New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-07-07
.VOSHELL AND BAGGS
RETAIN THEIR TITLE
Teamwork Discounts Speed of
WeStfalI Brothers in Lawn
Tennis Doubles.
WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS
Many Hard Fought Rallies,
However, in Match for
Honors in Long Island
Tournament.
WIN IN STRAIGHT SETS

S. Howard Voshell and Frederick c.
Baggs retained the Long Island lawn
tennis championship doubles titles yes
terday on the courts of the Kings County
club, at Kingston avenue and Crown
street. In the final round of the tourna-
mcnt the pair that for three successive
seasons has been winning consistently de-
feated Samuel A. Westfall and Herbert
l.. Westfall i'm straight sets by the score
of 81. g., SIS
The Improvement in the work OF the
Borough ParkWest Side partnership was
at once noticeable when the pairs started
the rallies in the great match. which
carried with it one OF the oldest titles on
the national association list. They held
steady in the face Of burning speed that
AT times threatened to sweep them from
the courts.
From their side OF the net the Westfall
brothers hit hard. Itswas a duplicate OF
the sort of speed that Mclaughlin uses
so successfully. The difficulty with the
Westfalls was that they were short on
practice. Their tactics were perfection,
but they missed the lines. just getting on
on the actual competitive side the
match was much better than the score
indicates. It was eighteen games 20
eight. ald total Of 90 points to GA.
Voshell played in superior form on the
winning side His service with a high
bounding ball that broke badly helped
him TO win every one OF his seven ser
vice games. He displayed a popularity
in standing away over on the alley marks
when serving, instead OF a few inches
one side or tho other of the centre streak.
This gave him sharp angle across court,
which he used with telling effect for
many service aces. None OF the other
competitors approached Voshell on ser
, vice. although Verne" Westfall had his
| brilliant moments when toeing the line.
! As Baggs started off with the service
/ In the first game, Frederick G. Ander-
son mounted the umpire's chair, from
which he ntoned the score like priest
vespers Anderson, by the way, IS boast
| ing Of having won the most unusual
/ prize ever awarded at tournament. The
committee. anxious to please, asked An
derson what ne wanted. He replied. A
| baby carriage. The tournament commit
tee filed the bill.
Anderson proved an excellent umpire
! Bags struggled through his first service,
and won II after the Westfalls had scored
/ frequently through his alley. Verne"
Westfal followed with the service.
| Voshel coming third and Sam Westfall
1 last in order Verne Westfall won his
game. Then the champions reeled off five
games coaxing the Westfalls TO over
play smashes in the stin rallies.
Wind bothered the men considerably in
the third set. Sometimes the rallies were
| fought out in clouds OF dust swirling
! around the court. There was a lot OF
SNOWY stroking Of the ball. which counted
| four love games In the set-two for each
| side. Voshell and Bags always had a
safe lead and scored by good margin.
Voshen, as the challenger, will meet
Gustave + Touchard, the defending
champion, in the singles cup match this
afternoon.
The score by points in games and sets.
/ follows:
FIRST SET.
Voshell and Bssss....... 44etESS
westfall and Westfall.. 541272 l-22
! SECOND SET.
! Noshell and Bags. 60 Il - ~
! Westfan and Westfall l3t44l3li-2s
! THIRD SET
Voshell and Bags. o44tOt2tE.s
Westfall and Westfall. 81 Ohlfol-l
J Umpire-F q. Anderson. Llnesmen-H. J.
! Moienhauer. {. G. Chambers. II. W. Belknap
D and W. McCarroll.