Singles Tennis Championship, Defeating Howard Kinsey, 6-2, 6-4
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Richards Wins "Met" Singles Tennis Championship, Defeating Howard Kinsey, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 Law to Leonard Lacks Errors of West Some but Its Tragedy for Ale : : by briggs Jersey Boxing Likely Coast Piaver It May Be Comedy for Folks, Permit Decisions in Future Lusty Wallon Of Olden Count Heavilv Leoriaril-Tcnoier Bout Days*i m¥ Doubt Over Outcome of to Make Effort to Alter I^ft VTill Prompts Legislators Ttmâler liimaHf On*«,, Doubles Championship Verdictof Keferee in to Be Décidée! on Cre-ernt A. Present Ruling; Official Urged Trying Knork (>., C Courts This Afternoon Lightweight riiampi0n By Jack Lawrence By Free. Hav.-thorne The most important outcome of th« Leoriard-TendUtr fight at Boyle'B By Grantland Rire effort is In «pite of the Vincent Richards won the Metropoli¬ Acres on Thursday night was the fact that a determined elesenea« and y, Thirty law swift pace thai tan turf court singles lawn tennis to be made by certain legislators in Jersey to have the present boxing f»tn champ i on shir» yster.lay afternoon ¿by oí that, state altered In many respect«, and with the particular idea of t* m* Howard of a*i defeating Kinrey. California, referee or the ringside the power to render decisions. not to h fa ai 6 in Riving the judge.-; away, »» >o. 4, 6.3, the final round declared to the writer y-terday that this change of traffic of the »Annual tourney, held on the I.-eaders in Jersey politics of the the i of the C*re«ent Athletic Club, in the law would be accomplished at the next meeting Lfgirdature. r, f,.a;. at Bay Ridge, Earlier this' summer the The move will undoubtedly have wide support "' »w. ; «¦''¦''""" ',n>' brilliant had wen the Jersev law limit* rieht the. -m-», junior champion The present Wf-'-*''' metropolitan clay court title, so to-day to twelve rounds and prohibits deci¬ ,-.-1-1 ." dos* he wears the double crown. sions. The provisions of the new law on Official Figures boxes and I :-,,,,, It w.-.s a hollow triumph that young now being considered in' Jer-ey will ]*T Richards gained yesterday, and in no be patterned closely after tho:»o that Leonard-TemHer Bout the route. hammam way compatible with the sen- in this state. It gruelling, now govern boxing h men bey« Rational that ted from official on the Lcon- -.-..rr»«.*MM victory remained for the Leonard-Tendler figure» th»»ir best or Zenzi of r*pHE v,^ Shin.izu, Japan, in the semi- match to convince Jersey lawmakers ard-Tendler hont at Royle's neither had fnsl round on The cham¬ ^ ^ Thursday. that the present system of no decision! Thirty Acres Thursday night, in- reserve pionship test van, in an anti¬ in th« fact, is unfair to the principals engaged 'luding attendance receipts, each wa» so m»--»^ climax in the tournament, to the closely _t Leon«^, owing the battle, the SDectatori and those boxer's 'hare, srovcrnment and state mar-.';ri ». utter inability of to extend the boxing & bo_. Kinsey who read of the affair in the newspa¬ tax and promotor'«* share follow: L» ona new champion. way ts. fet tw pers. Pa¡d aifendance. 44,930 are thi se I The G«-li.ornia boy piled a dis¬ -.,« -^ up There can never be any official ver¬ Total receipts .$367,862,00 the battle tressing number of errors, some of ightweifjrtrt dict on the Leonard-Tendler fight of (.oiem-nrnt fax . Zf>,~^<'. 20 on .'< * eh am i them "sitters" at ti o and some us Thursday night. While it seems to N. J. State tax . 33,107.58 Fir of th«m the result of R I forcing a Leonard won a de¬ r»f th« i^ to be fact that by Leonard's «-'hare. 147,167.64 and was . shots. His total in this respect was cisive margin, there were thousands ing aggnattr* j, that Tendiera share . 71,512.17 nine 82, an unusually high ¦.. three- at the ringside who believe the of called a draw. Promotor'« share. 79.288.il net match,. On earned ; match should have been Second '. cloaer *. points There, were other hundreds, i-,-__ , mostly knockout and ,» led Richards, with a total of 20 to 18, from Tendler's home ""'.cry ¡jy ( Philadelphia, unanimous in the verdict to the .