The New York herald., 1921-12-30
AYDELOTTE BEATS
TENNIS FAVORITE
Princeton Collegian Eliminates
Jerry Lang in Junior Ma
tional Championship.
VICTORY is DECISIVE
Winners Net Attack Furnishes
Upset-FOur Survive in
Title Play.
BY SAMUEL j. BooKMAN.

BY SAMUEL j. BOoKMAN.
To William Aydelotte Of Princeton
went the distinction yesterday CT elimi-
mating the favorlte for the junior ma
tional indoor tennis championship at tho
Seventh Regiment Armory. BY an ex-
hihition OF aggressive net play that has
not been equalled in the tournament
the youthful collegian scored decisive!y
over Jerry Lang, runner-up a year ago.
and thereby furnished the real upset Of
the title event AS they played yester-
day there was no questioning Aydelotte's
superiority. and the score of Ga, g.
gives ample evidence of that fact.
Although it is doubtful whether Lang
at his best would have been able to re-
verse the result, the local youngsters
errors contributed largely to his defeat.
Aydelotte's attack at the net and his
all around speed did not afford Lang his
customary opportunity to choose his
strokes and gauge his distance accu-
fately and his control deserted him.
Time and again in attempting to pass
his rival Lang stroked too low and into
the net. Whether 1t was drive or lob
and usually Lang is efficient at both
styles--his strokes lacked smoothness
and confidence and he had a habit Of
making his errors when they counted
most heavily against him.
Costly Double Faults.
Lang's service. too. was just as un-
certain as his driving. He double faultcd
often. particularly at critical stages ami
1t cost him at least two OF the games
Of the opening set. Aydelotte. strokin3
boldly and following drive or chop to
the forward court blocked with great
Nractgtnn nd AMI hiatt uyitb
every game. Lang tried to pass him or
drive him back with lobs. but the Prince.
tonian was too alert and too sure in his
overhead play
Lang travelled along very smoothly
for three games. all OF which he won,
but his control vanished once Aydeiotte
began forcing the attack. With the
score a. in Lang's favor Aydelotte
took four games in a row for the set,
although forced to deuce points in the
last three. In the second set the Prince
ton youth held clear lead from start
to finish.
Advancing as the result of the victory
into the semi-final round, Aydelotte is
now bracketed with Morton Bernstein
OF the Harlem Tennis Club. who elm
mated Harry Baker of Evander Childs
High School after a sharp tussle. In
the other half OF the draw the survivors
and William Miles of Stuyvesant High
School. Dawson experienced trouble
only at one stage of his match with
Valentine Gress. After dropping .he
first set at love Gress rallied late in the
second set and brought the score to all.
but at that point Dawson checked him
effectually and ended the match in his
favor. Miles defeated L. IL Rouillon of
Harvard by a score OF 6-4. 6-1. show
I'M ~ al nj tta% nd
only to Aydelottes in effectiveness.
Boys Reach Title Round.
The boys championship narrowed
down to the final round. in which Horace
Orser of George Washington High
School and George Acker of St Paul's
School of Garden City will be the op-
ponents this morning. orser was not
extended to reach the title match, but
Acker had very little to spare In de-
feating X. Appel of East Orange High
School, as the score of 13-11. rs in
dicates
In the Junior doubles championship
play was brought down to half n dozen
surviving teams. with Jerry Lang and
Edgar Dawson. Valentine Gress and
William Aydelotte L. b. Daley. Jr., and
+. T. Osgood and John F. Whitbeck and
Morton Bernstein the contending teams.
The summary:
Junior National Indoor Tennis Champion
ship singles-Fourth round: William Miles.
Stuyvesant High School. defeated l.. II.
Rouillon, Harvard, a.. 6-1: Edgar r. Daw
son. Fordham Prep. defeated Valentine
Gress, Forest Hills. 60, rs: William Ayde-
lotte, Princeton. defeated Jerry Lang. New
York Tennis Club. O., 6-2: Morton Bern
stein, Harlem Tennis Club, defeated Harry
Baker. Evander Childs High School. 6-3.
Us.
Boys National Championship Singles--
Semi-finai round: Horace Orser, George
Washington High School. defeated Palmer
ST. Paul's School. defeated. X. Appel. East
Orange High School, 13-11. rs.
Junior Doubles Chemponship-First round:
Valentine Gress and william Aydelotte won
from T. II. Curtin. Jr.. and w. Noble by de-
fault: u. d. Hedekin and willis Gels de-
feated Eugene Stein and Walter Hpler. SIS.
6-2: Loui, 4; DALEY, Jr.. and Frank 7; os-
man. Us, e-i: Jerry Lang and Edgar F.
Dawson defeated J.. II. Rouillon and Donald
Stralem, 6-2, 6-3.
Baker defeated +. A. Walsh and Edmund c.
Burke, rs, 3-6. SO; Valentine Gress and
william Aydeiotte defeated George {. Case
and Horace orser. GO. o.; X. Appel and
=. Van Ryn defeated L. C. Haff and l. n.
Cohen, 6-4. SC: Louis u. Daley, Jr.. and
Frank T. osgood defeated d. u. Hedekin and
Willis Gels, 60, CO; Jerry Lang and Ed
gar +. Dawson defeated Arthur II. Glore
and Ernest Kuhn. G-s. o..
Third round "A ApPsi sn% and van cdS Ryn
s"'so Ss soe John '' F. whitSeSk I ana 4 Morton Gfss
Bernstein won from A. M. Ka-owitz and l..
Born by default; " Gress and w. Aydclotte
won from d. Oates and II. Baker by default.
The point score OF the feature match
follows:
FIRST SET.
Lane HsSslo''o :..:.. 49,. s111ff1fess sa $50
EECONI SET