
set and smashed and volleyed their
way. to victory in that session, but in
the last set Hall and Beetman got down
10 serious work and took the last six
Fisher and Cawse Win
Fisher and Cawse won two matches
during the afternoon. Hugh Oakley and
L. Gwynne French yielding in the Sec
ond round at 6--1, 4--6, rs, and
Gerald B. Emerson and Frank Sellers
bowing in another three-set struggle,
with the score at 1---B, 6-4, 7--5.
IL WIS Fishers great deep court
driving, backed UP by the steadiness
OF Cawse IN the pinches, that ac-
counted for the victory over Emer-
son and Sellers. Emerson. while he
brought Q9 numerous spectacular
overhead shots, was all too prone to
make errors on easy "sitters." in his
anxiety to score on "kills,~ nor was
Sellers as reliable as usual. There
were many fine volleying exchanges
between the four men before the Anal
point WAS decided.
Herbert L. Bowman and Harry
Steinkampf eliminated Charles Cham
bers and j. w. Mersereau ut 6--S. 6-2.
in tbs second round, both winning q
majority of their points by we'll sus-
tanned attack at the net position.
FavoTdtes Are Extended
Fred G.. Anderson and Ben .Letson,
the New Jersey champions, who ap-
pear as the most formidable con-
tenders for the final bracket in the
upper half of the draw, played their
first match yesterday and were ex-
tended oil the way to win from J. d.
Ewing and George G. Moore jr, the
7th Regiment Tennis Club pair, by q
score of ga, Sc. First Anderson
and then Letson threw away points by
smashing into the net or wide of the
court, but at the critical points they
held control and fought off the hard
working regimental pair.
he summaries follow:
Mems open doubles tftrst round,-F. G.
Ewing and G.. G. Moore jr.. Cd. st; C.
n. Arfermasl and J. Tyndale defeated j..
Daley and Walter Ivins, 6-l, 7--5: Il; o.
Desnoes and, J. G. Niekonow defeated A.
Weisman and s.. Gitler. 6--3. 7--5; l..
Sch11ssssinger L s and y. Bernstein defeated J.
Bowman and J.. H. Steinkanpf defeated
6--3.
Second round--Anton Won Rernuth md
]. Pickells defeated 8. Sanberg and C. I'm
,ter5erg ,.N Ga, 80: Bowman and Stein
bury MspsersaI apa vaIansIns es' s2 r. " Sea-
Fred Letson and A. Hewitt, Ga, 8--2: A
]. CawHe and X. =. Fisher defeated Hugh
Oakley and T.. q. French, 6--1, IS, T@6.
Third rounds. Adeistein and II. Bruni
defeated q. Diehl and e. Kuhn. Ga, Cd:
Leonard Beekman and w. Merrill Hall d.
60: Fisher and Cawse defeated Ernerso,
and Sellers, 1T, Ct. 7--5