New-York tribune., 1922-04-02


Although deprived ~ his sir.,.
honors, Anderson, paired with q ~
ara Voshell, won the doubles cha
pionship by defeating G. Carl....
Shafer and DR.. George King by ,.o..
Of 4-6, 6-2, 81. 6-i, in the e,.,
round Of that event. The largest ,.,I
lery Of the week Witnessed ths -
matches that brought the tournan..,
to close.
Edward c. Conlin acted as umnir. t..
the singles match, while Captain q.
mons presided in the doubles, With :.
full set of linesmen on duty to r...,
the chalk marks.
Anderson began the servic. in VI
iirst two sets. and Hunter opened ~.
ceedings in the last two, Of the sinsl..
There is not sufficient space bers =
set forth all the details of the rns...
but ] was chiefly impressed by In. n,
usual power Of Hunters ground strok.
when driving off his forehand. and /.
his ability to raise the speed and mar.
of his game in the last half Of ",
match, when Anderson was trying De-.
perately to win the third set, aft.
having allowed a commanding lead b,
slip away from him under Hunter,
furious attack.
Anderson Volleys Well
The defending champion vas tn. hat.
ter man when it came down 70 a ouss.
tion Of volleying. The deft manner 4,
which he curbed some of Hunter,
most powerful drives by delicate sts,
volleys that barely dropped the bsS
over the net when the challenger VI,
far back near his base line yer. !,
treat to see. But Anderson seemed I,
tire quickly after losing that third ii.
and only in the second session did /,
have full command of his strokes, sni
then he let Hunter down with onI,
one game out Of seven.
Hunter was most effective with bt
passing shots from deep court. Maur
times he scored placement aces },
ripping his returns within an inch o,
wo Of the side lines as Anderson triei
to close in. The one shot that stoo,
out most clearly in the new champion,
game yesterday was his forehand r..
turn off service. Hunter met his o.
ponent's bullet" delivery with ,
lightning fast stroke that sent the ball
shooting diagonally across deep cour.
to strike close to the side lines. Th
winners drives are all made with /,
great amount of drop, the ball diviu
Sharply into court almost as soon a
1t has cleared the net.
Hunter ran into lead of Al in ths
first set before Anderson put tempo
rary stop to his headlong rush by win.
nlng the next three games. sduarins
matters at 4-all. Holding service II
the next game, Anderson threw awu
his chances by errors, making a double.
fault and bungle of an easy volley o.,
the last two points. There was not Al,
earned point in the last game, Ander.
son making four NETS" and two outs
under the fire of Hunters fierce attaet
Champion Wins Second Set
Having lost the first set. Andersen,
played like whirlwind in the second
and here we saw the slender youth a.
his best. He was keyed up to BATH.
pitch and dominated the court by light
nlng-fast volleying and court covering
A majority of Hunters returns wen
smothered at the net and he could ge
only one game out of the seven played
The real struggle began in the .htN
set, with Anderson holding to his fast
pace and fine control The champic.
led at 81, with his service playinf
an important part. Hunter won th
NTH, Anderson the sixth, and they d.
ternated IN winning on service in tho
next two, when Hunter trailtd at s-s
This was the critical point OF the mat.l
for both men.
1t was Hunter who rose to the situs
ton superbly, for he pulled the set nu
of the fire by winning the next fou,
games In row. The pace was fast and
under the lash of the chaIlenrefi
furious drives Anderson made a sueest
sion of nets" and outs" Hunters
last three points in this set were al
on placements. Twice, on his retu.a
Of the champions lightning serir
Hunter took the ball on his backhani
and tossed up slow, soft lobs. Escs
time Anderson misjudged, thinking The
pail was going out at the side lind
but in both cases the shot was good.
In the last set Hunter was not to b.
denied, visibly increasing his speed
and ripping holes in Anderson's DE-
tense by the sheer power of his shots.
The fast weakening champion could
win only the second and sixth games
before Hunter had run out the set and
won the title. On the last point Of the
match Anderson whipped over a ter
rlf1c service. Hunter took the ball o.
his backhand, again that slow, lay
backhand lob over Anderson's head
Tor q placement ace close to the side
line.
Shafer and DR.. King Beaten
Anderson and Voshell were sbt
too aggressive for Shafer and Dr.. Kins
in the doubles, both maintaining /,
smashing attack at the net. tn
losers fought hard and we'll in th
nrst and third sets, but they were nc
equal to the task set them.
The point score and stroke analysis
OF the singles match follow:
POINT SCORE AND STROKE ANALYST