The New York herald., 1921-02-28
RICHARDS ATONES
FOR TENNIS DEFEAT.
Youthful Star Turns Tables on
Frederick G. Anderson
by 10-8, 6-S.
NET PLAY PRED0MINATES
Tournament for Metropolitan
Indoor Title Reaches
Fourth Round.
NET PLAY PREDoMINATEs
BY sanrr.L 5. BRooKMAN.

BY s1MrJ.L 8. BRoOKMAN.
Vincent Richnrds atoncd yesterday
for his recent defeat at the hands OF
Frederick c. Anderson. IN q splend!dly
contested match on the courts of the
Eighth Coast Defence. the Junior tennis
champion and former national indoor
title holder turned the tables on his rival
In what proved to be the feature of the
second days play in the metropolitan
indoor tennis championship. For the
greater part of an hour there was little
to choose between the young tennis stars
With the loss, however. OF the first set.
which lasted eighteen games. Anderson's
control began to desert him and Rich-
ards triumphed IN straight sets. l0-S.
6-3
1t was a duel OF tennis wits. speed and
aggressive attack Both players. on
their toes throughout, favored rush.
ing net attack, following service 70 the
forward court and taking every chance
of being passed In order to gain the ad-
vantage of their skilled volley. Service
on both sides being severe and hard 70
handle, 1t was the logical thing for the
PLAYERS to come up to block the ret"rn
The result was spectacular series OF
rallies. In which the server usually held
the position at the net with his opponent
, near the base line. They passed eacn
other often with splendidly timed and
well aimed shots along the sidelines but
tust as often the man Mt the net sue
ceeded in blocking the effort.
So It went nip and tuck with games
won on service until games ran TO deuce
With the score Sail Richards by
series Of perfect passing shots finally
oh AnScrcon'c service. but
the latter Immediately retaliated In kind.
and the score was tied again at 6-all.
Tt went to S---all With Anderson serving
egain, Richards. who was speeding his
strokes at that stage of the match. took
the lead again. Anderson was not to
Yield the advantage easily, however. and
Il was not until he was seven times
within point OF the game that Rich
ards succeeded In placing II to his credit
Anderson ObIiges with ErrOrs.
Superior control kept Richards well in
front throughout the second set. There
were plenty Of spirited rallies. both maxi
ing some startling gets. but at the criti-
cal stages Anderson usually obliged
with an error and thus eased his rfvars
path to victory. Numerous chances for
kills" at the net were dubbed by An
derson inexcusably. The latter carried
his downward stroke too far, and the
ball landed In the barrier. After taking
the first game of the set on his own
service Anderson had lead Of 40-love
In the next game. but Richards came
from behind, brought the points to deuce
and evened the score finally at ALL.
Then Richards forced Anderson to yield
his next two service games. This made
the score 81. Anderson bobbed up
with rally that gave him the next two
games, but Richards checked him
quickly and ended the match on his own
service In the ninth game.
The victory brought Richards into the
third round of the tournament. Nire
others have@made a similar advance In
the event, while another group OF nine
is out as far as the fourth round The
latter include Herbert l.. Bowman, Har-
rison r Hathaway, Herbert II. Man
chester, Charles A. Anderson. Il. l..
Pierce, lingo Hartmann. Edward +. Oels-
ner, Walter ]. Toussaint r. v. Lake and
Gerald B. Emerson. With the exception
Of Bowman and Anderson all those who
reached the fourth round won In straight
gamea Bowman. after disposing OF
Ben Letson with surprising ease, was
extended to the limit to beat Fl. de La
Chapelle. In the end the winners siz-
xiing service. particularly difficult to
Tauxe because of the dark day, was the
deciding factor.
In one of the hardest fought matches
of the day Allen Behr. the New York
Tennis Club veteran. disposed OF jerry
Lang. the local scholastic champion. The
first set OF their tussle proved TO be one
OF the longest In some time In local COM
petition. requiring thirty-four games
for completion. Lang won II finally at
is--16. In the second set Behr gave
a. afOf
with speed. but turned the tables by
placing craftily and forcing the youth
out of position. The second and third
sets ended In Behr's favor at 6-3. 6-3
Behr has Francis T Hunter. the West
chester county champion. as his next op-
ponent Percy L. Kynaston, the Nassau
and Queens title holder. scored over II.
c. Stevenson with the loss OF only
single game.
Only twenty-four of the original nine
ty-one entrants survice. Play will not
be resumed until next Saturday. when
the committee hopes TO reach the SEMI
finals. Doubles. too. will be started this
week end.
The Summary.
metropolitan Indoor Tennis Championship
singles-First Round--Ralph u. Gatcornb de-
feafed y. Caywood. CO, Cd; II. G. Steven
son defeated l.. Torney by default; Jerry
Lang defeAte0 v. tfhii, V-O. ~ ~.
Second Round--Sigmund spaeth won from
william NJ Fischer by detault Harry j.
Steinkarpf defeated w. p. Hadsell. 81,
e-f; II. w. shaffer defeated II. A. Christie,
40. O.. G-i; valentino u. favens won
from william II. Pritchard by default; Percy
Z. Kynaston defeated II. @. Stevenson, 6--l.
Go; r.. Mcwatty defeated G: Baker. Ga.
"a. e-s, 8-3: ". de La Chapeile defeated
r.. ]. somn,cr, e.i; Ga; Vincent flcharas
81 n Marshall won from James w. Merse-
rrau by default: u. Pierce defeated e. Q.
Backc Ga, 8--s. T-5.
Third Round--Ingo Hartmann defeated J.
Niisonow. OF. e-o: Edward oelsncr defeat
"a George s. Groesbeck. T-b. T-e: Walter
r 1roussaint defeated Charles Blauvelt, 6--f,
e-i; r. ": Late defeated stnSrt ,onrson ror.
,ncs Frarauhar. c.. 60: Herbert l.. Bow
nan defeated H. de Ia chapehs; s.tso5:a gms: o1S
ur.er al. e-l: Herbert II. Manchester de-
fcatcd f. ": saiteT. 90 g.! c.; Charles 4
Ga; y. L. Pierce defeatss< Fred Le'Hon'
11-9. 7-5.