New-York tribune., 1921-05-12
.BeEar Puts Out |
The Conqueror
Of Cup Holder
Bowman Loses to Clubrnate
i'm Fifth-Round Match oTa
Harlem Tennis Courts
By Fred Hawthorne


Allen Behr, Of the University Heights
Tennis Club, was the man who supplied
the feature Of the day In the Harlem
Tennis Clubs annual open tournaments
yesterday, defeating Herbert L. Bow
man, clubmate, by q score OF Ga,
81, in the fifth round. Bowman, who
had conquered Fred : s-serson, the de-
Tending cupholder, o1 Monday, had
ruled q favorite over Behr before ths
match began. The iatters victory
placed him in the seni-final round,
along with Kenneth %. Fisher and II.
D. Keresey.
Fisher triumphed over e. j. Mccall,
Of Baltimore, by 6-S, al, while
Kereaey, playing q splendid uphill
match, defeated Anton Won Bernuth at
3--6, S-6, 6-4. Fi-ier and Keresey
| viii meet this afternoon for the place
in the lower final bracket, while Ham
NETT and F. D. Powers will meet IN
the fifth round, the winner to face Behr
in the upper semi-fnal bracket.
Behr's victory yesterday came as TIE
result Of sound backcourt game, fine
control and great court covering. Bow
man, who can play the net position
with success at times, rarely left back
court during the tussle, and at this
style OF play he was nowhere near 3
match for Behr, the way the latter was
playing.
Behr Starts With Rrsh
Bohr started we'll, taking the frst
three games and allowing his opponent
only two points. He was driving very
deep and close 60 the linees and his
shots held naors pace than Bowman's.
At this stage, however, Anderson's con-
aueror uncovered one Of his few dis
plays OF aggressive play and squared
the match by winning the fourth, fifth
and sixth games, two OF them at deuce
They aIternated in the next two
games and then Behr clinched the frss
set by taking the ninth and tenth
games, the last at slove," giving hinz
the set at Ga. Bowman seemed afraid
to stroke" the bali and his usually
formidable forehand drives lacked
their customary pace, because 8ehr
was forcing his man to reach Yor Sc
most every shot.
The first two games OF the second
set went to Behr, Bowman taking the
third, and his last in the match. Behr
won the last four games, in which Bow
man could only get FIVE points as his
opponent kept nicking the Lines with
his heavily topped drives and OCCASION
ally went in TO the net TO finish of
his points by sharp volleying or severe
smashing of short lobs.
Keresey had all kinds Of trouble Ia
getting into stroke in his match WITH
Won BeSnuth, who was the personifca-
ticn of steadiness and accuracy, willis
lacking the finishing power in his shots,
so that the first set went TO Won BeF.
nuth. At 6-3.
Aided by New Racquet
/ =
7 second set vas well under way and
many times Won Bernuth caught him
out Of position by driving short into
! fcrecourt or by passing beautifully
down the side lines to deep court as
/ Keresey ran in. Still, Keresey was
/ gradually getting stronger and kept ar
his work with the same bulldog deter
mination that he had shown in earlier
matches. When the games had reached
Gall in this set q string in Keresey's
racquet broke and he changed TO q new
bat.
This seemed t~ work the needed
change in his play and from that time
on he improved, hitting the ball harder
on his ground strokes and also steady.
ing overhead, so that he was now cut
ting off many of the shots that had
previously eluded him. Won Bernuth
fought hard, but Keresey was not to-
be denied and took the last get at 6--4,
for the match.
Harlem Tennis Clubs mems open singles
Fourth round}-Herbert L. Bowman 0e-
feated J. Mattheys, e.. 7-5; F, q.
Powers defeated II. 3. Keene, SIS. e--a;
Alfred D. Hammett defeated L. " Robin
son. Go. 4--s, 6--4; Kenneth D. Fisher
defeated Charles n. Wood jr.. S. e-2s
Anton Won Bernuth defeated a. L. Brus
neau, 81, I'd.
Fifth round--Anen Behr defeated Her
oert L. Bowman, 6~-~4, 81; Kenneth D.
Fisher defeated 70. ]. Mccall, e--3, S--1s
H d. Keresey defeated Anton Won Bsrl
nuth, S---6, st, CT.