New-York tribune., 1922-05-30
Ewing Is Victor
Over Golden in
Unusual Match
Spectacular Tennis Results
in 4th Round of Eastern
New York Championship
BY Fred Hawthorne


Five men worked their way into the
round before the semi-fnal in the
annual Eastern New York State cham
plonship singles lawn tennis tourna-
ment on the clay courts of the Amack-
ASSN Club of Yonkers last evening.
| use the word evening" advisedly,
tor some of the matches scheduled had
not started at o'clock under the luxu-
rious "play-light' saving system. One
OF these, between Francis r. Hunter.
national indoor champion, and Kenneth
ID. Fisher, of Staten Island, was about
to start at o'clock, at which hour this
conscientious correspondent had to hop
the train for the city.
The five contenders for the title now
held by Vincent Richards, who is not
defending, were Morton Bernstein.
James y. Ewing jr., Elliott H. Binzen,
Alfred d. Hammett and Dr.. George A..
King, and it was Ewing who had the
most grueling struggle on his hands
before he came through as the result
OF stirring victory over R. D. Golden.
This match was remarkable in the
sudden and Kaleidoscope changes that
occurred between the second and third
sets. Ewing won at 06, 6--3, 7-5,
Golden taking the first nine games and
Ewing the next ten, for a lead of 40
in the last set. They split the next
two games, leaving Ewing in the lead
at 81, and then, while the gallery
sat ,enthralled, young Mr.. Golden pro-
ceeded to win the next four games,
sQuaring the set at Sail and the
match.
Confronted with a crisis, Ewing
To yorIr
ran out the next two games for the
set. at ID. and topsyturvy
match. If anybody present had placed
wager on either Ewing or Golden
his or her, heart must have been play
ing leap-frog every moment the men
were contending, for after Edwing's
spectacular rally at the halfway point,
followed by Golden's sudden return to
form, nobody would even hazard a
timid guess as to which player would
eventually win.
Golden in Fine Form
Golden played really splendid tennis
service is ordinarily no easy PROPOSE
ton to handle, yet here was Golden
fairly slaughtering the ball off his op-
ponents delivery crashing back fore
hand drives with such speed and power
that he frequently scored on acing
shots.
When following in behind his own
service, too. Golden made few mis-
takes, cutting off returns by sharp
volleying and severe smashing. After
he had run through the first nine
hardy gambled to risk an Austrian
kronen on Ewing's chances. But that
is where the Yonkers home bred proved
all the wiseacres not so wise, for he
started an aggressive and winning rally
that carried him into an overwhelming
lead of his own, rally that must have
surprised and disconnected Golden.
The latter had let down in his ter
rife pace, evidently figuring that mat
ters were going about as we'll as was
consistent with the ordinary tennis
amenities, and this softening in his
game was his fatal error. as it proved
! Ewing sensed the change Immediately
and began to storm the net as he came
! in behind his deeply placed drives
1t was he who was cutting off returns
at this stage and running off the
| points with surprising speed and reg
ularity. After getting the lead of Do
in the last set, Ewing must have COM
mitted the same blunder in judgment
and slackened his pace, for Colder
started the third tidal wave of action
IN the match and threatened to snatch
the victory after all. After pulling up
20 ALL however, Golden weakene
and Ewing found new sources Of speed
and skill, and it was this edge that
brought him home the winner.
Binzen Hard Pressed to Win
| Binzen was extended to defeat Fred
! Panisani at Cd, "a, the latter hand
ling his opponents chop strokes and
erractically bounding service well. 1t
was only by crowding on an extra burst
of speed at the net position that Binzer
won the last two games of each set.
DR.. King was going like streak OF
blond lightning in his match with F
C. Koss, winning at 60, 6-2. Koss
has been doing we'll in the local
! tournaments of the last few weeks, but
| he was helpless against Kings crisr
volleying and smashing and his beauti-
fully placed drives.
Hammett, after trailing at 3-5 in
the first set, started a winning streak
that carried him through to triumph
His control of his chopped strokes
grew better as the match progressed
and Ackerland found it difficult to
make clean returns off the low bound
ing ball.
Bernstein played good tennis against
w dllcI 1OuSSdiuI, whining az W,
s-3, with his speedy, well-placed
ground strokes paving the way for the
finishing shots ct the net.
Benjamin Dwight, chairman of the
tournament committee, announced at
the end of play that special feature
will be staged this afternoon, in addi-
ton to the tournament matches. Vim
cent Richards, Zenzo Shimizu, of
Japan; Francis T. Hunter and either
S. Howard Voshell or Sam Hardy will
play an exhibition doubles match. This
insures some spectacular tennis to-day.
The summaries:
Mems Eastern New York state Cham
ponship singles Fourth roundl-Morton
Bernstein defeated Walter J. Toussaint.
6-3. 6-3; James D. Ewing jr., defeated
r. D. Golden. %. 6-3, IS; Elliott II.
Binzen defeated Fred Pianisani 6-4,
e--4; Alfred y. Hammett defeated M. 7.
Ackerland, 7--5, 6-2; DR.. George King
defeated f. c. Koss, Go, 6-2.
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