The New York herald., 1921-04-03
NATIONAL INDOOR
TENNIS TITLE FOR
FRANK ANDERSON
Scores Decisively Over His
Brother Frederick in
Final.
SPEED LEADING FACTOR
Doubles Championship Goes
to Vincent Richards and s.
Howard V0shell.
SPEED LEADING FACTOR
BY SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.

BY SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.
1t simply had to be done. Could he
have afforded to take chances with his
brother Fred, Frank Anderson would
have been satisfied to drop a set or
two in the final Of the national in
door tennis championship at the Sew
enth Regiment Armory yesterday. But
he has had several experiences In
matches with his older brother which
convinced him that no matter how
far in the lead he just had to keep go
ing at top speed to be sure of victory.
So Frank never let up a moment in
the title match and at the end Of three
sets of the fastest sort of tennis he
had outscored Fred by Is games to 6,
60, 8--1, 6--3. It was a far more de-
cisive defeat than had been anticipated
by the majority of those who had
been following the tournament.
In one respect the contest, the first
between brothers in national cham
pionship final. lived up to expectations.
1t was spectacular and interesting In
the extreme, but while Franks play
sparkled with all the brilliancy borne Of
speed and fighting aggressiveness.
Fred's fell off badly, and 1t was the
former therefore who had to supply the
sensational features of the tussle.
Fred ON Defensive.
There was good reason why Fred's S
customary steadiness and effectiveness
were lacking. Frank knew Fred's game
to perfection. knew also that he had
beaten his brother four times out OF
five in open competition, and it gave
him all the confidence in the world.
Evidently he had his plan all mapped
out before he appeared on the court, for
he maintained the same tactics from
start to finish, and the plan summed
up was speed, speed and then more
speed Forcing the attack, rushing
the net, serving terrifically and playing
with twice as much aggressiveness as
Fred, Frank kept his brother more or
less on the defensive throughout. He
stroked SO hard and SO fast that Fred
was forced to hurry his shots, and 1t
broke up the latter's control. Frank
was up at the net so much faster than
Fred that the older brother was unable
to get the benefit of his usually ef-
fective volleying. and without his vol
leying Freds strongest weapon was
gone.
Frank played with reckless abandon
as though perfectly sure of himself. His
shots went through with a Zip and
sting, and his control was splendid. He
outmanmuvred Fred repeatedly and
found his openings skilfully. Whenever
Frank had time to set himself for a
stroke 1t was almost sure to speed by
Fred for an earned point. Considering
the fact that he played the lines con-
tinually and sharp angled his volleys
and drives, Frank made very few errors
In the matter of service Frank had a
decided advantage, much more so than
the stroke analysis shows, for although
only seven of his serves could be called
aces numerous others were so sizzling
and so we'll placed that Fred was lucky
to get his racquet on the ball. His
return on such occasions was weak and
Frank, coming up to the net, had no
trouble DETECTING the shot for place
ment.
Startling Recoveries.
They began by breaking through one
another's service for three games. Then
Frank settled down to his best speed
and won the set in a hurry at So.
through the narrowest of openings were
startling. Fred too flashed some bril-
liant strokes, but he was erratic, his
errors coming at critical stages. Frank
was going great guns In the second set
he broke through his brothers service
In three games out of four and out
played Fred by wide margin. as the
point score of 28 to II indicates.
Fred reused himself early in the
third set and for a while there were
prospects of the match going into extra
sets, but Frank quickly smothered the
rally and won three of the last four
games in impressive style. In the final
game Frank earned two points on vol
leys down the sideline that Fred plunged
for In vain. and another point came on
a service ace that went across so fast
that there was no chance for intercept
ing IT,
The doubles championship wound UP
in a straight set victory for Vincent
Richards and s. Howard Voshell over
Fred Anderson and Ben Letson. the
score being Ga, ca. Ga. The win
ners superior steadiness and their crisp.
we'll directed voleying proved too eff
fective for their opponents. but II was
a sharp tussle all the way. and not a
point on either side was conceded with
out uBHI NubHeh SciNiSc was ss
strong factor. Anderson and Letson be-
ing unable to handle II with any de-
gree OF accuracy, but the bulk OF the
work for the champions was done by
Richards, who was all over the court,
drivinr volleying and smashing with
splend control. In the matter of posi-
tion play they also showed to advan-
tage.
stiII shy Control.
Anderson was still shy the control he
lacked in singles, but he did some good
work in the forward court. Letson
proved to be the more dependable on the
losers side, but not the more effective.
There was an abundance of net play
throughout the match, and the rallies
were fast and interesting as a result.
The point score and stroke analysis OF
the singles final follow:
FIRST SET
Frank Anderson. o 2 8 4 - b--3f-a
Fred Anderson. -. 3 2 4 2 3-24-2
Nets. Outs Place. scrv. D.F.
Frsa Frsnk 49,. 49,. 10 ! I :
SECOND SET.
ErsS ErsSk AaSSsss0 ASssrs0n... sS5s3 $3.50 $3.50
Nets Outs. Place. serv. D.F.
Frsd Freak .......s ." Z : ! J
THIRD SET.
Frank Anderson I sao!g t2e-s
Fred Anderson. Q "a 1-2l-S