The New York herald., 1921-05-01
By SAMUEL j. MAN.

Competitive tennis made it's bow for
the outdoor season at the University
Heights Tennis Club yesterday, handi
capped by agreeable weather, but an
early start and the enthusiasm Or ths
entrants enabled the committee to dis
pose OF dozen matches IN the North
side doubles championship before the
rain became too persistent and the
courts too wet for further play. Despite
tho unfavorable conditions some sur
prisinsly fine tennis was witnessed in
most of the matches. The participants,
the majority OF them. had played
good deal OF indoor tennis during the
winter and early spring and were IN
condition and in stroke to give good
account OF themselves.
In what proved to be the feature Of
the opening days play Robert = Stod
dart and s. G.. Kelly OF the Amackassin
Country Club. YonlSers. who surprised
by winning the Manhattan doubles
championship hast season. triumphed III
impressive fashion over Alfred %. HAM
NETT and I,nbree Henderson. fnalsts
in tho New Jersey State title event last
year. The latter pair played their usu-
ally effective defensive game, manceu-
wiring from the base line and attempting
to keep Stoddart and Kelly away from
the net by lobbng whenever the Yon-
bers team pressed their attack in the
forward court.
The lobbing idea was q good one. but
Stoddart and Kelly proved to be par
ticularly steady overhead and turned
the fioaters into sEnashes for placement
The speed and aggressiveness OF their
attack kept them in the lead through
out both sets, and they won with plenty
TO spare. G.. Ct.
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ception. Among the teams that had TO
play three gets TO win were J. z. Palmer
and +. -. Powers. q. Rahill and A. Reed
y. r. Sinclair ana s. Spaeth and Fred
Letson and A. Heiwt2. Leonard Beck
man and Walter Merrill Hall. the high
est ranking pair in the tournament, took
their first round match by default but
Will meet a capable team to-day ir
/ Percy H. Rynaston and l.. W. Knox.
I firty-six OF the fifty-eight teams tha
/ sent IN their entries are still left in tn,
tournament which will wind Up mex
! Saturday * tile weather permits.
The summary:
North Side Doubles c'hampionship-Fir
Rounds. 2. Kelly and l.. s. stoddart d.
feated A. ID. Hainiuett and T. Hendersor
o.; d. s. z. Davenport and r. =. Ga.
6-3. 6-1 $. V. Brubans and X s. Johnso
Won by default from A. Ehrfnann and @. Y
SSHotppft = Y. Farmer and r.. ID. Powe
! defeated ". &. Baraneo and A. orth, T.
! A--a. 6-2s q. Rahlll aud A. Reed defeat
L Buz=ini and 9. schmidt. SO, 6--2, e.
II. Y. Sinclair ana s. spaeth defeated L. p 4,
and ~ Bry, To. 3-6, 6--8. 5. Sanbers an
q. rn:erberg defeated G.. S. Groesbech a s.
T.. l.. Robinson, c., rs. A. j.. Won BE
nuth and q. piclells defeated j. A. Ric
ards ana W. g. Schmidt. c., 6-2: p. f..
kynaston ard j.. w. Knox defeated L.
Pierce end ". bartlett, CO. CT: l.. Bes
man and w VI. Hall won hy default froin
X L. Robinson and DR.. Manheirner; A. He
wit1 and i, Letson defeated n. A. Faust
and J. u. Keyes. "a. e-4. 6-4; ". y
Eavens and r. w. seabury defeated ID. W.
Eaines and u. y. Haines. CD. In-s.
/ Second Rounds. Adelstein and II. Brlrn
defeated J. Minster and &. IA. Naunes. T-5.
4 Ga