New-York tribune., 1921-04-02

nsted Arthur S. Cragin at 6-4, G.
and volleyed a path to victory.
n the semi-firal round matches Of
the doubles Fred Anderson and Ben
I,etson. the New Jersey State cham
n,on.. vanquishcd the Princeton pair,
]. l.. Werner and Z. 7. Herndon, At
S-6. -, while Richards and S. How
sA Voshell had an easy time in de-
eating George S. Groesbeck aud George
Gsrbe. at 6--1, CT. The final round
match in the doubles will begin fifteen
Minutes after the finish of the singles
event.
Anderson defeated Richards with sur
ur!sine ease, even though the games
score shows that there was difference
% only two games in Anderson's favor
on. oy the total OF twenty eight played.
But mean ths. the six foot eight inch
Anderson plsyed with such an easy
stroke. cover red his court with such an
aoparent lack o: effort and came up to
the net SO lszily to make his winning
vclleys that he never gave the impress
son Of being extended
Loose Tennis by Richards
There was lot OF loose tennis played
en- both sides in the match, with Rich
ards the chief offender. Time after
tjme the former indoor champion found
The net with mis- usually accurate vol
lsys, and his ground strokes were never
the keenly placed and paceful shots
that have won for him before.
There is no doubt that the gloom
in the big srmory affected young Rich
ards adversely more than it did Ander-
son. TO-. the latter has been playing
regularly on these courts all winter
and ha. become sccustom the poor
lighting conditions. But that alone
could not account for Anderson's splen-
did triumph. The victor was in COM
mand Of the situation throughout the
greater part of the match, working his
way to point just outside the service
court lines most of the time, and then
bringing his tremendous reach into
play TO smother Richards's soft, halt
ing returns.
do not know What it was that ted
the champion OF 1919 to linger in the
back Of his court all through the first
set and in most Of the third. That is
not Richards's usual procedure, for
yolleying has always been the greatest t
feature Of his play. On the few occa-
sions when be did work his way be-
yond the service court lines yesterday
the Fordham student generally came
through with the winning shots.
Loser Clings to Base Line
But in a majority of cases Richards
chung to the base line position, and
even there he might have been far
more successful had he employed his
customary speed. Instead, he seemed
.inid about strohing the ball and tried
to pass Anderson with soft, high shots
The Brooklyn giant is at his best when
lie has TO reach for his shots, and he
moved about his court with tremendous
strides as ne fairly annihiliated Rich
ards's returns with slashine volleys
and smashes across court.
Anderson began the match With the
service and rapidly ran into lead OF
SO, breaking through Richards's de
livery in the second, aided by an atroc-
iocs bit Of line calling by the indi
vidual holding the service court line
The JUNIORS service on game poln'
landed six inches inside, but the lines
nan promptly called out" and the
game was Anderson's.
While this was unfortunate, / doub'
that it had any real effect on the ulti
mate result of the match. The truth
was that Anderson was outplaying hi!
opponent in almost every exchange, ant
Richards was plainly worried. Once
or twice ne attempted to gain the ne
position, only TO lose the point as An
derson scored on beautiful crossin.
shots that drew Richards far out o
court.
In the second set the junior star wa
tip on his toes, while Anderson let dowi
apprceiably, with the result that Rich
ards ran into lead Of SO and eventu
match. At this point the final outcom
was still in doubt, but not for loni
after that.
Makes Temporary Stand
Richards started Of we'll in the thir
set, but his playing was so uneven tina
he could not hold hrs advantage, am
Anderson moved ahead at a.. Agar
Richards made temporary stano
reaching ALL, but tnen his opponen
took command and smothered Rich
ards's returns by beautiful volleyine
taxing the last two games for the Sc
and match.
Frank Anderson was always to
speedy for the veteran Cragin, slthoug
IN the first set the latter pressed Fred
brother pretty closely. When Fran
got his volleying game working. prop
erly, however, Crsgin never had
'ehsnce.
The summaries:
Mens national tndoos cham pionshtp sin
gies {serni-flnal roundl-f'rAnk r. AndeI
son defeated Arthur $. C-asin 6-A. 81
frederick G. Anderson defeated Vircer
Richards s-s. 3--s, s--4.
Men's ,nt'onal Indoor charnpionshi
doubles fs-rnf-anai round d)--Fredertck ,
Ell. IGtSCn QSlcALc
Joseph y. Werner and r. r EerndoI
- 81: Howard NoShell and Tincer
richards defeated George 5. Groesbcch an
gorge G4ros. S-i, S--1.