The New York herald., 1921-06-13
ANOTHER TITLE FOR
VINCENT RICHARDS
Youthful Tennis Star Defeats
Fred Anderson i'm Brook
lyn Championship.
WINS in STRAIGHT SETS
Strong Wind Bothers Both FL
nalists, but Winner Outstead-
les His Opponent.
By SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

Another tennis title fell to the Prov
ess of Vincent Richards yesterday when
he won the Brooklyn championship at
the Terrace-Kings County Tennis Asso-
citation. The youthful star Of the courts
won decisively, Just as he has done In
every match he has played since the
start of the outdoor season. In straight
sets he disposed OF Frederick C. Ander-
son, thereby atoning for defeat at the
Lands of his opponent during the indoor
season. The score was 60, Cd, 6--4.
large, appreciative gallery witnessed
the match, probably the largest gather
ing the club has yet accommodated. and
the tennis furnished was fast enough to
satisfy the most exacting. Anderson led
at no time in any of the three sets. but
after a slow start kept Richards trav-
cling ct his best speed to keep his ad-
vantage. Richards, with his superb vol
leving. slsilful placing and recoveries
from difficult angles, caught the eye OF
the crowd from the time the match got
under way, yet his play after the first
set was not as spectacular as in some
OF the earlier rounds. notably tho semi
final against Walter Merrill Hall on
Thursday. FTe was netting the ball too
often and driving out OF court, and An
greater frequency Most Of the errors,
however, were excusable under the con-
ditions. for q strong wind blew clouds
of dust over the playing area and often
swept into the net or out of court strokes
that ordinarily would have gone through
for placement All through the match
the wind bothe,sed the finalists consider
ably and accounted for rather short
rallies.
Richards almost swept Anderson off
the court in the first set. He settled
down quickly to his best tennis and
counted six games in row before An
derson could approach anything like his
true form. He was catching Anderson
out OF position time and again, forcing
him to plunge after the ball to make
his returns and errors came frequently
Off Andersons racquet. 1t was 80 one
sided at that stage that Anderson
counted only points to "a for Richards
in the set and made IL errors to 2.
Anderson Rallies.
After that the wind gained in velocity
and Richards found it more difficult to
keep the ball within bounds. Anderson
rallied splendidly, taking the aggressive
by following service to the net and hit
ting with better judgment of distance
and angles. They won on service in the
second set until the seventh game when
Richards broke through on Anderson's
errors. The latter, however, evened the
score by forcing Richards to drop his
service for the fret time in the match.
and the score was all. Then Richards
took the ninth and tenth games, the last
being a love game and his fourth love
game of the set.
In the third set the finalists for the
first time began breaking through with
great regularity, every one OF the first
five games being lost on service. That
made the score 3--2 in Richards's favor.
He increased his lead to 4-2 in the next
game, and held that advantage to the
end. Toward the close both players
were stroking with improved control de-
spite the wind, and the rallies were
growing more thrilling. Richards had
TO work hard for every point, but he
showed the better generalship and won
important points when he needed them.
The point score and stroke ANALYSIS
follow: