The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-11

fought Harvey Sellers 4-6,
Veteran Carl Illsley gave
indications in his easy sec
sond round conquest of Ar
smando Henriquez that he is
mot a man to beat himself,
and yesterday against fav-
Sorite, Carroll, he made
1 known more of the cardinal
Virtues Of sport: to wit -
ia super abundance of cora
szOn, an amazing stamina
flor 43 years, and a cunning
that baffled his young adj
sversary.
He didn't overwhelm Carroll in
1.-THE opening set with thunderous
pace, but he did initiate the first
Aforcing shot of almost every rally
with chops that darted out quiet
lily into the sides of the court with
rakish angle. These kept the
4 youngster off base throughout
1.-THE first set and very nearly ac-
counted for the second as well.
MATTERS rolled on to 5-4 for Ills
Hey and 30-all when Carroll put
every ounce of strength into early
3 mfvement and began reaching
kthese balls out in the flat zone
and winging them deep down the
Zine for the point. He struggled
Through the Snares laid by Ills
zley's underspin TO seize the sec
ond set rs. Surprisingly it was
young Carroll and not the veter-
& an who wilted in the final chap
tier Carl began varying his cross
court chops with sudden sallies
down the line into the corners fol-
lowed by net attack. The young
ster could neither initiate a decis-
live program of his own nor coun-
4 tier attack Justify enough against
Illsley's darting chops and bowed
out on the receiving end of as
pat a tennis lesson as the tourna-
ment has seen.
Harvey Sellers directed play
for the greater part of his long
battle with Commander Cordry
with more attack than he has ev-
er before exhibited. He used a
sizzling undercut drive that spun
off the concrete like a run away
top, and capped it with an adj
vance to the net. Had his volleys
4 there been decisive. the match
would have been his in straight
sets. But although he volleyed
hard, only occasionally did the
ball scoot sharply enough cross
court or near enough to the base
line TO confound the Commander.
Moreover, Cordry was slipping
netward himself behind every ball
he thought was deep enough.
Since he was a trifle steadier than
Harvey from the backcourt, he
could afford to select the best
time, while his opponent realized
from the start that he must at
tack the barrier or lode. Harvey
captured the opening set with the
key weapons of hard undercut
driving and volleying. abetted by
new slice service which would
have been still more lethal had he
lnterspersed il with his old flat
ball
CordrY-whose energies and
will to win appear boundless
began answering HarveY's net
attacks with shrewdly placed
balls that pitched into the Key
Wester's feet as he charged in
on angled out wide TOWARD the
ssdelines, IS " -
Harvey needed to move in. and
take an earlier bounce on his APP
proach shots but this technique
he has not yet mastered. The
Commander, therefore, knotted
the count with a GA second set.
Sellers quickly went to 20 in the
third as CoTdry's energy was out
for the moment, and the score
went 10 advantage Sellers in the
third. The time was ripe for a
Sellers victory. But Harvey never
captured the big game point or
the three others that followed in
this game. and the Commander
drew TO IL. The count progressed
10 81. 80, and AZ for Sellers but
IN the seventh game Cordry was
again IN full cry, plummeting
Furnishing balls into the Sellers
baSeilne The tide turned. but
very slowly Cardry reached
match point two times at 5-4 and
both times Harvey fought him off
10 tie the count. AT 6-5 the CONF
mander again reached match
point, on three occasions and new
er could settle the issue. He never
faltered, however, and maintained
his attack undated throughout
the thirteenth and fourteenth
games to take the match