The New York herald., 1922-05-17
Harlem Cup Holder Overcomes
Long Lead i'm Each Set of
Feature Match.
BY SAMUEL ). BRookMAN.

Defending the Harlem challenge cup
Is proving to be a more arduous task
than Alfred ID. Hanpnett anticipated in
the carly rounds. Two days ago in
his opening match of the Harlem Ten
mis- Club tournament the cup holder
was extended to the limit by new
conner to metropolitan tennis to pre-
vent defeat. Yesterday i'm the third
round Hammett again experienced con-
siderable trouble. this time in a con-
test with Philip A. Bodkin. champion
of the home club. who forced him to
deuce sets and was dangerously close
to winning both of them.
A little better control at critical
stages of the match might easily have
returned Bodkin the winner over
anxiety prompted errors when an all
important point hung in the balance,
and these frequent lapses proved his
undoing. Four times in the first set
he was within single point of clinch-
irg it. and four times did he fail to
come through with the necessary stroke.
On the other side Of the net Hammett
in his characteristic way steadied re-
markably when he had to. and fought
his opponent off each time. 1t took
some wonderful getting once or twice
on the cup holders part, but Hammett,
giving no point up as he lost, proved
equal to it.
Plays Uphill Tennis.
After coming from behind and saving
and winning the first set at SIS Ham
nett ran into further trouble in the
second. This time Bodkin, by some
well directed driving and decisive over
head returns of Hammett's lobs, ran
Into what seemed too long lead for
Hammett to overcome. The score went
to Al in Bodkin's favor and it looked
like extra SETS Hammett, however, be-
gan to speed up at that stage. played
the sdelines daringly. and varied his
strokes so puzzingly that Bodkin was
outguessed in the rallies. The latter's $
control began to desert him and Ham
NETT by another uphill rally drew even
at 5-all and then finished the match
ats.
There were two surprises in third
round matches during the day. One
came in the defeat of lingo Hartmann.
the New York Tennis Club veteran. AT
the hands Of III. c. Tremaine. I'm an
extra set match. and the other was the
ease with which Anton +. Won Bernuth
disposed of Fred ID. Powers. While
his speed lasted Hartmann more than
held his own with his opponent who
could not match him in all around skill.
He took the first set as easily at 6--2,
but Tremaines swift attack. particu-
larly a forehand drive that carried
plenty Of sting, wore him down and his
defense weakened. Tremaine. getting
stronger as the match advanced, had
no trouble taking the second and third
sets at c.. 6-l
Form failed to hold true i'm the con-
test between Won Bernuth and Powers
q. to-
par by the critics. and one of the closest
tussles OF the tournament appeared in
sight. But 1t proved to be one sided
| Powers happened to have one of his in
| frequent bad days just when Won Ber
nuth was keyed up TO his best tenni'
/ pitch. and the latter breezed through
with the loss OF only two games, 60
GO. The winner kept his drive tray
cling deep and with great speed, and
followed forcing shots to the net where
he ended the rallies In a hurry, but he
probably profited just as much by his
opponents errors as by his own attack
Ten in Fourth Round.
Ten players advanced to the fourth
round of the tournament, which has
narrowed to twenty-four contestants
Among those to win were Edgar Daw-
son, the junior national indoor cham
pion. who scored i'm two love sets over
w. S. Pearce: Elliott II. Binzen. the
North Side champion, who defeated
Leonard w. Knox in straight sets
mainly through the effectiveness OF his
sharp breaking service and his alert
volleying. and Paul Martin. who dis
posed of /. Biltchik of New York Uni
versity after an interesting tussle at
Is. 6--1. Percy l.. Kynaston, the
Nassau and Queens title holder, also
won his match. The summary:
HARLEM TENNIS CLUB, OPEN SINGLES.
SECOND ROUND-R. d. Golden defeated n
Neuberger, 6-1, SO. 6-1: Edward j. Clapp
defeated S. Onda. 6-S, O.. Cd.
THIRD ROUND-EllIott H. Binzen defeated
Leonard w. Knox, G-3. Cd: Paul Martin
defeated I. Biltchik, TO, 6-2; Henry III.
Bassford defeated ". w Schwarz. CO.
e-1 a. p. Smith defeated n. Wiswoll. Go.
G-1: Alfred ID. Hammett defeated Philip
A. Bodkin SIS, 7--5; Edgar +. Dawson de-
feated w. s. Pearce. Go. Go; y. q.
Desnoes defeated J. Lavnio. e.. G-t !:
Anton +. Van Bernuth defeated Fred -.
PAYERS, 60, ca; Percy l.. Kynaston de-
featsd Hugh Oakley, a., CO: II. G. Tre-
maine defeated lingo Hartmann. 2-6. g..