New-York tribune., 1921-03-28
Way to Tennis
Finals Paved.
For Anderson
Conceded Chance to Beat
Voshell or Richards for
the Indoor Court Title
By Fred Hawthorne

Further progress will be made to-day
IN the mems national indoor lawn ten
MIS- championship tournament now in
progress on the board floor courts of
the 7th Regiment Armory at Park Ave-
nue. and Sixty sixth Street. The plav
began on. Saturday, with total of
flfy-five entries in the singles, and this
number had been cut In half before
the committee called a halt on the
opening day.
1t is rather unfortunate, perhaps,
tnat the two supposedly most formid-
able contenders for the title now held
by William T. Tilden I'd, who will not
defend his honors in the singles.
namely, Vincent Richards and S. How
ard Voshell. should be on the same
side Of the draw. This means that one
or the other must go out in the semi
final round or sooner.
1T is we'll within the range Of pos
slbilities, of course, that young Frank
!. Anderson may upset matters by
beating either Voshell or Richards.
Anderson is on the opposite side of the
draw from his two most dangerous
rivals, with fairly easy path to travel
10 gam his final bracket. This Brook
lyn. youth has never failed to give
Richards the keenest sort of battle
every time they've met on the courts,
and he always goes particularly we'll
on the indoor surface.
Richards OFF His Stride
Richards has not been playing with
In
IN recent weeks, as his recent defeat
in the metropolitan indoor tourney
serves to show, and he will have to
improve this week if he hopes to re-
peat his triumph of 1919 in this tour
nament. Voshell, just out of the hos
pltal as a result of q serious auto
mobile accident, is carrying about ten
pounds excess weight, but otherwise
appears to be in excellent physical
trim.
Each day of play will serve to bring
nm, nlm closer to top form, and if he and
Richards meet in the semi-fnal round.
witness rare struggle for the mas
terry.
sTllden's illness may also keep him
out of the doubles, in which he was
paired with Richards, the two having
won the championship for the last two
years Should Tilden stay out, Richards
and Voshell will team up, and this
combination will come pretty close to
taking the title.
Following the tournament at the
7th Regimen Armory many of the
most prominent players in the Metro
polltan district, including Richards and
Voshell, will go to Pinehurst, N. c., to
compete IN the annual North and South
championship tournament, beginning on
April IL. Richard Norris Williams Cd,
Tilden and Ichiya Kumagae may also be
seen in action on the clay courts of the
tlnehurst Country Club.
Tilden May Play at Pinehurst
Tilden is the present holder of the
mems singles title, and although he
was undecided as to whether he could
spare the time to make the trip when
saw him last in Boston, I have not yet
given up hope of watching the worlds
champion defending his crown at Pine
hurst.
The entry in the women's tourna-
ment will b., even more thoroughly rep
resentative of the best in the country
than the mems events. Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory, national indoor and
turf court champion; Miss Marion Zn-
derstein, of Boston, national clay court
and North and South champion; Mrs.
Benjamin E. Cole, Miss Edith Sigour-
ney, Miss Leslie Bancroft and Mrs.
Frank Godfrey, all of the Longwood
Cricket Club; Miss Florence Ballin
and Mrs. Spencer Fullerton Weaver, of
the West Side Tennis Club; Miss Martha
Bayard. national indoor junior cham
pon, and Miss Ceres Baker, both of
New Jersey, and at least dozen other
of the ranking women players, will be
on hand. The entries do not close until
April TO- with Donald j. Ross, secretary
of the Pinehurst Country Club, so that
there is still plenty of time to enroll.
Present indications lead one to be-
lieve that Pinehurst will stage one. of
the really notable tournaments of the
year in the double North and South
event, and all this is good augury of
what the coming outdoor season holds
for both players and followers of the
great game.