The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-03-28
TENNIS FAVORITES
ARE NOT EXTENDED
Fourth Round Reached in In
door Championship-Tilden
Delights in Exhibition.
by SAMUEL J. BROoKMAN.

with the third round or the tOurna-
ment well nigh completed and the list
OF survivors reduced to eighteen. the
contenders in the national indoor tennis
championship, or. TO use more up-to-
date expression, the seeded" players in
the draw, are still travelling along
serenely in the annual event at the Sew
erth Regiment Armory. Five of them,
Frank r. Anderson, title holder: S. How
ard Voshell. George King, G. Carleton
Shafer and Percy j.. Kynaston, are al
ready out in the fourth round brackets,
and the other two Francis L. Hunter
and Herbert L. Bowman, are round
behind the rest. The latter pair are
scheduled to play two matches this af-
ternoor to catch up with the rest OF
the field.
There was not even the threat of an
upset in any one of the eleven matches
played Yesterday. Voshell. who needs
just one more leg on the championship
trophy to own it, stroked leisurely
through two one sided sets with Her
bert A, Levy without yielding a game.
George King dropped just one game TO
John p. Cronin. and G. Carleton Shafer,
although forced to play harder than the
rest. always had a safe though small
lead over Ralph j. Sommer. Anderson
and Kynaston had advanced ahead OF
the rest on Saturday. and so did not
have to get into action yesterday.
Victories Easily Earned.
Most of the other victories ALEC were
scored decisively. Jerry Lang OF CO.
lumbia, for instance took twelve games
in a row from S. X. Berry Samuel r..
McAllster, the Seventh Regiment vet
eran, disposed of Frank Utard by a
score Of 6-1, GO. and Stephen V. Bru-
bans, by q splendid exhibition OF ac-
curacy and control, won with surprising
ease from Jay T.. Anderson.
AS a matter of fact, the most inter-
esting event of the day was the appear
ance in three practice matches of Will
lam I. TiIden End, national and inter-
national champion. who is to play with
his latest protege, Albert l.. Wiener OF
Philadelphia, in the doubles division OF
the tournament beginning to-day. Tilden
first took the court in a singles exhibit
tion against the fourteen year old
schoolboy. He played very leisurely
then. giving the youngster chance to
show his splendid command of strokes
and his surprisingly good form for q
lad of his years.
In match that followed with Tilden
on ono side OF the net and Voshell OF
the other the champion played far
more seriously, his all around speed. hi:
crafty maneuvering for position and his
dazzling variety of placement shots
furnishing a real treat for the gallery
He sent low, swiftly travelling drives
through the smallest sort OF openings
and he did not spare himself in racing
after returns that seemed too far away
to be reached. Tilden turned many
points that seemed hopelessly lost into
winning points by some brilliant court
covering.
vosheiI Tires I'm Second Set.
voshell. thanks to his severe service
and his good control, managed TO hold
his own for a while, the score going to
ALL In The first set Then the fast
pace began to tell on the former indoor
champion and he dropped eight OF the
next nine games, II was mighty In
teresting tennis. however. The score
was Go. 6-1 in the champions favor
The longest and closest tussle of the
day ended In victory for Ralph M
De Mott of the Hoboken Tennis Clul
ever the veteran George S. Groesbeck
The latter's steadiness enabled him to
carry his Speedier opponent into extra
sets, the last Of which ended 6-4 In
the opening division of play Groesbeck
failed to hold a lead of 10, and In
the second set De Mott was overhauled
and passed after he had earned sim
liar advantage.
Barring the two third round matches
between Herbert l.. Bowman and w
Dickson Cunningham, and Francis T.
Hunter and Dupuy Greer. this after
noon will be devoted entirely to
.n IL L. ~
night, includes eighteen teams, of which
Tilden and Wiener. Frank T. Anderson
and partner, George King and partner
and G.. Carleton Shafer ands partner
are the pairs seeded into the draw. II
is by no means certain now that Vim
cent Richards will play in doubles
after all, and pending Richards's def
mite decision IN the matter Frank An
derson decided TO enter without naming
any partner until just before playing
time to-day.
The summary
NATIONAL INDOOR TENNIS CHAMPION.
SHIP SINGLES.-THIRD ROUND--Samue
r.. McAllister defeated Frank Utard. 6-1
60; Ralph M. De Mott defeated George s
Groesbeck, 7-5, 4-8. Cd; s. Howard Vo-
she'll defeated Herbert A.. Levy. 60, Go
Go; Reginald Talmadge defeated J. p
Nikonow. 81. O.: J. Carleton shafer
defeated Ralph J. Sommer, 6-3, Cd: ]
Linderman defeated G.. Preston by default
Stephen v. Brubans defeated Jay L. An.
derson, Go, 6-f. George King defeated
John %. Cronin. 60, 81; Clarence II
ST Cd Walter J. Toussaint defeated
James d. Ewing. 7-5, 7-5.
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