The New York herald., 1922-05-19
TENNIS SURVIVORS
ARE WELL MATCHED
With 13 Left, Semi-Finalists
in Harlem Event Still
Difficult to Name.
BY SAMUEL j. BROOKMAN.


For the second time in the tourna-
ment rain halted the progress OF the
Harlem Tennis Club open singles yester-'
day, and there will have to be some
tall hustling to complete the event by
Sunday. as intended. Thirteen of the
original 120 entrants survive. They are
Herbert l.. Bowman. E. Rodgers and FL
liott ii. Binzen in the first quarter, Al
fred d. Hammett. r. d. Golden, Kenneth
d. Fisher and Anton Won Bernuth in the
second, Paul Martin, G.. c. Whitlock, Dr.
George King and Henry II. Bassford in
the third and Percy L. Kynaston and
H. C. Tremaine In the fourth
So evenly matched are Bowman. Bin
zen, Hammett, Fisher and Won Bernuth
in the upper half that 1t is difficult to
name the likely semi-finalists in that d.
vision. In the other half King, Bass
ford and Kynaston stand out.
The committee expects to bring the
tournament down to eight survivors In
the round before the semi-fnal to-day,
Two rounds tomorrow will narrow the
field to the finalists, and then the stage
will be set for the challenge cup match
on Sunday.
Some OF the top ranking players of the
metropolitan district are to appear in
the Orange Lawn Tennis Club three day
tournament which opens Friday. June 2,
on the clubs turf courts. 1t was in this
event year ago that Ichiya Kumagae
and Vincent Richards reached the final
round. but failed to meet to decide pos
session of the invitation cup.
On the day Of the final rain called
a halt and then both Richards and Ku-
magae were tied up in a series of tour
naments elsewhere that made 1t impossi-
BILE for them to arrange a suitable date
for the match. Then the leading grass
court tournaments and the Davis cup
prelifinaries came along and kumagae
was too busy preparing for them to play
off the Orange final.
1t became known yesterday that
among the old timers who will compete
in the first veterans metropolitan
doubles championship next week at the
West Side Tennis Club of Forest Hills
is Clarence Hobart, who was national
doubles champion in 1893 and 1894 and
runner up in the singles title event in
1891. Others expected to compete are
Holcombe Ward. national champion in
1904; William A. Larned. seven times
national champion his brother r. p.
.Larned. William A. Myrick, president
of the national association, and William
pion of 1920. Entries close to-day with
Henry w. Warner. 81 Broadway.
In practice match on Wednesday
at Forest Hills Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
Mallory. national champion. who sails
for England Tomorrow, showed to de-
cided advantage against Ralph L.
Baggs. an experienced West Side Ten
mis- Club tournament player, for she
took three straight sets from her op-
ponent who did not spare himself I'm
the least In the rallies. The match saw
Molla at her speediest.
William T. Tilden. worlds champion,
will make his first Eastern appearance
after his trip to the Pacific coast In
a match with Vincent Richards at the
Oak Tennis Club. Larchmont Manor,
next Sunday. He is playing in the
Pacific coast championship this week.
and upon the completion of that tour
nament will leave Immediately on the
homeward journey.
This match was to have been played
last fall as one OF the series for the
benefit of the American Committee for
Devastated France. but bad weather
prevented. Now that 1t has been sched-
uled again the Oak o'l,sb and the
make II an unusually attractive ten
mis- event. Francis T. Hunter. the ma
tional indoor champion, and Harold A.
Throckmorton. who played at the White
House last week. also will take part
in an exhibition match. A third event
has been arranged between Miss Mar
tha Bayard of Short Hills. N. j., and
Miss Florence A. Ballin OF New York.
1t Is planned also to have match
of mixed doubles.
Edward Oelsner/ of the Montclair
Athletic Club heads the first annual
ranking of the New Jersey Tennis
League, announced yesterday by Alan
C. Bragaw, the newly elected president
of the organization. r. =. Bennett OF
Orange Is second and Carl Joliff OF
Montclair third. The rest of the first
ten on theelist follow:
4. Fred Peters, East Orange T. c. ;
5. l.. Vandeventer, Elizabeth T. and c..
c.; s, William E. Bishop. East Orange
7. c.: Z, George Throckmorton. East
Orange r. c.; 8. J. p. Stockton. East
Orange II. c.: 9. Gerald b. Emerson,
Montclair A. c.; 10, l.. Gwynne French.
Montclair A. G.
Marin Plestina Loses.