Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-07
YOUNG JOHNSTON
FAILS IN DOUBLES
Comes TO Grief With Mathey in
New York Tennis Tour
nament.

AS a doubles player, William M.
Johnston, the boy lawn tennis player
from California, came to grief along
with Dean Mathey, his partner, yes
terday in the third round of the New
York State championship tournament
en- the turf courts of the Crescent
Athletic Club, at Bay Ridge, Brook
lyn. The two youngsters fell before
the slashing volleying and deceptive
cross courts of Raymond ID. Little
and Frederick c. Inman, at 6-3, g..
s. II. Voshell moved on to the final
round of the mems singles by defeat
ing the veteran, Henry w. Slocum, IN
the semi final. taking straight SETS
ga. Ga, 6-1 Slocum had gained
the semi-final round by default OF
Theodore r. Pell.
The Davis cup is still in England,
for Robert D. Wrenn, who made a
fving trip abroad ostensibly for the
nurpose of carrying home the famous
howl arrived in New York on the
liner Imperator yesterday without the
tronhy. The cup, however, is tol-
lowing Wreen, carefully packed
Wrenn praised the American players
especially the doubles team, Nc
Loughlin and Hackett.
Strachan and Griffin, the Paelnc
coast champions, defeated Toucharu
and Washburn. the Eastern cham
p;ons, in straight sets. 6-1, SIS ana
"a. in the final doubles match at
Lake Forest, ILL.,, yesterday. The VIC
torious team will meet Mclaughlin
and Bundy, the present national
champions, at Newport in the chal-
lenge round for the national cham
pionship.
b. w. Corkran. of the Baltimore
Country Club, won the gold medal IN
the qualifying round for the FIRST
Presidents cup at Ekwanok Country
Club. Manchester, VT. yesterday
with a card of seventy-five. weather
conditions were fine until late in the
day and the course was in good con-
dition for scoring.
G C. Chambers and j. Mersereau
won the final round of the doubles IN
the University Heights lawn tennis
tournament, New York, YESTERDAY
after hard fight from J. G. Cameron
and A. w. Van Orden. The match
Ga, 2-6, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.
The final match in the mixed
doubles tennis tournament at the
Casino. Newport, r. l., was played
Yesterday morning with Mrs. VIII
lam E. Dodge and Charles E. SANDS
on one side of the net and MISS
Margaret H. Busk and Francis Rocne
on the other. The former pair won
in straight sets though the maj SCI
went to deuce before IT was decided
The scores were 6-1, 7-5.
C. !. Post. ir., of New York, de-
feated e. Bacon. the New England
doubles and singles champion, IN the
tourney for the Bridgman cup, AT
Winsted. Conn, yesterday. POST
emerged a victor. 81. Cd, "a
Robert Leroy of New York, found
hard task in winning from the young
ster. r. stern. The features in the
doubles were Roberts and Holconlpe
and Watrous and Marsh, of New
York. in which the former were VIC
torious, 6--3, 81, 6-3.
Miss Gwendolyn Rees, of Dallas,
Tex. who won the Western cham-
pionship at Chicago last week, passed
to the semi-finals in the annual tour
nament of the Northwestern Lawn
Tennis Association at Minneapolis,
Mimi. yesterday
In the mems singles Harry Weld.
ner, of Chicago, and r. N Burr, OF
Minneapolis, were victors. Weidner,
haired with Edsall, of Trinity COL
iege. defeated O'Brien, of Chicago,
and w. G. Knight, of Minneapolis,
in the doubles. John Adams and Joe
Armstrong of St Paul, defeated
Griggs and Wagner, of Minneapolis.