The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-10-27
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IN FIRST START
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Robert Bot" RylAnd. winner O
both the Detroit Public Parks ard
<Am,ramck open tennis ',t.eS ~ Z
handy man with rscQuii IN any
same, IL seems Playing before az
estimated crowd 81 some 600 .ov-
srs OF the celluloiG- sphere game
he battled Max Hersh right down
20 the anal point before dropping
the championship set m ne hra.s
a.. the Motor CITY table tennis
tourney Sunday evening al CYO
hall or Mack avenue
Hersh, defending champion and
rgn.ber three rank.0g player IN
the nation, IS also Mlch!gar ;
humber ore man.
During he Arst game Ry,aCds
crop shots seemed TO Worry the
champion. who IS q blazing Ufen-
ave player. hitting from The pot
EIDE He pulled the game oct OF
the ere. however. 2i..s This was
By.ands best effort against the
champ.
Hersh solved Ry.and's style az
tie beginning 81 The second game
and Used sizzling cruSS-table and
down the alley power drives 20
run out the atch, winning ne
last two games by ideEucs! scores,
2l-i4 AHA
Rylsnd eliminated some Of The
best PLAYERS IN the state in adj
Nancirg TO the hual round He
Knocked over Bill Burns seeded
humber two player in the tourney,
md also the states second rank
LA player IN the quarter.hnals in
four exciting games, 2l-l8. 2l-l7,
1871, and 2l-l4
Ryland ran into his toughest
preliminary match In the second
round. Here. Al Marshall, seeded
humber three player and also
humber three --an IN the state. ex-
tended Bob through FIVE sets and
one and one-half hours y play be-
fore Succumbing, 2i-li H-l6, 1921,
l7-2l, and 2l-l4
This was torrid defensive table
tennis al It's best and produced
some Of the top play Of the
tourney.
IN ENTERING the final round
Ryland eliminated towering. six
foot two, 20o-pound Al Piper,
seeded fifth. and the states sixth
ranking player, in three compare
lively easy sets, 2l-8, ALL,
and ALTO.
Piper uses the pin-holder grip
te - 4, a
opponents Of this style sull active.
He eliminated Jimmy Johnson
former TuSkegee Institute tennis
ldminsry, in the qusrter-finalS,
r'ter Ave hard sets, 2l-i7, 1871,
2l-l4. 17-2l. and 2l-l4, in a match
az Two excellent defensive play
ers. with Piper having a little
edge in driving power. Johnson is
Unseeded in the state
Eddie Frazier, city singles and
rnixed-doubles badmlnton king.
and ranked 10th in the state. adj
vsnced 10 the quarter-fnal round
by defeating Lee Collins, the
states sixth ranking player and
fourth seeded In the tourney.
Frazier fell victim 10 the pow
or game Of Hersh in his next
match. 2l-8, 2l-7, and 2l-6.
Fred Butler, number eight
among the states Junior players,
was eliminated from the tile
bracket in the third round. Petite
Ann Jones. esSaying her first start
in tournament play, advanced 20
the finals OF the womans novice
division. liner Jones advanced 10
the third round in the women's
open tourney. A total OF seven
Central Motor City Tennis club
players entered the. tourney and
ell advanced 20 the third round or
above in their divisions.
The Michigan State open cham
piorShips will begin al the same
location Saturday, Nov. TO- Play
ers from various sections OF the
country are expected 10 enter.