The New York herald., 1922-12-27
NEWCOMERS DEFEAT
SEEDED PLAYERS
Louis H. ROuillon and Valen-
tine Gress of Contending
Group Outscored.
j. +. WHITBECK is WINNER
Highest Rated Junior Ad-
vances Easily in Opening
Round of Tournament.
BY SAMUEL J. BRooKMAN.

into the younger tennis set every year
that picking the semi-finalists in a
junior championship becomes a mat
ter Of pure guesswork. This is doubly
true where an indoor tournament
is concerned. for many of the con-
testants have little or no opportunity
to get accustomed to the. bound off a
board floor and the uncertain light
indoors. 1t was not surprising, there
fore. that two of the aspirants rated
strong enough to be seeded into the
draw were eliminated in the first
round of the junior national indoor
championship at the Seventh Regi-
ment Armory yesterday.
These two were Louis III. Rouilon and
Valentine Gress. who In the last two
being forced to accept defeat. For
members of the Junior division both are
players of considerable tournament ex-
perience. but experience availed them
little yesterday against speeder and
steadier play on the part of Frank
Walsh of Fordham Prep and Isidore B.
Cohen Of the High School Of Commerce
respectively. Walsh defeated Rcuillon.
S-6. 81. after a sharp tussle and Cohen
disposed of Gress by a score of CO. 1-6,
6-3.
Cohen is the youngster who was pre-
sented with a racquet by William T.
. Tilden. worlds tennis champion. at Cen
etlal Park last summer after he had
Won the final of the junior park and
playground championship of New York
He has put in a good deal Of practice
with the racquet since the great day
when the champion turned 1t over to
him and he has come along very fast.
particularly in the matter of control
c. NJ. Wood, Jr.. Extended.
Charles NJ. Wood. Jr., one of the con-
tenders for the title and lad who has
made his mark in senior competition,
came near being third surprise victim.
He figured to beat Kenneth =. Appel Of
East Orange rather comfortably, but the
Jersey youth by some spirited driving
and alert getting almost fought him to
standstill After taking the second
set at 6-3 Appel held his own in the
third for half a dozen games and 1t
was only Woods more effective service
that turned the match his way there
after. The contest was productive of
the best tennis Of the day.
Unlike the rest OF the contenders,
John +. Whtbeck Yale and Harvard
interscholastic champion and the high
est rated player in the tournament. ad-
vanced with ease. He defeated j. II.
Herman. Jr., 6-1, 6--2. and was never
extended in the slightest degree. He
meets l.. II. Gordon of Andover to-day
and in the succeeding round IL he re-
mains unbeaten, will have real test
against either Isidore b. Cohen or Will
lam T. Miles. Whitbeck appeared to be
stroking at his best He was driving
deep and forcibly and his service was
very difficult to handle.
The majority of the college freshmen
In the field Jared badly. J. Klein of
New York University and II. II. Gleich-
man of C. c. N. Y. were the only two
of nine collegians to survive and Gleich-
man was hard pressed by Weller B.
Evans. as the score of l0-l2. 6-.l. g.
indicates.
BOSTON Youth Wins Twice.
In the boys championship division the
field narrowed to sixteen. Malcolm t.
Hill, Jr.. of Boston, runner-up In the
boys national outdoor championship
laet summer. won two matches but had
little to spare In either. Against l.. Z.
Matthews Hill scored at S-l0. 6-3. ca,
and in the next round e. l.. Sissel-
man made both sets close. Is. 6-4.
Other winners in this division were
Brainard II. Whitbeck. Jr.. John c. and
Dennis e. Judge. Selwyn Orcutt, the
Brooklyn boy champion Stuart Gay
ness and Ogden Phpps.
JUNIOR CHAMPTorsHIP-FIRsT ROUND.
Isidore II. Cohen defeated l.. Allan weis-
William r. Miles defeated II. G. Reming
g. Muller defeated f. y. Lyman. 6-4. SO.
Frank Walsh defeated l.. ii. Ruillon. SO.
III. orser defeated d. NJ. Hill. Jr.. OF. ~.
q. a. Dillon won from II. D. Berman by
L. II. watson won from r.. L. Debevoise
II. II. Gielchman defeated Weller B.
G. II. schuster defeated II. Baker, rs, G-3.
Palmer sealy defeated Wood wins. rs.
Stanley Noble won from c. " De Biaso
Charles NJ. Wood. Jr.. defeated Kenneth
r. Appel Jr.. 81. &c. 6-3.
" MSn%n defeated defea,ea l. ss s
J. J. Rooney defeated J. II. Faber. o-2.
John Van Ryn defeated II. f. Dunn. 60.
Jack ciarretson defeated O. O. Brincker.
hoff. Jr..l a.. 6-3.
Ernest Kuhn defeated A. g. Block. 60,
Jack Klein defeated william Einsmann,
go, 80.
n. p. Snow defeated George Case, ~ Ga
II. Evertt won from r. Cohen by default.
SECOND ROUND.
John F.. whi,beck defeated ]. n. Tiernan.
Jr.. G-i. So
Isidore y Cohen defeated Valentine Gress,
L. H. Watson won from Il. A. Dillon by
default.
r. Vi. Waugh won from G. johnson by
i. II. Gordon defeated I. A. Powell, 10,
Edward C. conlIn. Jr.. defeated Myron
Rosenberg. 60. o..
BOYS cIIAMPIoNsITIP--r1RsT ROUND.
Malcolm T. HIll. Jr. defeated l.. =.
Matthews. Jr.. $40. 6-3. 90.
SECOND ROUND.
Ogden Phipps defeated NJ. Schultz. e-3,
seiwyn orcutt defeated II. j. King. e-2.
john s. Mnlen defeated II. A. Warner,
y. y; MccauIff defeated E. Lowenthal.
George Becker defeated X. Murray. e-i.
John G. Judge defeated Oliver Reyes. go.
rrainard II. whlibeck. Jr.. defeated Don
" seiover defeated H. shlf,e e-2, Ga
MALCOLM T., Hll. Jr.. defeated T. l.. sissel-
p. Dean defeated n. Drandis. o-s. 7-s
oG. T. Coy % Jr" defeated A. L. voselbach'
W. L. Breesc defeated L. @. Chambers,
Stuart Gayncss defeated IT. uhl. Of. "a.
r. A. Wiese defeated w. Homans. SO.