The New York herald., 1921-04-01
By SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.


reached the semi-final round OF the
national indoor tennis championship on
the courts OF the Seventh Regiment
Armory yesterday The veteran is
Arthur S. Cragin and the others are
Frank 7. Anderson, his brother Fred
erick and Vincent Richards, who at she
age Of 16 won the title two years ago.
Frank Anderson is to meet Cragin IN
one semi-final to-day. and Fred Ander-
son is to play Richards In the other.
There is the possibility. therefore. that
brothers may meet in the champion
ship match tomorrow, and the possi-
bility is far from remote. for Frank
Anderson rates far stronger than
Cragin. and Fred already has one vic
tory over Richards to his credit this
indoor season.
Certain It is that Richards will be
tested to the limit to-day II Fred An
derson flashes the same calibre or ten
mis- that he did against Joseph L. Wer-
ner OF Princeton yesterday. Fred was
in rare form. More aggressive and far
steadier than usual. he launched for
ward court attack from the start of his
tusse with the collegian and maintained
II TO the end with great success. Ad-
vancing toward the net in every rally.
Anderson boldly held his ground in the
centre of the court and blocked many OF
Werner's choicest shots on the volley.
Werner tried to pass him on either
side by playing for the lines, but An
derson's long reach and precision in
volleying enabled him to send the re-
turns back without any difficulty.
Werner learned early In the match
that 1t was futile to attempt to drive
Anderson back with lobs, for the latter
was deadly overhead and generally fin
ished off the rally with a decisive
smash. Anderson's speed in getting to
the net and his greater severity Of
stroke kept the Prlncetonian close to
the base line throughout the tussle.
Werner drove well and his control was
good. but his opponents attack was
too effective for him.
Service n Potent Factor.
The collegian had only his sizzling
service to thank for the fact that the
score was fairly close in each set, e..
6--3. 1t had sting and sharp break
and on at least half a dozen occasions
it was placed so well that 1t escaped
Anderson's racquet entirely. IL was diff
ficult for Anderson to control the re-
| turn off service and II was not until the
ninth game Of the first set that he was
able to break through for the first time.
That break was enough to give him the
set In the second set Anderson was
meeting the service with greater success
| and he broke through twice. An idea
of the superiority of Anderson's attack
| may be had from the fact that he
earned 81 points on placements to for
his opponent. The majority of the
earned points were the result of sharp
angled volleys.
Frank T. Anderson eliminated Stephen
v. Brubans and Arthur S. Cragin de-
/ al nr1r ftra nf1x
the same score. 60. 6-3. In each
match II was a case Of greater speed and
versatility overcoming exceptional stead
mess Both Brubans and Groesbeck
were strictly on the defensive and were
rather fortunate to win as many games
as they did. Richards. facing a more
or less inexperienced schoolboy in David
Hedekin. played very leisurely and
dropped just one game out of thirteen.
As In singles. doubles advanced to the
semi-final round. s. Howard Voshell
and Vincent Richards played the most
impressive tennis In defeating Stephen
V. Brubans and Kenneth S. Johnson by a
score OF 60, 6-t They are to meet
George 5. Groesbeck and George Garbd
! in the semi-flnal and should have an
easy time Of II. In the other half Fred
erick G. Anderson and Ben Letson. New
Jersey State champions, were extended
all the way by George g. Moore. Jr.. and
Samuel r. McAllister. The latter pair
outsteadied the winners, but were at a
decided disadvantage In the matter of
speed. Anderson and Letson's opponents
In the semi-final will be the Princeton
collegians. Joseph L. Werner and Ed
ward I. Herndon.
The summary.
National Indoor Tennis Championship Sin
\ gles.-Fourth Round-Frank r. Anderson de-
\ feated Stephen ". Brubans, 6-2, 6--3; Ar
thur s. Cragin defeated George $. Groes-
beck. 6-2, 6-3; Frederick G. Anderson do
feated Joseph l.. Werner, 6-4 S-3: Vincent
Richards defeated David Hedekin, 60, 6-1.
Doubtless Frederick C.Anderson and Ben Let
son defeated George q. Moore and Samuel
n. McAllstcr, G--3. TO; @. Howard yoshel
and Vincent Richards defeated Stephen v.
BrubanE and Kenneth s.. Johnson, 6--2, 6-1:
Joseph l.. Werner and Edward r. Herndon
defeated w. G. Herring and Waicott Warner.
6-1, 6-2.