New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-16
LAWN TENNIS TOURNEY ON
VosheII's Victory Feature OF
Contests on West Side Courts.
COLLEGIANS PERFORM WELL
Stars Fail to Appear on First
Day Of Metropolitan Title
Competition.

Working a cyclonic service for all 1t was
worth, s. Howard Voshel, Of the Borough
Park CLUB won the feature match ut the
beginning OF the sixteenth Metropolitan
championship lawn tennis tournament yes
terday afternoon on the turf courts or the
West Side Tennis Club. 23Sth street ana
Broadway The phenomenal left-hander
from Brooklyn defeated Benjamin NJ. Phil
lips, of the Harlem club. at So. 3-6, 81.
While this match was easily the best OF
the select few with which the tournament
opened. two of the younger college stars
also performed well. Dean Mathey, the
Princeton champion, playing as he pleased,
eliminated +. W. Peaslee at 6-3. 60 Then
w. Dickson Cunningham. Yale freshman,
who has twice stood az runncr-up for the
Columbia interschoIastic title. managed 70
win after three I'm and out sets against Il.
]. Nolan by the score of 4-6, O.. s..
Altogether il was a dreary beginning or
the big tournament. There was driZzle OF
rain which made the playing surfaces a
bit slow. Then the real big guns" OF the
sport failed to appear for various reasons,
40 that the committee was able TO get off
only nine matches, despite the fact that
number of players who had journeyed to
the courts failed to understand why they
were not entitled to default IL was an
nounced. however, that the field OF eighty
five aspirants for the title held by Fred
erick C. Inman would surely get into action
tomorrow.
For spirited racquet work Voshel treated
the few spectators who had braved the
weather to some spectacular playing, even
II at times he was uncertain on his range
VosheIIs left handed service. which sent
the ball with tremendous velocity through
Phil!Ips's court, proved his strongest asset
In the first Sc. Phillips had to play so far
back to receive the service that Vosheh
was up to the net by the time the return
came across. With this advantage Of posi-
ton It was easy for Vosheil TO do what ne
liked with the ball, his choice usually
being 4 walloping smash.
In the second set Phillips forced matters
prettily He took advantage OF VoshelTs
propensity to shoot the ball down the SIDE
lines by always approaching the net close
TO one of the sides. The trick caused
Voshe to send so many returns outside OF
court that as his service became poor ana
he double faulted number OF times,
Phillips managed to score the set.
In The third set Voshell led 81 on
games and 4O-15 on points. Phillips was
serving. BY quick dashes to the net he
managed to win the game. He also took
the next two before Voshell Strengthened
out his own service in the tenth game to
win by following the ball up 10 the net for
q session at smashing.
Cunningham was in luck to get away
with Nolan. The latter while warming up
before the match, let loose a wild swat that
| broke his pet racquet. That troubled him
considerably He tried no less than three
| other racquets during the match. but none
| Just suited him. Then the rain came on
| heavily as they finished, so that each had
10 wipe or his racquet between shots. 1t
was enough 70 make Nolan unsteady, while
Cunningham pegged away for place shots
10 the finish.
The summary follows:
| Metropolitan mems singles championship
| Chrst round)-F. A. Fall defeated Morris o.
| o. II Riggs. 80. 6-l; DIR. w. II. Bates de-
! feated {. Gilbert PlymptOn, by default; Dean
Mathey defeated f. w. Peaslee. 6-3. 60;
! John C. Tomllnson. jr. defeated Norman @;
| G 3 Mills. IS. g: W. Dickson Cunning
| ham defeated f. j Nolan, IS 90. 6-3
| Second round-Walter l. Pate defeated r. o.
| Coulter. 90. 60: & Howard Voshell de-
feated Benjamin NJ. Phillips. e; IS 6I4
| Hugh Tallant defeated c. n. Jollife. by de-
/ bartholomew. by default; Frederick c Bags
| defeated + A. Fall. So. 81.