New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-01-01

against Morton Bernstein Oh 'ne ia
~ tho annual junior tournament at t
- n.v,on took the singles honors by a.
.o,s-s. Ga, 90. lo-s, ca, in
,s W., that reu,rcd almost three hours in
. ... Having. and half al hour later
lived with Jerry Lang. o. Columbia
I;niYersty, Dawson won ms second ma,
,;onsl title by defeating NernStein and
~ = Vhitbeck. Of LOOMS Institute.
.oan he a score of &C. IS. 6--4,
c0. .t. snsl round Of the doubles.
"a VIE ,gs the tournament began last
u,,Jav Dawson was practically un-
s..rd Of on local courts. The other
:ssors competing for the title then
..,S hv Vincent Richarde had far
n..s.er tournament experience than
10 Fordham schoolboy in great ma
;.r;tv Of cases. having played not only
Z. ;;nior events, but also IN many q
mo senior tournaments IN and around
But Dawson, going through the more
Sjaicnlt hall Of the draw and defeat
NO Lang last years runner-up. ana
vosng Whitbeca, Yale interscholastiC
and Long Island Junior champion, on
his way TO the final bracket, won every
match b, superior playing. When he
saced Bernstein yesterday, 1t was felt
bv many that the latter's requeNt com
petition in senior tournaments would
give him the experience that might
turn the tide in his favor.
Margin Of Only Two Points
This came near being The case, for
study Of the point score shows that
Dawson won twenty-eight games to
Berns.cirs twentv-seven, and lS9
noints to Bernsteins 1877 Only two
points margin in Q match that set q
record in length in this tournament.
Even though losing tho last set, Bern
stein scored three more points IN this
session than his rival.
After taking the first Two sets as the
result Of steady, fast play, Dawson felt
It necessary to let down temporarily.
with the result that bernstein won the
third set with ease at C so easily
that it looked for q time as though
Dawson had made fatal error IN re
lasing his earlier efforts.
Bernstein led at Il i'm the fourth
set, but then Dawson staged notable
rally. winning four out Of the next five
games and giving rim lead Of s.
and putting him within two points Of
the match In the next game Dawson
led at 5-i and match point It was at
this critical stage that Bernstein
proved his nerve, for he won that game
and the next. TO bring the tally to
6--5 in his favor Thereafter they al
ternated on service up to Sail
Bernstein then won a long, bitterly
fought deuce game on his own service
and in TIE next broke through Dav-
son's delivery to win the set at l0-s,
snd squared the match.
In the last set Bernstein. taking
many daring chances as he went for the
net in the face OF Dawsons steady, &C
curate driving from deep court, led a.
p and "a, winning three Of these
games at love" with his severe. we'll
placed service decided factor In the
Huggle.
Dawson Stages Great Rally
At this stage Of the match it looked
mthough Dawson was in grave danger,
but it was here that the Fordham
youth youth proved his mettle, coming
through with = splendid uphill rally
that saved the day for him. as he won
the last three games, for the set and
match. The final game was a furiously
Ought engagement, Dawson breaking
through Bernstcin's service after the
POINTS had reached "deuce" six times.
throughout the match Dawson placed
Ms main reliance in Z steady attack
rom the back Of the court His drives
az pace and speed in abundance, and
'acy were under such good control most
o. the time that Bernstein frequently
4 'ould himself being passed as nc
Il reached point close to the net. It
81 vas only when he saw sure openings
e w XIII that the iordham star went
ii ITO forecour!.
81 A tendency to double fault cost Daw-
b mn many valuable points. In the five
Il .S o. the match he was guilty. Of no
p Ms than seventeen of these errors.
n Tao he only scored four service aces.
& uslns'ein, Oh the contrary, made the
E aus' Oh his delivery, making eighteen
s.es ana only two double faults. His
,' ss VA! was generally straight dc
..ss's, last and beautifully placed.
a an oA his second ne relied on
4 a~s. .''e twist that Dawson found it al
'Ss impossible to stroke" in return.
langs Work features Doubles
ns ..s 'ota! Of nets and outs for tho
tissl n" showed the two players on prac-
Of 1--we. even terms, but Dawso1's total
rsis,s @'e,neht aces WAS 80 10 Bern
5aI,no0ii 81 and this again was almost
d so,r;. oy the loser greater number
r,a srs COUPLES match was much more
and G :, prayed affair than the singles,
Ian, r vas chiefly featured by the bril-,
ter u0 ~Urk OF Lang, who showed bet
than Nssrnessstanding Of the doubles game
va, va, "a. any payer On the court. Dawson
ns,o Sa. .S to let his partner DO the
he ' m.d snare Of the work, and in this
n.n r,ass no mistake, for Lang scored
,Quare1r 'ieah ace as he shot the bail
Whi,bess S 9'sNn the opposing pair.
lenS;ra -1l'y upheld ms end. taking
saes part IN many of the fast