Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-01
JOHNSTON ENIGMA
!. TO TENNIS CRITICS
Young Player Scores Victory in
Debut at New York
Tournament.
I0urnament.
NANKIVEL IS BAFFLED

NE w 1 OhA, aug line frSI
round of the New York State lawn
tennis championship tournament was
cleared yesterday on the turf courts
of the Crescent Athletic Club, at Bay
Ridge. In the record field of ninety
seven aspirants for the honors held by
Maurice E. Mclaughlin, attention
centered upon William M. Johnston,
F.. tile youthful player from California.
Il was Johnston's debut upon courts
IA this city, and he gave a good ae-
count of himself defeating Guy S.
Nankivel, of the Oratani Field Club,
of Hackensack, N. j., by the score of
6-1. IS. To many of the critics who
watched Johnston in action, he pre-
scented the same enigma which distin-
rsuished his appearance in the tourna-
lment at Longwood, where he succeed
: ed to the honors held by Mclaughlin,
William A. Larned, William ]. Cloth
Ter, Beals c. Wright and other famous
Wlelders of the racquet.
Johnston is slight and weighs only
! 122 pounds He is Is years old. He
makes his strokes with so little effort
as to completely battle his opponents.
The best that Nankivel, who began
the service could get, was the third
game of the first set. The sum
maries:
New York State Mems Cham
pionship Singles-First Round: S.
Z. Cook defeated V. H. Cart
well, jrs 6-1; H. M. Balch de-
Ieated I. H. S. Andrews, 81, 6-S,
6-3; Frederick c. Baggs defeated DR..
3. F. Drake, "a e.; George S.
Groesbeck defeated Frederick G. An
derson, by default; Reginald Parry
defeated Ray Thompson, 6-S, As,
6-3 II, S. Parker defeated S. II.
johnson, 6-3, Go; w. b. Spencer de-
feated H. S. Morris, 6-3, 6-1; j. NJ.
Holcombe, jr., defeated Charles M.
Bull. sr.. 6-S, 81; R. w. Seabury de-
feated B. w. Stair, e.; GO; H. L.
Westfallu defeated j. c. Tomlinson,
jr., by default, William D. Bourne de-
feated j. Richie, by default Benja-
mir M. Phillips defeated Preston
Cumming, jr, 6-S, GO, 6-5; C. Fred
erick Watson, jr., defeated Charles c.
Chambers, Go; 81; Hoffman Nick
erson defeated Paul S. Brinsmade,
Ga, SIS; Howard Voshell defeated
f. l. Linden, 6-1, 6-1; Hammett Nor
ton defeated Alfred d. Hammett, Ga
6-3 Walter Merrill Hall defeated
Louis Graves, Cd, 6-3; DR.. Ewing
Taylor defeated F, Hardcastle, jr.
Ga, 6-3; G. W. Warning defeated R.
G Peardon, 6-1, "a; Leonard Beck
man defeated G. Richie, g. Cd;
Charles NJ. Bull, jr., defeated Dean
Mathey, 81; e.; Robert Leroy de-
feated n. G. Johnson, 60, 6-3; Gus
tave f. Touchard defeated C. Beasley
jr., 60, 60: G. Burgess defeated w.
Z. Love, 3-6; S-6, 6-3; F. w. Paul,
jr., defeated C. A. Sparks, 6-1, Cd;
Walter L. Pate defeated K. d. Fisher,
y m lDfa cd =
Cutting, by default; Philip Roberts
defeated w. S. Coates, by default; G.
Lorraine Wyeth defeated H. G. Mar
tin, by default; Henry c. Martin de-
feated S. Holt, 6-1, 60; j. Bowden
defeated Lincoln Reimer. by default;
William M. johnson defeated Guy
Nankivel, 6-1, rs.
Second Round-Chapman Ropes de-
feated r. B. McClave, Ga, 81;
Henry w. Slocum defeated F. z.
Humphreys, by default; Theodore
6-1, 50; Samuel A. Westfall defeat
ed Henry Pope, 6-1, 60; H. S. Roths-
child defeated Harold Swain, Ga,
81, 6-3; Richard H. Palmer defeated
H. R. Partridge, 60, 6-3; e. F.
Thomas, jr, defeated F. F. Echever-
ria, Ga. Cd; Allen Tobey defeated
S. w. Robinson, by default; Maurice
l.. 1. Gavano defeated S. P. Earring
ton, FL 60; G. A. L. Dionne de-
feated j. f. Patterson, So, Go.
Third Round-Allen Tobey defeated
E. F. Thomas, jr., Cd 6-2
F. C. Inman, of New York. and b.
H. Whitney, of Boston, meet today
in the finals in the mems lawn ten
mis- singles for the Point Judith
Country Club cup as a result of their
victories IN the semi-finals yester-
day. Inman's victory came in a
slashing match with w NJ Wash
burn, the Harvard University ex-
pert. Inman won after four sets,
60. Ga, 2-6, 6-3. Whitney, the
young Harvard player, also had to
go four sets TO win over Fl. G. john
son, of Boston, at GO, 81, Co. 60.
Clarence Griffin will play William
Blair, of Lake Geneva, in the West
ern tennis singles championship semi
finals at Omaha today. l.. Harry
Waidner, the Chicago veteran, goes
into the semi-finals to meet Joe Arm
strong, of st. Paul, whose great work
yesterday eliminates Walter T..
Hayes, runner-up in the last years
tournament and favorite in this until
yesterday.
The silver cup offered by the Bar
Harbor Swimming Club to the win
ner of the women's singles was won
by Mrs. Harold Sands. of Rosemont
Pa, who defeated Miss Edith Weld
of Boston, e., 6-1, yesterday after
noon.
Miss c. Brandon, of Elberon, n. j.,
won her way into the third round
yesterday in the women's invitation
tennis tournament of the Woodmere
Club at Woodmere, L. 1. Miss Bran
don defeated Miss Fisher in straight
sets in the first round, and followed
this victory by winning from Miss
f. Eiseman in the second round.