The New York herald., 1922-03-12
UPSET IN BROOKLYN
TENNIS TOURNEY
Percy Kynaston Beaten in
First Match by Ralph
Roberts.
ny SAMUEL ). BRooKMAN.

ny SAMUEL J. BROOKMAN.
Almost the first match completed yes
terday in the Brooklyn tennis champion
ship at the Fourteenth Regiment Ar
mory provided an upset. A decided re-
versal of form 1t was too. for while
Percy l.. Kynaston, who was beaten.
rates high in metropolitan tennis, Ralph
e. Roberts. who upset him. has not
approached Kynaston's accomplish
ments in tournament play. Kynaston
right now holds the Nassau and Queens
championship and the New England
title as well, and figured as a contender
in the event which started yesterday
under the auspices of the Brooklyn In
door Tennis Club.
1t was not that Kynaston was par
ticularly off form. True he has not
had much practice on a board floor
court and was unfamiliar with the
bound of the ball. but the fact remains
that Roberts, who is a foxy veteran and
surprisingly agile one for his years,
outplayed him in two of the three sets
In impressive fashion. Roberts appeared
to have made up his mind from the
start that his only hope of success was
to play bold game, and he stuck to his
plan, playing for the lines and the cor
ners and sharp angling as much as dis-
cretion would permit Many OF Rob-
erts's returns just grazed the sidelines,
but his control was good and he kept
the ball within bounds.
Daring Play Wins.
While Kynaston seemed content TO
play safe. Roberts was trying for
placement at every opportunity. and IN
the end his daring gave him the victory
by score of 60. 4-6, 6-4. Kynaston
kept the ball travelling low and fast and
down the center line except when ROD
erts was forced wide in making re-
turn, but despite the speed OF his oppo-
nent's attack Roberts kept pace with
the BALL He turned many of Kynaston 8
best shots into winning points Tor MN
self by his splendid getting.
Kynaston was inclined to be errauc
early in the final set and his errors
enabled the veteran to run into ieao
Of 5 to 2. Then Kynaston rallied ana
brought the score to 4-5. but there
his squirt ended. Roberts. calling on
his reserve. raced all over the court,
recovered some difficult shots ana
passed his opponent cleanly TOT tne
winning points. The match was easily
the most interesting of the day.
Among those who got into action IN
the opening round of the tournament
was s. Howard Voshell. former ma
tional indoor champion and at present
eighth in national rank. Vosheiis 8
tremendous left-handed service was
booming across the net with all It's
sting and break and his two opponents,
A. r. Orth and J. W. Dudley. were un-
able to handle it with any degree OF
success. The cloudy skies which rem
dered the light unfavorable at the
same time increased the effectiveness
of Voshelrs service. The majority OF
his service shots either escaped ms OPP
ponent entirely or we're merely struck
glancing blow as the man on the
other side of the net lunged for them.
Orth Starts Well.
Orth did very we'll in the first set
against yoshell when he-Orth-hap-
pened to be the server. His own serv-
ice had plenty of speed. and his drive
was deep and kept Voshell on his toes.
He played aggressively and his controi
was pretty good considering the
chances he took He also covered a
lot OF ground and thus he managed TO
make the first set as close as 6-3. In
the second Voshell began maneuvring
skillfully forcing Orth wide and then
dropping the ball gently over the net
Orth continued to fight hard for every
point but the best he could do against
the ranking player was to earn one
game in the second division OF play.
Ftfty-two were drawn for the tourna-
ment and more than half OF them
got into action on the first day.
Frank #. Anderson. national indoor
champion, is one of those who VIII
make their initial appearance to-day.
Anderson meets Edgar Dawson. ma
tional junior champion, this morning.
Among those who came through yes
terday were Armand l.. Bruneau, Her
bert L. Bowman. New York Athletic
Club and New York Tennis Club cham
pion, and Ralph ". Lake and j. r.
Nikonow. The latter like Voshell
won two matches during the day and
reached the third round.
play will be continued to-day and the
tournament will wind up next week
end. Considering the dark day, the
light in the arTnory was far better
than most OF the contestants had an
ticipated.