«. but Richards made only 47 errors; who believed that Lefty Lew had giving result tl WÄS- town, chai ¡en r. The word of the rel hence the haiar.ee »swung strongly in won. The scrap left in its wake a fine pre ït must b<- reme-i i bered under on to the^ favor of the Yonkers subject for argument and speculation. Harry Frtlo, was banked a cumstance-i that ; schoolboy. and a lot of confusion resulted neTW The Newspaper Decisions Kule extent, win the cro*« .-;,- --.--.,' doubles «vent made further when a statement, purporting to come .-^ ' our Leonard won champion, progri rain in the While, in opinion, him, was sent out by a news be tedsioa could a wide we have met many given. He o on by margin, agency, in which it was said that he a -rhtnn put a stop to who disagreed with us. Thousands of that Tendier on ki ( igkt gjjçijj ised the - dozen matches und these will hands on Thursday opinion defensive ;rrord ished 16 /clock in dollars changed had won. it «a1 to decisions. New * play .-'..' i night on newspaper We had dinner at the Jersey C the Charlei Cl ambers, York newspapers favored Leonard. The par«- ... f.rit nifi| Elks' Club with .Mr. Ertle immei was ten 'while Philadelphia sheets were almost. !!»¦ h;.d heard of the rounds '.*";r.ard mw- and the man v.-h o hat after the i'r.rbt. almost as ,- to him and ing _fi tr.at Tend« cent Al the field of false stati buted ¡"r '.' nation,i said that, he bad taken steps to correct "-i it was in importance in a tennis rating, the closi,- g 3 ".-.aapioi has schedi ¡t. VV- him who won the fight, got bar.-: program for tl Tennis Point Score [rs. and Mrs. to and his reply was : Beginning at 2 Bundy "Leonard." Challenger's 1 "»'termination Mallory - the Dav i p ¦'. .- FIRST SET In discussing th" fight, Mr. Er^le de¬ Loom rd h«",ting i¡__ will T. 'iii:!' n I'olnt Score for State Title clared thai after the final hell rang he and 1 .. due i_>.rgely 2d, f ham- Pts. Ga. [cet To-day could have rendered only one decision, 1er Richards .4 7 4 3 4 2 4 4.30 6 champion- pin lardi. his part¬ Klnsey .1 2 and that one would have been in favor ship ßre. In 1 tad Xrv.- ner in the hoi r, 2 4 2 4 1 0--13 The .Same dou- Stroke Analysis champion. The referee didn't h-le h< if. But there Norris Will national woman champion, pnd seem to believe that the was was a ceirta i 2d Nets. Outs. 3'!. P.a. D.f. "1 know how Alexander felt," Mrs. Molla Bjurstedfc Mallory, question '".alionaboü: ->, both of . 0 at close. The and the the If».?î Ulehards 6 7 6 ] »Mrs. Sutton Bundy, former holder of that honor, will meet at 2 all timekeepers challengei j Ha head¬ avi« ("v.p tei Klnsey . 16 in 4 1 1 Says Dcmpeey. May ¡nted by the N« »v J« r . j long iftej At i round the Women's annual New another, 4:30 Patterson, ¦SECOND SBT "When he had copped the premier belt," o'clock this afternoon in the final of ion appeared to share and ' had land!«! Pat G'Hi ,1. 0. And l'oint Score York State lawn tennis tournament on the turf courts of Harry Ertle's views, according to state- hard and oft« -o'er -»ho-ni P». Pts. Gs. Says Dempsey. championship in the of »till 1 ' M 'hey made presence Ci am Rlchsrda ... .8 0 6 6 3 4 3 4 4 6.86 6 Club at Harrison, Westchester County. ehaift p "He felt all in the mood to fight, the Green Meadow Country the writer. to or. tion mal ie time the JrCInsey .544S62600 4.3 0 4 final' slip ilmost did ii ' no one Mrs. Mallory went into the There was a ..- of all those < d ubles Stroke Analysis But there ivas good in sight, gatl eighth. Eíí» bracket by defeating Miss r inti rested in the :: .- match«! will 1 The final dou¬ Nets. OutH. PI. S.a. D.f. And then the purses were not right," yesterday persons directly ble will b« Richard« . 9 7 5 1 3 Lcslro «Bancroft at 8.6, 6.1, in the ight championship encounter at n and ¿eras played Kinsey . 17 1?. 12 1 0 Says Dempsey. French Stars Play the Elks Club after the and it to hang THIRD SET semi-final round, while Mrs. Bandy fight, perati-is- There- are was there that the love t,j the haU a dozen matches still to Miss Marie a for¬ change be in the I'olnt Score eliminated Wagner, On Rye Courts To-day boxing law was launched. It was sig¬ brain b* played to-day metropolitan Pts. Gs "I'd like to have a go a score of 6 2, .ve:, i Richards .4 «1 5 0 4 8 6 2 4.32 fi myself," mer state champion, by nificant that the general feeling was If the j-idged u t re Richards and Klnsey .2 2 8 4 2 6 4 4 2.28 3 Says Dempsey.