The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-19
SUPPOSED HAS-BEEN
ELIMINATES GRIFFIN
National Clay Court Champion
Beaten by George L. Wrenn
in Straight Sets.
FOTTRELL DEFEATS NILES
Match Is Hard Fought, Young
Californian Winning After
Uphill Struggle.

SOUTHAMPTON, l. l., Aug is-on.
of the biggest upsets OF the season mark.d
tho second days play In tho invitation
lawn tennis tournament az tho Meadow
Club courts to-day. II was tho defeat ~
Clarence J. Griffin OF California national
clay court champion. by George L. wrern
Jr.. an old timer. Wrenn took the West.
ener into camp in straight sets In N. third
round at 60. e.. but he accomplished
the trick only because Griffin y,.s a.,
IDENTIFY out OF condition.
Wrenn played only mediocre tsnnis nm,
II was good enough to beat his rival. Who
showed no speed in getting around IA.
court, and when he did get any povra
into his strokes they were too Wild "a
gain anything for him The westAruer
went into the lead in the early par a,
tho match, but It did not take wrenn
long to discover his adversary's woak.
nessea which were numerous Onoe tia
former internationahst found that oslf.
nm was on form he chased him around
the court continually and carried on The
match by using superior 3udsmant
Tho feature match Of the day wss shat
between Ella Fottrell, another Californian
and Nathaniel w. Niles of the Lonrvorss
Cricket Club. Boston Tho westsrner n.
victorious after hard Tight, at Ia, a.
St. This match also was IN the Third
| round The service OF Fottrell. which n
more severe even than that Of MoIourh-
lin. did not bother the Bostonian much In
the first set, possibly because the West
erner did not get It working with tlll
power. and as a result Fottreu won only
one game
Robert Lindley Murray Of Paio - m
played In three matches to-day and NJ,
them all In straight sets He defeatX
Clarence Hobart, 6-2, 6-3: Edmund VI.
Peaslee by the same score and r. A
Parker, 60, 6-3. After winning al
his matches the young Californian. hav!rr
nothing more to do here for a couple ~
days, left for New York He will p,sv
Maurice r. Mclaughlin Ia the final round
for the New York State championship at
the Crescent Club courts In Bay Ridge
Tomorrow afternoon. McLoYghlin, Thomas
c. Bundy and Richard Norris william.
STOPPED or at the club to-day for a .hori
time having motored over from Sag,IIar.
Dor. en- route to New York. Tho sum
maries:
First round..F. W. watrous defea.ed VII.
lam lam G. Coleman: So. s1a2; Norman
dssaa, e SGs M IS@ Ms1 d.d fsaee s
wright Jri; 81 50; wallace = johnson
q. Mortimer .defeated Count Otto sam
S smi from e W' %.,'9 IN N WasheS.1
w, socuIn won from H. Morgan BY default;
William Rand "a defeated T. q. Thomas "a,
,.s s.eon o.. Roundl yds. Lndley Murray d.
pews a4d charles E H n sui ~ J fs't sa,a
defaulted; Il. s. Parker defeated w. B. X
n f.r,.s S.o-. 80 si; LGui, Gray., &c
IS: claSene. J. dTitnn won from Hov.-d
asf.atsa y a'fe wssss GeOJsH wF'sn "a
s SSS.r, earSner 5r won frGm p, Dnd
Tsil s1 Won rom noo L. b wooaSury BY HG3E 4.
burn defeated Stanley G. Mortimer. So:
spE EsasFc IS inmsn d Ssfsss.d s Hfn
Thsyer, Jr, won from Norman Z. Brooks'
IswTenes by defsuit; Kenneth 3" Stern u d:
tested Robert LIVINGSTON. s--s. g.. pt
Gr ss ' s' " FrsiinshuyssS 'S ~oS
from e, p Maynard by default; Leonard
dsfsait; bernard Law dsf.ated T. /. Dupont
Iryins ,-o ss ga yS,r; S-t w,, n MeSm N'.'
witt by default, Ella Fottrell defeated r
S W pHg ., al vs. w ar MILAN R2''9
"a. wallace y. johnson defeat'i y. n
MSGornisk. g. go. ..
from t'? Ioss. BY defasi,h Resers 'f e. R"
s%t; 4. s pasney dsiessed r, T. Ftsims
d DEF eS'n n. W. W Siie:. ia. s"4. ~"
G ;;firiS, a., s"i; Richsrd Hsrts vs. -
Y Mshss 80 6., 81 r qnaan,shed W ,n.H
-. s-s. s--s; William NJ. Johnston d.
feated r. Coulter s--4. SO Leonard Beck
man defeated s. Howard voshell. Is '--'
r ,.s I RQ sssk.1 L,neiey, Murray de
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