Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-13
A. H. s. BOYS IN
TENNIS FINALS
IN STATE MEET
Girls Singles Championship
Goes to BeIen; Girls
Doubles and Boys Finals
Played Today.

Although the Albuquerque girls
failed to make the singles cham
pionship in tennis at the tourna-
ment yesterday in connection with
the state athletic meet in progress
at the state university. the boys
singles and doubles players have
reached the top rung in the contest.
The finals in the boys matches and
the girls doubles matches will be
played off this morning.
Maxwell Merritt will represent
the local high school against Horn
buckle, of Roswell, in the finals
this morning for tho state cham
pionship. Merritt seems to be d
more consistent player than the d.
favorite to win today. The green
and white also battered their way
to the doubles finals, Merritt and
Marion winning from Los Alamos
ranch school and then from Ros-
well. Santa Fe will be the other
team to enter the doubles finals,
having won from Belen high.
Merritt won his way to the finals
by beating Fall, of Roswell, 6-1 and
So. Then he defeated keisilhorst,
of Los Alamos ranch school, 60
and 60. The consistent playing
and smashing service of the ,Albu-
querque player puts him among the
best players in New Mexico.
Hornbuckle won a close match
from Bremen, Of Los Alamos. by
score of GA and 6-8. Both men
were careful players and the Ros-
well player won by his skillful plac-
ing. Marion met the Pecos valley
representative in the semi-finals
and was the only tournament playel
to take the second set after he had
lost the first. Marion had already
won from Scarborough, of Santa Fe,
and it seemed for a while that two
Albuquerque men would meet in
the finals. The match between
Roswell and Albuquerque was the
closest of the tournament.
In the doubles. Santa Fe won
from Belen, and Albuquerque de-
feated Los Alamos In the first
round by score of rs and 6-3.
The Alamos boys were two very
different players. Bromer played
very carefully and Keisilhorst took
the risky shots which, when they
were effective, very otter were
aces. Roswell fell before the local
racket, wielders by 7-5 and 6-3 sets
also Merritt and Marion showed
the best team work of any two men
in the competition and since they
have taken both Santa Fe players
over in the singles. they will very
come out on top.
Belen High school, through the
ability of Miss Armstrong. walked
off with the state woman's singles
tennis championship in the tourna
ment conducted at the state univer.
sity yesterday. Albuquerque was
in the preliminaries,
leaving Santa Fe and Belen to
fight it out. The doubles matches
between the three schools will be
played this morning. Miss RATHER
inc Mccormack, director of physi-
cal education for women at the
university, is in charge Of the tour
nament for girls.
The finals match played yester-
day afternoon went So, 6-1 to the
little Belen player, who defeated
her sturdier opponent. Miss kath-
e. inc Van Stone. of Santa Fe. GO,
al. Miss Van Stone showed better
tennis form than Miss Armstrong,
using variety of strokes with some
adroitness. The latter used only
he overland stroke, gripping her
racket half way up the handle, but
she used 1t to the best possible adj
vantage. She was particularly good
on rally and was very quick in
covering her court.
Miss Armstrong defeated Miss
Helen Grunsfeld. of Albuquerque.
81 and GA in the preliminary
round. She then played Mis- Mary
Christine Hughes. of Santa Fe, VIII,
1rew bye. She defeated the Santa
Pc player 60 and 11-9. Miss Van
Stone defeated Miss Eunice Her
!senhoff, of Albuquerque, 6-3 and
81 in the preliminaries and Miss
Simmons, of Belen, 7-5 and rs In
the semi-finals.